How many times, in the history of lesbian fashion, is purple on the periphery? Within this blog, it crops up repeatedly, an Easter egg for the eagle eyed. There’s the hand-made t-shirts of the Lavender Menace, lavender in colour as well as in lettering, at once an insult and a rebuttal. There’s the bright purpleContinue reading “From Lavender to Violet: The Lesbian Obsession with Purple”
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Depicting Sappho: the Creation of the Original Lesbian Look
Sappho – the original lesbian. At least, this is how we within the LGBTQ community think of her today, with the words sapphic and lesbian originating from her name and home island of Lesbos. Yet, her identity and the desires expressed in her poems have been debated for thousands of years. Homophobia, and more specificallyContinue reading “Depicting Sappho: the Creation of the Original Lesbian Look”
Dressing Dykes 