Mount Holyoke alum Jen Gieseking, an academic feminist, examines lesbian identity in public places.

A quote from the story: "My work is inspired by a life that often blurs gender and sexuality, as well as geography and psychology. I studied geography in college, which happened to be a women's college, Mount Holyoke College. Even then I was keen on understanding how the physical and social campus sustained and produced a sense of community that so many students and alumnae extolled. In other words, how and why does space matter? How are we produced by and how do we produce space?"

Read the story on Salon: http://www.salon.com/2012/08/25/the_academic_feminist_salpar/singleton/