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Achē Magazine

Achē Magazine...was the birth child of Lisbet Tellefsen and Pippa Fleming

  • Achē Magazine...was the birth child of Lisbet Tellefsen and Pippa Fleming
  • Achē first appeared on the lesbian scene during Black History Month in 1989.
  • Lisbet and Pippa were clear, Achē was to be created by and about Black lesbians.
  • Each cover featured a Black lesbians art work or image.
  • We believed in our stories, shared interests and struggles.
  • Achē celebrated the sensuality and sexuality of Black lesbian love and erotica.
  • Achē forged powerful alliances with activists and writers like Audre Lorde.
  • Black lesbians from all walks of life praised the magazine.
  • Achē had a vision: celebrate our diversity and authenticity.
  • The Achē Project also produced events. The Drag King show was a crowd favorite.
  • Achē collaborated with many Bay area womens event promoters like Chili D.
  • Pippa's DaddiGirl Productions produced several memorable events with Achē.
  • We weren't afraid to celebrate the skins we were in!
  • Achē produced events that celebrated our erotic power.
  • The Achē project promoted our Black gay brother's artistry and talent.
  • Achē magazine was an international publication that reaached thousands...we worked together.
  • Audre Lorde supported our work and was a mentor.
  • Achē confronted cross-cultural issues others left off of the menu.
  • The narrative...
  • The highlights...
  • The Milestones...
  • The movement...
  • Soul sisters...The Achē Project
  • Marlon Riggs flossin his Achē t-shirt!!
  • San Francisco Gay Pride March 1990
  • Achē brunch with the Afro-Brits Lf. to Rt Bunmi, Angela, Kai, Lisbet, Pippa
  • One of many Achē house parties: Renaye Brown and Pippa
  • Drag King Thang photo: Joey Brite
  • Marvin K. White, Dawn Rudd, Essex Hemphill
  • Achē's sheroes...sisterhood is powerful.
  • Achē reading held at Modern Times Bookstore in San Francisco.

DaddiGirl Clubs & Productions

Performance Arts & Theater

I began studying theater while attending Classical High School in Springfield, MA.

  • I began studying theater while attending Classical High School in Springfield, MA.
  • I started competing in drama festivals in 1981 when I played a British doctor in the production of Ernie's Incredible Illucinations.
  • Laney College Theater Program.
  • I thoroughly enjoyed working with Amara Tabor Smith's production of EarthBodyHome .
  • Amara T. Smith's Our Daily Bread served food to its audience throughout the show.
  • Our Daily Bread premiered at CounterPulse Theater in San Francisco. The productions innovation got rave reviews in the SF Chronicle.
  • A benefit show for the Bay Area Lesbian Archives Project.
  • I was a Theater Coordinatior and actor for Luna Sea Women's Theater in San Francisco.
  • On A Butch Tip told the stories of Black butch lesbians.
  • I studied performance art with Andrea Hairston at Chrysalis Theater in Northampton, MA.
  • Queer Rebels of the Harlem Renaissance San Francisco
  • Solo performance at the Butch Voices Conference in Oakland, CA 2009

Film & Media

Grace Villarin Duenas and I launched The Endangered Species Project producing a live town hall event and meeting that addressed the War on Terror.

  • Grace Villarin Duenas and I launched The Endangered Species Project producing a live town hall event and meeting that addressed the War on Terror.
  • How does the war on terror impact society, institutions and people?
  • I appeared in Debra Wilson's Butch Mystique, a documentary about Black butch lesabians that premiered on Showtime.
  • I produced filmaker Alrick Riley's black and white slilent film "Money Talks".
  • Grace Villarin Duenas and I produced and directed Voices of Sovereignty a documentary addressing the Hawaiian stuggle for independence.
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