Lesbian Gym Lockdown: Submitting to the Gym Queen

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On a positive note, the books aren’t about the mystery, though; it’s about watching the main character develop into a stronger woman (YES! She played in high school and college, but then a stupid accident causes her to break a bone, leaving her unable to go pro. There is no shame in the characters regarding their sexuality, but the 1964 setting means society may have something to say about two women (and at one point there is a raid on a lesbian bar). Early in the book Bobby meets up with her girlfriend, Elaine, a young woman who refuses to be seen in public with Bobby.

You seem to think that because this teacher is a lesbian, she may also be attracted to — or be an unhealthy presence — for girls. When the mystery was solved at the end of Lois Lenz, Lesbian Secretary, I thought it was a bit silly. I know that having a lesbian story set in a girls school is another cliche, but Ms Nolan didn't even enter into using it as a titillation factor, which is often the norm. Roberta "Bobby" Blanchard is crushed when an accident forces her to leave the glamorous world of professional field hockey. As a character, Bobby is a lot of fun—trying to find her professional footing; insecure about her intellect; confident in her attractiveness but less so when it comes to longer relationships.Judging by the preponderance of recent alarming news reports of improper sexual relationships between teachers and students, a student is much more likely to be hit on by a heterosexual teacher than a gay one. Sometimes, the stereotype helps with expectations, and Nolan uses the sexy librarian stereotype beautifully. This series is very spoofy, and each one is about a different career: secretary, gym teacher, debutante, landlady. The majority of pages are undamaged with some creasing or tearing, and pencil underlining of text, but this is minimal.

Early '60s sleaze pulp, somewhat haphazardly packaged, with a note that "neither the [cover] photograph nor the words accompanying photograph describe, or is meant to be understood as, the actual personality or conduct of the model. Her short story collection, The Big Book of Lesbian Horse Stories (co-authored with Alisa Surkis), was nominated for a Lambda Award. To carry off a pulp fiction parody requires both a mastery of period detail and a ear for the cadences of previous decades of—let's face it—often indifferently-written genre literature. If you want to read about field hockey and a messily thrown in mystery, I guess this is the book for you.By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. The issue is that she observes the girls changing into and out of their gym clothes, and my daughter and many of her peers feel very uncomfortable having a lesbian watch them walk around in their underwear. It reminds me another series that I’ve heard about, which is about spies in Washington, not gym teachers: this one strikes me as the same kind of entertainment! It's all done with a conspiratorial, wink-wink nudge-nudge sense of humor and double-entendre that's nearly pitch-perfect. It would be years before I reckoned with my own queerness, but I knew this was a significant piece of information.