{"product_id":"the-girls-next-door-9780684839578","title":"The Girls Next Door","description":"\u003cb\u003eLesbian women, with voices often less heard, are given a platform in this witty and insightful landmark book from journalists Lindsy Van Gelder and Pamela Robin Brandt.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLong misperceived as a separatist coven, a default option, or a sort of ladies' auxiliary to the gay men's movement, lesbian life has achieved a new visibility in the past few years. But for all the interest in who's out and who's not (yet), there's been surprisingly little understanding of the diversity and richness of lesbian experience. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis funny, lively, and perceptive book will change all that. Drawing on more than a hundred interviews with women around the country, and on their own keen wits and eyes, Van Gelder and Brandt have composed an unprecedented portrait of how gay women today--lipsticked and flannel-shirted alike--think, feel, love, and live. Three major tribal events--the long-running Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, Dinah (the annual Dinah Shore Golf Tournament and party circuit, a mecca for upwardly mobile luppies), and a cross-country trek with the activist Lesbian Avengers en route to the 1994 Stonewall commemoration--provide points of entry into an exploration of lesbian identity, social dynamics, and politics that's as entertaining as it is revealing. The result is a kaleidoscopic portrait that will resonate with lesbians themselves and reveal to their neighbors a world of unsuspected vibrancy and depth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/03\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780684839578\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.52h x 5.56w x 0.78d","brand":"Lindsy Van Gelder, Pamela Robin Brandt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41968262545589,"sku":"9780684839578","price":18.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_5e1fc1e1-4af8-47dd-b287-d9da08b5dd45.jpg?v=1647956264","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-girls-next-door-9780684839578","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}