Index
Abate, Michelle Ann, 241n9, 253n11
Abelove, Henry, 243n10, 247n82
Abraham, Julie, 36, 243n2. See also Barnard Sex Conference
activism/activist, 15–16, 30, 39–40, 65, 84, 91, 97, 107, 111, 115, 142, 154, 180, 242n2; archives and collectors, 12, 15, 27, 30, 32, 107, 120, 198, 244n28, 259n22, 266n28; art/artistic, 12, 30, 33, 61, 110, 142, 154, 173, 175, 190, 260n22; Chicana, 152–53, 158, 259n22; circles, 7, 217; collective, 13; comics as local sites, 7; community, 33, 223; document, 33; feminist, 24, 27, 74, 89, 91–94, 97, 226; future, 2; grassroots, 241n5; histories, 12; HIV/AIDS, 19, 106, 188, 198, 211, 217, 219, 266n28, 267n28; Lesbian Avengers, 1; LGBTQ, 226; literary, 148; mestiza, 173; Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, 106; 1987 March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, 116; political, 4, 116; projects, 223; queer, 122, 141; Queer Nation, 1; and scholars, 39–40, 154, 158, 242n2; sexuality, 32; Shanti Project, 188; social, 13, 122, 163; visual, 7, 13, 17, 22–24; Visual AIDS, 211, 268nn66–67; women of color, 148, 154, 259n22, 260n22. See also ACT UP; anti-pornography feminists; Feminist Anti-Censorship Taskforce (FACT); gay and lesbian movements
ACT UP, 1, 211, 217, 219, 268n75; Ashes Action, 217; Stop the Church, 211, 217
Adair, Cassius, 143, 257n76, 257n2
Adkins, Lisa, 250n30
Aldama, Frederick Luis, 249n19
Alderfer, Hannah, 1–2, 8, 16–17, 19, 21–63, 65, 188, 210, 213, 218, 227, 243n2; activism, 17, 22–24, 27, 33, 49, 61, 65; archival work, 17, 19, 24, 26–27, 29, 33–34, 38, 47, 62; buffet of sexual pleasure, 55; collaborative authorship, 42, 65; collage aesthetics, 17, 34–35, 39, 49, 66; collectivity, 24, 34–35, 38, 53–54, 58, 136, 227; combating censorship, 27, 53; community, 35, 38, 48, 62–63; debate around sexual expression, 23, 26, 210; Group Material, 24, 227; handwriting, 35–37; image–text, 34, 61; influence, 39; multimedia collage, 6, 8, 24–25, 243n18, 244n25; prefiguring zines, 2, 33–34, 37–38; reclamation of pornographic tropes, 49, 58; sexually explicit, 17, 27, 29, 33, 38–39, 49, 53–54, 59; turned on, 54; visual/feminist activism, 17, 22–24, 27, 33, 49, 52, 59, 61, 65–66, 218, 227; women’s sexuality, 23–24, 27, 34, 38–39, 42, 49, 60, 62–63. See also Barnard Sex Conference; Caught Looking; collage; Diary of a Conference on Sexuality; Feminist Anti-Censorship Taskforce (FACT)
Alexander, Ben, 198
Alexander, Darsie, 265n1
Alexander Street Press Underground and Independent Comics database, 75
Allison, Dorothy, 16, 22, 48, 50, 243n7. See also Barnard Sex Conference; Lesbian Sex Mafia
Als, Hilton, 15, 216, 242n32, 267n44, 268n47, 268n53, 268n72
Altman, Lawrence K., 265n8, 266n8
Altman, Meryl, 36, 243n2. See also Barnard Sex Conference; Diary of a Conference on Sexuality
Alvarez, Julia, 258n6
Angelico, Kenny (Ivy), 201–2, 210, 212–14
anti-pornography feminists, 16–17, 21–23, 26–27, 33, 38, 48–49, 55, 58–59, 65, 210, 245n38, 246n60. See also feminism/feminist; pornography; Women Against Pornography; Women Against Violence Against Women; Women Against Violence in Pornography and Media
Anzaldúa, Gloria E., 1, 3, 8, 14, 18, 23, 28, 35, 70, 91, 119, 123, 128–29, 136, 141–86, 189–91, 203, 212–13, 225–26; activism, 142, 163, 173, 180; archives, 14, 18, 28, 119, 148–50, 152, 154–55, 158, 160, 167, 184, 260n23; Borderlands / La Frontera, 3, 18, 123, 144–45, 155–57, 160, 165–66, 168–69, 171, 173, 176–77, 180–81, 256n46, 261n29, 262n49, 262n51, 263n61, 263nn63–64, 263n69, 264n69, 264nn73–74, 264n76, 265n77, 265nn79–80, 265nn83–84, 269n3; bridges, 151, 261nn31–32; Chicana lesbian feminist, 128, 144, 158; Chicana women, 157–61; collectivity, 136, 142, 144, 146, 154–55, 180–81; community, 3, 18, 142, 144–51, 155, 158, 160, 173, 176, 180–81, 184, 189–91, 203; critique of white feminism, 163, 181, 259n22; diary, 35; drawing/s, 8, 18, 144–46, 149–52, 155–71, 173, 176–77, 180–81, 184, 225, 262n48, 263nn65–66, 263n69, 264n69; editorial work, 3, 144–47, 149; glifos, 146, 263n69, 264n69; grassroots communities, 141; image–text, 146; intersectional feminism, 144–45, 149, 203; interviews, 145, 150, 156–57, 170, 258n10, 261nn28–30, 262n47, 262nn49–50, 262nn52–55, 263n56, 263n58, 263n69, 264nn69–70; Making Face, Making Soul / Haciendo Caras, 145, 169, 258nn8–9, 263n67; mestiza consciousness/identity, 155–58, 160–61, 163, 165–67, 170–73, 176–77, 180–81, 184, 258n8, 262n46, 263n69, 264n76, 265n77; network building, 147–48, 167, 259n22, 260n22; reassessment, 260n23, 261n23; science fiction, 261n23; spirituality, 156, 163, 261n23, 263n61, 264n74; this bridge we call home, 145, 261n32; transparencies, 145–46, 149, 155, 166–85, 263n69, 264n69, 264n71, 264nn75–77, 265nn77–78, 265n82; University of Texas at Austin, 149–51, 154, 156–65, 185, 262n49, 262nn52–55; visual artist, 156, 262n47; visual language, 147, 169, 173, 264n74; visual praxis, 149–50, 157, 165; visual production, 129, 146–47, 157, 185; visual queer theorist, 18; visual theorizing, 146, 258n12, 263n69, 264n69; visual work, 144, 147, 149, 151, 156, 158, 160, 181. See also Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection; Third World Women Speakers List; This Bridge Called My Back
archives, 1, 4, 11–16, 19, 23, 26–30, 33–34, 47, 62, 65, 67, 70–75, 85, 107, 111, 118–25, 141–42, 148–56, 158, 160, 167, 186, 198–200, 223, 225–27, 242n24, 244nn32–34, 245n34, 247n3, 249n26, 260n23, 261n23, 262n43; activist archiving, 12, 15, 27, 30, 107, 120, 198; archival genre, 150–52, 185; archiving practices, 107; as bridges, 149–56, 184–85; Chicana history and activism, 152–54; comics archives, 72–75, 250n27; community, 27–28, 38, 107, 119, 122, 149, 150–52, 154–55, 184, 188, 244n27; critical archival studies, 13, 242n25; deconstructed, 121; digital, 75, 152–53, 226, 269n5; fantasy, 120; grassroots, 11–19, 26–30, 72, 75–76, 99, 107, 111, 120–21, 152, 198, 227, 245n34, 261n33; hierarchies, 14; HIV/AIDS, 15, 19, 192, 198–200, 242n29, 266n28, 267n28; independent, 32; infrastructures of archives, 227; institutional, 15, 120, 154, 242n24; knowledge production, 13, 30, 154, 262n43; LGBTQ archives, 14–15, 17, 19, 26–28, 192, 198, 242n28, 252n96, 261n33; non-comics, 111; personal, 18, 26, 28, 118–19, 149, 152, 154, 189, 259n22; preserving cultural memory, 19, 192, 198–200, 223, 266n28; preserving marginalized histories, 261n33; proliferation of, 28; queer, 76, 99, 118, 121, 227; queer-adjacent, 111, 118, 121, 253n10; queer comics archives, 17–18, 107, 112, 118–25, 141; radical, 120; reading/working across, 17, 71–76, 88, 99, 111, 122–23, 227; records, 29, 244n32; research process, 269n2; traditional comics archives, 112; university archives, 18, 72–73, 75, 119, 154, 242n29, 245n49; visible, 1–2, 14, 226. See also Lesbian Herstory Archives (LHA)
