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here you go, folks, sapphic fiction books , enjoy

here's the link to lesbian history books, gender books, feminism and intersectionality etc

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https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1IX1ACXnDuSAdv_aWYD3kFdPkd8zyhLk5

Here's the link to my online archive of feminist resources - books, essays, articles, flyers and everything else I can gather together :)

Feel free to read, download & share!

(It gets constantly extended / more uploads getting added; just sort to "date" to see what's new in there. Currently it entails over 300 books, over 110 shorter essays, articles & flyers and over 270 pictures / graphics etc.)

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Female centric movie recs.

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Sapphic Books List: Bodyguards

What’s better than women protecting other women? Explore the lives of body guards, knights, and guns for hire!

Fantasy:

The Ruthless Lady’s Guide to Wizardry by C.M. Waggoner

These Feathered Flames by Alexandra Overy

Alpennia series by Heather Rose Jones (Daughter of Mystery, The Mystic Marriage, Mother of Souls, Floodtide)

The Queen’s Curse by Natasja Hellenthal

Sword of the Guardian by Merry Shannon

Elemental Attraction by K. Aten

Science fiction:

Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir (Gideon the Ninth, Harrow the Ninth, Nona the Ninth)

Godfall series by Barbara Ann Wright (Paladins of the Storm Lord, Widows of the Sun-Moon, Children of the Healer, Inheritors of Chaos)

House of Fate by Barbara Ann Wright

Contemporary:

Break in the Storm by Sherryl D. Hancock

Securing Ava by Anne Shade

The Bodyguard Affair by Anna Stone & Hildred Billings

Protecting the Lady by Amanda Radley

Guarded Desires by Anna Stone

Honor series by Radclyffe (10+ book series)

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Sapphic Books List: Witches

Gather your coven and familiars and dive into magical worlds 🧙‍♀️

The Dark Tide by Alicia Jasinska

Now She is Witch by Kirsty Logan

The Scapegracers (trilogy) by Hannah Abigail Clarke

Payback’s a Witch (series) by Lana Harper

These Witches Don’t Burn (duology) by Isabel Sterling

Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft

Elysium Girls by Kate Pentecost

The Circle (Engelsfors trilogy) by M. Strandberg & S.B. Elfgren

The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow

The Lost Coast by A.R. Capetta

All the Bad Apples by Moïra Fowley-Doyle

Her Majesty’s Royal Coven by Juno Dawson

Sweet & Bitter Magic by Adrienne Tooley

Witching Moon by Poppy Woods

The Midnight Girls by Alicia Jasinska

The Reluctant Witch (trilogy) by Kristen S. Walker

The Sting of Victory (series) by S.D. Simper

Not Your Average Love Spell by Barbara Ann Wright

Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker & Wendy Xu

Out of Salem by Hal Schrieve

Spellbook of the Lost and Found by Moïra Fowley-Doyle

Improbable Magic for Cynical Witches by Kate Scelsa

Walking Through Shadows by Sheri Lewis Wohl

Summer of Salt by Katrina Leno

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Sapphic Books List: Cowgirls 🤠

Farms and ranches, horses and cattle, sapphic romances and all your hearts’ desires! Yeehaw! 🐎🌵🪕🐄

Contemporary/Historical/Western:

Sagebrush & Lace by Sugar Lee Ryder & J.D. Cutler

Cowgirl 101 by Laina Villeneuve

Braggin’ Rights by Kenna White

Future Promises by Sandy Dugger

Junction City Cowboy by Jet MacLeod

The Right Thing Easy by Laina Villeneuve

Outlawed by Anna North

Heartland by Julie Cannon

Crossing the Wide Forever by Missouri Vaun

Take Only Pictures by Laina Villeneuve

The Boss’s Daughter by J.T. Marie

Breaking Down Her Walls by Erin Zak 

A Country Girl’s Heart by Dena Blake

Veterinary Partner by Nancy Wheelton

Dreams Unspoken by R.J. Layer

Summer Winds by Andrews & Austin

Chase and Rowan trilogy by Rhavensfyre (Omnibus + Prequel)

