What is a ‘real lesbian’ and who decides? Karin Kallmaker on the tightrope of being guest and host in the Big Queer Tent.
To the Girly-Girls Who Like Girls
If you’re a young femme in school and you really want the purple shoes, the fabulous purse and the supermodel hair, but the gay kids give you a hard time for not looking gay enough — that gets better too.
Surviving that First Panel – Moderators and Panelists
Karin Kallmaker’s tips on moderating and/or being on a panel. And why it’s important to make love to the bush! Ad free site.
“Women’s Fiction” – A Sign or an Answer to Sexism in the Book Industry?
Novelist Joanne Harris finds her books labelled “women’s fiction” frustrating. Why do these labels exist – a perspective from a lesbian writer in a small market.
Family, Friends, Cowboys, Good Witches, Pulps and Kisses that Count
I hope to have such a terrific evening again before they pry the keyboard out of my cold, stiff hands.


