Happy Spring everybody! The next Gather will take place on Sunday, May 23rd from 5pm to 7pm at the famous LGBT Community Center in Manhattan. Since we have been talking about coming out, I thought it would be useful to have a Gather(ing) on married women who have come out or are currently in the process.
A great resource that I am using for this Gather is Carren Strock's book Married Women Who Love Women. Carren will be joining us on the panel for this Gather.
See also Joanne Fleisher's book "Living Two Lives"...check out her website for more details.
Hi Tara, I came across your Gather project and was surprised that you made no mention of "Married Women Who Love Women." (Published by Doubleday in 1998, the second edition published by Taylor and Francis' Routledge in 2008.) I am the author of this ground-braking book, and I'd be happy to talk to you about it. Also, please feel free to check out my website www.carrenstrock.com for more information on this topic. Best wishes with what you're doing. Carren Strock carrens@erols.com
The Gather project has been years in the making. My background is in psychology (my master's thesis was on lesbian coming out stories). My not-so-distance future goal is to run my own therapy practice. I spent some time writing for Venus Zine, a magazine born out of the DIY culture in Chicago. I interviewed bell hooks, Ani DiFranco, Michelle Tea, Carrie Brownstein, Rebecca Walker, Daniela Sea, and Saul Williams.
I now live in Brooklyn, and am just thrilled to launch Gather. I want to create a platform for women to get together (and anyone else who desires) in a public space and have those great conversations that seldom leave our living rooms, bedrooms, and kitchen tables...
I look forward to meeting you soon!
Hi Tara,
ReplyDeleteI came across your Gather project and was surprised that you made no mention of "Married Women Who Love Women." (Published by Doubleday in 1998, the second edition published by Taylor and Francis' Routledge in 2008.) I am the author of this ground-braking book, and I'd be happy to talk to you about it. Also, please feel free to check out my website www.carrenstrock.com for more information on this topic.
Best wishes with what you're doing.
Carren Strock
carrens@erols.com