The Oregon Series by Jae:

Backwards to Oregon, Hidden Truths, Beyond the Trail

The Journey of Sarah Sawyer trilogy by S.W. Andersen

Somewhere Between Love and Justice, The Price of Payback, A Call To Justice

Space Farmers, Steampunk, and Time Travel:

Starfall Ranch by California Dawes

Renegade by Cheyne Curry

The Persephone Star by Jamie Sullivan

Graphic novels/comics:

Wynonna Earp: Wynonna Earp: All In Omnibus (preorder)

Wynonna Earp #1-8, Legends #1-4, Season Zero #1-5, Bad Day at Black Rock

Stage Dreams by Melanie Gillman

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Hello! 💕 Could you recommend any lesbian books that have no heterosexual content at all? I know this might be almost impossible I’m just so jaded and would love to be able to go into a book assured there won’t be any hetero sex.

I feel you, it’s very frustrating to read a book that’s marketed as a lesbian romance or praised as having “good sapphic representation” only to find out that one or both main characters has a boyfriend/husband or fucks a man. We really need more books that are actually about lesbians.

Here are some books in which the main characters don’t have hetero relationships or hetero sex:

The Abyss Surrounds Us duology by Emily Skrutskie Affinity by Sarah Waters All Good Children by Dayna Ingram Ammonite by Nicola Griffith Beyond the Screen Door by Julia Diana Robertson Bleeding Earth by Kaitlin Ward The City of Woven Streets by Emmi Itäranta Compass Rose by Anna Burke + Departure from the Script by Jae Fingersmith by Sarah Waters Fire Logic by Laurie J. Marks + Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett + Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir + Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri + Just Physical by Jae Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo The Last to Let Go by Amber Smith A Line in the Dark by Malinda Lo Love by the Numbers by Karin Kallmaker The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling Matrix by Lauren Groff Monstress: Awakening by Marjorie Liu * + On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden One Summer Night by Gerri Hill ** Requiem for Immortals by Lee Winter * Shaken to the Core by Jae The Stars Are Legion by Kameron Hurley * Teixcalaan duology by Arkady Martine Tell Me How You Really Feel by Aminah Mae Safi The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson ** + The Unspoken Name by A.K. Larkwood The Warrior’s Path by Catherine M. Wilson + Wildthorn by Jane Eagland

* I enjoyed these books but they contain scenes of female characters engaging in violent, abusive behaviour that dampened the reading experience for me. They’re still good overall, I just think it’s fair to warn you in case that turns you off reading them.

** I disliked these books but they fit the criteria so...yeah, slim pickings. But taste is subjective so just because I don’t like them doesn’t mean you can’t.

+ First in a series

One additional note: Most authors don’t label their characters as lesbians so I can’t be sure that all the main characters in these books are lesbians. And since some of these books are in a series that I haven’t finished and/or that the author hasn’t yet completed (marked with +), I can’t be sure that future books in a particular series will not contain hetero content. So just be aware of that possibility!

I had actually been planning to make a list of book recs like this so I’m glad someone asked. I intend to update this list as regularly as I can. Let me know if you want any more information about any of the books already on the list.

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Femme Fatale Booklist: Decentering Men, Feminist Dating, & Childfree Living

Books On Decentering Men/Feminist Perspectives On Dating (for the times you're in need, you know):

A Single Revolution by Shani Silver (most important rec, IMO!)

