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Lesbian Potluck for the Soul

Posted by ulla on Tuesday, March 29, 2011, In : queer 

So I hit middle age and the experience left me feeling no less queer and no less passionate about queer rights. Human rights.

I think more about society, perhaps because I understand it better these days – or perhaps simply because I give less of a damn about being accepted by it. Ever idealistic, I wish everyone on the fringes of society would actually stand together and form another one. Not a replacement society, just a cooler, more alternative, less gold digging and cr...


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Lesbian Hairstyles

Posted by ulla on Thursday, July 30, 2009, In : stereotypes 


Don't ask me why, but "lesbian haircuts" and "lesbian hairstyles" are the two search terms that still get me the most hits on Stuff Dykes Like and I think I only ever posted one link to a book on the subject there.  So I figured I'd better write something about it all.

Once upon a long ago, on a queer internet forum, us lesbians used to refer to the Twelve Sacred Lesbian Haircuts - they don't exist, any more than the Secret Lesbian Handshake does, but it's a hell of a good way to tease newbies...

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Et in Arcadia ... Eden!

Posted by ulla on Monday, April 6, 2009, In : queer 


Arcadia is an industrial suburb of East London, in the Eastern Cape - a "city" which is pretty much ignored by the world and certainly by the gay media, because it's little and rather faded around the edges and entirely lacking in glamour.  All of those things are also what make it an incredibly cool place to be.

If you came to visit, I'd take you to Club Eden; down a dark back street (that euphemism may even appeal to some) and only very gently signposted and through the bars of its security ...

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All over the internet ... like Marmite.  Only tastier.

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 ...
::badly drawn dykes webcomic::
::vintage butch photos::

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