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Women's History Review, 2021
During the 1970s and 1980s, a number of predominantly white, working-and middle-class women from ... more During the 1970s and 1980s, a number of predominantly white, working-and middle-class women from across Europe, Australasia, North America and elsewhere travelled across the globe, establishing short or longer-term residence in rural and urban separatist communities. This article explores the role of these women in disseminating post-68 feminist ideas and literature, as well as in the creation of transnational lesbian feminist networks. Drawing on oral history interviews and feminist literature, this work traces these networks and explores some of the central ideological concerns of rural women's lands and the ways in which these differed between specific locations in Australia, Wales and Denmark.
Sydney Journal
Asking ‘What is lesbian Sydney?’ and ‘Where is it?’, this article traces the shifting spaces and ... more Asking ‘What is lesbian Sydney?’ and ‘Where is it?’, this article traces the shifting spaces and places of lesbian Sydney in the first decades after the Second World War. In the 1940s and 1950s, when camp bars were overwhelmingly male, lesbians enjoyed a very limited public presence in the city. Many women created lesbian spaces in isolation from a wider community, discreetly setting up house with a female partner and gradually building up a small network of lesbian friends. Groups of women met in each other’s homes or visited the parks and beaches around Sydney and the Central Coast for social excursions. By the 1960s, lesbians were beginning to carve out a more visible public space for themselves at wine bars and cabaret clubs in inner suburbs such as Kings Cross, Oxford Street and the city, and the commercial bar scene grew steadily through the 1970s. However, the influence of feminist and lesbian and gay politics in the 1970s also prompted a rethinking of lesbian spaces in Sydne...
Sydney Journal
This article considers the long history of desire and sexual encounters between women in Sydney.
Journal of Women's History
Twentieth Century British History
Sexualities, 2004
... Of the 19 interviewees on which this research focused, three women, Cynthia Reid, Julie Swits... more ... Of the 19 interviewees on which this research focused, three women, Cynthia Reid, Julie Switsur and Diana Chapman were founding members of the lesbian organization Minorities Research Group and its magazine Arena Three; Jackie Forster was a founding editor of the ...
Journal of the History of Sexuality, 2016
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Cultural and Social History, 2016
History Australia, Apr 12, 2012
Contemporary British History, 2014
Women's History Review, 2010
The book does not set out any specific thesis; rather, it showcases the work of numerous scholars... more The book does not set out any specific thesis; rather, it showcases the work of numerous scholars in an attempt to create a coherent survey of the last 500 years of female homoeroticism. We are presented with a familiar cast: passing women, early modern hermaphrodites, Sapphic ...
Women's History Review, 2010
Women's History Review, 2012
Social History, 2006
... subculture. Zoe Progl, gangster's moll and habituée of the Soho club scene, was ... more ... subculture. Zoe Progl, gangster's moll and habituée of the Soho club scene, was surprised to find herself at the Gateways one night: In this mood I was delighted to get a phone call from my ex-WRAC friend, Hazel. The coloured ...
The Journal of British Studies, 2008
Women's History Review, 2021
During the 1970s and 1980s, a number of predominantly white, working-and middle-class women from ... more During the 1970s and 1980s, a number of predominantly white, working-and middle-class women from across Europe, Australasia, North America and elsewhere travelled across the globe, establishing short or longer-term residence in rural and urban separatist communities. This article explores the role of these women in disseminating post-68 feminist ideas and literature, as well as in the creation of transnational lesbian feminist networks. Drawing on oral history interviews and feminist literature, this work traces these networks and explores some of the central ideological concerns of rural women's lands and the ways in which these differed between specific locations in Australia, Wales and Denmark.
Sydney Journal
Asking ‘What is lesbian Sydney?’ and ‘Where is it?’, this article traces the shifting spaces and ... more Asking ‘What is lesbian Sydney?’ and ‘Where is it?’, this article traces the shifting spaces and places of lesbian Sydney in the first decades after the Second World War. In the 1940s and 1950s, when camp bars were overwhelmingly male, lesbians enjoyed a very limited public presence in the city. Many women created lesbian spaces in isolation from a wider community, discreetly setting up house with a female partner and gradually building up a small network of lesbian friends. Groups of women met in each other’s homes or visited the parks and beaches around Sydney and the Central Coast for social excursions. By the 1960s, lesbians were beginning to carve out a more visible public space for themselves at wine bars and cabaret clubs in inner suburbs such as Kings Cross, Oxford Street and the city, and the commercial bar scene grew steadily through the 1970s. However, the influence of feminist and lesbian and gay politics in the 1970s also prompted a rethinking of lesbian spaces in Sydne...
Sydney Journal
This article considers the long history of desire and sexual encounters between women in Sydney.
Journal of Women's History
Twentieth Century British History
Sexualities, 2004
... Of the 19 interviewees on which this research focused, three women, Cynthia Reid, Julie Swits... more ... Of the 19 interviewees on which this research focused, three women, Cynthia Reid, Julie Switsur and Diana Chapman were founding members of the lesbian organization Minorities Research Group and its magazine Arena Three; Jackie Forster was a founding editor of the ...
Journal of the History of Sexuality, 2016
Http Dx Doi Org 10 1080 09612025 2012 658185, Sep 26, 2012
Cultural and Social History, 2016
History Australia, Apr 12, 2012
Contemporary British History, 2014
Women's History Review, 2010
The book does not set out any specific thesis; rather, it showcases the work of numerous scholars... more The book does not set out any specific thesis; rather, it showcases the work of numerous scholars in an attempt to create a coherent survey of the last 500 years of female homoeroticism. We are presented with a familiar cast: passing women, early modern hermaphrodites, Sapphic ...
Women's History Review, 2010
Women's History Review, 2012
Social History, 2006
... subculture. Zoe Progl, gangster's moll and habituée of the Soho club scene, was ... more ... subculture. Zoe Progl, gangster's moll and habituée of the Soho club scene, was surprised to find herself at the Gateways one night: In this mood I was delighted to get a phone call from my ex-WRAC friend, Hazel. The coloured ...
The Journal of British Studies, 2008