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Between Betty and Me: Art, Activism, and Accessibility

Betty Bird with Ellie

Susan Robinson writes about her then partner Betty Bird, and tells the story of how she and others began a system for recording feminist journals like *Sinister Wisdom* and distributing those recordings through services for the blind.

Posted on August 19, 2024 Posted in Culture and the Arts, Social Justice, Women’s Health, and Social Services Tagged with Atlanta, Betty Bird, blind, Blizzard, Catherine Nicholson, College of William and Mary, Columbia South Carolina, Commission for the Blind, Conditions, Connie Panzarino, Durham Chapel Hill, Eileen Pagan, exclusion from literary discussion, Feminary, Feminist Taping for Handicapped Readers, Free Matter for the Blind, Harriet Desmoines, Henri Cole, independent mobility, Jelly, Kady van Deurs, Kathy Hagar, lesbian journals on tape, library of Congress, Marj Schneider, minneapolis, Monticello, Nebraska, New York, New York City, New York Lighthouse for the Blind, North Carolina, off our backs, Peaches lesbian bar, planning meetings, print handicapped, Ramon, Recordings for the Blind, Shorty, Sinister Wisdom, southern lesbian writers, Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Susan Robinson, Susan Wood Thompson, The Me in the Mirror, The Paris Review, University of Texas, Vicki Gabriner, visual memory, Washington DC, Williamsburg Virginia, WomanWrites, Womomwrites, Womyns Braille Press

The Pagoda: A Lesbian Community by the Sea–Interview with the Book’s Author, Rose Norman

The Pagoda was a lesbian residential community and cultural center on the beach near St. Augustine, Florida, from 1977 to 1999. Rose Norman interviewed founders, residents, and guests for the story of how it came to be and how it lasted so long.

Posted on December 6, 2023 Posted in Lesbian Land Groups, Lesbian-Owned Enterprises, Publishing, Publications, and Booksellers, Social and Political Groups, Social Justice, Women’s Health, and Social Services, Spirituality and Religion Tagged with Alapine, alcoholism, Changing the Hymns to Hers, controversial issues, cultural center, Deeply Held Beliefs, Dykewriters, Elethia, Emily Greene, Flash Silvermoon, Gaia’s Guide, Gainesville Florida, Goddess church, healing place, Heresies, incorporated feminist church, intentional communities, Landykes of the South, Lavender, Lee Lanning, lesbian battering, lesbian community, Lesbian Connection, lesbian culture and community movements, Lesbian Home Movie Project, Lesbian Land, Lesbianima Rising, Martha Strozier, mental health counselors, Merril Mushroom, Morgana, Nett Hart, no boy children allowed, on the beach, Pagoda cottages, Pagoda story for Landykes of the South, Pagoda supporter, Rainbow Williams, Ree’s Seashore Cottages, Rena Carney, Rose Norman, sadomasochism, Second Sunays, separatism, shared mortgage, Sharon Thompson, Shorty Res, Sinister Wisdom, Southern Lesbian Activist Herstory Project, St Augustine Florida, Sugarloaf, SW104, tax-exempt, temple of Love, The Backstage Bar, The Mother Church in Florida, the Pagoda, The Pagoda: A Lesbian Community By The Sea, theatre at the Pagoda, Toni Head, University of Florida archive, vegetarian, Wiccan feminist spirituality, women’s music circuit, women’s studies, Womonwrites, WordWeavers

Patricia R. Corbett: Girl in a Tie

Patricia R. Corbett with a framed poster for Fall of the House of Snow

It is my goal to fight harder for human rights than individual rights; and to leave a legacy of love and of the value of community service for my family.

Posted on October 3, 2023 Posted in Culture and the Arts, Social Justice, Women’s Health, and Social Services Tagged with Aunt Maggies MoJo and the Devil Angel Brown, Black invisible lesbian, Black protest writers, Brown Girls in the Ring, civil rights activist, dramaturg, Fall of the House of Snow, Gladys Bentley, Goddard College, Harlem Renaissance, Harriet Jacobs, Jacqui Singleton, JustaSISTA, Maryland State Arts Council award, Patricia R Corbett, Perils of a Southern Black Woman: stories tales and nightmares told in the light, Phil Crosby, playwright, Rap Brown, Rev Linwood Corbett Sr, Richmond Triangle Players, Richmond Virginia, Sisters Rising Mentoring Organization, Stokely Carmichael, storytelling, transgender Barbie, Virginia Christian, Warehouse Theatre Washington DC, Why I Hate the Circus

Barbara Esrig: Writer, Oral Historian, Nurse, and Cook Extraordinaire

Barbara Esrig. Photo by Elizabeth Daneman and Tammy Bernard.

Barbara Esrig, a founding member of Southern Lesbian Feminist Activist Herstory Project, describes her work as a midwife, and her recovery from a near-fatal car accident.

Posted on September 11, 2023 Posted in Social Justice, Women’s Health, and Social Services, Spirituality and Religion Tagged with abortions, adoption, Alachua General Hospital, Amazon Opera, Amelia Earhart, Amelia’s, Ann Gill, artificial insemination, Arts in Medicine, Barbara Esrig, Carol Aubin, Cassadaga, Cheryl LaMay, childbirth, Clair Englander, Connie Jylanki, Corky Culver, Dotty Faibisy, Eloise Page, Eugene Oregon, Flash Silvermoon, Gail Atkins, Gainesville Florida, Gainesville Women’s Health Center, Gerry Green, Gwen Demeter, home birth, Jewish religion, Joan McTigue, La Leche, Lamaze, lay midwives, lesbian seders, lesbian variety show, Linda Wilson, Lynda Lou Simmons, Marcia Zeimer, Marilyn Mesh, Megan, midwifery, New York City, oral histories, Pam Smith, Practical nurse, Randi Cameon, registered nurse, RN, Ruth Segal, Sallie Ann Harrison, San Francisco, Sandy Cosgrave, Sandy Malone, segregated hospital, Shands Hospital, the Red House, turkey baster, Wild Iris, Womonwrites, writer in residence

Category: Social Justice, Women’s Health, and Social Services

Between Betty and Me: Art, Activism, and Accessibility

The Pagoda: A Lesbian Community by the Sea–Interview with the Book’s Author, Rose Norman

Patricia R. Corbett: Girl in a Tie

Barbara Esrig: Writer, Oral Historian, Nurse, and Cook Extraordinaire