Clothing and queer identities
I recently attended a lecture by Professor Amy de la Haye on interpreting gender in the context of the museum, specifically when exhibiting fashion/clothing. The pre-reading was a chapter on
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Bishopsgate Institute & the Lesbian and Gay Newsmedia Archive
One of the many things I picked up during my MA course at London College of Fashion was a love of archives, so being introduced to fascinating places to undertake
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Mephedrone and the fake promise of sex
One minute scrolling profiles on Grindr and you will notice straightaway pictures of headless naked torsos with emblematic nicknames such as kinkyboy, sleazysessions and sex&chems. But is this contemporary world
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Is Monogamy Dead?
Monogamy. A great topic for a stand-up comedy show, don’t you think? Rosie Wilby certainly thinks so, as that’s what prompted her to create “Is Monogamy Dead?”, a show about
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Sexuality, coming out and labels
Yesterday, Olympic medal-winning diver Tom Daley told the world (via YouTube) that he is happily dating a man. I first read about this on the BBC news website and straight
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Ditch the Label
Ever had someone assume something about you because of the way you look or dress? Do others sometimes use the colour of your skin, your gender, sexuality or hobbies to
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Bisexuality: Myths and lazy journalism
Yesterday I had the misfortune of reading Daniel Warner’s dreadful piece for the Huffington Post, entitled Bisexuality: Is It Fun, Non Committal or Just Plain Greedy? It contains so many
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Bisexuality is not a phase
Dear Steven Moffat Whilst I appreciate your continued dedication to keeping one of my favourite television shows in its rightful place on BBC1 in the prime time Saturday night slot,
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Identity, labels and belonging
A couple of things happened to me on Twitter (where else?) today that got me thinking. When I was younger, I knew that I liked girls but never realised that
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On bisexuality…
Although I’ve written about coming out as bisexual for BitchBuzz before, it’s not a subject I’ve covered on Rarely Wears Lipstick much so I thought I’d better fix that today.
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