Untitled

[quick-nip]

[victusinveritas]

[razielim]

oh i'm going to misusle and straight up fuckle this knowledge so badly

[kiefbowl]

drop your women written fantasy and sci-fi recs. no YA pls 🙏

[c4nonball]

WOMAN ON THE EDGE OF TIIIMEEEE! EVERYONE READ WOMAN ON THE EDGE OF TIME!!! 📢📢📢📢

[ordereduniverse]

Woman only societies:

-Daughters of the Great Star series by Diana Rivers

-When Women Were Warriors series by Catherine M. Wilson

-Ammonite by Niccola Griffith (fantasy/sci-fi blend)

-----

Other fantasy and sci-fi:

-Binti series by Nnedi Okorafor

-Octavia Butler novels (the Parable series or the Patternmaster series are great starting points with her work)

-Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy

-Black Water Sister by Zen Cho

-Fires of the Faithful and Turning of the Storm by Naomi Kritzer

-The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older

-Spear by Nicola Griffith

-The Unspoken Name by A. K. Larkwood

-The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd

-Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth

-A Prayer for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers

-Briefly, a Delicious Life by Nell Stevens

-Even Though I Knew the End by C. L. Polk

-Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

-The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri

-The Upstairs House by Julia Fine

-An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon

-The Cherry Robbers by Sarai Walker

-My Real Children by Jo Walton

[lavenderselkie]

- Native Tongue by Suzette Haden Elgin

- Teixcalaan series by Arkady Martine

- Magic of the Lost series by C.L. Clark

- The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

- The Stars Are Legion by Kameron Hurley

- MURDERBOT DIARIES by Martha Wells pls read them I love murderbot

- The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley

- The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling

- The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

- Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor

- Sultana's Dream extremely short story by Rokeya Sakhawat Hossein

I'm not good at content warnings but some of these should definitely have them.

[demon-of-the-ancient-world]

Just going off the many Lists saved in my phone:

-The Inheritance Trilogy by N. K. Jeminsin -The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers -The Farseer Trilogy (and the rest of the connected series in Realm of the Elderlings) by Robin Hobb -The Daevabad Trilogy by S. A. Chakraborty -The Winterlight Trilogy by Katherine Arden -Silver in the Wood and Drowned Country by Emily Tesh (connected novellas) -The Vanished Queen by Lisbeth Campbell (a personal underrated fave of mine) -Or What You Will by Jo Walton -A River Enchanted and A Fire Endless by Rebecca Ross -A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown (pretty sure it isn't YA? But I'm not certain) -Piranesi by Susanna Clarke -The Memory Theater by Karin Tidbeck -The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher (significant horror elements) -Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse (and presumably its sequel(s?) but I haven't read beyond book 1 yet) -The Lighthouse Witches by C. J. Cooke

[selkie-on-land]

Female centered, matriarchy for some, wlw :

Comics/graphic novels :

- Monstress by Marjorie Liu

- Absolute Wonder Woman by Kelly Thompson

- Wonder Woman Historia by Kelly Sue DeConnick

- Carmilla by Amy Chu

- When I arrived at the castle by Emily Caroll

- The Queen Marble by Anna Kopp

- The princess and the grilled cheese sandwich by Deya Muniz

- Nightmare in Wonderland by Kat Calamia and Phil Falco

- The beast and Snow by Kat Calamia and Phil Falco

- The little mermaid and the pirate queen by Kat Calamia and Phil Falco

- The witches of Oz by Kat Calamia and Phil Falco

- Mermaid Huntress by Tiana Warner

- Cosmoknights by Hannah Templer

- Now no one looks beneath the snow by Aneido

- Aneido's Anthology 1 and 2

- Vampire Blood Drive by Mira Ong Chua

- Spell on wheels by Kate Leth

- Moonstruck by Grace Ellis

- Mooncake by Suzanne Walker

- Forgive-me-not by Mari Costa

- Princess princess ever after by Katie O'Neil

- The tea dragon society trilogy by Katie O'Neil

- Aquicorn Cove by Katie O'Neil

Books :

- the Grishaverse by Leigh Bardugo : Shadow and bone trilogy, Six or crows duology, King of scars duology, language of thorns, demon in the wood, the lives of saints

