1st Edition

Everyday Mutinies Funding Lesbian Activism

By Esther D Rothblum, Nanette Gartrell Copyright 2001
208 Pages
by Routledge

214 Pages
by Routledge

214 Pages
by Routledge

Who are the women who struggled to form lesbian communities--and how did they fund their activism? In Everyday Mutinies: Funding Lesbian Activism, two dozen lesbians--including well-known activists such as Martina Navratilova, Alison Bechdel, Dee Mosbacher, and Jewelle Gomez--tell the stories of their activism, with an emphasis on how they support themselves and fund their political... Read more
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contra la Corriente (Against the Current)
  • Ordinary Insurrections: Alison Bechdel Interviewed by Marny Hall
  • JEB (Joan E. Biren): Lesbian Photographer, Video Producer, Activist
  • Advocacy Meets the Scientific Method
  • How Lesbian Artists Support Their Art
  • Changing the World
  • Lesbian Giving--and Getting: Tending Radical Roots in an Era of Venture Philanthropy
  • Shoestring Science
  • The Jewelle Gomez Stories as Told to Amanda Kovattana
  • A Burning Love for Lesbian Literature
  • Funding the National Center for Lesbian Rights
  • Lesbian Activism in Silicon Valley
  • Daughters of Bilitis and the Ladder that Teetered
  • Changing Hearts, Changing Minds: An Interview with Dee Mosbacher, MD, PhD
  • Time Is More Valuable than Money
  • Rainbow Philanthropy
  • My Roots as an Activist
  • Enhancing and Inspiring Lesbian Philanthropy
  • The Sound of Activism: A Personal Journey
  • Caring Deeply, Changing the World: A Profile of Sherry Thomas
  • Out About Class: Social Change Philanthropy
  • Index
  • Reference Notes Included

Biography

Rothblum, Esther D; Gartrell, Nanette