Armstrong, David, 211, 266n8, 266n11
Artistas Indigenas, 260n22
Artists Space, 189, 196, 199, 210–23, 267n36, 268n60, 268nn65–71, 268n73, 268n75, 269nn78–80
Asian American Women Artists Association, 260n22
Assan, Alex, 254n13
Ault, Julie, 243nn13–15
Aunt Lute Books, 260n22
autobiography, 2, 93, 118, 143, 171, 212, 218; collective, 2; memoir, 109, 120, 269n76
Avena, Thomas, 268nn58–59, 268n62, 268n74, 269n77
Avery, Tara Madison, 254n13
Bacchetta, Paola, 258n6
Barale, Michèle Aina, 243n10, 247n82
Barcelo, Rusty, 258n6
Barnard College, 16, 21–22, 30, 31–32; Barnard Feminist and Scholar conference, 16, 21–23, 39, 243n9. See also Barnard Sex Conference; Diary of a Conference on Sexuality
Barnard Sex Conference, 2, 23–34, 26, 33, 49, 52, 60–61, 65, 218, 227, 245n37, 265n7; censorship of conference, 16, 22, 30–33, 38, 42, 65, 243nn8–9, 243n11, 247n85; conference planning committee, 21, 33, 35–37, 39, 41–42, 44–47, 62, 242n2, 243n3, 245nn44–45
Baumann, Jason, 266n28
Bechdel, Alison, 1, 3, 7–8, 15, 17–18, 23, 28, 70, 74, 102, 109–42, 147, 149, 176, 188–89, 225–26, 255n3; activism, 110, 116; advertisements, 18, 110, 123–27, 135–40; archives, 28, 111, 118–25, 255n25; Are You My Mother?, 120; blog, 119–20, 140–41, 256n36, 256n39, 257nn70–73; “a catalog of lesbians,” 117; collectivity, 18, 109–10, 116, 118, 125, 128–29, 132, 135–36, 138, 140, 256n50, 256n54; comics making, 255n26; comic strips, 3, 8, 15, 74, 109–11, 113, 115–17, 119, 125, 128–29, 132, 135, 140, 253n6, 253n9, 254n21, 255nn25–26, 257n63; community, 112, 115, 118, 122–23, 140, 255n25; digital, 111, 140–42; Equal Time, 111, 113, 125, 141, 253n8; Fun Home, 109, 113, 118–20, 252n1, 253n1, 254n18; Gay Comix/Comics, 17, 102, 112, 254n14; grassroots publications, 3, 7, 18, 74, 109–11, 113–14, 116–18, 122–23, 125, 135, 141, 226; image–text, 109, 111, 135, 141; The Indelible Alison Bechdel, 116–17, 253nn2–4, 254n4, 255n25, 255n27; intersectional politics, 18, 135; interviews, 15, 113, 115, 117–18, 135, 242n31, 253nn1–2, 253n8, 254nn16–17, 254nn21–22, 255n26, 255n29, 255n32, 257n63, 257n75; lesbian identity, 15; lesbian Norman Rockwell, 117–18, 141; “Literary Dykes to Watch Out For,” 129, 131–34; literary lesbians, 128; mainstream, 113–14, 254n21; queer comics, 112–13, 122; queer communities, 116, 118, 122, 135, 141; queer visual politics, 111; readers, 113, 116–18, 140–41, 255n25; representational diversity, 134; Secret to Superhuman Strength, 120; self-syndication, 74, 110–11, 113, 115–16, 125, 149, 225, 253n6; Servants to the Cause, 111, 253n9; spot graphics, 8; Strip AIDS USA, 188; struggle for receptive venues, 23; YouTube, 119–20, 255n35. See also Dykes to Watch Out For (DTWOF); Human Sexuality Collection; Lesbian Herstory Archives (LHA); Sophia Smith Collection; WomaNews
Beins, Agatha, 7, 70, 123, 241n6, 249nn20–21, 250nn30–31, 256n45, 256n47, 269n4
Beirne, Rebecca, 7, 241n8, 252n87
Bengal, Rebecca, 266n22
Benjamin, Meredith, 147, 259n17
Bessette, Jean, 249n26, 250n26, 250n30
Betancor, María Henríquez, 262n47
Bethel, Lorraine, 251n59, 260n22
Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum, 72
Binswanger, Lee, 249n15. See also Wimmen’s Comix
bisexual/bisexuality, 2, 69, 99–100, 106, 200, 204, 210, 247n7, 267n32; representation, 69, 176
Blackwell, Maylei, 152, 256n47, 259n22, 261n29, 262n37, 262nn49–50, 262n52, 262nn54–55, 269n4
Bly, Liz, 242n24
Boney, Jan, 36, 243n2. See also Barnard Sex Conference
Bors, Matt, 254n13
Bost, Suzanne, 14, 146, 149, 242n27, 259n15, 260n23, 261nn23–24
Bourgeois, Louise, 53
Bowen, Diana, 146, 156, 166, 258n12, 258n14, 262n48, 264n74
Bowman, Patricia, 60
Bracewell, Lorna Norman, 243n5, 243n12
Bronstein, Carolyn, 243n12, 246n59, 246n61
Bucher, Dot, 249n15. See also Wimmen’s Comix
Butler, Judith, 38, 42, 245n47, 246n53; let down by Diary not being titillating, 38
Cade, Cathy, 167–69, 263nn65–66
Califia, Patrick, 22, 243n7. See also Barnard Sex Conference
Camper, Jennifer, 104, 106, 252nn81–85, 252n90, 254n13
Cantú, Norma Ella, 258n6, 261n23
Cartier-Bresson, Henri, 197
Caruana, Stephanie, 250nn38–39, 250n41
Castañeda, Antonia, 261n23
Castillo, Ana, 258n6
Caswell, Michelle, 12, 242n19, 242n25
Caught Looking, 17, 26–27, 29–30, 33–35, 37–39, 49, 52–62, 65–66, 99, 188, 210, 244n19, 244nn21–22, 244nn24–25, 244n31, 244n34, 245n38, 245nn41–42, 246n60, 246n62, 246nn64–69, 246nn71–72, 246nn75–79, 265n7. See also Alderfer, Hannah; Ellis, Kate; Hunter, Nan D.; Jaker, Beth; Nelson, Marybeth; O’Dair, Barbara; Tallmer, Abby
censorship, 2; combating censorship, 27; Diary and Barnard, 16, 22, 30–33, 38, 42, 65, 243nn8–9, 243n11, 247n85; Feminist Anti-Censorship Taskforce (FACT), 24, 26–27, 33–34, 49, 59–60, 244n19; feminist stance against, 53; impulse to control, 26; visible sexualities, 2
Chevli, Lyn. See Tits & Clits
Chicana por mi Raza Digital Memory Project and Archive, 152–54, 259n22
Chicana women, 18, 150, 157–61, 180, 259n22, 262n47, 265n77; celebrated Chicana lesbian feminist Gloria E. Anzaldúa, 128, 144; feminist thought, 153; history and activism, 152–53, 259n22, 260n22; institutional archival invisibility, 154; lesbians, 158; La Mujer Chicana course, 156–61, 262n53; scholars, 152, 158
Christensen, Charles, 254n13
Chute, Hillary, 7–8, 11, 67, 71, 119, 241n7, 241n11, 242n16, 248n10, 249n15, 249n24, 253n1, 255nn33–34
Cifor, Marika, 198, 242n29, 244nn27–28, 266n28, 267n29
Cisneros, Sandra, 258n6
Cixous, Hélène, 82, 84, 250n46, 251n47
closet, 97–98, 109, 123; coming out, 95, 97, 102, 109
Coalition for a Feminist Sexuality and Against Sadomasochism, 243nn3–4
collaboration, 24, 42, 65, 149, 152, 154–55, 161, 165, 195–98, 200, 213, 218, 227; collaboration in comics, 122; collaborative archival projects, 154; collaborative curation, 213; collaborative editing, 197, 265n2; collaborative mindset, 144; collaborative spirit, 212