- Nightbirds by Kate J. Armstrong

- The lotus empire by Tasha Shuri

- The Isle in the silver sea by Tasha Shuri

- The lady of the Lake by Jean Menzies

- So let them burn by Kamilah Cole

- Girl, serpent, thorn by Melissa Bashardoust

- The river has roots by Amal El Mohtar

- Where shadows meet by Patrice Caldwell

- The afterwards by Emily Kate Johnston

- Where Shadows blooms by Catherine Bakewell

- We are the song by Catherine Bakewell

- The Queen of Leflaria by Effie Calvin

- Daughter of the sun by Effie Calvin

- The Barden by Emma Denny

- Brighter than scale, swifter than flame by Neon Yang

- The fireborn blade by Charlotte Bond

- Sapphic Lady Knights by Mariah Rae Birch

- Tarnished by Erica Rose Eberhart

- The starving saints by Caitlin Starling

- A ballad for slayers & monsters by Rita A. Rubin

- Female General and eldest daughter by Qing Jung Mo Xiao

- The veiling of the moon kingdom by Caitlin Zura

- The Crimson Crown by Heather Walter

- Gwen & Art are not in love by Lex Croucher

- Not for the faint of heart by Lex Croucher

- Lady's Knight by Amie Kaufman

- She who became the sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

- The deathless girls by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

- Wild and Wicked things by Francesca May

- A long time dead by Samara Breger

- Spear by Nicola Griffith

- The maiden and her monster by Maddie Martinez

- Of wisdom by Hannah Bashir

- The librarian's gargoyle by Evelyn Shine

- A sin so pure by Gabs Bancroft

- I am you by Victoria Redel

[11thfempachi]

When people say "whimsy" they mean like. Rococo mentality

[11thfempachi]

For those unaware, rococo is characterised by priorities aesthetics and rich adornment in art, accomodating to tastes of the often out-of-touch french aristocracy

While the technique itself was often remarkable, the purpose of the majority of secular rococo art was to entertain. It usually used images of greek gods, especially love stories, as a topic, was often very openly sexual, homogenised women's features to portray them as ever-joyful, paper white and almost childishly small. The idealisation and sexualisation of "pastoral" lifestyle with countryside being portrayed as a plays where jolly serfs in frilly dresses bake fresh pies and fuck in the pig sheds was also incredibly popular among the rich. The religious art aimed to portray the joy of salvation and even darker topics were explored in a very sterilised, bloodless manner, meanwhile previously violent scenes in western religious art were very common.

It is a deeply saccharine, almost purely hedonistic artstyle. It's art for the sake of art, made often by and for the people who lived in a pink pony world, ignoring real world issues, while the french revolution was brewing as aristocrats were painting cherubs blowing bubbles and played hopscotch in Versailles

[butch-tradwife]

I am holding your hand when I say this, if you always assume people are out to get you or that opportunities will suck, you will be miserable.

Yes. The world is scary and there are people who have bad intentions. Yes especially if you’re a woman or otherwise marginalized. No, you should not stay around people or situations that hurt you.

But if you don’t give anyone the benefit of the doubt and decide that actions that could just have been oversights or miscommunication are actually signs of malice or rudeness, you will isolate yourself and chase off people that could be amazing.

I think a lot of people see advice to give others the benefit of the doubt for others’ sake, so you don’t come off as rude, etc and I think that’s true but it’s also true that you should give the benefit of the doubt for your sake!! If you are scared of the world the world becomes scary but if you are open to the world she will open herself to you!! You will still experience harm because that’s a fact of life but you will experience so much beauty as well and you will be happier for it.

[sacredlittleember]

land spirits do not have to be dramatic.

sometimes reverence for land starts very simply:

learning the names of local plants. noticing where water gathers. thanking a tree before taking from it. picking up trash. leaving a place better than you found it. sitting quietly long enough to feel the mood of the land.

animism is not always spectacle.

sometimes it is relationship, attention, and care.

[torstherapy]

[sturmfalter-deactivated20220117]

Heather Havrilesky, I’m Tired of Being So Nice

[recklesslyinfatuated]

Women are conditioned all their lives to be ‘nice’, to not rock the boat, to be accommodating, to be the soother in prickly situations, to be the negotiator, to do the majority- if not all - of the emotional labour in a het relationship. Whenever they cease doing that, and refuse to meet societal expectations of how a woman should behave, and allow themselves to simply exist as they really are, with moods, anger, no explanations or excuses, no smoothing the way for men, they’re frequently seen as too much trouble, or ‘difficult’ rather than just another person, existing as they really are, sometimes coping, sometimes not, entitled to their ups and downs, and not placed on earth to facilitate a congenial situation any more than is any man.

