Jill Johnston

Jill Johnston

Birth : 1929-05-17, London, England

Death : 2010-09-18

History

Jill Johnston was an American feminist author and cultural critic who wrote Lesbian Nation in 1973 and was a longtime writer for The Village Voice. She was also a leader of the lesbian separatist movement of the 1970s.

Profile

Jill Johnston

Movies

Town Bloody Hall
Town Bloody Hall
Herself
Norman Mailer and a panel of feminists — Jacqueline Ceballos, Germaine Greer, Jill Johnston, and Diana Trilling — debate the issue of Women's Liberation.
Jill Johnston Dancing
Jill Johnston Dancing
Self
In 1963 and 1964, Andy Warhol captured dancer-choreographers Lucinda Childs, Yvonne Rainer, and Freddy Herko, and Village Voice dance critic Jill Johnston with his Bolex—performing in lofts, on rooftops, and at Judson.
Jill and Freddy Dancing
Jill and Freddy Dancing
Herself
Against a backdrop of the Manhattan skyline, Judson Dance Theater company member Freddy Herko and author and cultural critic Jill Johnston dance together on Wynn Chamberlain’s rooftop.