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To shave or not to shave ...

Posted by ulla on Saturday, September 5, 2009, In : stereotypes

After enough years, thinking up new dyke opinion pieces to write becomes a little more challenging. Address the stereotypes, lament the hatred, joke about dyke drama ... blah blah blah. One of my three readers said (and I quote), "Oi feminist, write about hair - I want to throw the razor away." My personal opinion of leg, armpit and pube shaving and waxing and electrolysis and so on is, if you want to do it, do; if not, don't.

Most queer women I talk to these days say they're fans of shavin...

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...

If it walks like a dyke ...

Posted by ulla on Friday, February 27, 2009, In : stereotypes

By Ulla Kelly

I keep attempting to disprove stereotypes about dykes in these columns, but the truth is that there are some I cheerfully conform to.

Short hair – check. It’s still extremely short after being shaved right off and I love it. I feel confident and in control with short hair and I reckon it suits me too. I have also, while being a fully functioning dyke, had very long hair. I just find it annoying and yes, I enjoy the fact that I’m easily identified as gay. Even when I’m be...

Designing Dykes

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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Ulla Kelly

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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.