12 Dec Posted by Kim Baker in • Kim Baker

5 Tips for Meeting your Girfriend’s Family

Going home for the holidays with your girlfriend may be scary but it doesn’t have to be stormy...

11 Dec Posted by Robin Lowey in • Robin Lowey

Top 10 Lesbian/Queer Businesses to Buy Gifts!

EPOCHALIPS’ TOP TEN PICKS of lesbian and queer owned businesses where you can find that special gift online for your pals and lovers!

10 Dec Posted by Ruthann Robson in • Guest Writers

Before Sappho: Helen of Sparta

Of course, there is Helen. Helen of Troy. Helen of Sparta. Helen of the golden-hair and honey-voice. Helen of the swan-neck, the white arms, the silver-sandals. Helen of the terrible beauty. Helen of the thousand ships. Helen of the rosy dawn of history, six hundred years, more or less, before Sappho. That Helen. Helen, before and […]

09 Dec Posted by Jan Corran in • Jan Miller Corran

The L-Word and it’s New Generation

I turned on the show and the first scene to jar me was a full on gratuitous sex scene between two of the new kids on the block.

13 Nov Posted by Jewelle Gomez in • Jewelle Gomez

The Best Looking Woman

I’m thinking about good looks. I mean what is good looking? What looks good to whom? How do we know when we look good? Who do we look good to?

05 Nov Posted by Eleanor Palacios in • Ask a Battle-axe

How to Find the Joy, Anyway

Another man moved behind me and he had such bad breath that when he sighed, it singed my hair. I was stuck in a surround-sound of ugliness.

11 Sep Posted by Robin Lowey in • Robin Lowey

Traveling with Olivia Changed My Life

I kvetched all the way out the door. “It’s too soon, I can’t DO this”. My friends told me to shut up and get on the plane...

11 Sep Posted by Robin Lowey in • Robin Lowey

Don’t Miss Palm Springs Women’s Week!

We hope Palm Springs Women’s Week will become a model for lesbians everywhere to celebrate the accomplishments and contributions of their communities

05 Sep Posted by Monica Palacios in • Monica Palacios

Two Words: Sock Bra

I read the decorative tag revealing that the bra was made out of soft stretchy micro fabric: 95% nylon and 5% yak hair.

03 Sep Posted by epochalipsnow in • Dr. Glenda Corwin

Lets Talk About Sex and Orgasms

That afternoon, another woman told me that she’d been faking orgasms with her partner for three years...

28 Aug Posted by epochalipsnow in • Robin Lowey

Please Don’t Touch The Art!

When I see 3 dimensional art that intrigues me, I have to restrain myself from touching it. But this was different. She said “go ahead, touch it”.

30 Jul Posted by Robin Lowey in • Robin Lowey

On Being a Lesbian Role Model

Soon, the kids were laughing at my ridiculous stories and when they began to relax, so did I. What was the big deal, anyway? Being an out lesbian in my community has been an adventure.

29 Jul Posted by Jewelle Gomez in • Jewelle Gomez

Resting Bitch Face is Sexy

Many women, when their faces are at rest…have a look that many, especially men, find unpleasant.

17 Jul Posted by Glenda Corwin PhD in • Dr. Glenda Corwin

Lesbian Dating: Falling in Love Again

She was with her first true love for 14 years. Her second love lasted for 10 years. So now, at #3, she wondered, Should I trust these feelings, again? She also wondered, How can I make this one last, when I couldn’t before?