Lesbian Mystery Novels
Jul. 12th, 2023 06:05 pmMori: I've been reading a bunch of lesbian mystery novels from the 1980s and '90s. It was exactly what I wanted: episodic stories of lesbians and other women being flawed and imperfect and teaming up to solve problems, nontraditional spelling of the word "woman," and older protagonists. And since mysteries by definition have their main plots be, you know, the mystery, it meant romance and coming out were subplots at best.
I also wanted older stuff, for a couple reasons. First, my buddy![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
storyheight had a bunch of them onhand. Second, it's always nice to remember that we've been around for a long time. And third, mysteries are the perfect medium for exploring the political fights of the time, and reading older stuff give me some distance. It's easier to laugh about the political fights of yesteryear! Here's some of the ones I've read lately:
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I also wanted older stuff, for a couple reasons. First, my buddy
storyheight had a bunch of them onhand. Second, it's always nice to remember that we've been around for a long time. And third, mysteries are the perfect medium for exploring the political fights of the time, and reading older stuff give me some distance. It's easier to laugh about the political fights of yesteryear! Here's some of the ones I've read lately:( Read more... )
