Nicola and Carol, at the Tabernacle, Notting Hill Gate, April 1981. London. Photo by #AnitaCorbin &l
Nicola and Carol, at the Tabernacle, Notting Hill Gate, April 1981. London. Photo by #AnitaCorbin “In the spring of 1981, when I was 20, I went down to London with my partner, Carol (we lived together for ten years before I moved to the US to be with Kelley), for the first UK Lesbian Conference. It was academic and political. Carol and I were there, though, to party. And at the social we got seriously wasted on magic mushrooms. If I recall correctly (and that’s a big if—in those days I took a lot) Carol began to freak out a bit—those of you who are familiar with the psilocybin cycle know that this can happen; it generally doesn’t last long—and I led her to a dark wall and put my arm around her to shelter her from the worst of the noise and light until she found her equilibrium. Just as she was breathing and calming down (but was not quite out of the woods) a woman with a camera appeared and asked if she could take our picture. I was a bit fretful behind my euphoria—mushrooms are like that—worried about Carol, feeling super-protective, and was about to say no when Carol beamed and said, “Yeah, let’s do it!”” - Nicola Griffith #lesbianculture #the80s #lesbiancouple #london #pride #magicmushrooms -- source link
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