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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...

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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Ulla Kelly

Eastern Cape, South Africa

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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