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“Lesbian Fashion History” with Eleanor Medhurst

May 28, 2024 · 50m 15s
“Lesbian Fashion History” with Eleanor Medhurst
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Did you know that lesbians sporting sportswear is a queer tradition dating back centuries? Or that 1910s Japanese lesbians liked to don a yukata to send subtle signals about their...

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Did you know that lesbians sporting sportswear is a queer tradition dating back centuries? Or that 1910s Japanese lesbians liked to don a yukata to send subtle signals about their gender identity and sexual orientation? My favourite foremost expert in lesbian fashion history, Eleanor Medhurst, is gracing the podcast with a return performance, sharing her vast knowledge about all of these topics and more.

Listen now to learn all about how queer and gendernonconforming people dressed through the ages and follow @dressingdykes and @queerlitpodcast on Instagram to stay up-to-date and to book your tickets for Ellie’s book tour!  

References:
@dressingdykes
Unsuitable: A History of Lesbian Fashion
https://dressingdykes.com/
Lesbian Lives Conference
Anne Lister
Sarah Wingrove
Queen Christina of Sweden
Radclyffe Hall
The Well of Loneliness
Crufts
Female Husbands
Jen Manion
Sappho
Meiji Era
Seitō
Sexology
Hiratsuka Raichō
Otake Kōkichi
Yukata
Kimono
Queering Desire: Lesbians, Gender and Subjectivity
Amy Tooth Murphy
Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home
“Ring of Keys”
Roots Lesbian Fashion
Gillian Anderson
Cameron Esposito
Queery (podcast)
Lesbian Chique
k.d. lang
Vanity Fair
The L Word
The Queery (Brighton)
The Feminist Bookshop
Freya Marske’s The Last Binding Trilogy
Kristen Stewart
Happiest Season  

Questions you should be able to respond to after listening:
  1.      Can you name at least three historical fashion icons we speak about in the episode?
  2.      Eleanor explains why literature is important in fashion history. In which ways does Ellie use literary texts to learn about lesbian dress?
  3.      We use multiple words to describe the people whose fashion Eleanor writes about in Unsuitable. Why is that and what are some of the difficulties with labelling a historical figure?
  4.      Many of the people Ellie speaks about combine clothes with different gender connotations. Can you give an example of this? Do you think this is still relevant today?
  5.      Do you think lesbians are fashionable?
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