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Millicent's avatar

Fabulous fabulous fabulous. I have some of that history hanging in my home. And books, many of which I have donated, but have never forgotten. Thank you, Wendy.

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John Dolan's avatar

Enjoyed your writing. Great story & example of living, not fearless, but courageous. Thank you.

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Metaphor's avatar

I honestly only knew about these women because of Alice's fudge recipe. Now I understand.

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Wendy🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🌈's avatar

Honestly, I knew that Gertrude Stein was queer friendly...I did not know the extent of her relationship with Alice till I read a book about it. You know, unlike Trump and his MAGA idiots, I still read books to learn things.

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Metaphor's avatar

Yep. We read books. We know things.

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Tess's avatar

That was SO GOOD! Thanks for writing this-I love the queer history stories!

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Tess's avatar

😊😊 So—-Yeah….guess I’m teasing you! lol (I can see how busy you are though-so I totally get it!)

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Tess's avatar

Or…I’m showing my ignorance that there is a book with those wonderful stories???

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Wendy🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🌈's avatar

Maybe...somewhere...in my computer....its being "worked on" by "top women.....top......women......"

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Tess's avatar

Soooooo……..are they built up into a book yet??:)

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Wendy🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🌈's avatar

You are teasing me , arent you tess?

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Wendy🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🌈's avatar

You know I have like a bunch of stories built up

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Wendy Parker's avatar

Have I mentioned how much I love Queer History?

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Wendy Parker's avatar

I loveitsoverymuch.

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Sandra Greer's avatar

Brilliant! I lost my partner of 60 years last year, and am still recovering. I like to think that we followed the inspiration of these two badass bitches, although we had a much easier time.

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Evelyn Freitas's avatar

Sandra, sending you deepest empathy, love, and comfort on the passing of your partner.

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Wendy🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🌈's avatar

Sandra , my partner and I aspire to your greatness

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Sandra Greer's avatar

What finally got her was heart failure resulting from Covid. A long, sad story. But we had all those good times.

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Wendy🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🌈's avatar

Sandra , not gonna lie , I’d love to have you on our live session just so you could tell us some stories. If I say pretty please ?

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Sandra Greer's avatar

Is this a Zoom session? I never (seldom) listen to live feeds, but I do take classes via Zoom.

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Wendy🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🌈's avatar

We do live sessions on substack , you can easily be invited in ( if you are watching on your phone or tablet ) and then talk.

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Sandra Greer's avatar

I am using a desktop iMac (an old one).

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