January 2012
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Lesbian Shapeshifter Fiction →
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Kickstart campaign for Plunge Magazine: Queer.... →
Plunge Magazine will publish quality short stories, poems, and articles about queer women in a variety of genres from space operas to mysteries, wild west to fairy tales, superheroes to the end of the world.
This Kickstarter campaign is to fund the first year of this ezine (2013). Year One will include two issues, publishing in February and August. Starting in Year Two the ezine will...
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“There were six books in our house. One was the Bible and two were commentaries...”
– Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson
Another Bella Books sale
sffic:
Through 1/29, all books at Bella Books are 15%. Use the coupon code jan12 at checkout.
Lesbian Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction... →
sffic:
A list from goodlesbianbooks
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“‘Happy?’ Viv blinked. ‘I don’t know. Is anyone happy? Really happy, I mean?...”
– The Night Watch by Sarah Waters (via likegrass)
Cis straight white people are trying to shut Arkh...
panasonicyouth:
thearkhproject:
Yesterday, notice was received from Kate at Indiegogo that part of #Arkh’s pitch on indiegogo was “unlawful”. Namely, that the lines about using the money to hire queer people and PoC artists were “breaking anti-discrimination laws”. Now Arkh’s goal is to not only make this game, but to use the money to support the community at the end of its goals, the queer...
The Lesbrary is on Goodreads! →
So far I have all the les/bi/etc books I own listed, and hopefully I’ll slowly list all my wishlisted les/bi/etc books, but since that number is literally over 1000 at this moment, it’ll probably take a while.
All my books are listed on Librarything.
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thetbrpile:
Doctor Faraday: “Yes, I’ve often thought it must be exhausting to be a woman.” Caroline: “It is, if you do it properly. Which is why I seldom do…”
~ from The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
The Lesbian Question →
malindalo:
A question from a reader:
“Setting aside the tangled web of labels of low, dark, high, heroic, etc. fantasy (or speculative fiction) — do you consider yourself to write ‘lesbian’ books, or books that happen to be about lesbians?”
Fragments, on Love and Desire
wrivol:
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…..You burn me…..
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Remembering those things
We did in our youth…
…Many, beautiful things…
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…Again and again…because those
I care for best, do me
Most harm…
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You came, and I was mad for you
And you cooled my mind that burned with longing…
V
Once long ago I loved you,...
Science Fiction for Lesbians →
sffic:
Not up-to-date or exhaustive, but not a bad place to start, either.
Mr. Sexsmith: Call for Submissions: Heiress of... →
mrsexsmith:
Heiresses of Russ, the new annual anthology series created in honor of the late writer, academic, and feminist Joanna Russ, is now taking recommendations for the 2012 edition. We’re looking for lesbian-themed speculative fiction first published in 2011. The 2011 edition, co-edited by Joselle Vanderhooft, is available now, including work by Ellen Kushner, Tanith Lee, Rachel...
“I began to wonder if girls could marry girls, because I was sure I wanted to...”
– Rubyfruit Jungle (via screaminfuschia)
“Language is surely too small a vessel to contain these emotions of mind and body...”
– Radclyffe Hall (via ekkehard)
The Queen of Spades
takinginthememory:
Hopeless heart that thrives on paradox; that longs for the beloved and is secretly relieved when the beloved is not there. That gnaws away at the night-time hours desperate for a sign and appears at breakfast so self-composed. That longs for certainty, fidelity, compassion, and plays roulette with anything precious.
Gambling is not a vice, it is an expression of our...
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“I actually didn’t really read many lesbian titles until fairly recently. I...”
– Good Lesbian Books, on having to look for quality lesbian media.
“Of course people will laugh at you, but people laugh at a great many things, so...”
– Oranges are not the Only Fruit (via getustotheshow)
So since we're talking about books here.. well I...
futbolwithnutella:
It features two girls, (ok and like a prince) being awesome and badass. And in love with each other. Except the ending is sad because I WILL NOT SPOIL IT.