Patriarchy Stress Disorder: The Invisible Inner Barrier to Women's Happiness and Fulfillment by Valerie Rein, Ph.D

What a Time to Be Alone: The Slumflower's Guide to Why You Are Already Enough by Chidera Eggerue 

How To Get Over A Boy by Chidera Eggerue 

All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation by Rebecca Traister

Enjoy Your Solo By Mary Delia Allen

How to Be Single and Happy by Jennifer Taitz

Singled Out: How Singles Are Stereotyped, Stigmatized, and Ignored, and Still Live Happily Ever After by Bella DePaulo, Ph.D

On Our Best Behavior: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women Pay to Be Good by Elise Loehnen 

We Are Not Born Submissive: How Patriarchy Shapes Women's Lives by Manon Garcia 

The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls by Mona Eltahawy 

Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny by Kate Manne

Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling  Men by Lundy Bancroft 

Men Who Hate Women: From Incels to Pickup Artists: The Truth about Extreme Misogyny and How it Affects Us All by Laura Bates

Fed Up: Emotional Labor, Women, and the Way Forward by Gemma Hartley  

The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love by Bell Hooks

All About Love: New Visions by Bell Hooks

Books On Childfree Living:

Women Without Kids: The Revolutionary Rise of an Unsung Sisterhood by Ruby Warrington

Childfree by Choice: The Movement Redefining Family and Creating a New Age of Independence by Amy Blackstone

Confessions of a Childfree Woman: A Life Spent Swimming Against the Mainstream by Marcia Drut-Davis 

Regretting Motherhood: A Study by Orna Donath

No One Tells You This: A Memoir by Glynnis MacNicol 

25 Over 10: A Childfree Longitudinal Study by Laura Caroll

The Baby Matrix: Why Freeing Our Minds From Outmoded Thinking About Parenthood & Reproduction Will Create a Better World  by Laura Caroll

The Baby Trap by Ellen Peck

Policing the Womb: Invisible Women and the Criminalization of Motherhood by Michele Goodwin 

Without Children: The Long History of Not Being a Mother by Peggy O'Donnell Heffington 

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The Slits changed everything. They were a loud, obnoxious, messy, beautiful riot of beats, screams and energy. Any and all marginalized people can learn from their story.

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Habit shift #2 - Switch to the woman-made alternative

- practical actions that can be taken to fight internalized misogyny

Why : Men are everywhere. Support the women who do things, who create things. They are probably creating things with you in mind. They talk about your subjects. They are trying. They make quality content. But they are all those men who go around disparaging what women create, saying that they are bad actors, that they are shrill, that they are boring, that they don’t deserve awards. And you may have internalized that vision. When a woman come up you instantly feel that she’s a fraud. That she’s shrill. That she’s exaggerating. That she’s doing to much. So woman-made media are often overlooked.

How : Do your research. If you love a music style, look into the women who sing that style. If you like a type of films, look into directors, look into production companies, listen to word of mouth among women, not to the “great” official critics. Look for women authors, women artists, women painters, women photographer, women journalists, women poets, women directors, women youtubers, women bloggers, women bakers, women artisans, …

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Detail of Lasciviousness (Study) by Gustav Klimt, 1912.

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"the buttress is a radfem?" yeah she posted this absolute banger of a post on instagram a few months ago

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Here’s a massive bibliography of works about feminism/gender studies, sorted by topic. Idk about y’all but I’m treating this as a starting point for a massive reading list 👀

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Women painters from the seventeenth century and before

I have compiled a small, incomplete list of women painters, working mainly in Europe, who were born before the year 1700. You can find works by all of them by searching for them on my blog or by looking through my early women artists tag. Alternatively, here is a post featuring self-portraits by some of them.

Artemisia wasn’t the only one. We have always been here.

Lucia Anguissola (Italian, 1536 or 1538 - c. 1565, before 1568)

Sofonisba Anguissola (Italian, c. 1532 - 1625)

Mary Beale (English, 1633 - 1699)

Marie Blancour (French, 17th century)

Cornelia toe Boecop (Dutch, 1551 - 1629)

Mechteld toe Boecop (Dutch, c. 1520 - 1598)

Alijda Boelens (Dutch, 1557 - 1630)

Gesina ter Borch (Dutch, 1633 - 1690)

Madeleine Boullogne (French, 1646 - 1710)

Eufrasia Burlamacchi (Italian, 1482 - 1548)

Margherita Caffi (Italian, 1650 - 1710)

Ginevra Cantofoli (Italian, 1608 - 1672)

Joan Carlile (English, ca. 1606 - 1679)

