Moments from Dyke TV featured in Eclectic Collective Issue #2 “Dykes and Doobies”.
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“Created by Ana Maria Simo, Linda Chapman, and Mary Patierno, the groundbreaking half-hour weekly cable TV series Dyke TV initially aired in New York City on June 8, 1993. Their tagline became “Television to insight, subvert, organize, and provoke.”
Dyke TV presented in-depth stories on politics, popular culture, health, art, sports, astrology, and music relevant to lesbian lives. Continuous segment titles included “Dyke Dish” and “Tattoo Talk” alongside special collaborative pieces such as “Dyke Neighborhood”, created to highlight lesbian life throughout different neighborhoods within New York City, and “I Am Your Sister”, which interviewed different trans women to honor and share stories of their lived experiences.
Notable activists and artists were often interviewed, occasionally as recurring guests, such as film director Cheryl Dunye, author and professor Mariana Romo-Carmona, and gay liberation advocate, transgender activist, and advocate for the unhoused Sylvia Rivera.
The series aired nationally until its final episode in 2005. Today, the Sophia Smith Collection houses the Dyke TV Records, including original show master tapes and raw production footage. Selected episodes have also been digitized and are available to watch through the college library’s online page.”
© To the extent that they own copyright, Sangfroid LLT, the production company that created Dyke TV, has retained copyright in works donated to Smith College. Copyright in other items in this collection may be held by their respective creators.
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