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Marie Equi: “A time-traveling lesbian feminist superhero”?

2/10/2016

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Marie Equi has arrived in Chicago with a burst of enthusiasm in a just-published review by Windy City Times, Chicago’s only weekly LGBT newspaper. Here’s an excerpt by reviewer Liz Baudler:
 
“Helquist has done a great service in detailing Equi's life, as biographies at the intersection of pre 1950s West Coast activists and LGBT individuals are not common. With her blustering personality and zealous commitment to her values, it'd be a fascinating exercise to see Equi as a fictional character or some sort of time-traveling lesbian feminist superhero. It's not hard to imagine her as a ferocious ACT UP protester, or as part of second-wave feminism's Lavender Menace. Still, Helquist lets her speak through quotes in news accounts and snatches of correspondence, and that is often enough to enchant the readers. The book has been named a 2016 Stonewall Honor title by the American Library Association and the research alone deserves recognition.”
 
The full review is available here: http://goo.gl/9ZWiwS

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