Joe the Pirate
Joe the Pirate, by Hubert and Virginie Augustin, translated by Ivanka Hahnenberger Marion “Joe” Carstairs was masculine-presenting lesbian and adrenaline junkie born in 1900. She dated famous women, raced boats, and eventually purchased an island. We start out rooting for Cartairs’s queerness and flouting of gender norms, but as she gets older and more comfortable our dapper, trailblazing…