collage, 1, 6, 8, 11, 17, 24–25, 27, 29, 34–35, 52, 55, 58, 195, 218, 243n18, 244n25; aesthetics, 17, 34, 39, 49, 66; collective, 34–35, 58; multimedia, 6, 8, 24–25; and sexuality, 16, 33, 38, 42–59, 227; as tactic, 27
collective spaces, 142
Combahee River Collective, 251n59, 260n22
comics, 4–6, 9–11, 13, 15, 39, 46, 68, 70, 72, 78, 81–83, 86–87, 90, 92, 94–96, 98, 101, 103, 110, 112, 115, 119–21, 123, 127–28, 130–31, 133–34, 137, 139, 149, 188, 195, 225–26, 250n31, 251n57, 269n76; activism, 7, 13, 122, 141; anthologies, 104; artist, 18, 68, 109–10, 112, 125, 141; circulation/distribution, 75, 112, 140–41, 248n13; collaboration, 65, 122; collections/archives, 17–18, 71–75, 85, 99, 107, 111–12, 118, 121–22, 242n24, 252n96; collectivity, 66, 125, 128, 136, 248n15, 249n15; comic books, 6, 8, 67; comicity/comicitous, 6, 8, 111, 123, 141, 204; comics-adjacent, 18, 123, 125, 141; Comics Code, 247n5; comics-infused advertisements, 123, 127, 137, 139; comics studies, 6, 11, 111–12, 125; comic strip, 3, 6, 8, 109, 119, 125, 129, 257n63; comix, 247n5, 254n12; community, 63, 75–76, 99, 102, 104, 107–8, 112, 115, 123; courses, 227; erotic, 248n13; erotic feminist, 58; feminist, 17, 23, 66–69, 71, 74, 76, 88–89, 97, 99, 109, 205; feminist underground comics, 63, 66–67, 69–74, 97, 107, 248n13, 248n15, 249n15, 250n45; form, 7, 17, 74, 76, 84, 91, 93, 140, 249n25; framing, 134; grassroots, 3–4, 7, 13, 18, 69, 72, 74, 104, 106, 109–14, 116–17, 120, 122–23, 125, 135, 140–41, 147, 226; independent, 66; lesbian comics, 99–100, 104, 106, 247n3, 252n85; lesbian/queer comics boom, 3, 100, 108; making, 15, 99, 255n26; mainstream, 106, 112; misogyny, 66–67, 84; page, 8, 80, 82, 93; panel, 82, 91, 102, 122, 138; and photography, 13, 43, 46, 246n55; politics, 111–12, 115, 117, 140; race, 70, 128; readers, 79, 116, 118, 135, 140, 204, 255n25; representational diversity, 134, 136; romance, 100, 252n79; scholarship, 7–8, 67, 71, 111, 122, 125, 248n7; semi-autobiographical, 69; sequence, 6–9; sexuality, 69, 99–100, 102, 106; shared history, 112; site of critical discourse, 7, 109; and social change, 3, 8, 13, 99; straight white men, 66; structure, 132; traditional industry, 113, 247n5; underground, 17, 66–67, 69, 71–77, 84–85, 97, 106, 247n5, 248n13, 248n15, 249n15, 250n28, 250n45, 254n12; versus art, 241n5, 241n11; webcomics, 141; women’s comics, 4, 11, 17, 66, 69–71, 73–75, 99, 112, 247n3, 247n5, 248n13, 249n25, 250n45. See also Dykes to Watch Out For (DTWOF); Gay Comix/Comics; queer comics; Strip AIDS USA; Tits & Clits; Wimmen’s Comix
Comics Journal, The, 4, 68, 113–14, 248n15, 249n15
consciousness-raising groups, 68–69, 77, 79–85, 88, 91, 97, 102–3, 219; and race, 9, 70, 89, 251n59, 260n22
Cook, Roy T., 247n4
Corbman, Rachel, 39, 243nn4–5, 243n12, 245n48
Costa, Guido, 267n34, 268n54, 268n57
Cotera, María, 152–54, 259n22, 261nn34–35, 262nn36–39, 262nn42–43
Cottrell, Honey Lee, 53
cougar, 246n73
Coulthard, Edmund, 266n20, 266n25
Cowan, Liza, 249n19
creators, 59, 190, 244n32, 248n7; comics, 71; feminist, 49; LGBTQ, 7; mainstream, 113; mestiza, 184; queer, 106; women, 7, 53; zine, 11
Crenshaw, Kimberlé, 144, 258n7
Crumb, Robert, 247n5
Cruse, Howard, 100, 106–7, 252n81, 252n92, 254nn12–13. See Gay Comix/Comics
Cuevas, T. Jackie, 258n6, 261n23
Cvetkovich, Ann, 12, 28, 120–21, 242n18, 244n30, 255n33, 256n40
Davies, Diana, 251n55
Davis, Keith, 212–14
Dean, Alison, 268n54
DeCrescenzo, Teresa, 242n31
de Lauretis, Teresa, 22, 117–18, 122, 243n10, 255n28, 256n41
Deparle, Jason, 268n68
Derrida, Jacques, 120–21
Dever, Maryanne, 250n30
diary, 11, 21, 34–35, 37, 39, 42
Diary of a Conference on Sexuality, 2, 16–17, 21–24, 26–27, 29–51, 59–62, 65–66, 99, 136, 213, 218, 227, 242n2, 243nn8–9, 243n11, 244n34, 245nn35–36, 245nn43–45, 245nn49–51, 246nn52–58, 247n81, 247nn83–85, 257n68. See also Alderfer, Hannah; Altman, Meryl; Ellis, Kate; Jaker, Beth; Nelson, Marybeth; Newton, Esther; Snitow, Ann; Vance, Carole S.
Dickson, Jane, 266n11
diCorcia, Philip-Lorca, 213
Dinegar, Rosemary, 247n6. See also Wimmen’s Comix
disability, 136–37
DiVeglia, Angela L., 14, 28, 122, 242n26, 244n29, 256n42
documenting, 15, 18, 119, 147, 189, 198; activism, 15; advocating against anti-pornography feminists, 58; alternate queer kinships, 18; Gloria E. Anzaldúa, 150–52, 167; artistic community, 187; Barnard Sex Conference, 22–23, 30, 39, 62; Alison Bechdel, 119–20; challenging feminism, 69, 76; Chicana history and activism, 152–53; commitment to collectivity, 154; community, 190, 198, 205; community of friends, 187, 200; diversity, 1, 15, 19, 190, 205; domestic abuse, 207; through editing and curation, 14; feminist movement, 99, 109; frustrations with second wave feminism, 68; HIV/AIDS, 189–90, 198–99, 223, 266n12; LGBTQ lives, 28, 195; Cookie Mueller, 190, 216; not well documented, 12; and preserving, 14–16; queer kinship, 16; queer life, 109; race relations within feminism, 70; sexual experience, 4; Witnesses, 196, 199, 216; women’s sexuality and LGBTQ community, 14
Dodge, Chris, 253n8
Dodson, Betty, 53
Doughty, Frances, 36, 243n2. See also Barnard Sex Conference
Downer, Carol, 79–80. See also Great Yogurt Conspiracy
drag, 104–5, 190, 201–2, 209, 213, 267n32, 267n34. See also Angelico, Kenny (Ivy)
Dubin, Steven C., 196, 210–11, 266n9, 266n23, 268n63
DuBois, Ellen, 243n2. See also Barnard Sex Conference
Duggan, Lisa, 55–57, 243n12, 246n69, 246n74
Dworkin, Andrea, 26, 33, 49, 244n19, 245n38
Dykes to Watch Out For (DTWOF), 109–11, 113–19, 125, 128–29, 131–35, 140, 253nn3–5, 255nn23–24, 256n52, 257nn60–61, 257n63; The Essential “Dykes to Watch Out For,” 110, 119–20, 125, 253nn6–7, 255n30, 256nn37–38; Firebrand Books, 110–11, 119, 125, 128, 253nn4–6, 255n31, 256n52; intersectional politics, 135; merchandise, 115, 117–18, 254n22, 255n31; multiracial cast, 134; self-syndicating, 74, 110–11, 113, 115–16, 125, 149, 225, 253n6; shoestring finances, 116; subcultural phenomenon, 3; Thanksgiving strip, 140; Universal Press Syndicate, 115, 254n21. See also Bechdel, Alison
Eaton, Spire, 254n13
Echols, Alice, 243n12
Eckardt, Stephanie, 257n76
Edel, Deb, 26
