“A popular activity at country bars everywhere [boot scooting] incorporates intricate steps and confusing turns with popular country music…All involve memorizing an average of thirty-two or thirty-six distinct steps in order and repeating them over and over. The majority are … Continue reading →
Let me acknowledge from the start that I’m not the most appropriate person to be posting about Sydney Women’s (Wimmin’s/Womyn’s) Warehouse. Obviously, I’m a man and this was a women-only space. And technically it falls outside the 80s remit since … Continue reading →
It’s always interesting to compare different countries approaches to promoting safe sex. In the mid-80s Margaret Thatcher was pre-occupied with the idea that government-funded ads referred to ‘rectal sex’ (as opposed to anal sex or just plain old ‘fucking’). In … Continue reading →
When the New South Wales State government decided to close Darlinghurst police station – in the centre of Sydney’s queer communities – it was the cause of much celebration. So much so that the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence organised an … Continue reading →
Towards the end of the 80s Jeff Allan began living a double life as an illustrator. His most widely known work was a children’s cartoon strip – Eric the Echidna – in the Sydney Sun Herald. But from 1989 he … Continue reading →