{"id":26,"date":"2022-09-09T09:19:15","date_gmt":"2022-09-09T13:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/ourworlds\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2023-04-24T21:18:02","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T01:18:02","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/ourworlds\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lorraine & Molly & Mary<\/em><\/h1>\n

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Lorraine Hansberry photographed by Molly Malone Cook, Molly Malone Cook papers, Sophia Smith Collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lorraine Hansberry and Molly Malone Cook had a relationship in the late 1950s, while Lorraine was writing A Raisin in the Sun.<\/em> When Lorraine and Molly were together, both interracial marriage and gay marriage were illegal in most states, and Lorraine was under extensive FBI surveillance for her radical writing and activist work.[1]<\/a> Their love could not be visible \u2014 and yet, we have photos.<\/strong> Molly\u2019s photographs become an act of resistance, an insistence on the easily lost intimacies of historic lesbian love.<\/p>\n

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Molly and Mary, Molly Malone Cook papers, Sophia Smith Collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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After her relationship with Lorraine ended, Molly met Mary Oliver. They went on to be partners for decades, joined in what Mary described in their memoir Our World<\/em> as a \u201c40 year conversation.\u201d<\/strong> [2]<\/a> In their beloved Provincetown, Molly and Mary built a world together \u2014two people in love with nature, with art, and with each other.<\/p>\n

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What can Molly\u2019s photographs of her lovers show us about the sort of shapes queer love takes, especially when visibility and\/or traditional marriage are not options? Can we perhaps instead view queer love as creating a world together?<\/h2>\n

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[1] Greenidge, Kaitlyn, and Kevin Mumford. \u201cOpening the Restricted Box: Lorraine Hansberry\u2019s Lesbian Writing \u00b7 Lorraine Hansberry (1930-1965): A Museum Show and Opening the Archive.\u201d outhistory.org. Accessed March 11, 2023. https:\/\/outhistory.org\/exhibits\/show\/lorraine-hansberry\/lesbian-writing.<\/a><\/p>\n

[2] Molly Malone, and Mary Oliver. Our World. Beacon Press, 2009.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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