"Ten women, most of them in Vancouver or Toronto, talk about being lesbian in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s: discovering the pulp fiction of the day about women in love, their own first affairs, the pain of breaking up, frequenting gay bars, facing police raids, men's responses, and the etiquette of butch and femme roles. Interspersed among the interviews and archival footage are four dramatized chapters from a pulp novel, "Forbidden Love": Laura leaves her hick town and heads for the city, where she meets Mitch in a bar. Sparks fly, and so do laughter and joy. Ann Bannon, one of the writers of those paperback novels about forbidden love, talks about the genre." -IMDbThis documentary film is too good not to share. I was surprised to learn some things and all of the women are natural, fantastic, and funny.
Here is part 1
There are 10 parts total, but YouTube censored the part 10 because it apparently has an "explicit" sex scene. But I still highly recommend for anyone to watch all the other 9 parts!
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I wish I painted book covers for graphic literature . . . in the 1950's
I'm excited to exchange! My address is:
1921 First Street PMB 109
Cheney, WA
99004
So fun! :D
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