Elizabeth Dormer, Countess of Carnarvon (English, 1633 - 1678)

Rosalba Carriera (Italian, 1675 - 1757)

Elisabeth-Sophie Chéron (French, 1648 - 1711)

Maria Giovanna Clementi (La Clementina, Italian, c. 1692 - 1761)

Suzanne de Court (French, active ca. 1600)

Anna Folkema (Dutch, 1695 - 1768)

Lavinia Fontana (Italian, 1552 - 1614)

Fede Galizia (Italian, 1578 - 1630)

Giovanna Garzoni (Italian, 1600 - 1670)

Artemisia Gentileschi (Italian, 1593 - c. 1656)

Maria de Grebber (Dutch, 1602 - 1680)

Guda (German, 12th century)

Margareta de Heer (Dutch, c. 1600 - before 1665)

Catharina van Hemessen (Flemish, 1528 - ca. 1587)

Johanna Helena Herolt (Johanna Helena Graff) (German, 1668 - 1723)

Sarah Hoadly (English, 1676 - 1743)

Louise Hollandine of the Palatinate (German, 1622 - 1709)

Antonina Houbraken (Dutch, 1686 - 1736)

Anna Maria Janssens (Belgian, before 1620 - after 1668)

Henrietta Johnston (American, c. 1674 - 1729)

Gisela von Kerzenbroeck (German, 13th century)

Ann Killigrew (English, 1660 - 1685)

Katherina Van Knibbergen (Dutch, 17th century)

Anna Maria de Koker (Dutch, 1640 - 1698)

Giulia Lama (Italian, c. 1685 - after 1753)

Herrad of Landsberg (Alsatian, c. 1130 - 1195)

Judith Leyster (Dutch, 1609 - 1660)

Barbara Longhi (Italian, 1552 - 1638)

Elisabetta Marchioni (Italian, active 17th century)

Diana De Rosa, called Annella di Massimo (Italian, 1601 - 1634)

Maria Sibylla Merian (German, 1647 - 1717)

Princess Mitsuko (Gen’yo) (Japanese, 1634 - 1727)

Louise Moillon (French, 1610 - 1696)

Maria Monninckx (Dutch, 1673 or 1676 - 1757)

Jacoba Maria Nickele (Dutch, c. 1690 - 1749)

Plautilla Nelli (Italian, 1524 - 1588)

Josefa de Óbidos (Portuguese, 1630 - 1684)

Maria van Oosterwijck (Dutch, 1630 - 1693)

Arcangela Paladini (Italian, 1596 - 1622)

Geronima Cagnaccia Parasole (Italian, c. 1569 - 1622)

Magdalena van de Passe (Dutch, c. 1600 - 1638)

Catharina Peeters (Dutch, 1615 - 1676)

Clara Peeters (Flemish, 1584 - 1657)

Angela Maria Pittetti (Italian, 1690 - 1763)

Elena Recco (Italian, active 17th - 18th century)

Cornelia de Rijck (or de Ryck, Dutch, 1653 - 1726)

Marietta Robusti (Italian, c. 1550 - c. 1590)

Geertruydt Roghman (Dutch, 1625 - 1657)

Anna Elisabeth Ruysch (Dutch, 1666 - after 1741)

Rachel Ruysch (Dutch, 1664 - 1750)

Maria Schalcken (Dutch, 1645 - 1699)

Anna Maria van Schurman (Dutch, 1607 - 1678)

Elisabetta Sirani (Italian, 1638 - 1665)

Levina Teerlinc (Flemish, c. 1510-1520 - 1576)

Maria Verelst (English, 1680 - 1744)

Johanna Vergouwen (Flemish, 1630 - 1714)

Charlotte Vignon (French, before 1639 - after 1685)

Anna Waser (Swiss, 1678 - 1714)

Michaelina Wautier (or Woutier, Woutiers, Belgian, d. 1689)

Alida Withoos (Dutch, 1670 - 1715)

Aleida Wolfsen (Dutch, 1648 - after 1692)

Margaretha Wulfraet (Dutch, 1678 - 1760)

Kiyohara Yukinobu (Japanese, 1643 - 1682)

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珈琲館 熊取店 

共感の前に好意を持つことが大切だと思う今日このごろです…。

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Hi! I saw your comment about “new radfems” not reading radfem theory and I was wondering if you could list some resources or tell me where to find some? I’ve only recently started to read radfem blogs and I really want to get into it more, and not just read posts about it. Thank you so much, I appreciate your blog!

