June Thomas
@junethomas
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Author, A Place of Our Own: Six Spaces That Shaped Queer Women's Culture. Ex-Slate. Newsletter: https://t.co/4Jbu2eGmAa Back in UK after 40 years in US
Edinburgh, Scotland
Joined January 2008
I absolutely love this cover! (Photo by the incomparable JEB.) Very happy to say that A PLACE OF OUR OWN is now available for pre-order:
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Just saw this old tweet when zipping about this cursed app--and just to avoid any confusion, please know I withdrew my book from consideration:
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A UK LGBTQ+ writing prize seems to be crumbling as the queer community protests the inclusion of an anti-trans writer on the long list. Trans prisoners in Georgia accuse the state of cruel and...
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I just found out that Laura Benanti is doing a show at the Edinburgh Fringe, and there are STILL TICKETS LEFT! For 15 QUID! One of the superstars of American musical theater!
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What an honour to be longlisted with such a wonderful selection of titles.
Introducing the 2025 Polari First Book Prize longlist! ⚡. Congratulations to all the longlisted authors and publishers, and a huge thanks to our judges and sponsors @FMcMAssociates and @easyJetholidays. Read the full list on our website:
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@willapaskin And for the record, I love my American dentists—not a lot of authors thank their dentists in the acknowledgments of their book, but I did!.
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Thanks to hyper-talented (and hyper-patient) producer Evan Chung, world’s best podcaster (and pal) @willapaskin, and all the amazing guests.
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I still can’t believe I got to make an episode of Decoder Ring on my favorite topic : teeth! Specifically, why do Americans bad-mouth British teeth?
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Podcast Episode · Decoder Ring · 07/30/2025 · 47m
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Let's laugh--I mean LOOK--at some of the display ads that appeared in the 1970s gay press:
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I’ve been bonkers busy the last couple of weeks, as a couple of projects I’ve been working on for more than 18 months (one fitfully, the other consistently)...
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Such smart, empathetic, enraging, coverage of the second trial of Constance Marten and Mark Gordon from @SophieElmhirst: Fantastic journalism.
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The long read: How did the daughter of an aristocrat end up at the Old Bailey with her partner, charged with killing their two-week-old baby?
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So much fun to join Dana and Julia on this week's @SlateCultFest to discuss Sorry, Baby; Dear Ms.; and Marc Tracy's NYT essay about the shrinking straight white male literary fiction bookshelf:
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Sorry, Baby, Eva Victor’s sly breakout debut, is a hard-to-process film about unprocessable trauma.
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A brilliant consideration of queer dance praxis from @jbryanlowder Dancing for Pride: In 2025, is queer dancing really still a political act?
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It’s hard to imagine that a bunch of sweaty gays dancing to Sabrina Carpenter could constitute a “resistance.” Then again, we’ve done it before.
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As sad as I am that I didn’t get tickets for one of the @edbookfest events I was most excited about (Jackie Kay’s archive tour), I love living in a city where you log on at 10:00:00 and find yourself 1,658th in the queue! (And I did get other tix!).
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As a native Wiganer, I was SHOOK by today's Connections grid! All that's missing is the babby's yed.
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Forget the first cuckoo of spring, I just made my first opinionpalooza visit to (where I learned that the next decision day is tomorrow).
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Independent News & Analysis of the U.S Supreme Court
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If you're in Edinburgh on the evening of Wednesday, June 4, this event with Silver Moon's Jane Cholmeley and me, in the @Lighthousebks garden, will be a BLAST!
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UK, etc., pals, this great deal lasts for just under a month!.
The paperback edition of my book A PLACE OF OUR OWN: SIX SPACES THAT SHAPED QUEER WOMEN'S CULTURE will be available in the UK, Australia, etc., on June 5. Order now and get 25% off at the Virago store. Good through 11:59 on June 4!
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I reviewed James Miller's great new book, "The Passion of Pedro Almodóvar," for the Washington Post:
washingtonpost.com
In “The Passion of Pedro Almodóvar,” James Miller offers an eclectic survey of the career of one of Spain’s greatest filmmakers.
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The paperback edition of my book A PLACE OF OUR OWN: SIX SPACES THAT SHAPED QUEER WOMEN'S CULTURE will be available in the UK, Australia, etc., on June 5. Order now and get 25% off at the Virago store. Good through 11:59 on June 4!
store.virago.co.uk
A highly readable cultural history of queer women's lives in the second half of the twentieth century'An inspiring celebration of lesbian camaraderie, activism and fun' SARAH WATERS'A cracking read,...
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TFW someone likes an ancient tweet pegged to that night's Gossip Girl (original flavor). Such innocent times. However, I'm thinking THIS might be the perfect moment for a Dorota-centered spinoff.
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