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Please Mister, Don’t Draw Your Gun

Timothy Snyder and Navigating America's Carceral State - I Had a Bad Night!

Apr 22 •

Hard Spring Chicken and Dumplings - Come and Get It

Extra Yummy: Susie Screens “Bound” at Grayhaven Motel

Apr 17 •

3 Lesbian Artists Who Changed It All

The Female Gaze Revolution began in the early 1970s— Tee Corinne, Honey Lee Cottrell, and Patrick Califia

Apr 15 •

The Radiance of Bettie Page, 1923 - 2008

Susie Bright interviews screenwriter/director Mary Harron

Apr 11 •

10 Money Questions - Sex Was Never This Hard!

Nina Smith puts Susie on the Queer Budget Hot Seat

Apr 8 •

Most Popular

“Terminated”

Jun 17, 2022 • Susie Bright

Dorothy Allison - Cut Off The Lights

Nov 8, 2024 • Susie Bright and Dorothy Allison

The Radiance of Bettie Page, 1923 - 2008

Apr 11 • Susie Bright

Why Won’t You Say What *Really* Happened?

Feb 13 • Susie Bright

Recent posts

Letter from Ithaca

What Homer Knew About Resistance

Apr 3 •

In Amerika They Call Us Dykes: Redux

I’m going back to the archives. I find them more meaningful than ever.

Apr 1 •

As democracy falters, our yearning for creature comfort hits its furry-belly peak

Mar 27 •

At Sixes and Sevens: Symbols and Signs for March 25

You Say It’s Your Birthday. It’s My Birthday Too YEAH

Mar 25 •

My New York Sabbatical; What I’m Reading Every Morning

Hello, Thursday!

Mar 21 •

Food

Silver & Gold: An Orange Picker's Meditation

From Mission Gardens to Monkey Glands

Feb 6 •

Defiant Tongues, Lost Voices, and a Bulletproof Diva

Field Notes on What Survives (and What Gets Erased)

Jan 23 •

January Survival Kit: Radical Reading, Rescue TV Drama, & a Cake You Can't Have

“The state of public city hospitals these days makes a MASH unit look like a health spa.”

Jan 16 •

A Christmas Miracle on the Road to Oaxaca

UNTIL Egypt’s Aswan Dam plugged her up, the Nile River flooded every year, spreading her chocolate waters across the land, depositing the rich sediment…

Dec 10, 2024 •

For the Vegetarian Thanksgiving Radical, & the Dumpling Devoteé

Nov 27, 2024 •

Leisure Hours

Keep Your Shears in My Heart

Why Diamond (Sharp Shears) Are a Girl’s Best Friend

Oct 4, 2023 •

Pirates of the Caribbean Skirt

Ahoy there, Wenches! Only Stitchy Bitches May Apply

Jul 27, 2023 •

Life's Too Short for Pants

Don’t even try to argue; you can’t

Jul 1, 2023 •

The Case of the Missing Curve

How to Look Good in Spite of it All — Sewing Room Confidential

Jun 22, 2023 •

Could I Interest You in a Romper?

Curves and baby clothes— dressing your inner tot-ness

Jun 3, 2023 •

Nice to stay in touch, eh?

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