Month: September 2021

  • Girlfriends or Gal Pals? Decoding Intimacy Between Women in Old Photographs

    Girlfriends or Gal Pals? Decoding Intimacy Between Women in Old Photographs

    Love between women has existed forever, despite the crumbs of documentation and the meddling with evidence. Homosexuality didn’t begin with gay rights awareness in the 20th century. However, society still denormalises same-sex love as a new trend. In style. A fad. An abomination. A political choice. An act of rebellion. Bow-bowww. They’re wrong. Women lovin’…

  • Patricia Highsmith: a Painful Lesson

    Patricia Highsmith: a Painful Lesson

    Patricia Highsmith was the author of The Price of Salt (1952): the inspiration for the film Carol (2015). It was the first lesbian novel with a happy ending. However, while many adored her, Patricia Highsmith was not known as a particularly cheerful person. The prolific author wrote 22 novels and many short stories over her…