[chronicillnessresourcelibrary]

ME/CFS Masterlist

This week is ME/CFS Awareness Week (at least for some of the world), so shout out to all the folks out there living with this condition and here is a masterlist of every resource I've found so far on myalgic encephalomyelitis...

🔹 General info:

It’s not just ‘chronic fatigue’: ME/CFS is much more than being tired

What is Post-Exertional Malaise?

🔹 Diagnosis:

Diagnosis of ME/CFS; What You Need to Know

ME/CFS and Blood Tests – an in-depth look at what blood tests should be done to ensure your diagnosis of ME/CFS is correct, what the results mean, and when blood tests should be repeated

🔹 Managing fatigue:

Post-Exertional Malaise (PEM) – What It Is and How To Avoid It

Pacing Tactics

Ideas for Managing Fatigue (Note: This piece is sponsored by CareCo Ltd and features affiliate links)

🔹 Other symptoms:

Strategies for Brain Fog – This article is aimed at people with long-COVID but the strategies suggested may work for anyone dealing with brain fog

Sleep Tips for New Spoonies – not specifically aimed at ME/CFS but many of the tips will apply

🔹 How to cope with ME/CFS:

Energy Conservation – a Tumblr post by @rthritis

Energy Conservation Techniques; Home Management – a Tumblr post by @rthritis

How to Keep House While Drowning: A gentle approach to cleaning and organising by KC Davis [📖 book recommendation]

11 Tips For Making Meal Prep Easier to Save Spoons

The Tray™ – how to feed yourself without preparing food [🎥 video]

Tips to make showering easier when you are physically disabled – a Tumblr thread not specifically aimed at ME/CFS but many of the tips will apply

The 7 Types of Rest & How to Use Them to Feel Better [🎥 video]

The Bedbound Activity Masterlist

🔹 Treatment, diet, and lifestyle:

All Current ME/CFS Treatments

The low histamine diet – a resource from Johns Hopkins' ME/CFS clinic

Dietary Supplementation for Fatigue Symptoms in ME/CFS – a journal article looking into supplements like L-carnitine and guanidinoacetic acid, oxaloacetate, CoQ10–selenium combination, NADH and NADH-CoQ10 combination [📃 research]

Fact Sheet: Food and ME/CFS – covers what foods are best to base your diet on plus some information about supplements, weight gain, weight loss, gastrointestinal symptoms, and when to see a dietitian; by The Association of UK Dietitians

🔹 Other:

Tips for Applying for Benefits with ME/CFS [🇬🇧 UK]

Please let me know what other resources you would like to see on ME/CFS; asks (including anons) are always open and you're welcome to reblog or comment to make a suggestion.

[toyastales]

Pomegranate Door of Casa Bellia in Turin, Italy

[radfemtextandart]

x

[occasionaltmblrforafreehero]

Does anyone has Sally Miller Gerhardt's original article from 1982? It was in an ecofeminism book, and I can't find it on the internet anymore, just people bismirching her words. I can't even find it in archive.org, where I originally read it...

But her essay was amazing, and she was correct.

"The Future - If There Is One - Is Female".

That's where I believe that slogan is from, although someone on Wikipedia claims it's from the 70s because Hillary Clinton said so??? I didn't read their source, but the catchphrase must've made the rounds after Sally's article imho.

[xxriverdaughterxx]

The Future If There Is One Is Female : Sally Miller Gearhart : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

1980 (?) essay by ecofeminist author Sally Miller Gearhart, included in 1982 collection.

Here you go!

