Where did all the lesbians go?
Hadley Freeman - my journalist hero - interviewed me about my new book, 'Lesbians: Where are we now?' for the Sunday Times Magazine
Me, top left, and Harriet Wistrich, smiling straight at the camera, head next to the ‘are’.
You can read the full article here
I know, paywalls, BUT it is cheap to sign up for a limited period, and it will be in the printed version of the Sunday Times Magazine this Sunday (30th March).
And if you fancy pre-ordering my book, there is a discount if you order before publication (10 April) by clicking this link:
I am looking forward to Julie's book but ............
I would love to see an Australian historian and scholar like Shirleene Robinson do an Australian lesbian history. Susan Hawthorne has done some good things and there are a few pieces of journalism scattered here and there. Sue Jackson has put the papers of the first Lesbian Action Group (late '70s to early '80s) in the Women's Liberation archives at Melbourne University. Surely there are unknown or untapped resources elsewhere too.We need an Australian lesbian philanthropist to make a research and writing grant for this to be achieved.
Our history holds enough extraordinary women and social importance for this to be a remarkable piece of work.
How I miss the days when everything was in black and white.