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May 17 '13
Your scars are hateful to me because you were hurt there, but so dear to me because you survived to wear them
Macho Sluts by Patrick Califia, reviewed at the Lesbrary.

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May 17 '13
[image description: a still from the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It shows Willow and Tara both looking at the same book]
kelseytvs:

Can I just take a moment to inform you all of the ADORABLES?

[image description: a still from the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It shows Willow and Tara both looking at the same book]

kelseytvs:

Can I just take a moment to inform you all of the ADORABLES?

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May 16 '13
If, in her poems to Rosania and Lucasia, she has been writing about a man, no one would assume that she was not speaking of a romantic and erotic love. After her friend’s marriage, she reacted as a lover scorned. The scholar concludes: ‘There is no question that Katherine Philips produced lesbian texts, that is, texts that are amenable to lesbian reading in the twentieth century.
Gay Lives by Robert Aldrich, reviewed at the Lesbrary.

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May 16 '13
[image description: a page from the Sailor Moon manga, showing Sailor Pluto, Neptune, and Uranus kneeling on the ground. Neptune is cradling an infant Sailor Saturn in her arms. Uranus has a hand on Neptune’s shoulder, looking at Saturn. Pluto is also looking at the baby, with one hand on Neptune’s back. Above them is a speech bubble, not connected to any particular one of them, which says “The three of us will be her parents.” Pluto replies “Yes”]

[image description: a page from the Sailor Moon manga, showing Sailor Pluto, Neptune, and Uranus kneeling on the ground. Neptune is cradling an infant Sailor Saturn in her arms. Uranus has a hand on Neptune’s shoulder, looking at Saturn. Pluto is also looking at the baby, with one hand on Neptune’s back. Above them is a speech bubble, not connected to any particular one of them, which says “The three of us will be her parents.” Pluto replies “Yes”]

(Source: metapianycist)

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May 15 '13

53 notes (via danikasapphistry & fuckyeahlesbianliterature)Tags: seriously does anyone know one? I could really go for one

May 15 '13

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May 15 '13
But these blows were like balm. Physical pain was so much easier to bear than ennui and self-hatred.
Macho Sluts by Patrick Califia, reviewed at the Lesbrary.

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May 15 '13
[image description: an illustration of Batwoman with pale skin, long, flowing red hair, and a mask covering half of her face]
rosalarian:

This is from a couple years ago, when they temporarily DID cancel Batwoman, and I was so mad, so so mad, because it is my favorite superhero series ever. But rest assured, it isn’t canceled!
And I still like this drawing I did, which is cool for something I drew a while ago.

[image description: an illustration of Batwoman with pale skin, long, flowing red hair, and a mask covering half of her face]

rosalarian:

This is from a couple years ago, when they temporarily DID cancel Batwoman, and I was so mad, so so mad, because it is my favorite superhero series ever. But rest assured, it isn’t canceled!

And I still like this drawing I did, which is cool for something I drew a while ago.

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May 14 '13
To the dull angry world let’s prove
There’s a Religion in our love
From “Friendship’s Mystery, To my Dearest Lucasia” by Katherine Philips (1631–1664)

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May 14 '13

[image description: a framed drawing. In black and white, a person with long hair up in a bun is pictured in profile, viewed from behind. They are wearing a pearl necklace. Their hair blends into an illustration of a horse. Beneath is the quotation “There is no denying the wild horsein us.” - Virginia Woolf]



“The woman’s poised, serene appearance is belied only by her hair. She has struggled to reign it in, but like her restless, unfathomable thoughts, it refuses to be tamed”

[image description: a framed drawing. In black and white, a person with long hair up in a bun is pictured in profile, viewed from behind. They are wearing a pearl necklace. Their hair blends into an illustration of a horse. Beneath is the quotation “There is no denying the wild horsein us.” - Virginia Woolf]

“The woman’s poised, serene appearance is belied only by her hair. She has struggled to reign it in, but like her restless, unfathomable thoughts, it refuses to be tamed”

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