[lesbian-books]

Lesbian Nonfiction

200 books about lesbians and female homosexuality: histories, memoirs, biographies, essays, and more

History

– The Amazon and the Page: Natalie Clifford Barney and Renée Vivien by Karla Jay – Among Women: From the Homosocial to the Homoerotic in the Ancient World by Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz and Lisa Auanger – Arabo-Islamic Texts on Female Homosexuality, 850-1780 A.D. by Samar Habib – Awfully Devoted Women: Lesbian Lives in Canada, 1900-65 by Cameron Duder – Baby, You Are My Religion: Women, Gay Bars, and Theology Before Stonewall by Marie Cartier – Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community by Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy – Britannia’s Glory: A History of Twentieth-Century Lesbians by Emily Hamer – Charity and Sylvia: A Same-Sex Marriage in Early America by Rachel Hope Cleves – Days of Masquerade: Life Stories of Lesbians During the Third Reich by Claudia Schoppmann – Different Daughters: A History of the Daughters of Bilitis and the Birth of the Lesbian Rights Movement by Marcia M. Gallo – The Emerging Lesbian: Female Same-Sex Desire in Modern China by Tze-Lan D. Sang – Encyclopedia of Lesbian Histories and Cultures by Bonnie Zimmerman – Fashioning Sapphism: The Origins of a Modern English Lesbian Culture by Laura Doan – Female Homosexuality in the Middle East: Histories and Representations by Samar Habib – The Girls Next Door: Into the Heart of Lesbian America by Lindsy Van Gelder and Pamela Robin Brandt – Her Husband Was a Woman!: Women’s Gender-Crossing in Modern British Popular Culture by Alison Oram – Intimate Friends: Women Who Loved Women, 1778-1928 by Martha Vicinus – A Lesbian History of Britain: Love and Sex Between Women Since 1500 by Rebecca Jennings – The Lesbian History Sourcebook: Love and Sex Between Women in Britain from 1780 to 1970 by Alison Oram – Lesbian Lives in Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia: Post/Socialism and Gendered Sexualities by Francesca Stella – Lesbian Origins by Susan Cavin – The Lesbian Premodern by Noreen Giffney, Michelle M. Sauer, and Diane Watt – Lesbians in Early Modern Spain by Sherry Velasco – The Lives of Lesbian Elders: Looking Back, Looking Forward by D. Merilee Clunis – Love Between Women: Early Christian Responses to Female Homoeroticism by Bernadette J. Brooten – Making a Scene: Lesbians and Community Across Canada, 1964-84 by Liz Millward – Not a Passing Phase: Reclaiming Lesbians in History, 1840-1985 by Lesbian History Group – Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth-Century America by Lillian Faderman – Passions Between Women: British Lesbian Culture 1668-1801 by Emma Donoghue – The Renaissance of Lesbianism in Early Modern England by Valerie Traub – Sakhiyani: Lesbian Desire in Ancient and Modern India by Giti Thadani – Same Sex Love and Desire Among Women in the Middle Ages by Francesca Canadé Sautman and Pamela Sheingorn – Sapphistries: A Global History of Love Between Women by Leila J. Rupp – Scotch Verdict by Lillian Faderman – The Sexuality of History: Modernity and the Sapphic, 1565-1830 by Susan S. Lanser – Sister Arts: The Erotics of Lesbian Landscapes by Lisa L. Moore – Spinsters and Lesbians: Independent Womanhood in the United States by Trisha Franzen – Surpassing the Love of Men: Romantic Friendship and Love Between Women from the Renaissance to the Present by Lillian Faderman – To Believe in Women: What Lesbians Have Done for America by Lillian Faderman – Tomboys and Bachelor Girls: A Lesbian History of Post-War Britain 1945-71 by Rebecca Jennings – Unnamed Desires: A Sydney Lesbian History by Rebecca Jennings – Women Like Us by Suzanne Neild

