Calling All Lesbians

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The 1970s Revival In pop culture contains a curious omission: any mention of lesbian-feminist culture, even though it invented so much of what is quintessentially '70s. Grunge? That was lesbian feminist clothing and fashion in the 1970s. The Lilith Fair tour? Olivia Records and Roadwork began that in 1978 with the Varied Voices of Black Women tour. The Michigan Womyn's Music Festival has averaged 9,000 lesbians a year for 22 years. PC? That was the self-deprecating joke that radical dykes coined in the 1970s. Ani DiFranco and artist self-distribution? Alix Dobkin did that in 1975 with Lavender Jane Loves Women, and Ladyslipper distribution still does it today.

Lesbians confront …