About the Author

Lindsy Van Gelder, previously chief writer for Allure, has been featured in Glamour, The New York Times, Rollingstone, and Condé Nast Traveler, among many others. She has co-authored two books with her partner Pamela Robin Brandt, including The Girls Next Door and the travel essay collection Are You Two...Together?

Pamela Robin Brandt, who passed away in 2015, wrote a weekly column for the New York Daily News. She is also known as an amazing feminist, rock musician from the band The Deadly Nightshade. She was co-author to two books with her partner Lindsy Van Gelder, including The Girls Next Door and the travel essay collection Are You Two...Together?

Reviews

Carey Quan The Seattle Times Frequently hilarious, sometimes raunchy, and always good storytelling--and it manages to slip in thoughtful and thought-provoking, too.

Diane Salvatore The Advocate You're bound to want to call a friend nearly every page to read her some great on-liner or insight that's too good to enjoy alone.

Julie Felner Salon A cross-country trip across the lesbian nation, with stops ranging from s/m habits to Catholic nuns...a look at contemporary lesbian life that is thourough, honest, intimate, and hilarious.

Lydia Martin The Miami Herald A cutting edge tract on lesbian America... reads like an ispired anthropological study that refuses to take the lesbian community's overzealous PC-ness too seriously, even as it propels the lesbian cause to new heights.

Meredith Maran San Frnacisco Chronicle Book Review A state-of-the community book that is funny, engaging, and thought-provoking--not only for the lesbians who will surely line up to buy it but for the straight-but-not-narrow heterosexuals who are looking for a cross-cultural experience.

Suzanne Curley Newsday This brave pair crisscrossed the country searching for just the right juicy details to make a lively...portrait of women who love women...Gossipy, fun, and unflaggingly interesting.

Carey Quan The Seattle Times Frequently hilarious, sometimes raunchy, and always good storytelling--and it manages to slip in thoughtful and thought-provoking, too.
Diane Salvatore The Advocate You're bound to want to call a friend nearly every page to read her some great on-liner or insight that's too good to enjoy alone.
Julie Felner Salon A cross-country trip across the lesbian nation, with stops ranging from s/m habits to Catholic nuns...a look at contemporary lesbian life that is thourough, honest, intimate, and hilarious.
Lydia Martin The Miami Herald A cutting edge tract on lesbian America... reads like an ispired anthropological study that refuses to take the lesbian community's overzealous PC-ness too seriously, even as it propels the lesbian cause to new heights.
Meredith Maran San Frnacisco Chronicle Book Review A state-of-the community book that is funny, engaging, and thought-provoking--not only for the lesbians who will surely line up to buy it but for the straight-but-not-narrow heterosexuals who are looking for a cross-cultural experience.
Suzanne Curley Newsday This brave pair crisscrossed the country searching for just the right juicy details to make a lively...portrait of women who love women...Gossipy, fun, and unflaggingly interesting.

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