Tag: art
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Heard of the male gaze? Get ready for the lesbian lens with Halie Torris
How does a lesbian artist express lesbian sexuality in her work when lesbian desire is usually either ignored, denied, purified or assumed to be created for men? Halie Torris’ art appeals to the legions of lesbians craving sexy depictions of ourselves through a lesbian lens. Halie Torris is a lesbian figurative painter who channels emotion…
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Lesbian Media Lesbians Love
*Updated June 8, 2024* We asked our supporters for their favourite lesbian movies, television shows, video games, apps, podcasts, YouTubers, books, artists, websites, musicians, magazines, and any other lesbian media they love. Because authors at LH haven’t engaged with all of this media, we cannot guarantee the politics or enjoyability behind each suggestion. Some of…
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“Lesbians Have Always Existed”: an interview with artist Jenifer Prince
Jenifer Prince is a visual artist and illustrator from Brazil. She combines mid-century comic aesthetics and pop culture references to depict lesbianism, “their love, life, sexuality and everything in between,” with a nostalgic nod to the past. We love to see Jenifer Prince’s art and so do big clients, including Netflix, Amazon Prime and Penguin…
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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’…