What's Inside Issue 8?
Louise Welsh | Features | Regulars | Reviews | Advertisers
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Sarah Spenser
The Issue 8 cover is designed by Sarah Spernser, whose Heteronormative? project is featured in this issue of Velvet. Sarah is a new member of the team and will be working on the layout of future issues. Welcome, Sarah!
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Interview with Louise Welsh
 | "People should be able to paint or write without feeling compelled to exhibit or publish."
Writer Louise Welsh talks to Naomi Young about her new book, Freud, spangly tights, lesbian horror movies and how not to decorate...
"I'd love to see Johnny Depp as Marlowe."
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Features
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- Heteronormative? - Photographer Sarah Spenser tells Velvet about her new project (see below)
- The Highlands Inn New Hampshire, USA (see below)
- Debate 'The Baby Game' - Should lesbians be having babies? see both sides of the argument. Last issue's debate on gay clubs prompted some letters which are published in this issue.
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Regulars
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As usual, Issue 8 features news and events and our regular contributors:
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V.G. Lee - Three feathers on a lake
Life Coach Lynda Benham - It Depends How You Look At It - Part 1
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Regular Features |
- Parenting - Lesbian Parenting - Advantages and disadvantages of becoming a Lesbian Parent
- Media - Underrepresentation from the BBC? Stonewall investigates
- Down There - Work those muscles!
This issue also features short fiction The Bacon & Eggs Story: A tale about coming out by Nana Aba Odoom.
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The Highlands Inn, New Hampshire, USA
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Proudly serving the lesbian community since 1983. "One of the 10 best gay/lesbian guesthouses in North America" - Planet Out
www.highlandsinn-nh.com/.
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Sarah Spenser's Heteronormative?
 | "The idea is that the models are nude, thus being their 'true' self... The mask is the identity which they present to the world. The light shone on them is our perception of them."
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Reviews
The following books/CDs/DVDs have been reviewed in this issue of Velvet.
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