Photography
Honoring the Curve Photo Contest Winners
Since its earliest days as Deneuve, Curve has always included imagery of lesbians and queer women as an inherent part of the publication’s content.
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Merryn Johns
Merryn is the editor in chief. Ms Johns is based in New York City.
Culture
A New Generation of Lesbian Publishing
Merryn Johns meets the millennial lesbians behind a new publication for multigenerational lesbians… Read more »
Accolades
Celebrating the Winners of the Curve Award for Excellence in Lesbian Coverage
Meet the three queer women journalists who are the deserving recipients of Curve’s inaugural award… Read more »
Culture
Sinister Wisdom Takes a Stand
Merryn Johns speaks with four members of the Trans/Feminisms issue co-editorial team of the beloved 47-year-old lesbian journal… Read more »
Trailblazers
Be the Leader,
Be the Footprint
Eboné Bell and Merryn Johns chat about the importance of LGBTQ media… Read more »
Interview
The Sky’s the Limit for
Ahead of the Curve Movie
It could be the most important documentary about lesbian visibility ever made, achieving the greatest cultural visibility through a film that's all about being seen as an LGBTQ+ woman in the full spectrum of what that means. Ever since its release in June 2020, Ahead of the Curve by Frankly… Read more »
Volume 32 #1
Finally, A Project For All Queer Women
How many times have you been asked to describe the challenges you’ve faced based on your sexual orientation and gender identification? How has misogyny, racism, classism, ageism, and ableism impacted the quality of your life? From home to places of education and work, queer women’s experiences play out in ways that often do not address the economic security, mental health, and physical wellbeing of this large and diverse demographic… Read more »
Volume 31 #1
Sisterhood of Ink
When I look back at my time as editor-in-chief of Curve from 2010 to 2020, one of the many pleasures of the job was mentoring writers. By Merryn Johns. Lyndsey D'Arcangelo Prior to Curve I had worked for a decade as an adjunct professor in the liberal arts, teaching university… Read more »
Volume 31 #1
Meet The Curve Foundation’s New Executive Director
Jasmine Sudarkasa is six feet tall with a star that’s been rising for some time. She tells us she comes from “many generations of very tall, very strong, very dark-skinned Black women, and there's a lot of power in that identity, but there's also a lot of danger in that… Read more »
Updated Archive, Volume 27 #2 & 3
Pride In Politics: How a Curve columnist carried forward 30 years of herstory
For many women, lesbian identity is inherently political. Women loving women strikes a blow against misogyny and is one way of challenging the compulsory heterosexuality of the patriarchy. “Lesbian” is a minority identity, and it often intersects with other marginal identities. Curve’s long-time columnist Victoria A. Brownworth was deeply influenced… Read more »
The Handmaiden
A psychological thriller ‘The Handmaiden’ from South Korea adapted from a Sarah Waters novel… Read more »
