Michigan. To tens of thousands of womyn from around the globe,
the word meant not a state in the upper Midwest of the U.S.,
but a state of mind, a state of freedom.
A culture, a community, a revolution. The Land.
From 1976 to 2015, the Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival
was home ground for the lesbian feminist movement.
There we strove to embody the principles of matriarchal feminism
and bring that wisdom to life in every aspect of the town we created,
and the values that guided our lives together.
Lisa Vogel produced the Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival
for all 40 years of its existence. These are her stories.
Michigan. To tens of thousands of womyn from around the globe, the word meant not a state in the upper Midwest of the U.S., but a state of mind, a state of freedom.
A culture, a community, a revolution. The Land. From 1976 to 2015, the Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival was home ground for the lesbian feminist movement. There we strove to embody the principles of matriarchal feminism and bring that wisdom to life in every aspect of the town we created, and the values that guided our lives together.
Lisa Vogel produced the Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival for all 40 years of its existence. These are her stories.
Lisa Vogel was a 19-year-old, working-class lesbian when she envisioned a space for womyn to explore and celebrate the exploding womyn’s cultural revolution of the 1970s.
