Browsing Archive: May, 2009

I was wrong ...

Posted by ulla on Wednesday, May 27, 2009, In : stereotypes 


I am starting to conform to stereotype - the one where lesbians stay friends with their exes.  It's not even all that long since I wrote a rant against that very thing and I guess I have to blame stuff for this turnaround.  So here goes.

I have exes who are really good people, who, despite having survived the horror or relationships with me, are compassionate enough to want to be friends.  Somewhere along the way I guess I also pulled my head out of my ass long enough to see them for the good ...

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Being Human, Doing Humans

Posted by ulla on Sunday, May 17, 2009, In : queer 


I was sitting on the beach yesterday talking to one of my favourite straight women about sexuality.  We both agreed that things would be better if everybody on earth thought they were bisexual and then just did whatever and whoever they wanted from that point.  She was astonished when I told her how prejudiced the gay (not queer!) community is towards bisexuals.  Now, I don't conside myself bisexual at all.  I tried a few times, to have sex with men who I loved so much that really, all that w...

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Lin Sampson is probably not a lesbian

Posted by ulla on Sunday, May 10, 2009, In : stereotypes 


How many lesbians and their husbands did Lin Sampson talk to before she wrote her somewhat mystifying column "Bride on the gravy train," one wonders?  In her version of things, "many" men looking for second wives choose lesbians, for a variety of cliched reasons.

“I’m sick of all those straight women. They bleed you. I want someone who doesn’t think that a blowjob deserves a Prada handbag,” said one. (The Sunday Times Lifestyle, May 10 2009)

It would be exhaustingly boring to tackle eve...

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iDyke


Weekly columnist for Q back when it was owned by the Mail & Guardian, regular columnist for Queerlife in 2008, as well as contributing to MambaGirl, Cherrygrrl, Gayspeak and other websites, I decided it was about time I collected it all in one place, so I can see what I've done and hopefully keep doing new stuff.
Somewhere along the way, I got a severe case of the Tumblrs ...
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