What is a Tomboy?: A Discussion with Lisa Selin Davis

What is a Tomboy?: A Discussion with Lisa Sel...

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Jane Lasonder, "Red Alert: The Inside Story of Prostitution and Human Trafficking" (Scholten Uitgeverij BV, 2016)

We love the tradition of the Amsterdam red light district, where many women stand in the windows in their underwear. Busloads of tourists and school children come by every day to look at them. In the Netherlands, where it has been taken out of the dark and made legal, we can even ...  Show more

Kirsty Loehr, "A Short History of Queer Women" (Oneworld Publications, 2022)

Kirsty Loehr talks about her new book, A Short History of Queer Women (Oneworld Publications, 2022). Queer women have always existed – let’s put them back in the history books No, they weren't ‘just friends’! We’ve read Jane Eyre, but what about the five hundred love letters Char ...  Show more

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