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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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High School Gays

Posted by ulla on Monday, March 2, 2009, In : queer 

I’d been ignoring Facebook, because it’s bloated and buggy and doesn’t generate income – I hadn’t even bothered to go and turn email notifications off again after it decided to restore them all to my account without my consent.  Emails would arrive, I’d delete them unless they were really interesting.  Six friend requests came in and I ignored those too, because I assumed they were more of you lot i.e. groupies.  I jest, I jest!  To cut a tedious story short, when I got a message ...


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First, catch your lesbian ...

Posted by ulla on Monday, February 23, 2009, In : dyke dating rituals 

So you're no longer a twentysomething nightclubber how do you meet single lesbians? If you live in a major city there are probably a few groups you can join and dinners to go to and (even in this day and age) the good ole lesbo potluck from time to time. What i'm thinking of now though, is that wider-choice, higher-risk option; the internet.

There are local and international paysites: qwomen, gwomen, Playdate etc. These cajole you in saying sign-up is free. It is, but you can't actually com...


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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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