1940s
"The Gender of Desire: Joan Nestle’s Last Interview"
Not long after we popped on our screens to record together, Joan Nestleannounced, "I'm 84. I'm very tired. This will be my last interview with you all today." I couldn't breathe.
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OurDykeHistories
"Queer Pulp, Dark Bars & the Police State, 1940s-1960s"
Along with a lush photo spread of some queer highlights, awfulness, and delicious everyday life from the 1940s-1960s, enjoy a deep dive into NYC queer history with Joan Nestle, Hugh Ryan, and Alix Genter.
bispaces
It's Closed Now: Our Decades-Long Fixation with Lost Dykedom
A meditation on the it's-closed-now rhetoric of lezbiqueertrans spaces--why it's true and how it traps anyone wanting to build a better world.
1920s
Why Did U.S. Lesbian Bars Start in the 1930s?
On dykes and the mafia: a tale of the Prohibition sex tourism, racialized racist tourism, policing, graft, and desire.
1920s
"When Paris and Berlin Were Dyke Bars*"
Enjoy the detailed transcript of the second episode of my Our Dyke Histories podcast.
OurDykeHistories
"1920s & 1930s: The LezQueer World before Bars"
My podcast with Sinister Wisdom, Our Dyke Histories has launched! I'm sharing the transcript from the first 1920s-1930s episode with some images to bring it to life even further.
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Is 1928's Café Dorian Gray Actually Cubbyhole 2025?!
I'm enamored with Café Dorian Gray in 1928 Berlin – maybe because I've been to its twin(!), none other than the renowned Cubbyhole in 2025. Yes, really.
dykebars
"My Lesbian Bar"
One of the first things my partner Rachel said to me was, "My lesbian bar was a babyfeeding café in Boston 2014-2015." And I've been thinking how I didn't bat an eye.
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Lez Liberatory Geographical Imaginations: Dykeness in Retrospect
Many of us want to return to halcyon spacetimes. It's how the Far Right sells themselves. But wanting to go back to some halcyon spacetimes is how *everyone* makes sense of their geographies, just not in vile, cruel, and fascist ways.
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The Only Lesbian Bar Guide in the World Is from 1928
Just then, Spinnboden archivist and director Katja Koblitz gently sprung up. She arrived at my shoulder and tapped me gently, as she said, “Why didn’t you tell me earlier you were writing a book on dyke bars?” I turned and found her beaming...
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Let Us Tease You :: Our Dyke Histories Soft (Butch) Reveal
Coming in live from the Lesbian Lives conference in New York City, I'm excited to do a soft (butch) launch of my podcast with Sinister Wisdom: Our Dyke Histories!
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Magicks: Our Dyke Histories podcast soft launch at Lesbian Lives!
Come for the history; stay for the revolution, gossip, and desire that built it. 🤌 That's our (sexy and smart) tagline for my podcast Our Dyke Histories. I'm releasing ODH in collaboration with the amazing Sinister Wisdom, the lesbian multicultural literary and art journal.