Seventy years ago, women saw covers with titles like “Flying Lesbian” and “Never Love a Man” and bought those books by the millions. So did men. “The phenomenon of the lesbian pulp paperback — and it was a phenomenon, both culturally and financially — was both problematic and pioneering,” writes Mark Harris (@markharrisnyc), “although neither word adequately describes something that was at once a cynical business proposition and a burgeoning art form, a reinforcer of negative stereotypes and an act of breathtaking liberatory outreach, one that connected with countless women who had nowhere else to go, either in art or in life, if they longed to discover stories about people even remotely like themselves.” At the link in our bio, Harris writes about why these books are now being rediscovered. Photos: Alamy