Rebel Girls: 9 Queer, Feminist, and/or Gender Theorists (Who Aren’t Judith Butler)
Here are some queer, feminist, and/or gender theorists worth reading when you finally get through “Gender Trouble.”
Rebel Girls: Browse Feminist Archives Online, Observe Herstory With Your Eyeballs
Collegiate libraries, non-profit organizations, and plucky websites alike have been collecting and archiving the history of the women’s rights movement for decades — and that means average people like you and me can sometimes spend hours fawning over what they’ve gotten their grubby little hands.
10 First-Ever Lesbian Characters On American TV: Killers, Tramps, Thieves and Therapists
From lesbian gangs killing old ladies in a nursing home to actresses with Mommy issues to inspirational schoolteachers, these are ten of the first-ever lesbian characters on American primetime television, 1961-1977.
Rebel Girls: On Building a Better Separatism
There is a power in building communities on our own terms as marginalized people. There is a freedom in escaping, even for a moment, the weight of oppression and the burden of society’s expectations for who we should be. And there is a revolution to be had in building better, more inclusive spaces for marginalized folks.
We’ve Always Been Here: Honoring Bisexual History, Imagining Bisexual Futures
Historical texts often subsume bisexual activists into the Gay movement or ignore their contributions altogether. Recognizing the historical work of bisexual activists and movements is key to our continued struggle and survival, bi leaders say.
Rebel Girls: 5 Women Who Organized Across Movements to Make Feminist Herstory
From labor rights to environmental justice, these women organized with gender in mind outside of the feminist movement.
12 Women They Didn’t Tell You Were Queer In History Class
Really unclear why we didn’t spend at least one semester reading Emily Dickinson’s love letters to her girlfriend.
How One Woman Inventor Revolutionized Ice Cream
I’ll be thinking of Nancy M. Johnson’s invention today as I eat ice cream with my lunch. And afternoon snack. And dinner.
Rebel Girls: 10 Historical Women Who Went on Sick Adventures
These 10 women traversed lands, set records, and embraced adventure. We should know their names!
21 More Lesbian Slang Terms You’ve Probably Never Heard Before
Are you a running shoe lesbian who likes to make vulva hands? There’s only one way to find out.
Rebel Girls: 10 Feminist Gal Pals Who Made This World a More Awesome Place Together
As a follow-up to the time I used “gal pals” sarcastically and taught you all about the queer suffragists, and in honor of Gal Pal Week, this week’s Rebel Girls lesson is going to be about good, old-fashioned friendship.
Rebel Girls: This Is What A Lavender Menace Looks Like
By the time straight women of the second wave had caught up to the times, queer women had already f*cked up their movement — and built one all their own.
Ela Darling and Sovereign Syre Want to Teach You About the Boss Bitches of History
Ela Darling and Sovereign Syre might not be who you’d expected to be at the helm of the new, totally feminist, herstorical web series “Boss Bitches of History.” But together, the two adult entertainers are ready to bring women’s history to life – and redefine society’s expectations and pre-determined narratives for women at the same time.
Rebel Girls: The 5 Moments in Feminist History That Jump-Started The Second Wave
The nearly half a decade that passed between the first and second waves of feminism was a period of great transition for what hadn’t even yet been named the “feminist movement.”
Gal Pals In History: 8 Ways To Avoid Using The Words “Lesbian” or “Bisexual”
“God-insulting grannies.”
Rebel Girls: It’s Time For Queer Herstory Trivia Night!
Time for a pop quiz! JK, it’s more like trivia night.
Rebel Girls: Meet (Some Of) the Gal Pals of the Suffrage Movement
We’ve broadly written off intense and deep relationships between these fearless suffrage leaders as “friendships” for years, but it’s worth considering what we’re erasing when we do.
Booths for Ladies: An Unauthorized History of the Lexington Club
The idea of this building housing regular, straight people drinking regular, straight drinks was peculiar to me. So I set off into various archives to learn more, uncovering a total of at least eight proprietors of a tavern at the corner of 19th and Lexington that dates back to 1910. To present my findings, I shall now show you 10 reasons that the building is completely 1000% well-suited to be San Francisco’s most loved dyke bar.
Rebel Girls: 7 Suffragists You Probably Didn’t Learn About in School
I wanted to take today’s lesson as an opportunity to totally school you on the suffrage comrades they didn’t teach you about in school, but there’s a ton, so I picked some of my favorites.
10 Theories About How Lesbians Have Sex From Straight People In History
“Probably the devil is involved”