Sapphic Sydney

thank god for holidays...i can now go on a much needed film and novel binge. really nothing is as fulfilling as staying up til 3am watching pixelated movies on youtube.

anyway, anyone recommend any good lesbian films or books?

i recently watched 'desert hearts'...wasn't bad.

and have yet to watch mulholland dr. (by the seriously twisted david lynch)

umm...as for books. i really can't think of anything....

except maybe perhaps virginia woolf's 'orlando'

but then again, when orlando was with women he was still technically a man....

but still, apparently it was written as an extended love letter to vita sackville-west.

anywho, it was a good book nonetheless.

any recommendations?

Def get your hands on Mulholland Drive during your hols.  Trippy and glossy with some gorgeous girls too.  If you've got the time i'd also highly recommend the BBC series Tipping the Velvet or Ch 4 series Sugar Rush.  Both very different but equally enjoyable.

On the books front Sarah Waters is a good one to try.  If in doubt there's always lesbian erotica.

Happy holidays!

i will always have a softspot for fingersmith. it combines so many things i like; 19th centruy england, intrigue, mistaken identities, a fair few plot twists... oh and girls falling in love with girls the book is by sarah waters and it was also made into a tv movie by the BBC.

as for tv, like mokkers mentioned above, sugar rush is amazing. seriously one of the funniest shows i've ever seen, the fact that it's about a 15yr old lesbian is really just a plus.

and if you haven't seen skins (a british tv show) season 3, then i would recommend that too!

hope that helps!

Some (good/ok) lesbian films & TV:

- DEBS (2004)

- Imagine Me And You (2005)

- Lost and Delirious (2001)

- Spider Lilies (2007)

- Rent (2005) - lesbian subplot

- Better Than Chocolate (1999)

- I Can't Think Straight (2007)

- The World Unseen (2007)

- My Summer of Love (2004)

- Molholland Drive (2001)

- Fingersmith (BBC miniseries)

- Tipping the Velvet (BBC miniseries)

- Gia (1998)

- Hex (TV series)

- Skins (TV series; Season 3)

- Sugar Rush (TV series)

- Nina's Heavenly Delights (2006)

Lesbian anime (Yuri):

- Kannazuki no Miko (Recommended!!! Go watch it immediately! It's on youtube!)

- Strawberry Panic

- Simoun

- My-HiME (lesbian sub-plot)

- My-Otome (lesbian sub-plot)

Enjoy!!

oh wow,

seems like i'm gonna end up a hermit these holidays, haha.

thanks guys! (:

i just watched the first ep of sugar rush on youtube.

AWWW! it's terribly cute (:

ohh...Sarah Waters - love her books sooo much! ...BBC versions of them are also very sensually amusing!...gia, debs, saving face, spider lillies, imagine you and me, loving annabelle and plenty of good european movies - just write in youtube browser - lesbian love romance part 1  ----- and enjoy!

Wasn't a fan of Fingersmith, although I love ye olde English settings.

Movie:

For "Loving Annabelle" there is an alternate/secret ending, it should be up on Youtube, and worth to see it if you were unsatisfied with the original ending

Fire (Indian) haven't seen it, but I watched Water and I liked what the director did

Love My Life (Japanese) is OK, preferred the comic

Boys Don't Cry. Well technically not Lesbian, but still good movie

Anime:

"Aoi Hana" was recently adapted into an animation. I like the comic and read other comics by the same author.

Noir & El Cazador de la Bruja are only lesbian in sub-text (no confession, etc). But I KNOW IT EXISTS  

There's shit tons (ok, not as much as gay men) of lesbian anime/manga but I'm not bothered to list'em all since it's hard to sift through all the crap. :x

Novel:

The Color Purple

The Well of Loneliness

a little late for your holidays, but you can put these on your list for next time.

lesbian film doesn't get very much love. most of the popular titles are pretty tacky + end with someone dying or going back to their 'normal' life. lost and delirious = puke.

here are my favourites --  

fucking amal - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0150662/

popular school girl gets to know the weird kid.

but i'm a cheerleader - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0179116/

probably my favourite lesbian film ever, it's definitely underrated. cheerleader (natasha lyonne, babe), is sent to a refuge to be 'de-gayed'.

vampyros lesbos - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066380/

lesbian vampires done right! it was released in the 70's, banned for ages -- has been recovered from the vaults and remastered. the soundtrack is amazing too, real psychedelic.

as for books, i've never come across any lesbian fiction that has blown me away. however, the first edition of susan sontag's diaries ('reborn: journals and notebooks 1947-1963) are a great read. 

hope that helps.

Omg.  I completely LOVE and ADORE vampyros lesbos.  So reminiscent of Holy Mountain.  Just so... Urgh.

Movies - But I'm a Cheerleader is probably my favourite. Also The Incredibly True Adventures of Two Girls in Love is really cute. And although it's not explicitly lesbian (apparently the book it's based on is... but I haven't read it) I love Fried Green Tomatoes. "You're just a bee charmer, Idgie Threadgoode." <3

I'm yet to read any books though. The ones I've heard of all seem kind of trashy... I'm probably just being a snob though.

oh man, loved holy mountain. if ya really like that style -- check out kenneth anger films! most of them are on youtube

jess at 09:16AM on Apr 05, 2010

Movies - But I'm a Cheerleader is probably my favourite. Also The Incredibly True Adventures of Two Girls in Love is really cute. And although it's not explicitly lesbian (apparently the book it's based on is... but I haven't read it) I love Fried Green Tomatoes. "You're just a bee charmer, Idgie Threadgoode." <3

I'm yet to read any books though. The ones I've heard of all seem kind of trashy... I'm probably just being a snob though.

the incredibly true adventures of two girls, forgot about this one! laurel holloman makes a cute-arse tomboy.

Re. books, Annie on My mind is good. And if you can ever get a hold of any lesbian pulp fiction -->

http://www.strangesisters.com/a-z/images/

they are worth it just for the covers But some of them are entertaining too, in a trashy way.