Julia Penelope
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Julia Penelope | |
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Born | Julia Penelope Stanley June 19, 1941 Miami, Florida |
Died | January 19, 2013 | (aged 71)
Nationality | American |
Occupation(s) | American author, linguist, academic, philosopher; lgbt and feminist activist |
Julia Penelope (June 19, 1941 – January 19, 2013) was an American
Early life and education
Julia Penelope Stanley was born at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida to Frederick William Stanley and his wife, Frances.[2]
In 1959, she was asked to leave Florida State University in Tallahassee because of her lesbianism. She transferred to the University of Miami, where, eight weeks later, investigations of the Charlie Johns Investigating Committee on Communism and Homosexuality led to her expulsion on the grounds of suspected lesbianism. She then earned a BA in English and linguistics from City College of New York in 1966, followed by graduate work at the University of Texas at Austin where she received a doctoral degree in English in 1971.[3]
Career
Her first teaching position was at the University of Georgia in Athens, in 1968.[2] She went on to teach for eleven years at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, where she was passed over for promotions because her research on lesbians was deemed "too narrow".[3] She "was a separatist whose lesbian publications were often controversial, criticizing sadomasochism and other practices within lesbian communities."[3][4] After relocating to Texas, she pursued a career as a freelance lexicographer, and a copy editor for commercial presses.[citation needed]
Activism
An activist and an organizer, Penelope attended the first conference of the
Penelope insisted on lesbian visibility in the academy, bringing
In 1988, she co-edited with
She helped found the Lubbock County Green Party, and ran for Congress in 2003 as a
Personal life
For a brief period of her life, Penelope was open about being a kept butch, "(a butch who is supported by another woman, often, but not always, a prostitute, a call girl, or the mistress of a wealthy man)".[3][4]
She eventually settled in Lubbock, Texas.
Death
Julia Penelope, aged 71, died on January 19, 2013, in Texas.[4]
Works
- Penelope, Julia; Wolfe, Susan (1980). The Coming Out Stories. Persephone Press. ISBN 9780930436032.
- Penelope, Julia; OCLC 70961358.
- Penelope, Julia; ISBN 9780906500286.
- Penelope, Julia; Wolfe, Susan (1989). The Original Coming Out Stories. Crossing Press. ISBN 9780895943392.
- Penelope, Julia; Grey, Morgan (1989). Found Goddesses: Asphalta to Viscera. illustrated by ISBN 9780934678186.
- Penelope, Julia; Valentine, Sarah (1990). Finding The Lesbians. Crossing Press. ISBN 9780895944276.
- Penelope, Julia (1990). Speaking Freely: Unlearning the Lies of the Fathers' Tongues. Teachers College Press. ISBN 9780807762448.
- Penelope, Julia (1992). International Feminist Fiction. Crossing Press. ISBN 9780895945679.
- Penelope, Julia (1992). Call Me Lesbian: Lesbian Lives, Lesbian Theory. Crossing Press. ISBN 9780895944962.
- Penelope, Julia; Wolfe, Susan (1993). Sexual Practice/Textual Theory: Lesbian Cultural Criticism. Blackwell Publishers. ISBN 9781557861016.
- Penelope, Julia; Wolfe, Susan (1993). Lesbian Culture: An Anthology. Crossing Press. ISBN 9780895945914.
- Penelope, Julia (1994). Out of the Class Closet: Lesbians Speak. Crossing Press. ISBN 9780895947048.
- Penelope, Julia (1995). Crossword Puzzles for Women. ISBN 9780895947918.
- Penelope, Julia (1998). Flinging Wide the Eyed Universe: Poems by Julia Penelope. ISBN 9781884540349.
References
- ^ Brownworth, Victoria (February 1, 2013). "In Remembrance: Julia Penelope, Lesbian Theorist". Lambda Literary Foundation. Archived from the original on October 22, 2018. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
- ^ a b c d "Julia Penelope". OurCampaigns. June 18, 2004. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
- ^ ISBN 0-8153-1920-7.
- ^ a b c d e Baim, Tracy (January 24, 2013). "PASSAGES Author Julia Penelope dead at 71". Windy City Times. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
- The Advocate. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
External links
- Julia Penelope Papers, ca. 1986-1999 at Rubenstein Library, Duke University Libraries
- Julia Penelope research files on the Language of the Homosexual Community study at Yale University Library, Manuscripts and Archives Repository
- Julia Penelope at Lesbian Poetry Archive
- Julia Penelope at Library of Congress
- Julia Penelope at LibraryThing
- Lesbiana – A Parallel Revolution by Myriam Fougère at Vimeo