Eichhorn, Kate, 12–13, 30, 75, 107, 150, 152, 242n18, 242nn22–24, 244n33, 250n30, 252n93, 255n33, 261n25, 261n30, 262n43, 265n86
Ellis, Kate, 53–54, 243n2. See also Barnard Sex Conference; Caught Looking; Diary of a Conference on Sexuality
Enszer, Julie, 123, 250n30, 256n47
ephemera, 13, 75, 121–22, 167, 198
Espinoza, Dionne, 152, 259n22, 262n37
Ewing, Leslie, 104, 106, 252nn82–83, 252n86, 252n90
Fales Library, 196, 198–99, 214–15, 220–22, 242n24, 267n28, 267n36, 268n60, 268nn65–71, 268n73, 268n75, 269nn78–80. See also Goldin, Nan
Farmer, Joyce, 249n15. See also Tits & Clits
Fawaz, Ramzi, 6–9, 241n3, 241n7, 241n9, 241n12, 253n11
feminism/feminist, 2–4, 9, 12–13, 15, 21–24, 26–27, 30, 34, 65–66, 68, 71, 75, 77, 84–85, 88–91, 93, 95, 157, 180–81, 226; activism, 21, 24, 27, 89, 92–96, 226; anthologies, 65; archives, 26, 74; art, 2, 24, 247n15, 248n15; artists, 63; Black feminists, 43, 70, 89, 136, 251n59, 260n22, 263n58; bookstores, 66, 68, 114, 247n3, 248n13; Chicana feminist thought, 153; cinema, 117; circles, 76; collectivity, 70, 75–79, 84–85, 88, 110, 123–25, 128–29, 135–36, 138, 140, 248n15, 249n15, 250n30, 251n59, 256n50, 256n54, 260n22; comics, 23, 74, 76, 88–89, 99, 109; comics collections, 74; community, 4, 63, 102, 135, 146–47, 158, 204–5; consciousness-raising, 9, 68–70, 77, 79–85, 88–89, 91, 97, 102–3; culture, 9, 181; debate, 60, 62; demonstrations, 93, 95; discourse, 23, 27, 33–34, 67, 117, 144, 148, 163, 166–67, 181, 225; diversity of perspectives, 218; empowerment, 89; ephemera, 13; erotic comics, 58; feminist and queer visual culture, 75–76, 141; feminist forms, 27, 34, 38; feminist pornography, 49, 53, 58; feminist press, 110, 143, 260n22; feminist project, 52–53; feminists of color, 91, 128, 134–35, 149, 151, 163, 181, 259n22, 260n22, 263n58; feminist sources, 55; feminist texts, 52–53; friendship, 207; futures, 4, 134, 166; genealogies, 74, 108; grassroots organizing, 68–70; heterocentric, 70; history, 75–76, 79, 120, 226; homophobia, 95; images, 58; intersectional, 1, 5, 18, 79, 104, 120, 135, 144–45, 149, 203, 219; lesbian, 15, 18, 26, 69, 97, 99, 102, 118, 135, 144, 161, 226, 259n22; lives, 99; marginalization of comics, 66, 71–72, 88, 247n3, 248n13; movement, 1, 6–7, 9, 14–17, 21, 23, 27, 32, 63, 66–72, 76, 85, 88–89, 91, 99, 109, 128–29, 135, 248n15, 249n15; narrative, 251n53; periodicals, 18, 70, 74–75, 79, 106, 109–11, 123, 129, 135, 247n3, 253n8; plot, 91; politics, 76, 138, 140; public/private, 35; race, 91; readers, 79, 255n25; recovery, 71, 75, 249n25, 250n30; representation, 69, 88–89, 109, 134, 136, 195, 218; rhetoric, 27, 84, 88, 93, 97, 171, 258n13, 264n72; science fiction, 251n53; second-wave, 13, 34–35, 68, 71, 79; self-help, 69, 77–80; sensibility, 84; sex-positive, 1–2, 27, 33, 37, 65, 188, 219, 223, 227; sexuality, 6, 23–24, 67, 76, 85, 95, 97, 135, 188, 210; sex wars, 1–2, 16, 21, 23, 30, 33, 59, 61, 65, 188, 227, 243n7, 244n26, 245n37; spaces, 69; straight/white, 9, 18, 43, 69–70, 79, 135, 161, 163, 181, 259n22, 260n22, 263n58; support groups, 205; third-wave, 1–2, 13, 27, 30, 33–34, 37, 60, 223, 225; theory, 27, 123, 144, 167; underground comics, 63, 66–67, 69–74, 97, 107, 248n13, 248n15, 249n15, 250n45; utopian vision, 9; visual works, 23–24, 27, 65; zines, 34. See also anti-pornography feminists
Feminist Anti-Censorship Taskforce (FACT), 24, 26–27, 33–34, 49, 59–60, 244n19
Firebrand Books, 110–11, 119, 125, 128, 253nn4–6, 255n31, 256n52
Fire Island, 266n8
Fleener, Mary, 249n15. See also Tits & Clits
Fletcher, Suzanne, 196, 204–9, 267n43. See also Goldin, Nan
Flinn, Andrew, 198
Foss, Sonja K., 258n13, 264n72
Foucault, Michel, 48
France, David, 268n75
Franklin, Cynthia G., 259n22
Friedan, Betty, 89. See also Pumpkin the cat
Friedlander, Judith, 243n2. See also Barnard Sex Conference
friendship, 47, 110, 115–16, 187–90, 196, 198, 200–201, 204–7, 210–11, 213, 216–17, 219, 243n7, 258n3, 266n8, 266n12, 267nn32–33
friends of Dorothy, 48
Frohnmayer, John, 196
Futter, Ellen V., 22
Gale’s Archives of Sexuality and Gender, 76, 226
Gallo, Marcia M., 251n54
Galvan, Margaret, 247n3, 249n15, 249n24, 250nn28–29, 252n78, 252n85, 252n95, 253n9, 256n44, 269n5
Gardiner, Judith Kegan, 253n6
Gauvin, Stephanie, 254n13
gay and lesbian movements, 1, 3, 6–8, 14–16, 27–28, 32, 74, 116, 119, 123, 129, 226, 244n27; bookstores, 254n14
Gay Comix/Comics, 3, 17, 99–107, 112, 227, 252nn80–83, 252nn86–87, 252n92, 254nn12–14; in bookstores, 254n14; bridge between underground and LGBTQ lives, 106; community of women cartoonists, 63, 67, 99–100, 104, 106; exploration of women’s sexuality, 17, 99; HIV/AIDS, 106; lesbian comics boom, 3; name change, 254n12; representation of women’s LGBTQ experiences, 67, 99, 102. See also Gregory, Roberta; Marrs, Lee
Gebbie, Melinda, 249n15. See also Wimmen’s Comix
German, Julie, 243n2. See also Barnard Sex Conference
Gilland, Julianne, 185
Ginsburg, Faye, 243n2. See also Barnard Sex Conference
Glass, Steph Rose, 254n13
GLBT Historical Society, 28
Goldin, Nan, 1, 3, 7–8, 15, 18–19, 23, 27, 53, 70, 136, 141–42, 185–223, 225, 265nn7–8, 266n8, 266n12, 266n20, 267n33, 268n61; activism, 19, 142, 186, 188, 190, 217, 219, 223; The Ballad of Sexual Dependency, 18, 187–210, 213, 216, 219, 265nn1–4, 266n11, 266n14, 266nn16–18, 267n32, 267n34, 267n41, 267n43, 268nn48–52, 268nn55–56, 268n58; Barbara (sister), 192–95, 198, 208, 216, 265n2; bisexuality, 200, 204, 267n32; care work, 198; collectivity, 136, 142, 189–90, 196, 213; community, 18, 142, 186–92, 194–205, 207–13, 216, 223, 266n13; The Cookie Portfolio, 190; curator, 19, 185, 188–89, 191–92, 194, 196, 199–202, 208, 210–13, 216–19, 223, 266n12; diverse sexual identities, 188, 190, 207; domestic abuse, 187, 200, 207, 265n3, 268nn53–55; gender roles, 195, 200, 202–3; grassroots communities, 141; homosocial, 201, 204; image–text, 203; interviews, 197, 203, 210, 217, 223, 265n1, 266n22, 266nn25–26, 267n39, 268nn58–59, 268n62, 268n74, 269n77, 269n81; linking feminism and HIV/AIDS activism, 188; musical playlist, 203; NEA controversy, 196, 217; The Other Side, 190, 202, 266n13, 266n20, 267n32, 267nn34–35, 267n37; PAIN (Prescription Addiction Intervention Now), 223; sexual liberation, 18, 187, 189, 194, 210, 219; sexually explicit photography, 27; slideshow, 18, 187, 190–91, 195–96, 203, 208, 212, 225, 265n1, 266n11; snapshot aesthetic, 3, 225; Times Square Show, 195; Witnesses Against Our Vanishing, 19, 189–91, 194, 196, 198–202, 210–23, 266n11, 267n36, 268n60, 268nn65–71, 268n73, 268n75, 269nn78–80. See also Fales Library; photography
