Tag Archives: Feminism
Organizing For Our Lives
For all of my adult life, I’ve self- identified as a “Gay Activist.” I became politicized while attending a Jesuit university in New York City, where I worked in a progressive student’s organization and loosely affiliated with the newly emerging gay student’s organization. The virulent homophobia of other students on the campus politicized me and […]
It’s Groundhog Day
Transsexuals in the Lesbian Community: The Ultimate in Male Power-Tripping?
Females First
The last thing Females want to be called is “Feminist” – because that might mean “Man Hating.” That’s bad for Straight Ladies, because then someone might think them Lesbian. Even though Lesbians don’t want to couple with Males, Lesbians are “supposed” to be socially available to them and not “Man Haters.” (I know I‘ve been […]
Difference Exists
Written by E. Hungerford and Cathy Brennan Something has gotten lost on the way to liberation for the GLBT community – females. Females have been the backbone of the movement, with lesbians playing key roles in the 1980s fighting the “Gay Plague” of their gay male brothers, working to repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, and fighting […]
SlutWalk: The Rape of Feminism (or, How I Learned to Love Porn!)
Most folk have heard of SlutWalk, the “movement” sweeping North America in response to a Toronto policeman’s misogynist comment at Osgoode Hall Law School that women could avoid sexual assault by not dressing like sluts. In response, Sonia Barnett, art school graduate and erotic arts purveyor, Heather Jarvis, Jeanette Janzen, Erika Jane Scholz and Alyssa […]
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