Posted by ulla on Sunday, January 17, 2010,
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dykestyle
I've decided to stop being quite such a gloomy sod and count some blessings for a change. Good things I've thought of recently as far as the dyke community goes, are Ellen Degeneres' seemingly never-ending and meteoric rise to fame – her own talk show, judge on American Idols, Cover Girl contract – and this is the woman who got married to a woman in a dress, while wearing a suit. Then there's Kate Clinton. OK she's not overly well-known in South Africa, but in 2006 she celebrated her 2... Continue reading ...
Posted by ulla on Friday, December 18, 2009,
In :
dykestyle
 “Madonna, Lover, and Son” by Becki Jayne Harrelson, 1996. Oil on canvas, 80 x 68 inches. www.beckijayne.comSo, besides yelling, "Ho, ho, ho!" at your exes, what are you doing to dyke the halls and have yourself a lesbo little Christmas? If you're lucky, you have some form of well-adjusted family and can integrate into the general Christmas spirit without feeling the need to make it too queer - it's not always that way though, is it? For some, Christmas ends up being one of those times w...
Posted by ulla on Friday, September 11, 2009,
In :
dykestyle
I was asked to spread the word ... so here you go! "Calling all aspiring writers... Send me your lesbian-content short stories to be included in publication. Not more than 2000 words, not shorter than 400 words.
Any genre except poetry. Coming out stories, bi-racial relationships, butch-femme etc, South African content will be a major plus. Erotica is acceptable, as are transgender issues.
Pseudonyms will be used upon request, though nothing will be printed without full details of writer. ... Continue reading ...
Posted by ulla on Tuesday, July 7, 2009,
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dykestyle
 I get called sir by cabin crew and petrol pump attendants and business contacts and, well just lots of people. It happens to me face to face and on the phone too. As a young kid I was mistaken for a boy a few times and was highly delighted - my Famous Five hero was always George. I'm sure I've said it before, but there was one memorable time when I was 23 and a guy shook my hand and congratulated me on being brave enough and man enough to wear a skirt. I've never been particularly uncomfo... Continue reading ...
Posted by ulla on Saturday, February 28, 2009,
In :
dykestyle
(orig, published by QueerLife)
Write something from a dyke perspective, they reckon … what’s that? I
suppose I have a permanent lesbian’s eye view, being a lesbian and all,
but what makes it different to heterovision?
Through the glass dyke-ly I see a world that’s far
too diverse to bother with closets, but we do. Everyone has secrets.
When Michael Stipe came out he said he was fed up being made to feel
guilty, when he wasn’t ashamed of being gay, he just wanted to keep his
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Posted by ulla on Saturday, February 28, 2009,
In :
dykestyle
This and all the posts before it orig published on QueerLife.
By Ulla Kelly
Last night I was doing something I do extremely rarely these days i.e.
sitting in a live, dynamic lesbo chatroom. I really should have logged
the chat, but it’s only just hit me now, at lunchtime the next day, how
funny it actually was.
One of the chatters’ avatars was an ass (not of the donkey variety)
with a smiley face (badly) drawn on it. Someone commented, lots of
people asked whose ass it was, I said, “Cru... Continue reading ...
Posted by ulla on Monday, February 23, 2009,
In :
dykestyle
 “Write a column on dyke fashion!” said the ed. I immediately thought of the column I wrote years ago where I would beg and plead and whinge at lesbians to get some fashion sense. In the years since, I've decided not to care. Dykes are not a badly dressed group of people, they're just a minority and therefore easy to pick on. I want to state right here and now that I have never ever seen a lesbian wearing dungarees – and while I have seen plenty (myself included) in checked shirts, I've...
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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.
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