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The Persistent Desire: A Femme-Butch Reader

Joan Nestle

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Surveys a decade of the attempt to reconstruct and understand the meaning and value of butch-femme relations for the contemporary lesbian, drawing on oral history, fiction, poetry, and fantasy.

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sunny thoughts\ \ Sunny\ \ • Jan 15 2024

ranking my favorite books & honorable mentions of 2023

fave books part 1: https://youtu.be/bBZEuSYjIvk?si=l7TzM6mGsmboebYK

fave books part 2: https://youtu.be/QsX2jOKMs-Y?si=thWJ2x43tyu9i\_03

Renaissance's review of Dykette: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5749008545?book\_show\_action=false

my review of post-traumatic in comparison to another book about trauma: https://open.substack.com/pub/thelavendermenace/p/3-women-writers-3-book-reviews?utm\_campaign=post&utm\_medium=web

The Lavender Menace podcast episode wrapping up 2023 media: upcoming Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6KoWHeYT8M0svZhvTsOUgt?si=LzGU-55zSOmbanf7-vlTMg&dl\_branch=1 Apple Podcasts: https://t.co/agmaoiRQRy?amp=1 Patreon, for exclusive bonus episodes & early access: https://www.patreon.com/TheLavenderMenace

The Persistent Desire: A Femme-Butch Reader link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ujU1cXx4eZV7njNXIYokmO-bDei84tfn/view?usp=sharing

Timestamps: 00:00-02:47 intro 02:47-03:53 #16 03:53-04:33 #15 04:33-05:53 #14 05:53-07:06 #13 07:06-08:59 #12 08:59-10:18 #11 10:18-11:55 #10 11:55-13:17 #9 13:17-14:24 #8 14:24-15:42 #7 15:42-17:29 #6 17:29-19:10 #5 19:10-21:18 #4 21:18-23:10 #3 23:10-25:10 #1 & #2 25:10-26:50 lesbian 2023 reflections 26:50-35:00 honorable mentions

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sunny thoughts\ \ Sunny\ \ • Dec 31 2023

favorite books I've read in 2023

lesbian non-fiction & lit-fic & fantasy reads I've loved in the past year!! Please ignore the fact that I’m wearing pajama pants in this video

Timestamps: 0:00-1:30 intro. 1:30-4:10 The Persistent Desire, a Femme-Butch Reader. Edited by Joan Nestle 4:10-08:11 Stone Butch Blues. Leslie Feinberg 08:11-10:25 Knocking Myself Up: A Memoir of My (In)fertility. Michelle Tea 10:25-15:17 Things To Do When You’re Goth in The Country. Chavisa Woods 15:17-20:48 Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal. Christopher Moore 20:48-23:25 The Very Nice Box. Laura Blackett, Eve Gleischman 23:25-26:32 Tress of The Emerald Sea. Brandon Sanderson 26:32-29:40 Dykette. Jenny Fran Davis 29:40-35:01 Black Wave. Michelle Tea 35:01-37:47 Post-traumatic. Chantal V. Johnson 37:47-38:41 part 2 is coming…

Find me: Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/asunnybooknook (I don't update my Storygraph profile, sorry!! only upload my goodreads data there once a year for data purposes :( too hard to keep up with 2 tracking apps and I'm more familiar with Goodreads at this point) Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/asunnybooknook My Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/sunnyinstlouis Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/asunnybooknook Business contact - asunnybooknook @ gmail dot com

🍑🍊🕊🌸🍓🍒🍇 Listen to me and my best friend's lesbian comedy media & pop culture commentary podcast, The Lavender Menace! Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6KoWHeYT8M0svZhvTsOUgt?si=LzGU-55zSOmbanf7-vlTMg&dl\_branch=1 Apple Podcasts: https://t.co/agmaoiRQRy?amp=1 Patreon, for exclusive bonus episodes & early access: https://www.patreon.com/TheLavenderMenace

Us, elsewhere: Twitter - https://twitter.com/TheLavenderPod Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thelavendermenacepod/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiuLKSL75Tcd5Zu7DMnC5vQ Letterboxd - https://letterboxd.com/thelavenderpod Substack - https://thelavendermenace.substack.com/ Tik Tok - https://www.tiktok.com/@thelavendermenacepod?\_t=8V5Ee2joahq&\_r=1

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sunny thoughts\ \ Sunny\ \ • Jul 11 2023

mid-year book freakout tag

checking in on my 2023 reading with the classic Booktube tag! featuring bookshop.org #sponsored for Anti-Prime day. Get free shipping today on July 12th and a tote bag if you spend over $100, all while supporting independent bookstores!! Also, I forgot to answer Kayla’s second tag question but here are my Booktube faves: @mynameismarines for her critical reviews of booktok darlings, @caricanread for her wholistic vlogs and recaps of things I will never read, and @rinceyreads for her thoughtful reviews.

(another disclaimer-- I meant to get this video up yesterday but like it's fine! lol)

My letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/sunnyinstlouis/

Find me: Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/asunnybooknook (I don't update my Storygraph profile, sorry!! only upload my goodreads data there once a year for data purposes :( too hard to keep up with 2 tracking apps and I'm more familiar with Goodreads at this point) Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sunnyboxhouse Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/asunnybooknook Business contact - asunnybooknook@gmail.com

Us, elsewhere: Twitter - https://twitter.com/TheLavenderPod Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thelavendermenacepod/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiuLKSL75Tcd5Zu7DMnC5vQ Letterboxd - https://letterboxd.com/thelavenderpod/ Substack - https://thelavendermenace.substack.com/ Tik Tok - https://www.tiktok.com/@thelavendermenacepod?\_t=8V5Ee2joahq&\_r=1

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sunny thoughts\ \ Sunny\ \ • Feb 7 2023

January reading wrap up part 1

10 book reviews of my first half of January reads!! including some 5 star books hehehe

Find me: Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/asunnybooknook Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/asunnybooknook Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/asunnybooknook Business email - asunnybooknook@gmail.com

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sunny thoughts\ \ Sunny\ \ • Jan 29 2023

tackling my physical TBR: reading vlog #1 of 2023

my January of reading books on my TBR shelf before I leave for Boston!!

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