Biography and Memoir

– Active Voice The Comic Collection: The Real Life Adventures of an Asian-American, Lesbian, Feminist, Activist and Her Friends! by P. Kristen Enos – The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein – Barbara Gittings: Gay Pioneer by Tracy Baim – Before the Rain: A Memoir of Love and Revolution by Luisita Lopez Torregrosa – Black Bull, Ancestors, and Me: My Life as a Lesbian Sangoma by Nkunzi Zandile Nkabinde – Black Lesbian in White America by Anita Cornwell – Doctor Mom Chung of the Fair-Haired Bastards: The Life of a Wartime Celebrity by Judy Tzu-Chun Wu – Eating Fire: My Life as a Lesbian Avenger by Kelly J. Cogswell – Elsa: I Come With My Songs by Elsa Gidlow – Facing the Music: My Story by Jennifer Knapp – Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel – Gluck: 1895-1978 : Her Biography by Diana Souhami – Hear Me OUT!: A Dose of Lesbian Humor for The Whole Human Race by Laura Jimenez – Honor Girl: A Graphic Memoir by Maggie Thrash – I’m Just a Person by Tig Notaro – In My Skin: My Life On and Off the Basketball Court by Brittney Griner – Journey into My Underworld: An Autobiography of a Lesbian Journey by Jo Alexander – Kicking the Habit: A Lesbian Nun Story: An Autobiographical Novel by Jeanne Córdova – Lion Woman’s Legacy: An Armenian-American Memoir by Arlene Voski Avakian – My Butch Career: A Memoir by Esther Newton – My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness by Kabi Nagata – Like Me: Confessions of a Heartland Country Singer by Chely Wright – My Red Blood: A Memoir of Growing Up Communist, Coming Onto the Greenwich Village Folk Scene, and Coming Out in the Feminist Movement by Alix Dobkin – Naked in the Promised Land: A Memoir by Lillian Faderman – Native Country of the Heart: A Memoir by Cherríe L. Moraga – Once Upon a Convent: A Memoir of a Lesbian Nun by Orice Klaas – The Other Side of Paradise by Staceyann Chin – Prairie Silence: A Memoir by Melanie Hoffert – Red Dust Road: An Autobiographical Journey by Jackie Kay – Riding Fury Home: A Memoir by Chana Wilson – The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister by Anne Lister – Seriously…I’m Kidding by Ellen DeGeneres – Sophia Parnok: The Life and Work of Russia’s Sappho by Diana Lewis Burgin – A Spanner in the Works: The Extraordinary Story of Alice Anderson and Australia’s Only All-Girl Garage by Loretta Smith – Spectacles by Sue Perkins – Spinning by Tillie Walden – Spit and Passion by Cristy C. Road – Straight Walk: A Supermodel’s Journey to Finding Her Truth by Patricia Velásquez – Tales of the Lavender Menace: A Memoir of Liberation by Karla Jay – The Trials of Radclyffe Hall by Diana Souhami – The Truth Is…:My Life in Love and Music by Melissa Etheridge – Two or Three Things I Know for Sure by Dorothy Allison – A Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder by Ma-Nee Chacaby – Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain by Portia de Rossi – When We Were Outlaws: A Memoir of Love and Revolution by Jeanne Córdova – Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson – A Wild and Precious Life: A Memoir by Edie Windsor – Women Prefer Women by Elula Perrin – You Can’t Buy Love Like That: Growing Up Gay in the Sixties by Carol E. Anderson

Culture and Everyday Life

– The Apparitional Lesbian: Female Homosexuality and Modern Culture by Terry Castle – Cats (And Their Dykes): An Anthology by Irene Reti – Conditional Spaces: Hong Kong Lesbian Desires and Everyday Life by Denise Tse-Shang Tang – The Disappearing L: Erasure of Lesbian Spaces and Culture by Bonnie J. Morris – Eden Built by Eves: The Culture of Women’s Music Festivals by Bonnie J. Morris – Emerging Lesbian Voices from Japan by Sharon Chalmers – Faces and Phases by Zanele Muholi – Female Masculinity by J. Jack Halberstam – Garden Variety Dykes: Lesbian Traditions in Gardening by Irene Reti – Latina Lesbian Writers and Artists by Maria Dolores Costa – Lesbian Art in America: A Contemporary History by Harmony Hammond – Lesbian Communities: Festivals, RVs, and the Internet by Esther D. Rothblum – Lesbian Culture: An Anthology: The Lives, Work, Ideas, Art and Visions of Lesbians Past and Present by Julia Penelope – Lesbian Land by Joyce Cheney – Lesbian Passion: Loving Ourselves and Each Other by JoAnn Loulan – A Lesbian Photo Album: The Lives of Seven Lesbian Feminists by Cathy Cade – Lesbian Studies in Aotearoa/New Zealand by Alison Laurie – Loving Women: Being Lesbian in Unprivileged India by Maya Sharma – The New Our Right to Love: A Lesbian Resource Book by Ginny Vida – Out and About: Sydney’s Lesbian Social Scene, 1960s-1980s by Rebecca Jennings – The Persistent Desire: A Femme-Butch Reader by Joan Nestle – Witches Heal: Lesbian Herbal Self-Sufficiency by Billie Potts – Women in Love: Portraits of Lesbian Mothers & Their Families by Barbara Seyda

