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Olympia’s queer history, as rediscovered in my underwear drawer

09-Jul-08

Found in the farthest corner my underwear drawer, amid the ruins of the recently excavated bedroom (as we’ve been in the process of moving to the more-spacious rental next door): my shirt from Olympia, Washington’s first ever Queer Pride march (of which I was a primary organizer) in 1991. We put the damn thing together [...]

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Blame it on Bikini Kill

05-May-08

Earlier today I could not get enough of listening to Bikini Kill’s 1994 album, Pussy Whipped. Specifically, I had to hear Rebel Girl over and over (I even stopped to tweet this fact), as well as Alien She, which includes these lyrics:
…She wants me
To put the pretty, pretty lipstick on
She wants me to be like [...]

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