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Welcome!
Thank you for stopping by. To learn more about the history of the site, see the About page.
If you came here in search of my essays on lesbian identity, follow the links below.
Novel with lesbian/bisexual women as characters
Here’s some info on a new novel that features lesbian/bisexual women as characters, which some of you might be interested in reading:
Pennance, by Clare Ashton (link to Amazon page — available in Kindle format only)
Lucy is reclusive and paranoid after the death of her partner, Jake, in a car accident. She lives in a small, introverted village in Cornwall (England) called Pennance, and is surrounded by Jake’s family and memories of him. She feels intensely guilty about his death and thinks someone is out to get her in retribution. Relief appears to come with the arrival of a neighbour, Karen — an older woman with two children. They bond through Lucy’s admission of her part in Jake’s death and Karen’s need of support through a divorce. But their relationship stirs old jealousies and soon Lucy’s life is in danger after all.
Want to learn more about gender and sexuality issues?
Want to learn more about the ways people talk about gender identity and sexual orientation across a variety of contexts, including the news, pop culture, and academia? Visit The Rhetoric of Gender and Sexuality, a blog I keep for a writing & rhetoric class I teach that focuses on that topic.
To learn more about the rhetoric of specific issues within gender and sexuality studies, see these study guide blogs created by my students, as well as their Class Blog:
Lesbian movie project
Hello!
My name is Christie Conochalla. Along with my partner-in-crime/co-producer, Bianka
Rubio, we have begun the ambitious task of producing a lesbian movie and am looking
for lesbian forums to get the word out.
The story is of a lesbian artist’s struggle to find a balance between her work and
the outside world.
The amazing thing about this project is my ambition to tell a lesbian story where
the character being a lesbian plays a major role, but it is not the defining aspect
of the story. First and foremost Adrienne is a human, an artist, one who has to
choose between life as she knows it, which is largely self absorbed and in her own
mind, or life outside of herself in love; and the consequences of her decisions.
She fights it to the point of losing everything and must find a way to rectify
herself, to regain that trust and support in evolving her own perception of success;
in work, in love, in life.
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Lesbian romance novel: Standing Naked in Public
Posted by a site visitor:
I visited your website and would like to share information about my new book with
you. “Standing Naked in Public”, a lesbian romance novel, was released a week ago
and is available in paperback and e-book at www.authorhouse.com (cheapest),
www.amazon.com, or www.bn.com.
Book Description: Kate Ashford is a beautiful photojournalist thrown into the world
of photographing celebrities. She has a bad track record of crazy ex-girlfriends,
hates being associated with the paparazzi, and has a serious crush on Hollywood
movie star, Angela Moore. Angela Moore is a mega-celebrity living a huge lie. She is
terrifi ed her fans and family will discover she is a lesbian, but yearns for love
and companionship. Kate and Angela’s worlds collide, creating scandal and exposing
enemies. STANDING NAKED IN PUBLIC is steamy, hot lesbian fiction at its best. You
won’t be able to put this book down!
I hope you can share this new book with your online readers!
Thanks,
Karli Keefe
Discussion Forums
I had some discussion forums on the site for a while but decided to abandon the idea when I realized the amount of work that would be involved. I’m sure there are lots of great places on the web for lesbians to socialize these days, not like in the old days when we had only a handful of discussion lists!
If you know of a particularly good web forum for lesbians, feel free to share a link to it here.
Survey on female sexual behavior
Received the message below from a visitor to the site. Maybe you’d like to help with her study?
— forwarded text
Hello, my name is Martha Lucia Borras, I am a post graduate student at Durham University, United Kingdom. At the moment I am doing my master’s thesis in Female sexual Behavior, for which I developed a questionnaire dedicated to human female behavior regarding their sexual experiences. I was wondering if you could have your members fill in my survey, it would be great if I could analyze the differences between the behavioral patterns of heterosexuals, lesbian and bisexuals. It would give great insight to my study. All the responses to the survey of course will remain anonymous.
Thanks a lot for taking the time to read this. I really appreciate all your help. This is the link to my survey:
Participants needed for Global Women’s Sex Study
Interested in helping a researcher gather some data on women’s sexuality? Follow the link below to learn more.
Lesbian participants sought for K-12 educators study
Saw this on an academic site and thought it might be of interest to some visitors:
Participants sought for a study on the public versus private identities of lesbian educators in K-12American schools. If you identify as a lesbian or queer woman who is an educator in the school system, please visit this site for more information and to participate in the survey(s).