Literature and Media

– Backward Glances: Contemporary Chinese Cultures and the Female Homoerotic Imaginary by Fran Martin – Chinese Lesbian Cinema: Mirror Rubbing, Lala, and Les by Liang Shi – Chloe Plus Olivia: An Anthology of Lesbian Literature from the Seventeenth Century to the Present by Lillian Faderman – Constructions of Female Homoeroticism in Early Modern Drama by Denise Walen – Crossing Borders: Love Between Women in Medieval French and Arabic Literatures by Sahar Amer – Dangerous Intimacies: Toward a Sapphic History of the British Novel by Lisa L. Moore – The Golden Age of Lesbian Erotica: 1920-1940 by Victoria A. Brownworth – Heroic Desire: Lesbian Identities and Cultural Space by Sally R. Munt – Inseparable: Desire Between Women in Literature by Emma Donoghue – Lesbian Decadence: Representations in Art and Literature of Fin-de-Siècle France by Nicole Albert – Lesbian Desire in the Lyrics of Sappho by Jane McIntosh Snyder – Lesbian Detective Fiction: Woman as Author, Subject and Reader by Phyllis M. Betz – The Lesbian Fantastic by Phyllis M. Betz – The Lesbian in Literature: A Bibliography by Barbara Grier – Lesbian Menace by Sherrie A. Inness – Lesbian Pulp Fiction: The Sexually Intrepid World of Lesbian Paperback Novels, 1950-1965 by Katherine V. Forrest – Lesbian Romance Novels: A History and Critical Analysis by Phyllis M. Betz – Lesbian Texts and Contexts: Radical Revisions by Karla Jay and Joanne Glasgow – Lesbian Voices from Latin America by Elena M. Martinez – The Literature of Lesbianism: A Historical Anthology from Ariosto to Stonewall by Terry Castle – New Lesbian Criticism: Literary and Cultural Readings by Sally R. Munt – Like Bread on the Seder Plate: Jewish Lesbians and the Transformation of Tradition by Rebecca T. Alpert – Out on the Shelves: Lesbian Books Into Libraries by Jane Allen – The Outside Thing: Modernist Lesbian Romance by Hannah Roche – Performing La Mestiza: Textual Representations of Lesbians of Color and the Negotiation of Identities by Ellen Gil-Gomez – The Safe Sea of Women: Lesbian Fiction 1969-1989 by Bonnie Zimmerman – Sappho in Early Modern England: Female Same-Sex Literary Erotics, 1550-1714 by Harriette Andreadis – Sexual Practice/Textual Theory: Lesbian Cultural Criticism by Susan J. Wolfe and Julia Penelope – Strange Sisters: The Art of Lesbian Pulp Fiction 1949-1969 by Jaye Zimet – (Un)Familiar Femininities: Studies in Contemporary Lesbian South Asian Texts by Aneeta Rajendran – Vampires and Violets: Lesbians in the Cinema by Andrea Weiss – What Lesbians Do In Books by Elaine Hobby and Chris White – With Her Machete in Her Hand: Reading Chicana Lesbians by Catriona Rueda Esquibel

Feminism and Academia

– All the Rage: Reasserting Radical Lesbian Feminism by Lynne Harne and Elaine Miller – Brazen Hussies: A Herstory of Radical Activism in the Women’s Liberation Movement in Victoria 1970–1979 by Jean Taylor – Call Me Lesbian: Lesbian Lives, Lesbian Theory by Julia Penelope – Country Lesbians: The Story of the WomanShare Collective by Sue Deevy – Dreams of an Insomniac: Jewish Feminist Essays, Speeches and Diatribes by Irena Klepfisz – Dykes Loving Dykes: Dyke Separatist Politics for Lesbians Only by Bev Jo – For Lesbians Only: A Separatist Anthology by Sarah Lucia Hoagland – The House That Jill Built: A Lesbian Nation in Formation by Becki Ross – Lesbian Ethics by Sarah Lucia Hoagland – Lesbian Feminism in Turn-of-the-Century Germany by Lillian Faderman and Brigitte Eriksson – The Lesbian Issue: Essays from Signs by Estelle B. Freedman, Barbara C. Gelpi, and Susan L. Johnson – Lesbian Philosophies and Cultures by Jeffner Allen – Lesbian Philosophy: Explorations by Jeffner Allen – The Lesbian Postmodern by Laura Doan – The Lesbian South: Southern Feminists, the Women in Print Movement, and the Queer Literary Canon by Jaime Harker – Lesbian/Woman by Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon – Lesbians Ignite!: In Victoria in the 1990s by Jean Taylor – Lesbians in Academia: Degrees of Freedom by Beth Mintz and Esther D. Rothblum – Love & Politics: Radical Feminist & Lesbian Theories by Carol Anne Douglas – The New Lesbian Studies: Into the Twenty-First Century by Bonnie Zimmerman – Sappho Was a Right-On Woman: A Liberated View of Lesbianism by Sidney Abbott and Barbara Love – Separatism and Women’s Community by Dana R. Shugar – Sor Juana Inés de La Cruz: Selected Works by Sor Juana Inés de La Cruz – The Straight Mind: And Other Essays by Monique Wittig – Stroppy Dykes: Radical Lesbian Feminist Activism in Victoria During the 1980s by Jean Taylor – This Is What Lesbian Looks Like: Dyke Activists Take on the 21st Century by Kris Kleindienst – The Trouble With Islam Today: A Muslim’s Call for Reform in Her Faith by Irshad Manji – Unleashing Feminism: A Critique of Lesbian Sadomasochism in the Gay Nineties by Irene Reti – Volcanoes and Pearl Divers: Essays in Lesbian Feminist Studies by Suzanne Raitt

