“DURING ANNE’S TIME, ‘LESBIAN’ WAS NOT AN IDENTITY CATEGORY…”
—The Anonymous Author
“‘I love and only love the fairer sex, and thus, beloved by them in turn, my heart revolts for any love but theirs.’
The joy and heartbreak of watching , HBO’s eight-part TV series by Sally Wainwright, starring Suranne Jones, is a sort of a cathartic thrill. Anne Lister (1791-1840) is often described as Britain’s first modern lesbian. And a
