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dyke
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ellen
my point, and I do have one...
queer
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stuff
activism - stereotypes - society
the closet
coming out - the closet
religion
religion schirmigion ;)

dyke
The importance of coming 'out'
The thing about being 'out' is that if everyone who was gay was out it would...
gay marriage
I used to think that being married was kind of pointless for lesbians and gays...
my coming out stories
I always knew I was a lesbian, but it took me a hell of a long time to deal with it...
image
How can you tell if a girl's a dyke? There are the small clues:
the short hair, even shorter fingernails...
bitter dyke
"I don't want to be bitter" sings Jill Sobule on her Happytown cd.
Hell, I don't either, but at times it sure can be difficult
Especially if you're gay...

15/12/97:
What do lesbians *do* in bed?
Well, If only I had a dollar for every time I've been asked *that* question... I'd be able to fly to the US to *do* what lesbians do in bed with my grrrl...

15/12/97:
When did you *decide* you were a lesbian?
As told by The Pie and bentgrrrl...

15/12/97:
The dyke FAQ's
As an 'out' dyke online that I'm frequently asked lots of questions...

flicks
australian and new zealand films
angelbaby - brilliant lies - muriel's wedding
heavenly creatures - once were warriors
the adventures of priscilla, queen of the desert
the piano
comedy
flirting with disaster - four rooms
home for the holidays - the last supper
gay and lesbian
list of films with gay and lesbian themes or characters
women
fried green tomatoes - leaving normal - once were warriors
tank girl - thelma and louise - the piano - white palace
drama
beautiful girls - dogfight - my own private idaho
one flew over the cuckoo's nest - pulp fiction

friends
tastey/gd gyrl go'n mad/bytchy bytch, Lathered Girl, Norma_Jeane, ~She~, brandon22, The Pie, moxie_guy, Night_corbie, Whirled Peas, GenXer26, farnella, flack-jacket, ipswich1, kink_girl, mosey, NAPGrrrl, Nike18, saed69, Shatterkiss, sidel, TrixieFirecracker/unloveable, xandrea, khyrin.

feminism
What *is* feminism?
What feminism is trying to achieve is equality...
All we're asking for is what men have always had - namely the right to be able to choose what we want to do with our lives without being hassled or discrimminated against...
Bitter feminists
I am a feminist and I have every right to be bitter.
Or perhaps I need to say I am a female
and have every right to be bitter...
Beauty
Feminists who believe in the harm that models and prostitutes do to all women aren't seeking divisions within the movement. As magazines are the only form of mass women's culture available, it is important to understand how they affect our lives...
sedatives
The actual and potential effects of benzodiazepine abuse on the health of individuals, their families and society is enormous. The costs, both at a financial and societal level affect us all, but especially women...

grrrl quotes
growwwl
grrrls with growwwl
women
women on men - image - thought
feminism
what it is - how it feels
slogans
slogans - graffiti - quotes

home
the front door

laugh
updated monthly, comic or something bent finds amusing

links
chat, dyke links, dyke stuff, feminism, flicks, grrrl zines, junk, queer links, queer stuff, thought, web stuff.

noise
noise 1
fiona apple - ani difranco - bjork - cowboy junkies - dinosaur jnr
everything but the girl - indigo girls - jill sobule - juliana hatfield
noise 2
kd lang - liz phair - lucinda williams - me'shell
nirvana - pavement - pj harvey
noise 3
portishead - sinead o'connor - smudge - sonic youth -
the murmurs - the sundays - tori amos - tricky - underground lovers

pages
the beauty myth
Naomi Wolf's book, "the beauty myth" is an excellent resource 'on how Images of Beauty are used against women'....
Surfer Grrrls...Look Ethel, an internet guide for us!
Great book for introducing women to computers, it'a all about empowerment and creating our own spaces in this new virtual world....
men love sex
Australia and New Zealand's male writers bare their feelings about love and sex...
Susie Sexpert's Lesbian Sex World
"Women are infected with sexual self-doubt from childhood on, and a predisposition to lesbianism is no ticket out of traditional feminine mistrust and ignorance of sexual priorities...

rant
hospital
i woke up from a deep dark place
feeling as though someone
had taken a sword to my breasts
and sliced them open...
euthanasia in australia:
Euthanasia can be described as 'deliberately bringing about the death of a person suffering from an incurable disease or condition.'.....
abortion
The biggest problem I have with the 'pro-life' lobby is that they try to take away a woman's right to a legal and safe abortion if she doesn't want, or can't cope with a pregnancy for whatever reason...

web rings
web rings and such, pages that link here

this page last updated26/9/2000