Culture and the Arts – Page 6 – Southern Lesbian Feminist Activist Herstory Project

Yer Girlfriend: Louisville’s Community Band

Yer Girlfriend was a Louisville-based, lesbian band active from 1989 to 1996, with reunion concerts as recently as 2015. They recorded three albums: “We Won’t Be Silent!” (1989), “L-word Spoken Here” (1992), and “Not Afraid to Love” (1995), all published by Esther Records. In 2015, Rose Norman interviewed the two founders of the band, Carol Kraemer and Laura Shine. Four songs by Carol Kraemer are posted online at Sinister Wisdom (sinisterwisdom.org/YerGirlfriend), and Sinister Wisdom uses one of them, “The L-Word,” to begin and end Zoom readings from each new issue of this quarterly journal of lesbian arts and literature.

Posted on May 16, 2022 Posted in Culture and the Arts, Lesbian-Owned Enterprises, Social and Political Groups Tagged with 2 Nice Girls, A Family of Friends (Tsunami Records), AIDS Walk, Angie Mattingly, Anima Rising, Ann Reed, Athena Productions, Bill Barnwell Trio, Brenda Dejong, Camille Rocha, Carla Wallace, Carol Kraemer, Carriage House, Cathy Lester, Cindy Campbell, CLD Club, Clothesline Project, Community Health Trust, Connie Poole, Connie’s Cabin, Cris Williamson, Daina Selter, Dare to Care, Davis-Putter Scholarship Fund, Debra Clem, Deidre McCalla, Dianne Davidson, Ellen James Society, Ellen Rosner, Esther Records, Fairness Campaign (Kentucky), Ferron, First Unitarian Church, Fonda Feingold, Full Moon Productions, Gantt Kushner, Gay and Lesbian Services Organization (GLSO), Gay Games Team Louisville, Girls in the Nose, GLUE, Gulf Coast Women’s Festival, Henley Barnette, Heritage Pridefest (NY), Holly Near, Homefront (public radio show), Hopscotch House, Hot Wire (magazine), International Women’s Day, James T. Sears, Jan Marra, Jan Riley Trio, Janet Frank, JD Doyle, Jean Russell, Joy Knopfmeier, Kathie D. Williams, Kathy Weisbach, Katy Wildsister, Ken Herndon Benefit, Kentucky Foundation for Women, Kittyhawk, L-Word Spoken Here (Esther Records), Ladyslipper Music, Laura Shine, Lawson Hunley, Lisa Cates, Liz Welsh, Londa Crenshaw, Louisville Courier Journal, Louisville KY, Louisville Music News, Louisville Sports Alliance, Lucie Blue Tremblay, Lyn Bick, Mammoth Women’s Music Festival, March for Justice (Louisville KY), Margie Adam, Marilyn Mote-Yale, Martha Barnette (Patty O. Veranda), Mary Blankemeier, Maxine Feldman, Meg Christian, Melissa Etheridge, Melody Hill (Louisville KY), Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival, Minerva, Mountain Moving Coffeehouse, music festivals, musicians, Nat Foster Trio, National Women’s Music Festival, Not Afraid to Love (Esther Records), Olivia Records, Patti Hagewood, Peace and Harmony, performances, performers, Phyllis Free, Queer Music Heritage, Reel World String Band, Rhythmfest, Rita Godfrey, River City Wimmin, Robin Mock, Sallie Bingham, Sensible Pumps, Sisterfire, Southern Indiana Women’s Music Festival, Southern Women’s Music & Comedy Festival (SWMCF), Studio 2002, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Take Back the Night, Tendre, Teresa Trull, Teri Rini & Friends, The Connection, The New Era, the Planet Bar, the Rudyard Kipling, Truly Dangerous Swamp Band, Uncle Pleasant’s, Unitarian Universalist Church of Lexington, Vicki Jones, We Won’t Be Silent (Esther Records), WFPK 91.9 FM (Louisville Public Radio), WFPL 89.3 FM (Louisville Public Radio), Woman Sounds (WEKU 88.9 FM), Womanwaves (WFPL 89.3 FM), Women in Paradise, women’s music, women’s music festivals, Women’s Week, Yer Girlfriend

Red Dyke Theatre with Mickey Alberts and Frances Pici

The Android Sisters, left to right: Murry Stevens, Frances Pici, and Mickey Alberts. Courtesy of Frances Pici.

Frances Pici, Mickey Alberts and three others started Red Dyke Theatre in Atlanta in 1974 with a New Year’s Eve show at their home, Tacky Towers.