Hey! I'm really glad you want to do your research, it is heartwarming to know the newbies out there actually want to study the theory.

I think The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir is probably one of the most important and complete books in the path to understanding Radical Feminism. It is also super long and daunting, so while I do think it should be a read-in-progress for all of us, I think it's important to have more "beginner friendly" books, in order to avoid burn out. [link to pdf]

I've been into radical feminism since 2017 now, and I'm not a great reader, so for those of us who find it hard to focus for too long, I think Andrea Dworkin is also a good place to start. Her books are filled with rage – and important analysis. I find her language easier to keep up with, more approachable if you will. Woman Hating was my first [pdf]. You can find all of her other works [here] as well.

The book that made me want to really read more and get educated is honestly A Politically Incorrect Feminist: Creating a Movement with Bitches, Lunatics, Dykes, Prodigies, Warriors, and Wonder Women, by Phyllis Chesler. It's an autobiography, and gives some great insight on what it was like to be involved directly in the Second Wave, and also why sisterhood is powerful and needed, but also not easy to achieve. It gave me hope, and helped me to see radical feminism in a new refreshed light. You can get the audiobook for free as an [Audible trial].

[Radfem.org] has some other books handy as well

And [here] is a post with some other feminist books.

My current to-read list, as offered by a dear friend who's been involved with radical feminism for the past 10+ years, is as follows:

> The Second Sex - Simone de Beauvoir (a current read-in-progress for me)

> Lesbian Nation - Jill Johnston [borrow]

> For Lesbians Only: A Separatist Anthology - Sarah Lucia Hoagland, Julia Penelope [borrow]

> Sappho was a Right-on Woman: A Liberated View of Lesbianism [borrow]

> The Lesbian Revolution: Lesbian Feminism in the UK 1970-1990 - Sheila Jeffreys

> The Wanderground - Sally Miller Gearhart [borrow]

> Woman Hating - Andrea Dworkin

> Intercourse - Andrea Dworkin [pdf]

> SCUM Manifesto - Valerie Solanas [pdf]

> Lesbian origins - Susan Cavin [borrow]

> Sisterhood is Powerful - Robin Morgan [pdf]

> Like There's No Tomorrow - Carolyn Cage [pdf]

> The Lesbian Heresy: A Feminist Perspective on the Lesbian Sexual Revolution - Sheila Jeffrey [pdf]

> Gyn/Ecology - Mary Daly [pdf]

Okay so now I flooded you with reading material... What next? How do you even get started, how do you tackle this?

I think first of all it's really important to find community. There are discord servers out there for radical feminists and gender critical women, communities which are open to you, and were made for women just like you. Surround yourself with women, build yourself up with them. Don't just say your politics are woman centric, but actually make your life woman centric. And read up. Study. Trade notes, ask questions, question... Everything. Be critical. Not just of your past beliefs, but of this new information. Where is it coming from? Who wrote it? What do they gain from it? Who loses if they win?

Be aware that radical feminism is a political movement. It can be heavy. Unfortunately, we deal with the knowledge that the world is ugly, especially ugly towards women. Part of radical feminism is addressing borrow such as human trafficking, pedophilia, incest, and the likes. Have positive things to balance this out, take breaks, take your time. Work against overwhelming yourself. You can do this.

Apply the same kindness you'd offer other women to yourself, and treat yourself with respect. Reach out! To me, to others. We're here for you. We have space for you. We'll make time, we'll try our best. I just spent an hour finding these links for you. Not because you owe me anything, or vice versa. But because I care that you have a good experience of it. We are stronger together.

Anyway, take care. Good luck!