The sartorial habits of our fashion forebears from decades past can often be visualised in the form of a handful or so defining garments. When one says 1920s, one thinks of flapper dresses worn to Charleston in and a penchant for bobbing one’s hair. When one says 1980s, one visualises luridly bright leg warmers, and…
The Attic Head
The ceramics teacher wanted to make mothers of us, ‘Make yourself in your image,’ and we all got to work, squeezing these wet slabs, pressing, thumbing, stretching lids over eyes, strands over scalps, building a mirror from the dust that layered every hand. Back from the kiln, the ward, its birthing heat, and I…
Timeline of LGBT+ achievements in the last 100 years:
1924: The Society for Human Rights was created by Henry Gerber. It was the first documented organisation for gay rights, however it only lasted a few months due to the arrest of several members. It has been referred to as the predecessor to the modern gay liberation movement and inspired the foundation of the Mattachine…
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