Goldsby, Jacqueline, 259n21
Goldstein, Jesse, 242n20, 245n34
González-López, Gloria, 261n23
Gracey-Whitman, Lionel, 254n13
Grahn, Judy, 263n58
grassroots, 12, 113; activism, 241n5; beginnings, 141; community, 123, 141, 166; contexts, 112, 117; feminist organizing, 68–69; feminist periodicals, 18, 70, 74–75, 79, 106, 110, 114, 123, 247n3, 235n8; gay and lesbian newspapers, 74, 106, 111, 114, 123; image–text, 13; infrastructure, 140; materials, 72; media, 269n5; networks, 1, 4, 32, 109, 111–12, 116–17, 120, 135, 141, 147; newsletter, 11; newspapers, 3, 7, 74–75, 104, 110; periodicals, 70, 104, 109–10, 113, 116, 122–23, 125, 141, 226; publications, 68, 111, 114, 117, 135; publishers, 118; publishing, 110, 144; queer comics, 112–13; sources, 75; spaces, 123, 140, 226; tactics, 2. See also archives
Great Yogurt Conspiracy, 79–80, 250nn38–39, 240n41. See also Downer, Carol
Greenwood, Eve, 254n13
Gregory, Roberta, 1, 3, 8–11, 17, 23, 63, 66–71, 74, 76, 88–100, 102–6, 108–9, 176, 188, 205, 227; biracial, 70; bisexuality, 69, 247n7, 248n7; celebration of feminism, 89; collectivity, 67, 136; consciousness-raising, 9, 70, 88–89, 91, 97, 102–3; critique of feminist movement, 9, 63, 69–70, 74, 76, 88–89, 109, 251n59, 260n22; critique of underground comics, 66, 248n15, 249n15; demonstrations, 93, 95; disillusion with feminism, 68; Dynamite Damsels, 9–10, 17, 67–68, 70, 88–100, 102, 106, 241n14, 242n15, 248n9, 249n16, 251nn57–66, 252nn67–77, 260n22; feminist collectives, 88; feminist comics bildungsromane/coming-of-age narratives, 17, 68, 70, 100; feminist culture, 9; feminist rhetoric, 88, 93, 97; feminist support groups, 205; feminist/women’s underground comics, 63, 66, 69–70; Gay Comix/Comics, 3, 17, 63, 67, 99–100, 102–6, 227, 252n80, 252n82; grassroots feminist organizing, 68–70; impact/influence, 71, 75; interviews, 70, 249n15, 249n19; Pumpkin the cat, 89–90; queer/women’s sexuality, 17, 97, 99; readers, 9, 88, 93; representation of queer/LGBTQ women, 67, 227; representation of race relations, 70, 90–91, 251n59, 260n22; sexual discovery, 17, 69; sexuality, 102, 106; sexuality as fluid, 100; Strip AIDS USA, 188; struggle for receptive venues, 23; visualizing feminist forms, 69; welcoming/inspiring new generation of women cartoonists, 17, 67, 74, 99–100, 104, 106, 108. See also Tits & Clits; Wimmen’s Comix
Grice, Karly Marie, 241n9, 253n11
Griffin Cindy L., 258n13, 264n72
Groeneveld, Elizabeth, 250n30, 256n47, 269n4
Grossman, Lev, 252n1
Guerrilla Girls, 260n22
Gwenwald, Morgan, 53
Hall, Justin, 112, 254n13, 254n15
Halperin, David M., 243n10, 247n82
Halsall, Alison, 241n9, 253n11
Harker, Jaime, 269n4
Harriford, Diane, 243n2. See also Barnard Sex Conference
Harvey, Brett, 22, 243n7. See also Barnard Sex Conference; No More Nice Girls
Heiferman, Marvin, 196, 265n2, 266n21, 268n47
Heifler, Sydney, 252n79
Heresies, 12, 24–26, 55, 243nn16–17, 246n70
Heresies Collective, 242n21, 243nn16–17, 246n70
Herrera Rodríguez, Celia, 154, 262nn40–41
heterosexual/heterosexuality, 29, 84–85, 100, 246n60; communities, 267n32; dispensing with, 100; heterocentric, 70; heteronormative, 200, 219; nonheterosexual, 67, 69
Hill, Anita, 60
Hilty, Joan, 104, 106, 115, 252nn82–83, 252n87, 252n90, 254n19
HIV/AIDS, 1, 15, 18–19, 106, 112, 186–92, 196, 198–99, 201–3, 209–23, 242n29, 265n8, 266n8, 266nn12–13, 266n28, 267n28
Holborn, Mark, 196
Holert, Tom, 265n1
homosexual/homosexuality, 158, 161; communities, 267n32; female homosexuality, 100; homophobia, 95, 97–98, 198–99, 211; homosocial, 201, 204; identities, 102; mythological creatures, 105; nondiscrimination, 4. See also closet
House, Penny, 249n19
Hoyer, Jennifer, 242n20, 245n34
Hubbard, Jim, 268n75
Hujar, Peter, 212–14, 218, 220, 223, 269n78
Human Sexuality Collection, 111, 119–20; Cornell University, 111, 119–20. See also Bechdel, Alison
Hunter, Nan D., 243n12, 244nn19–20, 245n38, 246n60, 246n62, 246n64, 246n74, 247nn1–2. See also Caught Looking
Ikas, Karin, 264n69
image–text, 6, 13, 16, 18, 33–34, 61, 63, 109, 111, 122–23, 135, 141, 146, 203
Indigenous Women’s Network, 260n22
Interference Archive, 12, 242n20, 245n34
intersectional, 1, 5, 104, 135, 144–45; avant la lettre, 18, 79; feminism, 149, 203, 219; queer and feminist histories, 120; visual politics, 18
Jaker, Beth, 1–2, 8, 16–17, 19, 21–63, 65, 188, 210, 213, 218, 227, 243n2, 246n64; activism, 17, 22–24, 27, 33, 49, 61, 65; archival work, 17, 19, 24, 26–27, 29, 33–34, 38, 47, 62; buffet of sexual pleasure, 55; collaborative authorship, 42, 65; collage aesthetics, 17, 34–35, 39, 49, 66; collectivity, 24, 34–35, 38, 53–54, 58, 136, 227; combating censorship, 27, 53; community, 35, 38, 48, 62–63; debate around sexual expression, 23, 26, 210; Group Material, 24, 227; handwriting, 245n44; image–text, 34, 61; influence, 39; multimedia collage, 6, 8, 24–25, 243n18, 244n25; prefiguring zines, 2, 33–34, 37–38; reclamation of pornographic tropes, 49, 58; sexually explicit, 17, 27, 29, 33, 38–39, 49, 53–54, 59; turned on, 54; visual/feminist activism, 17, 22–24, 27, 33, 49, 52, 59, 61, 65–66, 218, 227; women’s sexuality, 23–24, 27, 34, 38–39, 42, 49, 60, 62–63. See also Barnard Sex Conference; Caught Looking; collage; Diary of a Conference on Sexuality; Feminist Anti-Censorship Taskforce (FACT)
Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in GLBT Studies, 119–20, 256n36, 256n39; University of Minnesota, 119–20, 256n36
Jesanis, Renie, 254n13
Jordan, Tessa, 250n30, 256n47, 269n4
Joy, Phillip, 254n13
Joysmith, Claire, 258n6
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives, 28; University of California, Los Angeles, 28. See also West Coast Lesbian Collections
Junge, Sophie, 266n10
Kaplan, Louis, 268n54
Kastor, Elizabeth, 269n80
Keating, AnaLouise, 14, 143, 145–46, 149–50, 156, 185, 242n27, 258n4, 258n6, 258n11, 259n15, 259n22, 261nn23–24, 261nn26–27, 261n32, 262nn45–46, 269n3. See also Anzaldúa, Gloria E.
