Girlfriend Number One: Lesbian Life in the 90s

by Robin Stevens (Editor)

Women's Studies, Gay & Lesbian Studies, Homosexuality

Genres: Queer, Nonfiction, LGBT, Essays

158 pages, Hardcover

First published February 1, 1994

Reviews

[Parisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book didn't necessarily deliver exactly what I was expecting, but it definitely provided a lot of things that I didn't know I wanted. The pieces included in this text are the perfect glimpse into 90's dyke culture and reveal the hidden connections that create lesbian cultural figures, media, and references. There's no analysis of the material, but it's a great collection.

[s.e · Rating 4 out of 5]

kind of a clunky beach read for a rumored to be heterosexual girl to buy from a church book sale along with a dvd copy of The Graduate to read on a family reunion but I enjoyed some tremendously. very enlightening. some sucked and made me feel homophobic but i liked how paunchy and raunchy some were.

the ones I liked best were:
Girl's Bathroom 1-4, where initially I flipped to and made me want to buy it, if just to tear it out and nail it to the wall to scare my new roommates.

Good Customer Service, very horny department store, amazing.

Miracle at the Men's Magazine Rack, very horny gas station, amazing.

Vegetable Facials, very horny therapist office, amazing, but also begins the lesbian domestic abuse plot conclusions that haunt some of the stories in here and make them corny.

That Day in a Strange City, reminisced me to a story I finished recently, Blackouts by Justin Torres.

The Night I Met Clarity Wild, very horny.. strip club.. amazing.

Wrecks, woman crashes cars, love it.

[Zoe Hannay · Rating 3 out of 5]

don't know what i expected but it wasn't this....?

[Cait]

Allegedly contains helpful tips such as "A Lesbian Date is Something that is Interrupted by Pets".

[Erin Tuzuner · Rating 3 out of 5]

Vintage 90s queer.