Hi All, Tori here.

Before I transferred to Smith, I rarely learned about WLW (womxn who love womxn) in the arts. Certainly, the fact that womxn artists of all sexualities are already underrepresented in the arts is the big reason why. In textbooks for my Introduction to Art History classes, I quickly noticed that womxn artists, when “represented,” usually appeared in tiny blurbs while white male artists took up the huge page space.

Since Art History began as a Eurocentric, male-dominated field that held tight to the gender norms of its day, WLW artists doubly reject[ed] its foundational beliefs through sexuality as well as gender: they were/are womxn who desire womxn.

Today, we are seeing increasing visibility for WLW in the arts. Here is a post to honor this, beginning with some slight time travel.