Anthologies: Lives and Relationships

– Afrekete: An Anthology of Black Lesbian Writing by Catherine E. McKinley – Beginnings: Lesbians Talk About the First Time They Met Their Long-Term Partner by Lindsey Elder – Between the Lines: An Anthology by Pacific-Asian Lesbians of Santa Cruz, California by Cristy Chung – Chicana Lesbians: The Girls Our Mothers Warned Us About by Carla Trujillo – Compañeras: Latina Lesbians: An Anthology by Juanita Ramos – Does Your Mama Know? : An Anthology of Black Lesbian Coming Out Stories by Lisa C. Moore – Dyke Life: From Growing Up to Growing Old, a Celebration of the Lesbian Experience by Karla Jay – The Exploding Frangipani: Lesbian Writing from Australia and New Zealand by Cathie Dunsford – Facing the Mirror: Lesbian Writing from India by Ashwini Sukthankar – Finding the Lesbians: Personal Accounts from Around the World by Julia Penelope – First Bloom: Stories of Blossoming Black Lesbian Love by Saydeah E. Howard – Lesbian Nuns: Breaking Silence by Rosemary Curb and Nancy Manahan – Lesbian Rabbis: The First Generation by Rebecca T. Alpert, Sue Levi Elwell, and Shirley Idelson – Lesbian Self-Writing: The Embodiment of Experience by Carol Lynda Hall – Lesbians Speak Out by Carol Wilson – Nice Jewish Girls: A Lesbian Anthology by Evelyn Torton Beck – The Original Coming Out Stories by Julia Penelope – Out of the Class Closet: Lesbians Speak by Julia Penelope – Piece of My Heart: A Lesbian of Colour Anthology by Makeda Silvera – Reclaiming the L-Word: Sappho’s Daughters Out in Africa by Alleyn Diesel – Restricted Access: Lesbians on Disability by Victoria A. Brownworth and Susan Raffo – Talking Black: African, Caribbean, and Asian Lesbians Speak Out by Valerie Mason-John – They Will Know Me By My Teeth: Stories and Poems of Lesbian Struggle, Celebration, And Survival by Elana Dykewomon – Write from the Heart: Lesbian Healing from Heartache by Anita L. Pace

[gallicinvasion]

Despite the overwhelming amount of positivity on my take about why women are often unable to choose where to eat, many people have responded “OR she’s just not picky! OR she just wants to shoot down all my ideas! OR she’s just indecisive! It’s not that deep.”

Female socialization MAKES us more indecisive. We grow up being interrupted more. We grow up being discouraged from leading our peers for fear of being called stuck-up. We grow up with more restrictions on our movement and our activities. We grow up without the amount of attention and conversation that more disruptive boys often get from adults. We grow up with the knowledge that if we don’t defer to our friends’ preferences, we are dismissed as bossy and mean. Personally, I think that for many women, this means we have a hard time actually identifying if we have a preference at all (let alone what that preference actually is) because we are not in the habit of actually considering it. We’re so used to automatically deferring because we’ve done so all our lives, in fear of being inconsiderate or callous or bossy.