Posted on April 8, 2022 Posted in Culture and the Arts, Social and Political Groups Tagged with ALFA, ALFA Omegas, Amy Darden, Amy Estelle, Atlanta GA, Atlanta Lesbian Feminist Alliance, Bonnie Netherton, Buffalo Women's Studies College, C.C. (aka Carol Gallant), C.K, Charlotte Bunch, coming out, communal households, DAR II, Debra Gray, Dino Martin, Donna Price, Dyke, Dykes for the Second American Revolution, Fanny Fernow, feminist process, Frances Pici, Gail Reeder, Garbo’s, Harriett Green, Jaen Black, Jeanne Aland, lesbian feminist theatre, Lily Tomlin, Maoism, Marxism, Mickey Alberts, Moral Hazard, Murry (Mary) Stevens, music, Nancy Oswald, performance, Rebecca Ranson, Red Dyke Theatre, SAME – Southeastern Arts Media and Education, Sarah Holmes, Stars and Dykes Forever Theater, Sue Berry, Sweet Gum Head, Tacky Towers, The Great Southeastern Lesbian Conference, The Tower, theatre, University of Buffalo Women’s Studies College, Wilson Huff, Winona Holloway, women's radio shows, women’s movement

Blanche Jackson: Market Wimmin and Maat Dompim Womyn of Color Land Project

Blanche Jackson at Womonwrites: the Southeastern Lesbian Writers Conference in autumn 2011. Her T-shirt says, “Ladies Sewing Circle and Terrorist Society.” Photo by Lorraine Fontana, used with permission.

From a rooftop garden in New York City to Maat Dompim Womyn of Color Land Project in Virginia and beyond, Blanche has offered support and empowerment to women of color throughout the country.

Posted on April 6, 2022 Posted in Culture and the Arts, Lesbian Land Groups, Lesbian-Owned Enterprises Tagged with Amoja Three Rivers, class, Cultural Etiquette: A Guide for the Well-Intended, Heathcote, legal issues, Maat Dompim, Market Wimmin, medical issues, Michigan WMF, race, women of color

Beth Marschak: Lesbian Activist for Civil Rights and Human Rights

Mary Dean Carter, Beth Marschak, and Terrie Pendleton, left to right, members of Richmond Lesbian Feminists.

My feminism began in college. I started a women’s lib group, organized the first Earth Day in Richmond, and got in jail for antiwar and civil rights actions.

Posted on March 16, 2022 Posted in Culture and the Arts, Lesbian Land Groups, Lesbian-Owned Enterprises, Publishing, Publications, and Booksellers, Social and Political Groups, Social Justice, Women’s Health, and Social Services Tagged with American Civil Liberties Union ACLU, Barbara Weinstock, Bessida White, Beth Marschak, CampOut, coalition building, Diversity Richmond, Equality Virginia, Fare Share Food Co-op, Gay Awareness in Perspective, Girls Rolling in the South (GRITS), Harvey Fierstein, International Women’s Year, InTouch, Iridian Gallery, Jacqui Singleton, Janet Grubbs, JERA Productions, Labrys Books, Lesbian and Gay Rights Rally in Monroe Park, Lesbian Womyn of Color, Luise Farmer, National Black Feminist Organization (NBFO), National Women’s Political Caucus, Organization for Women’s Liberation at Westhampton, Our Own Community Press, Phoenix Rising bookstore, Pine Camp Arts & Community Center, Purple Lady Productions, Richmond Human Rights Coalition Human Rights Award, Richmond Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition, Richmond Lesbian-Feminists (RLF), Richmond Triangle Players, Richmond VA, Richmond Women’s Center, Richmond Women’s Festival, Richmond YWCA, RLF Flyer, Safe Sex Triology, Sharon Bottoms and April Wade custody case, Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), Third District Women’s Political Caucus, University of Richmond, Virginia, Virginia Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Rights (VCLGR), Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia Gay Alliance, Virginia Lesbian Feminists, Virginia Women’s Political Caucus, Wanda Fears, Westhampton College of University of Richmond, Wild Western Women’s Weekend, women’s festivals, women’s liberation movement, women’s music festivals, WomensBooks, Woody Guthrie Community Center

Category: Culture and the Arts

Yer Girlfriend: Louisville’s Community Band

Red Dyke Theatre with Mickey Alberts and Frances Pici

Blanche Jackson: Market Wimmin and Maat Dompim Womyn of Color Land Project

Beth Marschak: Lesbian Activist for Civil Rights and Human Rights