Jen Rainin and Rivkah Beth Medow’s AHEAD OF THE CURVE Review at BENTONVILLE Film Fest ; follows incredible rise of lesbian-focused Curve and founder, Franco Stevens
But in the midst of all this madness, the real goal was for lesbian women to have a place where they could just be themselves. And the magazine helped pioneer that space. Listening to the recounting of what came before and how things transformed is pretty much summed up in one sentence from an activist’s interview: “They’ve wanted us to be political for so long that any type of visibility is political.” Yes, just walking down the street holding hands with your partner used to be a radical act.