Kesey, Ken, 250n45
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 47
Kirby, Rob, 254n13
Kirtley, Susan, 67, 71, 247n4, 248n10, 249n15, 249n23
Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press, 128, 260n22
Koegeler-Abdi, Martina, 262n44
Kominsky-Crumb, Aline, 248n15, 249n15. See also Wimmen’s Comix
Konchar Farr, Cecilia, 269n4
Korinek, Valerie J., 256n47
Kumbier, Alana, 242n24, 255n33
labor, 14, 121, 125, 153, 254n22; collective, 121, 125; community-minded, 14; mental, 163
Lacayo, Richard, 252n1
Laing, Olivia, 199, 266n28, 267n30
Lambert, Bruce, 257nn65–66
Lavender Menace, 89, 251n55, 251n56
Law, Silvia A., 244n20
Lee, Matthew, 254n13
LeMieux, Kathryn, 249n15. See also Wimmen’s Comix
Leng, Kirsten, 255n25
Lennon, Mary Clare, 243n2. See also Barnard Sex Conference
lesbian/lesbianism, 3, 9, 15, 84, 89, 110, 118, 122, 128, 151, 161, 167, 247n7, 255n30, 263n69; activism, 15, 74, 116, 226; archives movement, 244n27; artwork, 2; BDSM, 65; butch, 9; cartoonists, 17, 104, 106; Chicana, 144, 158; comics, 99, 104, 106–8, 247n3, 252n85; comics boom, 3, 100; common lives, 110, 117–18, 257n63; community, 116, 257n63; culture, 135, 257n63; desire, 84; erotica, 53; exclusion from feminism, 17, 63, 66, 69–70, 89, 97; experience, 117; feelings, 95; feminists, 18, 69–70, 118, 135, 144, 167, 259n22; gay and lesbian periodicals, 74, 106, 111, 114, 123, 253n8, 257n63; grassroots archives, 17, 26, 28, 72, 74–75, 121–22, 198; history, 15; lesbian–feminist community, 102; letter-writing lesbians, 128–35; literature, 108; lived history, 121; mermaids, 104; organizing, 1, 123; relationships, 97, 100, 102, 106, 204, 255n30; sexuality, 138, 204; superhero team, 106; thinking, 2; visual affirmation/representation, 15, 69, 97, 99, 106, 110, 117, 128, 134–35, 141, 176; women’s movement a lesbian plot?, 89–90. See also closet; gay and lesbian movements; Lavender Menace
Lesbian Cartoonists’ Network, 106, 252n88. See also Natalie, Andrea
Lesbian Herstory Archives (LHA), 25–26, 28–29, 47, 72, 74–75, 99, 107–8, 111, 121, 126–27, 130–31, 137, 139, 247n3, 252n96. See also Bechdel, Alison
lesbian Norman Rockwell, 117–18, 141. See also Bechdel, Alison
Lesbian Sex Mafia, 21, 48. See also Allison, Dorothy
Leschen, Caryn, 247n6. See also Wimmen’s Comix
LGBTQ, 2, 7, 15, 17, 19, 27–28, 67, 100, 104, 106, 192, 195, 198, 227, 242n28, 261n33; activism, 8; comics, 7, 67, 100, 104, 108, 113, 115, 226, 250n28; community, 2, 14, 104, 106, 108, 113, 122, 192, 195
Liddell, Siobhan, 266n11
Lorenz, Kyri, 254n13
Love, Heather K., 246n80, 247n81, 247nn83–84
Lubow, Arthur, 266n24
MacKinnon, Catharine, 26, 33, 49, 244n19, 245n38
Macy, Jon, 254n13
Manasse, Sherry, 243n2. See also Barnard Sex Conference
Mangels, Andy, 252n80, 252nn82–83, 252nn86–87, 254nn12–14. See also Gay Comix/Comics
Mankiller, Wilma P., 251n54
Marcus, Greil, 265n1, 267n38, 267n40
marginal/marginalization, 73, 88; in archives, 72–74; archives as preserving, 76, 121; of comics by women, 248n13, 250n28; feminist underground comics, 71–72; histories, 152, 261n33; marginalized media, 29, 71; place of queer comics publishing, 113; voices, 13; by Wikipedia, 269n6
marginalized groups/populations, 27, 152; bibliographies, 259n21; preservation in archives, 27, 152; race within feminism, 91; subjectivities, 177
Marrs, Lee, 1, 3, 8, 17, 23, 63, 66–71, 74, 76–88, 99–102, 106, 108–9, 136, 176, 205, 227; bisexuality, 69, 100; collectivity, 67, 136; consciousness raising, 68–70, 77, 79–85; critique of feminist movement, 63, 68–70, 74, 76, 85, 109; critique of underground comics, 66, 76, 84–85, 97, 248n15, 249n15; disillusion with feminism, 68; feminist collectives, 77–79, 84–85; feminist comics bildungsromane/coming-of-age narratives, 17, 68, 70, 85, 100; feminist politics, 68, 76–77; feminist support groups, 205; feminist/women’s underground comics, 63, 66, 69–70; The Further Fattening Adventures of Pudge, Girl Blimp, 17, 67–68, 70, 76–88, 91, 97, 100, 106, 136, 248n9, 249n16, 250nn32–34, 250n37, 250nn42–44, 251nn48–52, 257n68; Gay Comix/Comics, 3, 17, 63, 67, 99–102, 106, 227; grassroots feminist organizing, 68–70; Great Yogurt Conspiracy, 79–80; impact/influence, 71, 75, 85; interviews, 68, 70, 248n12, 248nn14–15, 249n15, 249n19; lesbian desire, 84; psychedelia, 250n45; queer/women’s sexuality, 17, 85, 99; readers, 79, 82, 88; representation of queer/LGBTQ women, 67, 85–86, 100, 227; representation of race relations, 70, 79, 136; self-help, 69, 77–80; sexual discovery, 17, 69, 85–86; sexuality, 102, 106; sexuality as fluid, 100; shared visual politics, 77; spiral form, 80–84; struggle for receptive venues, 23, 68; subverting romance comics, 100; visualizing feminist forms, 69; welcoming/inspiring new generation of women cartoonists, 17, 67, 74, 99–100, 104, 106, 108. See also Tits & Clits; Wimmen’s Comix
McChesney, Kit, 257n63
McCloud, Scott, 8, 204, 241nn10–11, 267n42
McGill, Meredith L., 259n21
McHenry, Elizabeth, 259n21
McKinney, Cait, 250n30, 256n47, 269n4
Meagher, Michelle, 250n30, 256n47, 269n4
Melia, Don, 254n13
memory, 2, 12, 19, 153, 192–94, 201, 209, 223, 227, 255n30; collective memory, 226; cultural memory, 192; and history, 149; memorial/memorialize, 188, 198, 210, 218, 223, 269n76; memory pieces, 216
Mendes, Willy, 250n45
Mercado-López, Larissa M., 261n23
Michigan State University comics collections, 72, 75
Miller, Milo, 13, 242n24. See also Queer Zine Archive Project
Miller, Nancy K., 243n2. See also Barnard Sex Conference
Miller, Nick, 257n76
Miller, Rachel R., 248n13
Millet, Kate, 263n58
Mink, Gwendolyn, 251n54
Misemer, Leah, 67, 248n7, 248n10
Moraga, Cherríe, 35, 128, 143, 147–48, 165, 256n55, 257n1, 257n3, 258n3, 259n18, 259n22, 269n3. See also This Bridge Called My Back
Morgan, Robin, 89, 161–63, 252n69, 263n58
Morrisroe, Mark, 210, 213–14, 218, 221, 223, 266n11
Mueller, Cookie, 190, 209–10, 213, 215–17, 266n8, 266n11, 268n59
Mujeres Muralistas, Las, 260n22
Munch, Edvard, 158–60
Muñoz, José Esteban, 122, 125, 256n43, 256n49, 257n74
Murphy, Annie, 254n13
Murphy, Michelle, 250n38, 250n40
Murray, Simone, 269n4
Nakamura, Lisa, 143, 257n76, 257n2
Natalie, Andrea, 104, 106, 252nn82–83, 252nn88–90
Navarro, Marysa, 251n54
Nelson, Marybeth, 1–2, 8, 16–17, 19, 21–63, 65, 188, 210, 213, 218, 227, 243n2; activism, 17, 22–24, 27, 33, 49, 61, 65; archival work, 17, 19, 24, 26–27, 29, 33–34, 38, 47, 62; buffet of sexual pleasure, 55; collaborative authorship, 42, 65; collage aesthetics, 17, 34–35, 39, 49, 66; collectivity, 24, 34–35, 38, 53–54, 58, 136, 227; combating censorship, 27, 53; community, 35, 38, 48, 62–63; debate around sexual expression, 23, 26, 210; Group Material, 24, 227; handwriting, 245n44; image–text, 34, 61; influence, 39; multimedia collage, 6, 8, 24–25, 243n18, 244n25; prefiguring zines, 2, 33–34, 37–38; reclamation of pornographic tropes, 49, 58; sexually explicit, 17, 27, 29, 33, 38–39, 49, 53–54, 59; turned on, 54; visual/feminist activism, 17, 22–24, 27, 33, 49, 52, 59, 61, 65–66, 218, 227; women’s sexuality, 23–24, 27, 34, 38–39, 42, 49, 60, 62–63. See also Barnard Sex Conference; Caught Looking; collage; Diary of a Conference on Sexuality; Feminist Anti-Censorship Taskforce (FACT)
Nestle, Joan, 26, 48, 50, 244n23
Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection, 149, 154, 159, 162, 164, 168, 172, 174–75, 178–79, 182–83, 184–85, 259nn19–20, 263n57, 263n59, 263n62, 264n71, 264n75, 265n78, 265n82. See also Anzaldúa, Gloria E.
