Feminist Library

Feminist Library is a resource for exploring feminist film, art and media culture. We aim to show broad selection of works but do not aim to decide on what is or what isn't feminist, rather to facilitate discussion and further study. Feel free to submit your own creations! (Please note than some content can be triggering and/or 18+.)

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Priscilla, left, and Regina in Brooklyn, 1979. From "Eye to Eye: Portraits of Lesbians."CreditJEB (Joan E. Biren)

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Darquita, left, with her mother, Denyeta, Alexandria, Va., 1979. From "Eye to Eye: Portraits of Lesbians."CreditJEB (Joan E. Biren)

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Same

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Please Like Me

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Caption: Every so often, there was a rare moment of perfect balance when I soared above him.

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Fun Home musical 

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Alison Bechdel in her Minnesota apartment 3/16/1990 (photo by Tom Sweeney)

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Nine to Five 1980

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Dorothea Lange (May 26, 1895 – October 11, 1965)

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Ana Mendieta, Silueta en Fuego, 1976

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ana mendieta, body tracks, 1974

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Nine to Five (1980) dir. Colin Higgins

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Invitation Morgan Gwenwald, 1986

what I love about this invitation is that it’s left open to interpretation by the viewer. this fem might be offering herself to be restrained - or she might be suggesting her lover submit themselves to her. either way, she is taking control of her erotic desires, the ultimate sexual intent of her invitation not ambiguous in the least

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Morgan Gwenwald title & date unknown

images like this make me ache for access to archives of On Our Backs and the similar lesbian sex publications that flourished at the time. this is what resonates so deeply in my soul it seems elemental - a desire felt innately, a shock of recognition, a reflection finally for what I had no name, no language for; only a dormant ache that trembled, voiceless, in my marrow. the tender supplication in being on my knees at a butch’s feet; imploring her at once to let me adore her, and that she adore me in return. asking at once for her strength and protection whilst offering my care and devotion. the passivity of this posture is illusory; it is an active declaration of profound emotion that insists upon acknowledgment. it eloquently expresses an element intrinsic to my femness: my absolute love and desire for the butch lesbian. 

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Janelle Monáe and Grimes Share New Song and Video “PYNK”

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☼ Hoe-roscopes: The Signs as Insta-Thots ☽ the book! 

This series was really fun to make. I illustrated and hand painted everything, including the descriptions. I’m just posting the first six signs, but you can find all 12 of your favorite zodiac babes (who were inspired by real babes on instagram) plus the “13th” sign ophiuchus in the book. You can buy it here:

http://www.michellekwon.com/shop/hoe-roscopes 

100 copies printed 

printed on 100% recycled paper 

28 pages 

Thank you so much for the love! ♡☽☼

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Jessica Jones, season 2

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Between us I by Julia Peirone 2000 Dvd 9 min.

A man and a woman are having a conversation. We can only see the woman’s body language and hear the man’s voice. It is a situation in where both parts are amputated in their communication and their struggle between words and body turns into an expression of power and a secret bonds.

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Julia Peirone, Lovisa, 2010