Apologies for the sound quality today: Kathleen’s laptop had a serious wine-based incident, and we had to use a different, inferior platform to make it work. Back to normal next week!

The Beast in Me – Netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/81427733

French lesbian literary prize announced https://www.lemonde.fr/en/m-le-mag/article/2025/11/02/french-lesbian-literature-steps-into-the-spotlight-with-new-prize_6747015_117.html

https://www.liberation.fr/culture/livres/le-prix-gouincourt-clin-doeil-lesbien-au-goncourt-a-devoile-sa-premiere-selection-20250923_6X26BSCVYBBCVPRSHMJOFLJUW4/

https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/culture/article/le-prix-gouincourt-recompense-fatima-daas-wendy-delorme-nelly-slim-et-sabrina-calvo_256881.html

Lesbian drama in space (allegedly):

https://www.advocate.com/news/astronaut-anne-mcclain-falsely-accused

Lesbian oil wrestling https://torontolife.com/culture/lesbian-oil-wrestling/

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Julie talking about the BBC on Seen in Journalism Podcast

Celebrity Traitors

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002csng

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2pxz14ypro

https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/celebrity/article/cat-burns-the-celebrity-traitors-interview-9mqxrkgm2

Riot Women

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002hd7x

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/22/tv-series-riot-women-sally-wainwright

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/oct/26/riot-women-and-lesbians-in-the-1970s

Aileen: Queen Of the Serial Killers

https://www.netflix.com/watch/81673047?trackId=281181458&tctx=4%2C0%2Ca175877c-9cc0-4594-aef3-1991b803cd39-315604870%2CNES_B90D4FA339F33EF2EBF0636BF5CEA1-D9C9477B1E74A5-D9C1726DD6_p_1762703068719%2CNES_B90D4FA339F33EF2EBF0636BF5CEA1_p_1762703068719%2C%2C%2C%2C%2CVideo%3A81673047%2CminiDpPlayButton

https://www.biography.com/crime/aileen-wuornos

https://people.com/what-monster-got-right-and-wrong-about-aileen-wuornos-11841618

https://www.queerty.com/wild-boozing-lesbian-no-more-netflixs-new-doc-is-giving-aileen-wuornos-the-rebrand-nobody-saw-coming-20251106/

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Katie’s great new book: Drink Your Way Sober https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/Drink-Your-Way-Sober/Katie-Herzog/9781637747407

Checked shirts are back, baby https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/fashion/article/the-check-shirt-is-back-but-not-as-you-know-it-plus-more-trends-to-know-8kx2nc53s

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The End of the Gay Rights Revolution: How Hubris and Overreach Threaten Gay Freedom, by Ronan McCrae

https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=the-end-of-the-gay-rights-revolution-how-hubris-and-overreach-threaten-gay-freedom--9781509569991#:~:text=Ronan%20McCrea’s%20important%20book%20argues,and%20new%2C%20are%20gaining%20strength.

Julie’s review in the Spectator https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-gay-rights-movement-threatens-to-implode/

Lesbian divorce in Finland:

https://www.them.us/story/lesbian-marriages-weddings-divorce-rate-study-reasons-why

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(NB Kathleen got the publication date of Fourth Wing wrong: it was 2023.)

Granny’s flag

https://mybodyisme.com/

First lesbian romance novel to be published in India

https://www.wamc.org/news/2025-09-26/author-interview-minita-sangvhi-talks-about-her-book-the-first-lesbian-romance-novel-to-be-published-in-india

Is civility a fantasy?

https://web.archive.org/web/20250926190655/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/opinion/civility-fantasy-power-kirk.html

Woman Raised by 2 Lesbian Moms and 2 Gay Dads Opens Up About Her Childhood

https://people.com/daughter-explains-what-its-like-to-be-raised-by-two-gay-mothers-and-fathers-exclusive-11813011

International Eressos Women’s Festival

https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/36779521/lesbian-island-greek-paradise/

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Sex Robots: The End of Love

https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=sex-robots-the-end-of-love--9781509530281

Lesbian drama of the week https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15029475/Billionaire-heiress-best-friend-crypto-investment-taylor-thomson.html

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Remembering Ann McManus:

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/aug/28/ann-mcmanus-obituary

https://metro.co.uk/2025/08/28/ann-mcmanus-created-uks-iconic-shows-dies-aged-67-24022909/

School gate crushes

https://www.thetimes.com/magazines/the-times-magazine/article/divorced-women-midlife-lesbian-affairs-xjxhkxhzq

Lesbian remake of Hedda Gabler https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/hedda-trailer-tessa-thompson-lesbian-reimagining-491967/

Film version with Ingrid Bergman

Queer perfume https://www.whowhatwear.com/beauty/gender-affirming-power-of-scent

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Same-sex marriage https://www.economist.com/britain/2025/07/31/in-britain-same-sex-marriages-are-more-common-for-women-than-men

Aesthetic norms in Berlin https://www.dazeddigital.com/beauty/article/68335/1/sapphic-gaze-berlin-lesbian-renaissance-reclaim-desire-gender-beauty-lip-service

Lesbian cutlery https://www.thetimes.com/uk/history/article/yours-for-800-the-lesbian-cutlery-inscribed-with-secret-love-notes-kn6qczv2g

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https://lgballiancecymru.wales/the-legal-defence-of-lesbian-space/

https://lgballiancecymru.wales/the-legal-defence-of-lesbian-space/

Belper Pride - https://lgballiance.org.uk/the-curious-story-of-belper-pride/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/22360544014/posts/10163487456889015/

https://www.facebook.com/LGBAllianceUK/photos/we-were-in-belper-in-derbyshire-y…

Amy Bradley is Missing https://www.out.com/gay-tv-shows/amy-bradley-netflix

https://www.netflix.com/title/81741332

Pauline Menczer https://qnews.com.au/lesbian-surf-champ-pauline-menczer-to-get-statue-at-bondi/

World’s strictest lesbian parents

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