Two days ago, I was on the road for 14 hours so I missed the National Coming Out Day celebration. This day is important to me and many others. I came out when I was young. At the time, over twenty-one years ago, I did not know one person who was out of the closet….
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Angela Lansbury’s School of Feminist Witchcraft
Written by JLM; Published by GENDER FOCUS on June 21, 2015 *Substitutiary locomotion (definition): the craft of using the substitutive power of language for feminist purposes. Long before I had ever heard the word “feminist,” I knew about witches. What I knew about them, aside from their green noses and warts, which represent so obviously…
Review of The Queer Cultural Work of Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner
Written by JLM; Published by GENDER FOCUS on November 21, 2014 Jennifer Reed’s The Queer Cultural Work of Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner, released by Palgrave Macmillan in December 2013, will be of interest to an array of readers, particularly to Tomlin fans and those with an interest in queer theory and gender studies. As…
Bedknobs and Broomsticks, and The Sapphic Resistance
I’ve learned that today is Angela Lansbury Appreciation Day. I appreciate Angela Lansbury every day but since she taught me about lesbian witches, I shall offer a brief comment on the first lesbian witch to win my heart: Ms. Price. The obvious must be stated: Ms. Price is a lesbian and Bedknobs and Broomsticks can…
Lawrence Welk Fans: The Long-held (and Lang-held) Tradition of Lesbian Coding
“At gigs, she teased the crowd: ‘There’s something I’ve been wanting to tell you for a while … I am a L-L-Lawrence Welk fan.’ In the Advocate interview, she stopped speaking in code.”
Headmistress Press + Hexmistress Jess 