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Harper is a self-described lesbomaniac, which term she coined to express her enthusiasm and delight in all things lesbian. While the wider culture has pursued obsession with the sexual-genital-political conception of lesbians both in academe and on TV talk shows, Harper has gone happily on her way, commenting in her weekly column on ever-so-daily lesbian life. Laughter is frequently the order of the day, as when lovers lip-locked over the kapusta and kielbasa in a Chicago working-class Polish restaurant elicit from Harper musings on the effects of lesbian visibility in the real world. More somberly, the deaths of women significant to lesbianspoet Audre Lorde, actress Greta Garboprompt Harper's reflections. But virtually anything can prompt the intelligent, mischievous Harper. So she teaches us about lesbians in ancient Egypt, sings a parody of West Side Story to Martina, Martina, observes the Clintons from a new perspective, and takes hard looks at AIDS and the impact of breast cancer in the lesbian community. Marie Kuda
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This review is from: Lesbomania: Humor, Commentary and New Evidence That We Are Everywhere (Paperback)
This is another book I've read cover to cover numerous times and never got around to reviewing. The author was a lesbian columnist in the early 1990s, and her writings are a snapshot of lesbian culture from that time period. Pat Califia, the Face on Mars, "Bambi"-as-patriarchal-propaganda, gays in the military, and the Michigan Woman's Music Festival are just a few of the many topics that get drawn into Harper's amazingly humorous commentary on society both within and outside the lesbian community.
Her voice is incredibly positive for the most part. While she doesn't deny the homophobic society of the time, she pokes light-hearted fun at it while making very important points about changes that need to be made (and are still relevant today). She is the Trickster incarnate--making you laugh and think at the very same time.
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