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An exploration of three decades of lesbian culture. From the music we embrace to political issues, and the cities around the world we explore together.
  • A Risk Worth Taking (13 Comments)
  • October 3, 2007, 7:01 PM
  • So how did the idea of travel come up and why travel with Olivia? After spending 15 years in the record business creating music for women I had no idea what to do next. But as we set out to do a series of 15th Anniversary concerts with most of the Olivia recording artists it became crystal clear to me after a concert in Seattle what was next. At a brunch the day after the concert a woman said, "Wo...
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  • Olivia Back Then (14 Comments)
  • August 1, 2007, 12:00 AM
  • We started Olivia in 1973. For those of you who can remember back to 1973...take a minute and think back where and who you were then. For the rest of you... Nixon was President, Watergate, music was played on big vinyl discs called records ...no personal computers…just electric typewriters, no cell phones, no wireless anything. Vietnam, feminism, gay liberation all creating new levels of conscious...
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  • Getting Ready for 35 (17 Comments)
  • July 11, 2007, 12:00 AM
  • So I finally get to be a blogger. Oh my G-d…the things on my list. I want to explore the last three decades of lesbian evolution with you, tell stories from my vantage point as President/Founder of Olivia—everything from what we wore to ways we played, the music, to the real issues that we have faced as a community, like…what about CHOICE? (Can you choose to be a lesbian or did some gene turn left...
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