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Online archive of lesbian themed paperback book artwork from the 50s and 60s. Includes gallery, essay about the collection, and links.
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Fast forward three decades to Jaye Zimet's book with the...
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Written by a straight man during a time when homophobia and ridiculous stereotypes were alive and well, Strange Sisters could hardly be anything but a product of its time. Even so, I found the writing itself much better than I had anticipated and a surprising sympathy for the main character (even the police who bring her in for questioning seem ...
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Strange Sisters (Persian: خواهران غریب) is a 1995 Iranian film written and directed by Kiumars Pourahmad and it's written and is written based on "Lottie and Lisa" a book by Erich Kästner. Kiumars Pourahmad won the best director award in 14th Fajr International Film Festival.
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1980s
By the 1986–1987 school year, Hogwarts students Myron Wagtail and Kirley Duke, accompanied by Orsino Thruston, had formed the band, and wanted to perform in the Hogwarts Castle. They wanted Jacob's sibling to perform with them, though the student was unable to actually play an instrument. As part of the preparations from the show, they taught Jacob's sibling to transfigure a cauldron into a bass guitar and charmit to play on its own. When asked if they used the charm they denied it, claiming...
1990s
During the 1994–1995 school year the Yule Ball was announced, one of the rumours discussed in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry was that Albus Dumbledorehad booked the Weird Sisters for the ball, which turned out to be true. On 25 December 1994, the band performed in the Great Hall on a magically-appearing stage. Among the band's instruments were a set of drums, several guitars, a cello, a lute, a double bass and some bagpipes. During this performance, Harry Potternoted that all memb...
The band's overall aesthetic and music style were influenced by the darker elements of the wizarding world, such as the three Unforgivable Curses, Dark wizards, and macabre objects such as Doxy skulls. Despite this, none of the members were ever known to have practised the Dark Arts, and at least three of the members' Boggarts were Lord Voldemort. ...
"Do the Hippogriff""Magic Works""This Is the Night""Blood Sucker"In the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the band which performs at the Yule Ball deliberately goes unnamed throughout the film because of a legal dispute between the film stu...Members Merton Graves and Herman Wintringhamdo not make an appearance in the film.In the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, piper Gideon Crumb plays keyboards as well as bagpipes. In the book series, however, there is no mention of the band having a keyboard...The band's songs were written by Jarvis Cocker, who plays singer Myron Wagtail. "Do the Hippogriff" was a collaboration between Cocker and rhythm guitarist Jason Buckle(Heathcote Barbary).Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game) (PC version) (Appears on a Famous Wizard Card)Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire(film)A personal collection of cover artwork for lesbian pulp fiction novels from the 1950s and 1960s, organized alphabetically. Browse over eight hundred titles, including "Strange Sisters" and "Abnormals Anonymous," and learn about the history and culture of this genre.
Fast forward three decades to Jaye Zimet's book with the appropriately appropriated title Strange Sisters: The Art of Lesbian Pulp Fiction 1949 - 1969. Published by Viking in 1999, this was the first book specifically focused on the two key decades for this genre's artwork.
‘Strange Sisters: The Art of Lesbian Pulp Fiction’ by Jaye Zimet is a fabulous collection of pulp art from 1949-1969. It includes two hundred images from the genre which range from the hilarious to the downright bizarre.