Often, when I’m asked about a preference of mine, my immediate thought is “I don’t feel like defending a choice, I just want to be agreeable and have a nice time, so whatever they want is okay. I don’t want to force the other person to have something they don’t want.” I have to literally force myself to take a second to actually think “Wait. If I could choose an option…what would I actually choose? What do I feel like right now?” 

And sometimes I can’t even come up with one! And then I take another second and really consider each option. And I discover that I do in fact have a preference after all! If I had the choice all to myself, I know what I would pick. I’m not indecisive! I DO care!

We literally have to re-train ourselves to identify our preferences. And that’s fucked up.

[the-radical-buzzard-of-discourse]

Until I was in like third or fourth grade, I literally had no idea that there were types of music other than country because that’s what my dad liked and therefore that’s what the whole family had to listen to. It’s not like he was morally opposed to other genres or anything; he just had zero comprehension that we might enjoy something else. He liked it, so that’s all that mattered. Even though I found out years later that my mom doesn’t even particularly like country music, she still listened to it even when she was by herself because it was a habit and it was “just easier.” But as soon as my parents split up, she’d play classic rock and showtunes all the damn time because she was finally allowed to enjoy the music she actually liked. Turned out my dad complained and berated her and made fun of her taste for years before I was born, so eventually she just gave in and quietly listened to whatever he wanted.

To this day when I find myself making choices, I have to pause and think, “Do I really WANT to do this or am I just going along with it because it’ll make it easier to interact with someone else? Am I the one who’s actually interested in this or was it pushed on me?” And even with that learned self-awareness, I’m still surprised how often it’s the latter.

[zendayaimdb]

per the guardian.

[fematrix]

radfem-ish movie recs!!

as a professional procrastinator i tend to watch a lot of movies recently. i wanted to give you a list of my personal recs - movies about women, by women, for women. without misogyny (that goes unpunished, at least), making women suffer for men's plot development, where women are the center, the background and the core of a production, which treats their issues with respect and dignity. i tried to reach for the lesser known titles, but these are usually the best in this category!

1. Blow the Man Down (2019)

one of my absolute favourite movies of all time - there's a small seaside town, abusers that get their justice delivered, women with knives and a local secret that forever changes our characters' lives 🌊

directed by bridget savage cole and danielle krudy

2. You Are Not My Mother (2021)

irish folklore, familial connection between three women, gloomy atmosphere and a couple of shots that genuinely scared the shit out of me. it's worth noting that it was also kate dolan's first movie, which is extra impressive for a debut ⭐

directed by kate dolan

3. The Outrun (2024)

based on amy liptrot's memoir (which i highly recommend too!) this movie tells a story of a young woman fighting alcoholism, depression and family issues, while isolating herself on the orkney island. self discovery among unpredictable nature, local folklore, learning how to ask for help, also... the kind of detoxifying solitude that actually helps 🦭

directed by nora fingscheidt

4. Kajillionaire (2020)

a young woman with a wide set of con artist skills and a family who never showed her any love or care. a mysterious stranger who takes interest in them, doing her best to get closer to our main character, which is kind of tricky for both of them. it's an unusual, brilliantly original and somewhat cathartic piece for those from weird backgrounds, navigating basic life skills in the early adulthood 🫧

directed by miranda july

5. Fire (1996)

the first bollywood movie to actually show a lesbian relationship - and even grant them a happy ending! it's a good-for-her story about two women who grow tired of their husbands, patriarchal traditions and systems that seem to never recognise them as fully free and autonomous people. long story short, they finally give metaphorical middle fingers to their shitty husbands and choose happiness and equality in each other's embrace 🕯️

directed by deepa mehta

[great-and-small]

It actually bums me out that astrology has persisted through the years as the standard BS divinatory practice that people really buy into, when it so easily could have been ornithomancy instead.

We could’ve had hipster girls trying to predict the minutiae of your life using an intricate chart that details how many herons or crows you’ve seen in the past year. Instead of asking what’s your sign on dating apps people would be like how many birds did you see on your way to work today. I cannot stop thinking about what could have been.

[feministdragon]

bring 👏 ornithomancy 👏 back 👏

[stumblngrumbl]

"how many birds did you see today?"

"zero."

"zero?"

"none all week, been stuck at home."

"girl, dump his ass, he didn't want you to see birds, you can't see life and light with him. very bad for the soul."

[depsidase]

[feministdragon]

you can just Do Things