• “Lesbian Fashion History” with Eleanor Medhurst

  • May 28 2024
  • Length: 50 mins
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“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 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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