BUT IF YOU WANT A HAPPY ENDING (not that this Huntress’ ending is sad, it isn’t not really. It’s melancholic? Like it feels right even though it’s bittersweet… idek. BUT IT IS AWESOME) YOU SHOULD READ ASH BY SAME AUTHOR....
“Things had changed, I had changed things. Things don’t change, theyre not like...”
– -Jeanette Winterson
(written on the body)
sffic:
I’m working on setting up a blog to go with this account, and am considering commissioning/begging for some art to make the blog’s header pretty. Anyone know struggling artists into lesbian fiction?
Signal boost.
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“First in a series” sale at Bella Books!
In ebooks, Linda Kay Silva’s Across Time, Jeanne G’Fellers’ No Sister of Mine, and Jean Stewart’s Return to Isis are genre.
In print books, I see the same titles, as well as Diana Rivers’ Daughters of the Great Star. And it looks like Silva’s More Than an Echo is a paranormal/psychic powers novel.
“Nothing kills my boner faster and for longer than a good old-fashioned lesbian...”
– Ivan Coyote, Hold Up (via lemonpoppyseedladyhusband)
Anne Lister The First Modern Lesbian →
New Reviews up at Sistahs on the Shelf! →
renareads:
See reviews of books by Sharon Bridgforth, Skyy, Cheril N. Clarke and more.
Good Lesbian Books: Lesbian Young Adult Fiction →
goodlesbianbooks:
Lesbian (and bisexual) girls have tragically little young adult fiction to themselves. According to recent research by YA author Malinda Lo, about 0.25% of published YA books in the US are about lesbians. And yet, for such a short list of works, it was surprisingly hard to track them all down - there are plenty of GLBT YA lists, but these tend not to actually separate out the...
“Time takes the edge off of the unbearable, turns wounds into scars, agony...”
– Close to Spider Man -Ivan E. Coyote (via aboyinastitch)
“What is stronger than the wind and fights against stormy weather?
A small...”
– Anne Lister (via senorita-sassypants)
“‘What if?’ has no power against ‘What if not?’ The not of you is unbearable. I...”
– “The Poetics of Sex” by Jeanette Winterson (via aequinoctium)
New Lesbrary Link Round Up: All the latest... →
Including a round up of the Babbling About Books Lesbian Fiction Appreciation Event posts so far, and Sistahs on the Shelf’s January reviews.
Lesbian Young Adult Fiction →
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Do you like free lesbian ebooks?
Can you write a review a month?
Then you should join the Lesbrary! I’m always looking for more reviewers. There are tons of ebooks to choose from, and I get sent more every day. Just email me at danikaellis at gmail.
“You are a man, and might do anything. I am a woman, and might do nothing”
– Fingersmith, Sara Waters (via onesunnycloudyday)
Never Mind a Room, We Need a NEWSPAPER of Our Own... →
rosalarian:
The fact of the matter is few readers think about the gender of the authors who write the books they read. But the ways we learn about books, largely from the attention they get in the media, including through lists like [The New York Times notable books list] — shape not just our reading choices, but the very idea of what constitutes good literature. One message the elevation of...
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“When someone with the authority of a teacher, say, describes the world and you...”
– Adrienne Rich, Invisibility in the Academe.
bemoue asked: Oh my god, this blog, yes. <3
Reblog this post if you're a...
the-bibliophile:
I want to make a “similar blogs” page. Reblog and follow the-bibliophile. I will then follow you back (from a blog called bemoue) and put you on the list. There’s so many of you out there. :)
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Top Lesbian Books →
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Ivan Coyote calls out Xtra for refusing to use... →
dripdripdropped:
YES. Fucking Xtra. All the love for Ivan Coyote.
sffic:
What’s your favorite bi/lesbian-protagonist SF/F book you’ve read? My favorites so far are Melissa Scott’s Trouble and Her Friends and Karen Cadora’s Stardust Bound.