Fallopian Tube Fallopianna & Madness (2 Volumes)

Sydney: Fallopian Tube Press, 1974.
First Edition.

26cm x 10cm. [ii], 18 pages. Illustrated wrappers. & 20.5cm x 17cm. [20] pages, black and white illustrations. Illustrated saddle-stapled wrappers.

The first two (and likely only) publications of the Sydney lesbian feminist press Fallopian Tube, featuring feminist and lesbian poetry and texts. Gabrielle Antolovich was a prominent figure in Sydney’s gay liberation and feminist movements, an early member of the Campaign Against Moral Persecution (CAMP) who, with her then-partner Sue Wills, appeared on the ABC’s landmark Chequerboard documentary in 1972 as one of the first openly lesbian couples on Australian television. Antolovich resigned from CAMP’s executive in 1974, citing sexism within the organisation, the same year these publications appeared, amid a broader shift among lesbian activists toward autonomous feminist publishing. Fallopianna is one of 100 numbered first printing copies produced in April 1974. Madness is one of 200 numbered first printing copies produced in December of the same year. Contains an erotic text by pioneering Australian feminist artist Vivienne Binns, noted as ‘the piece that no other publication would print’, along with contributions by Kerryn Higgs, Kate Jennings, and others.

Fallopianna without the centre staple, else very minor general wear. Near Fine Condition.

AU$400.00

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