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Thank you sisters for all of your support of Sinister Wisdom, in every form that it may take. Everyone at Sinister Wisdom truly appreciates the lesbian community and all of its creations! Enjoy this week’s Sinister Snapshot, Sinister Wisdom’s biweekly newsletter with a featurette and lots of links. If you have suggestions for future editions of Sinister Snapshot, send them to info@sinisterwisdom.org
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Leigh Star was an intidisplinary scholar whose diverse interests spanned from natural sciences to feminist studies. In 1978, Sinister Wisdom’s second year of publication, Leigh Star became the poetry editor; a title she would hold for three years. As editor, she would make connections that influenced and birthed other personal projects. In one instance, after publishing Adrienne Rich’s “Nights and Days,” Star invited Rich to participate in a panel for the 1979 American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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During this time, she was not only an editor, but frequently contributed to the journal. Her poetics, which transgress upon norms of form and capitalization, tackle “hidden work” and employ traditionally lesbian imagery to confront the evolving gender discourse of her time. Her last published poem, “Mourning Light: The Ethnography of Science and Love” appeared in Science, Technology, & Human Values, a leading journal which Leigh had been an editor at the time of her death. This poem represented a union of analytic and poetic writing that Star aspired for. In dedication to her friend Eevi Beck, who was mourning the loss of her husband, she writes:
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Adapted from R. Ruth Linden’s “Remembering Leigh Star (July 3, 1954-March 24, 2010)” published in Sinister Wisdom 87: A Tribute to Adrienne Rich.
Read more and Star’s works published in Sinister Wisdom within this virtual exhibit.
All photographs of Susan Leigh Star © Lynda Koolish
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Join Sinister Wisdom on May 10th for a discussion with Sandy Woodson, the director of the new documentary Womontown. Womontown was a revolutionary enclave in Kansas City formed by a group of women in the 1980s and 1990s that created a space where women could walk hand-in-hand free from judgement. Two of the documentary's cast members, Sinister Wisdom contributors Drea Nedelsky and her girlfriend, Maryann Hopper will also weigh in on the discussion! See the Facebook event page. Register here. Watch Womontown for FREE here.
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On May 10th a street naming ceremony in honor and celebration of Audre Lorde will be held at the corner of 68th and Lexington Avenue in New York City. It will officially become “Audre Lorde Way.” Read Sister Love, the friendship of Audre Lorde and Pat Parker as told through their letters.
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Sinister Wisdom is seeking square images for the 2023 Sinister Wisdom calendar. This year’s edition will seek to invoke “Revolutionary Optimism.” The deadline is May 15th! Submit under the “art” tab within Sinister Wisdom’s Submittable.
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WMN zine’s newest issue, When We Leave, features lesbian artists and poets whose works reflect experiences with migration, seeking asylum, relocation, and displacement. “10% of sales will go directly to EuroCentralAsian Lesbian Community’s humanitarian aid at the Ukrainian border.”
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The Curve Foundation released a documentary about its founder, Franco Stevens. Ahead of the Curve documents Franco's lifelong visibility work; she “created a safe place for lesbians in the form of Curve magazine.”
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Check out Tingle: Anthology of Pinay Lesbian Writing; its works were written in response to the question, “what makes you tingle as a lesbian?”
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Julie and the Sinister Wisdom community congratulate Sierra Earle, our fall intern and now part-time employee. At her graduation in May, Sierra will receive the Sister Mary Xavier Creative Writing Award from Mount Mercy. Congratulations, Sierra!
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If you would like to support Sinister Wisdom's thriving lesbian community please consider donating or subscribing. Your support is vital to our mission of profiling, supporting, and nurturing lesbian culture as well as providing educational resources to women and lesbians. Thank you to our sustainers for supporting the advancement of lesbian art and culture!
Curated with community, history, and an understanding that every present moment is a nexus of many pasts. May these stories of queer culture inspire, enthuse, and rouse you to lesbian actions. We hope you've enjoyed the seventh installment of Sinister Snapshot! Have a lovely weekend.
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