When you read Andrea Dworkin say sheâs never been more afraid then when she was speaking to a group of lesbians that were pissed that she called herself one despite not being one thatâs her literally admitting sheâs lesbophobic. She wasnât more afraid of speaking out against the men that rape, mutilate, murder, pimp, sex traffic, molest, or beat women and girls? Nope. Itâs lesbians holding her accountable for her appropriation of an oppressed community that made her shake in her boots.
When you read bell hooks say that lesbian erotica shouldnât be sexist against the penis because we all need to celebrate and cherish it sheâs proving her lesbophobia.
Iâm reading Mary Dalyâs Gyn/Ecology right now and less than 30 pages in she says she doesnât believe in homosexuality, that when she uses Lesbian with a capital L itâs about women identified women (the âcorrectâ usage) and when she uses it with a lower case l sheâs talking about the âmale-distorted version⊠women who relate genitally to womenâ. Thatâs worse than Dworkin comparing us nazis.
Why should I âseparate the art from the artistâ when it comes to âolderâ or âpublishedâ or âbrilliantâ radical feminist women? Â Why should I consider the fact that the foundation of the second wave was the silencing of lesbians and the theft of our culture a âdisagreementâ and not a deal breaker?
Why should I not recognize that for all the great writing theyâve made they were the foremothers of the anti-lesbian identity politics bullshit weâre currently drowning in?
And when you hear about how there were REAL lesbians who had major issues with these women why is it that you canât find any names? Any writings? Why were the most lesbophobic and appropriative radical feminists the most successful radical feminists? Why are successful radical feminist lesbians almost nonexistent? Doesnât it seem odd to you when you consider that the movement was built and maintained by genuine lesbians?
Any lesbian that decides not to read works by women that hate, fear, silence, and deny her very existence isnât ageist, sheâs sparing herself the suffering that comes as a side effect of being part of a distinct oppressed class of women.
And hereâs a thought. Why canât older women learn from us? Maybe even admit they were wrong? They can give up Lesbian and take fucking wlw.
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