Flash Silvermoon – Southern Lesbian Feminist Activist Herstory Project

Kathleen “Corky” Culver: Activist, Organizer, Filmmaker, Landyke, Poet

Corky Culver has been a leader and a documenter since the early days of modern lesbian feminism, cofounding a women’s land group, organizing cultural and political events (especially peace activism), publishing poetry, and singing with others at every possible opportunity.

Posted on April 14, 2025 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, Spirituality and Religion Tagged with Abby Bogomolny, Blue Lunden, C.A. Culver, Cathy Drompp, chem-free, consciousness-raising, consensus decision-making, Corky Culver, CR group, croning, Culla Culver, Denise Matthews, documentary filmmaking, Donna Dyke, Dore Rotundo, FAN, FAN Feminist Action Network, feminist, Feminist Action Network, Ferron, Finding the Well, Flash Silvermoon, Gainesville Florida, Gractia Culver, Harvard Film Archive, Joan Larkin, Julia Dragonfly, Kathleen Anne Walsh, Kathleen Culver, Katura Carey, Kentucky, LEAP, lesbian, lesbian archives, lesbian CR group, lesbian feminism, Lesbian Home Movie Project, lesbian websites, Lesbians Empowered for Action and Politics, Lorelei Esser, Marie Steinwachs, Michigan Womyn’s Music Festivals, Minnie Bruce Pratt, North Forty, Old Lesbian Oral Herstory Project, Red House, rural lesbians, Ruth Dreamdigger, Savannah River Peace Camp, Sharon Thompson, slfahp, southern, Southern Lesbian Feminist Activist Herstory Project, SPARC Sexual and Physical Abuse Resource Center, The Natural Law of Water, Theresa Carr, Thoreau, women’s land, Women’s Peace Walk, Women’s Renaissance Festival

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

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

Mindy Dyke: Leaving New York and Finding the Miami Dykes

Mindy Dyke sought out the dykes when she moved from the Bronx to Miami when she was twenty-two, and did she ever find them!

Posted on May 22, 2023 Posted in Social and Political Groups Tagged with A Few Loving Women, Anita Bryant, Bagelgrams, Berkeley Women’s Music Collective, Blackie’s, Bronx, Carol Cotton, Charlotte Brewer, Cherry Grove, Connie L, Connie R., Deanna, Flash Silvermoon, Florida, Friday Night Womyn’s Group, Helise Dubnick, Jack Campbell, Judy Thayer, Lavender Jane Loves Women, Lele, Lesbian Art Show, Lesbian Bizarre, Lesbian Feminist Liberation, Lesbian Pride Week, Lesbian Switchboard, Lesbian task Force of NOW, Lilly Harris, Linda Shear, Lou Rivers, Louise Griffin, Lucy and Martha Wilde, Mary Sims, Maryanne Powers, Miami, Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival, Miller Lake, Morgana MacVicar, National Organization for Women, New York City, Pandora Lightmoon, Patti Jo West, Ramona, Sandy McFarlane, Save Our Children, Something Special, The Firehouse, the Lesbian Liberation Committee (LLC) of the Gay Activist Alliance (GAA), the Pagoda, Tops, Tropical Park, women’s music, Women’s Preservation Society, womyn’s music, x-ray technician, Zum Alten Fritz

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Kathleen “Corky” Culver: Activist, Organizer, Filmmaker, Landyke, Poet

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

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

Mindy Dyke: Leaving New York and Finding the Miami Dykes