What's Inside Issue 10?
Stella Duffy | Features | Regulars | Reviews | Advertisers
 | We're now entering our third year - quite an achievement for a project that started life as a
conversation in a pub and is still run entirely by volunteers!
This issue will be present at YLAF on the Velvet stall and subscribers' issues will be sent out following the festival.
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Interview with Stella Duffy
 | "Booksellers like us to be in our little boxes and not jump out of them."
Writer, actress, comedian and improviser, Stella Duffy talks to Naomi Young about life, love, the universe and everything in it... Well, nearly!
"I think telly changes the world... if you want to change the world go and make some good telly."
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Stella Duffy is our patron - see her website at www.stelladuffy.com
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Features
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In Issue 10 we focus on bisexuality and many of the articles relate to this much debated aspect of human sexuality.
- Bisexuality Introduction - some of the issues (see below)
- Bi-feminist Booklist & other thoughts - Jennifer Moore
- Bisexuality - a gay man's view Richard Adkins
- Bisexuality- An interview Editor Naomi Young interviews a bisexual friend about her experiences.
- Polyamory - the fruit salad of sexuality Alys Henley-Einion (see below)
- Lifestyle - Better Late Than Never Life begins at 41 for Penny Finch
- The Lesbian Book Cover Never judge a book by it's cover. Or: It does exactly what it says on the tin! Bethan Allyson, book reviewer
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Regulars
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As usual, Issue 10 features news and events and our regular contributors:
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- V.G. Lee - Life at the top
- Life Coach Lynda Benham - Exploring the Edge No.13 - It’s the little things that count...
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Regular Features |
- Debate 'Bisexuality' - confused and promiscuous or a valid sexual identity? See both sides of the argument.
- Parenting - Where’s the father? Lesbian motherhood and the myth of bisexuality.
- Media - Visible Lesbian Stakes on Radio 4.
- Down There - hard packing vs. soft...
- Lesbian History - Where would Lesbian History be without Radclyffe Hall and The Well of Loneliness? Edi Urien takes another look at the classic.
This issue also features Poetry by our regular contributors and guests.
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Bisexuality Introduction - some of the issues
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It’s no secret that the lesbian community is often less than welcoming to bisexuals either as a group or on an individual basis. But there is a growing bi community. Even if you don’t use the word bisexual, if you acknowledge attractions to both women and men you’ll be accepted as part of this community.
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Polyamory - the fruit salad of sexuality
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More than one lover!
A festival of delight
Or a gluttonous greed
Six flavours in one night!
Alys Henley-Einion examines the phenomenon of polyamory, ‘many loves.’ Within the current social context it refers to those who simultaneously engage in sexual relationships with more than one person. Often confused with bisexuality. |
Reviews
The following books/CDs/DVDs have been reviewed in this issue of Velvet.
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