New Alexandria Library for Women, 28. See also Sexual Minorities Archive
Newton, Esther, 243n2. See also Barnard Sex Conference; Diary of a Conference on Sexuality
New York Public Library, 24, 26, 47, 198, 267n28
New York Radical Feminists, 22, 243n3, 243n5
Niesp, Sharon, 210
No More Nice Girls, 21. See also Harvey, Brett
Nolan, Michelle, 252n79
Noomin, Diane, 248n15, 249n15. See also Wimmen’s Comix
O’Dair, Barbara, 53–54. See also Caught Looking
off our backs, 79, 114, 250nn38–39, 250n41, 255n26
Ohio Lesbian Archives, 28
Oksman, Tahneer, 194, 266n19, 267n31
O’Neill-Butler, Lauren, 266n10, 269n81
ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives, 28, 72, 75; University of Southern California, 28. See also Western Gay Archives
Orwell George, 48
Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop, 254n14
Perez, Domino Renee, 261n23
Pérez, Elle, 265n2, 266n21, 268n47
Pérez, Laura E., 264n74
periodicals, 112–15, 118–19, 124, 135, 141, 250n31, 255nn25–26; fictitious, 111; gay and lesbian, 74, 106, 111, 114, 123, 253n8; grassroots, 3, 7, 11, 70, 74–75, 104, 109–10, 113, 116, 122–23, 125, 141, 226; grassroots feminist, 18, 70, 74–75, 79, 106, 110, 114, 123, 247n3, 253n8; importance to feminist and LGBTQ organizing, 7, 123; local, 225; major, 115, 265n8; queer, 111–12, 118, 125; space of the page, 256n45. See also Heresies; off our backs; On Our Backs; Sinister Wisdom; WomaNews
Perlson, Hili, 266n12
Persephone Press, 128–29, 143, 256n55, 260n22
Peterson, Gregory J., 257n67
photography, 1, 3, 6–8, 13, 18–19, 24, 26–27, 29, 38–39, 43–47, 49, 53–59, 65, 116, 120, 141–42, 167–69, 185–209, 211–13, 215–16, 218–21, 223, 225, 243n18, 244n24, 246n55, 246n60, 265nn1–3, 265n7, 266nn11–13, 267n34, 267n43, 268n54, 268n57, 269n78; slideshow, 18, 29, 49, 52, 54–55, 77, 187, 190–91, 195–96, 203, 208, 212, 225, 246n60, 265n1, 266n11; snapshot, 3, 11, 225
Piepmeier, Alison, 11, 37, 242n17, 245n46
Pinckney, Darryl, 200, 266n22, 266nn25–26, 267n33, 267n45, 268n46
pleasure, 21, 26, 37, 42, 54–55, 58, 80, 82, 85, 88, 168; collective, 54; sexual, 42, 54; women’s sexual, 21, 59
pornography, 21–23, 26, 52–54, 58, 246n60; anti-pornography, 21, 27, 33, 38, 48–49, 52, 55, 59–60, 210, 244n19, 245n38; feminist pornography, 49, 58; pornographic images, 29, 35. See also anti-pornography feminists
Precup, Mihaela, 267n31
preserving/preservation, 2, 4, 13–15, 30, 249n26; activism, 30, 198; in archives, 2, 4, 12–13, 15–18, 33, 122, 141, 158, 198–99, 226, 242n24; archivist’s critical perspective, 14; artistic legacies, 199; artists, 4, 14–16, 19, 119, 149, 152, 160, 188–89, 194, 198, 200, 263n69; Artists Space, 196; comics, 71, 112, 242n24; community, 119, 149, 188–89, 191, 198–200; cultural consciousness, 15; culture, 198; Diary, 17; and documenting, 14–16; ephemeral materials, 167; feminist and gay and lesbian movements, 16, 27, 119; HIV/AIDS, 19, 188, 198, 267n28; images, 149, 160; individual cartoonists, 112; individual collectors, 14, 18, 26–27, 29, 33, 72–73, 85, 119, 150–55, 244n24; in visible archives, 1–2, 14, 226; marginalized groups, 27; marginalized history, 152, 261n33; marginalized media, 29, 71, 121; on the margins, 17; memory, 19, 193–94, 223; queer worlds, 188; radical visual material, 13; sexual experience, 4; and shaping memory, 12; social movements, 119, 152, 154; unworthy of, 227; through use, 12, 245n34; women of color, 152; zines, 242n24
Pumpkin the cat, 89–90. See also Friedan, Betty
Punzalan, Ricardo, 242n25
queer, 16, 118, 122, 158, 180, 227, 253n10; activism, 122, 141; cartoonists, 8, 18, 112, 115; as collectivity, 76, 122, 123, 125, 141; community, 104, 116, 118, 122, 135, 141, 201–3; creators, 106; discourse, 61, 117, 225; experience, 118, 244n27; genealogy, 120; grassroots archives, 13, 17–18, 111; history, 120–21, 203; ideas, 116; kinship, 18; legibility, 195; life, 109; media ghetto, 113; networks, 118; people/individuals, 16, 195; periodicals, 111–12, 125, 226, 255n26; perspectives, 7; publication networks, 113, 122–23, 125; queerer readings, 123; sexuality, 8, 17–18, 135, 248n13; social movements, 99; subjectivity, 118, 253n9; theory, 9, 18, 22, 61, 122–23; thinking, 12; visual culture, 76, 141; visual politics, 111; women, 219, 227; worlds, 188; zines, 99, 255n26
queer comics, 7, 18, 73, 107–8, 111–13, 122–23, 248n13, 253n1, 253n11, 265nn5–6, 269n76; art, 112; collectivity/community, 111–12, 123; grassroots queer comics, 112–13; marginal position, 113; periodicals, 111–16; publishing, 112–13; queer comics boom, 108; queer comics studies, 7, 112, 241n9, 253n11; thriving, 125. See also Gay Comix/Comics; Strip AIDS USA
queer comics archives, 18, 107, 112, 121–22, 125, 141; making visible, 125. See also archives
queerly mobilized, 7
Queer Zine Archive Project, 13, 99
Quintanales, Mirtha N., 48, 50
race, 4, 43, 79, 91, 132, 135, 143–44; and class, 60, 177; difference, 79; diversity, 70, 128, 134, 145; equality, 4; within feminism, 9, 62, 70, 91, 251n59, 259n22; identity, 170, 180; integrated, 136; lack of diversity, 9; racism, 70, 260n22; and sexuality, 46–47, 62; sexual stereotypes, 47; tokenization, 148; women of color, 17, 63, 66, 70, 91, 97, 128, 134–35, 143–44, 147–52, 154–55, 160, 163, 165, 167, 169, 181, 227, 259n22, 260n22, 263n58, 263n60
Ramírez, Sara A., 261n23
Ranney, Rob, 116
Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Columbia University, 72
Raymond, Claire, 267n31, 268n54
Reuman, Ann E., 263n58
Reveal Digital’s Independent Voices, 75–76, 226
rhetoric, 84, 97; feminist, 27, 88, 93, 97, 171; invitational rhetoric, 171, 258n13, 264n72; situations, 249n26; textual, 61, 91, 93; visual, 4
Rich, Adrienne, 15, 35, 161–63, 242n30, 255n30, 263n60
Rich, B. Ruby, 247n2
Richards, Terry, 247n6. See also Wimmen’s Comix
Riley, Claire, 243n2. See also Barnard Sex Conference
riot grrrl, 2, 33, 37, 225, 242n24
Robbins, Trina, 67–68, 113–14, 247n6, 248n8, 248n11, 248n15, 249n15, 249n25, 254n13, 254n17, 254nn21–22, 265nn5–6. See also Strip AIDS USA; Wimmen’s Comix
Rockettes, the, 135–36
Rockwell, Norman, 117–18. See also lesbian Norman Rockwell
Romberger, James, 269n76
Rosenkranz, Patrick, 74, 250n28
Rubenstein, Anne, 113–14, 253n2, 253n8, 254n16, 254n21, 255n26
Rubin, Gayle, 16, 22, 48, 51, 61–62, 226, 243n7, 243n12, 269n3; supposed antifeminism, 61; “Rethinking Sex,” 61. See also Barnard Sex Conference; Samois
Rudahl, Sharon, 247n6. See also Wimmen’s Comix
