The Three-Picture Game: 2014

Sunday, January 19, 2014

Game #29

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Faithful in death... La Recoleta Cemetery, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Faithful in death... La Recoleta Cemetery, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The Art of Kevin Warren • Wonder Woman and sassy Batman. for reals though, if i were a superhero my hair would definitely not be all flyin around during battle. don't give the enemy a handle!

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mozzarella pepperoni bread

mozzarella pepperoni bread

Cinnamon Crunch Bread Pudding

Double chocolate pudding cookies...this recipe is the best! The pudding makes them extra soft and chewy!

Friday, January 10, 2014

Game #28

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My beau and I are trying to win a photo shoot inspired by this vintage butch/femme photo from 1902! We can use all the votes we can get and would appreciate your click. Vote here: http://bit.ly/XXwR5N
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Mox Diamond

Mox Diamond

Thursday, January 9, 2014

Game #27

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Illusionary Mask

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Game #26

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historical-nonfiction:

Stella (Ernest Boulton) was Victorian England’s most beautiful female impersonator, Fanny (Frederick Park) her inseparable companion. Stella was lauded for her beautiful soprano voice, and had a lengthy relationship with Lord Arthur Pelham-Clinton. Stella and Fanny were arrested in London in 1871, charged “with conspiring and inciting persons to commit an unnatural offence.” There was a sensational trial, but the prosecution.failed to prove they had anal sex, then a crime, or that crossdressing was a crime.

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Candelabra of Tawnos

Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Game #25

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Gladys Bentley

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Monday, January 6, 2014

Game #24

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Queer African American Women and the History of Marriage
This photo and headline accompanied an article from the October 15, 1970 issue of Jet magazine. They reveal that long before the recent struggle for marriage equality began, African American women who love women have engaged with the institution of marriage and have fought to make it their own.
Edna Knowles, on the left, and Peaches Stevens were wed in Liz’s Mark III Lounge, a gay bar on the South Side of Chicago, “before a host of friends and well wishers.” The article ended by noting, “although the duo has a type of ‘marriage license’ in their possession, the state’s official marriage license bureau reported it had no record of their license.” This ending serves to remind Jet readers that Knowles and Stevens’ union was not legitimate in the eyes of the state, as does the use of quotes around the word “married” in the headline.
However, decades prior to this bold public display of queer affection, African American female couples in New York strategized alternative ways to obtain marriage licenses in the 1920s and 30s:
“Marriage ceremonies were held with large wedding parties which included several bridesmaids, attendants, and other wedding party members. Actual marriage licenses were obtained by either masculinizing the first name, or having a gay male surrogate obtain the license for the marrying couple. These marriage licenses were placed on file with the New York City Marriage Bureau.” - Luvenia Pinson, “The Black Lesbian: Times Past-Time Present,” Womanews, May 1980 p. 8.
Also during the 1930s, popular performer Gladys Bentley was making a living singing bawdy tunes and playing piano late into the night at various clubs all over New York, including one named after her.

Bentley married her white girlfriend in Atlantic City in a ceremony to which she invited friends in the entertainment industry:
“Columnist Louis Sobol remembered Bentley coming over to his table one night and whispering, ‘I’m getting married tomorrow and you’re invited.’ When Sobol asked who the lucky man was to be, she giggled and replied, ‘Man? Why boy you’re crazy. I’m marryin’ ——’ and she named another woman singer.” - Eric Garber, “Gladys Bentley: The Bulldagger Who Sang the Blues,” Out/Look, Vol. 1, No. 1, Spring 1988, pp. 52-61.
These examples show some of the various ways queer African American women have created public rituals to express their relationships and have therefore insisted on their rights to full citizenship, many decades prior to the current struggle for marriage equality.

- Cookie

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