Alberta Hunter: Historical Footage of A Black Lesbian in her Prime, from 1935

Doing some research for the queer radio show Pink Nation, that I’ve been asked to host on http://www.voxfm.org.au/ tomorrow, Monday, 5:00 PM, I came across this gem! Perhaps I should more politically correctly describe Alberta as African American, except that she spent substantial periods of her life in Europe, having first gone to Paris with her lover… Continue reading Alberta Hunter: Historical Footage of A Black Lesbian in her Prime, from 1935

Agitate in August: (Was March in March, then Agitate in April), Verse of the Day

A pay rise for health-care workers, (naaah!) Coz we know you all love your jobs, And child-care for the rich, it costs more than a titch, So the workers are still being robbed, And it’s nonsense, nonsense, it all sounds like nonsense to me, to me, And child-care for the rich, it costs more than… Continue reading Agitate in August: (Was March in March, then Agitate in April), Verse of the Day

Agitate in April; “Nonsense Song”; Verse of the day:

Australia is getting much hotter, (It’s hot!) But the government reckons it’s not, (It is!) There’ll be no carbon tax, so our future’s been axed, And it sounds like a whole lot of rot! Well, it’s nonsense, nonsense, it sounds like A WHOLE LOT OF ROT to me, Nonsense, nonsense, it sounds like A WHOLE… Continue reading Agitate in April; “Nonsense Song”; Verse of the day: