“Dressing Dykes” with Eleanor Medhurst
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Dungarees, monocles, vegan boots and carabiners: lesbian fashion historian Ellie Medhurst (Brighton University) is intimately familiar with all of these staples of sartorial Sapphism. In this minisode, Ellie, aka @dressigndykes,...
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www.dressingdykes.com
Édouard Bourdet’s The Captive (La Prisonnière, 1926)
Seitō
https://dressingdykes.com/2021/07/09/feminism-and-the-fashioned-lesbian-in-1910s-japan/
Samantha Shannon’s The Priory of the Orange Tree
Questions you should be able to respond to after listening:
1. What are some ‘secret codes’ of lesbian fashion?
2. What can we learn about lesbian life by studying fashion and the history of fashion?
3. Ellie talks about gendered fashion in 1910s Japan. Which gendered twist does she highlight here?
4. How might queer fashion be relevant to queer culture beyond a desire to recognise each other?
5. Do you have a favourite queer fashion item?
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