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Bonus: Interview Transcript
I wanted to include this interview I did with two lesbians in their 60s and 70s for several reasons. First, because I found it really useful for my project, and second, because I found it to be a really enriching and powerful experience for me personally. I realized after doing this interview that I had… Read more
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Bonus: The Queer Canon
The following video is an audio/visual explanation of one of the concepts I have utilized in this project: the queer canon. This is also an example of “fanvid” or fan video – specifically a “multifandom” video. Read below for a description of the multiple meanings displayed within the video. This music video illustrates one of… Read more
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Bonus: Fan Videos
One of the most interesting and unexpected experiences I had at ClexaCon was the time I spent observing attendees watching fan videos. The corner of the room where I spent much of my time conducting interviews was also the corner where the television and couches were located. For the entirety of the convention, the TV… Read more
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Bonus: Lesbian Pulp Gallery
For more on lesbian pulp novels, see Yvonne Keller’s 2005 article “”Was It Right To Love Her Brother’s Wife So Passionately?”: Lesbian Pulp Novels and U.S. Lesbian Identity, 1950-1965,” and Suzanna Danuta Walters’ 1989 article “As Her Hand Crept Slowly up Her Thigh: Ann Bannon and the Politics of Pulp.” Find in Works Cited. For… Read more
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Bonus: The Ascent of Lesbian Jesus: Hayley Kiyoko’s Expectations
In 1973, Alix Dobkin released Lavender Jane Loves Women, now known as the first “out” lesbian album ever released. In March of 2018, 45 years later, Hayley Kiyoko released her debut album Expectations, the first-ever mainstream lesbian pop album. Kiyoko, an LA native and former Disney Channel star, is known by her fans as “Lesbian… Read more
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