Ruddy, Sarah, 267n31
Runyon, Roxanne Loree, 250n30
Russ, Joanna, 251n53
Sabin, Roger, 247n5
Sacks, Susan R., 243n2. See also Barnard Sex Conference
Saldívar-Hull, Sonia, 261n23
Sammond, Nicholas, 67, 73, 107, 247n5, 248n10, 248n13, 249n17, 249n26, 252n94
Samois, 21, 48, 65. See also Rubin, Gayle
Sangwand, T-Kay, 242n25
Sante, Lucy, 267n33, 267n45, 268n46
Scarpati, Vittorio, 209–10, 213–16, 218, 222–23, 266n11
Scott, Darieck, 7, 241nn7–9, 253n11
Scott, Linda M., 257n62
Second Congress to Unite Women, 89
Sedgwick, Eve Kosofsky, 9, 241n13, 253n10
Sellie, Alycia, 242n20, 245n34
sequence, 6–9, 55–56, 82, 194–95, 208; collaboration, 197, 205; and collectivity/community, 6, 8, 53, 142, 200
sexuality, 1, 4, 11, 16, 18, 21, 23, 42–44, 66–68, 76–77, 97, 102, 106, 135, 143–44, 156, 225, 244n25, 245n44, 248n7, 261n23; activism, 32; celebration of, 1; and class, 60; community, 97, 100, 135, 189, 195; depictions/representations of, 7, 32, 60–63, 138, 188, 204, 219; discovery/exploration, 69, 100; diversity, 1–2, 4, 8, 16, 29, 102, 142, 188–90, 207, 219; engagement with, 84; and feminist movements, 6, 85; and gay and lesbian movements, 1, 6; images, 1, 54, 58; political engagement, 95; politics of, 42; public/private, 35; and race, 44, 46–47, 60, 91; reflecting on, 2, 38; revolutionary, 2; sadomasochism (S-M), 21, 23, 48, 62, 246n60; struggles with, 69, 100; unbridled female, 58; visual expression, 19, 23, 33; visual vocabulary, 6; women’s, 2, 7, 14–15, 17, 21, 23–27, 34, 37–39, 42–47, 49, 60, 62–63, 67–68, 99, 204, 223. See also bisexual/bisexuality; heterosexual/heterosexuality; homosexual/homosexuality; lesbian/lesbianism; queer
sexual liberation, 18, 60, 187, 189, 194, 210, 219
Sexual Minorities Archives, 28. See also New Alexandria Library for Women
Sharpe, Susanna, 265n85
Sheffield, Rebecka Taves, 261n33
Sherman, Bill, 4, 241n2, 248n11
Sherman, Cindy, 53
Sienkiewicz, Bill, 254n13, 265nn5–6. See also Strip AIDS USA
Smith, Barbara, 135, 226, 251n59, 260n22, 269n3
Smith, Beverly, 260n22
Smith, Bibi, 213–14
Smith, Maggie, 195
Smuckler, Linda, 262n53
Snitow, Ann, 34, 243n2, 245n40. See also Barnard Sex Conference; Diary of a Conference on Sexuality
social justice, 5, 7, 28, 30, 99, 129, 154, 157, 163, 188, 211, 259n22; collectivity/community, 4, 8, 11, 122, 148, 152
Society for the Study of Gloria Anzaldúa, 185, 261n23
Sophia Smith Collection, 111, 114, 119–20, 253n10, 254nn18–20, 255nn24–25, 255n35. See also Bechdel, Alison
Sousanis, Nick, 242n24
Spero, Nancy, 53
spiral as form, 80–84, 161, 163; écriture feminine, 82, 84
Springer, Kimberly, 256n47, 269n4
Stadler, Quandra P., 243n2. See also Barnard Sex Conference
Stamper, Christine N., 241n9, 253n11
Steinem, Gloria, 251n54
Steckel, Anita, 53
Stein, Arlene, 246n80
Stein, Marc, 251n54
Stephenson, Heather, 118, 255n29, 255n32, 257n75
Stone, Merlin, 147–48, 259nn19–20. See also Anzaldúa, Gloria E.; Third World Women Speakers List
Stonewall National Museum and Archives, 28
Strip AIDS USA, 112, 188, 254n13, 265nn5–6
superheroine/lesbian superhero, 3–4, 106
Sussman, Elisabeth, 211, 268n64
Tallmer, Abby, 53–54. See also Caught Looking
Tashjian, Stephen, 266n11
Taylor, Marvin, 198–99. See also Fales Library
Tits & Clits, 66–67, 99, 248n15, 249n15; collectivity, 66
Teele, Roy E., 156–57, 161–62, 164, 263n59, 263n62
Third Woman Press, 260n22
Third World Women Speakers List, 147–48, 259nn19–20. See also Anzaldúa, Gloria E.; Stone, Merlin
This Bridge Called My Back, 3, 18, 128–29, 143–45, 147–48, 151, 153–54, 160, 165, 181, 256n55, 257n76, 257nn1–3, 258n3, 258nn5–6, 259nn16–18, 259n22, 260n22, 261n32, 262nn40–41, 262n49, 263n58, 265n81, 269n3. See also Anzaldúa, Gloria E.; Moraga, Cherríe
Thornton, Jeanne, 254n13
Thrift, Samantha C., 250n30, 269n4
Thurber, Shellburne, 266n11
Torres, Hector A., 261n29, 262n49, 262n52, 263n69
Townsend, Chris, 191, 266n15, 267n31
Townsend-Bell, Erica, 259n22
trans, 267n32; women, 190, 201–2, 209, 266n13, 267nn34–35, 267n37. See also Angelico, Kenny (Ivy); Lankton, Greer
Triptow, Robert, 254nn12–13, 265nn5–6. See also Gay Comix/Comics; Strip AIDS USA
Trudeau, Garry, 115
Vance, Carole S., 21–22, 24–25, 33–34, 39–40, 42–43, 48; Pleasure and Danger, 22, 24–25, 33, 61, 242n1, 243nn4–8, 243nn11–12, 243n18, 245n39, 247n85, 265n7. See also Diary of a Conference on Sexuality
Van Cook, Marguerite, 269n76
Vasta, Joseph, 29; Vasta Images/Books, 29
Village People, the, 3
Vitale, Robert, 265n2
visibility, 1, 6, 13, 16, 19, 27, 29, 115, 118, 122–23, 163, 165, 194, 219, 227, 259n21; through archives, 1, 14–15, 29, 108, 112, 118, 125, 142, 150, 154, 226; collectivity, 8, 11; community, 149, 189, 195, 197, 199, 202, 210–12; of diverse sexual identities, 1–2, 4, 8, 16, 29, 102, 142, 189–90, 219; feminism, 69; of HIV/AIDS, 186, 211–13, 219, 223; of women of color, 148, 151; of women’s sexuality, 7, 34, 39, 49, 89, 97, 117–18, 128, 135, 141, 176, 223. See also race
visual culture, 7, 75–76, 141, 144, 146, 195
visual politics, 18, 23, 65, 77, 111, 135, 140
Walkowitz, Judy R., 243n2. See also Barnard Sex Conference
Walters, Suzanna Danuta, 246n80
Warren, Jonathan, 241n9, 253n11
Warren, Roz, 106, 112, 252n86, 252n88, 252nn90–91, 254n13
Washington, Desiree, 60
Washington State University underground comics collections, 72–73, 75
Waters, John, 190
Watterson, Bill, 115
Webster, Paula, 55, 58–59, 246n60, 246nn70–72
West Coast Lesbian Collections, 28. See also June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives
Western Gay Archives, 28. See also ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives
Westfall, Stephen, 265n1, 267n39
Where We At, 260n22
Wilde, Christopher, 13, 242n24. See also Queer Zine Archive Project
Willis, Ellen, 22, 243n2, 243n7. See also Barnard Sex Conference
Wimmen’s Comix, 66–67, 72–74, 99, 106, 247nn6–7, 248nn7–8, 248n15, 249n15; collectivity, 66, 68, 248n15, 249n15
Wojnarowicz, David, 196, 211, 213, 216–17, 266n11, 269n76, 269n78
WomaNews, 18, 110–11, 113, 117, 124–32, 134–41, 226; and Alison Bechdel, 18, 110–11, 113, 117, 124–32, 134–41, 226, 253n8, 256n48, 256nn50–54, 256n56, 257nn57–60; collectivity/community, 110, 124–25, 128–29, 135–36, 138, 140, 256n50, 256n54; Fifth Anniversary Variety Show!, 135–38, 257n64; letters pages, 124, 128–30, 132; obscuring by Bechdel, 110, 134; stopped publishing, 113; This Bridge Called My Back, 128, 256n55; t-shirt, 134, 138–40, 257n69; workshops, 124