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Feminism
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 Feminism
Meets Queer Theory (Books
from Differences) by Elizabeth Weed (Editor), Naomi Schor
(Editor)
Looks at ways in which feminist and queer theory
complement and also contest each other.
When feminism meets queer theory, no
introductions seem necessary. The two share common philosophical
interests -- a concern for women's and gay and lesbian rights --
and many of the same academic and intellectual roots. And yet,
they can also seem like strangers, needing mediation, translation,
clarification. This volume focuses on the encounters of feminist
and queer theories, on the ways in which basic terms such as
"male and female," "man" and
"woman," "black," "white,"
"sex," "gender," and sexuality" change
meaning as they move from one body of theory to another. Along
with essays by Judith Butler, Evelynn Hammonds, Biddy Martin, Kim
Michasiw, Carole-Anne Tyler, and Elizabeth Weed, there are
interviews: Judith Butler engages Rosi Braidotti and Gayle Rubin
in separate revealing discussions. And there are critical
exchanges: Rosi Braidotti and Trevor Hope exchange comments on his
reading of her work; and Teresa de Lauretis responds to Elizabeth
Grosz's review of her recent book.
Naomi Schor, Professor of Romance Languages and
Literatures at Harvard University, is the author of Bad
Objects: Essays Popular and Unpopular and Breaking the
Chain: Women, Theory, and French Realist Fiction.
Elizabeth Weed, Associate Director of the
Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women at Brown
University, is editor of Coming to Terms: Feminism-Theory-
Politics
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Site includes hundreds of annotated resources,
book reviews, bibliographies, biographies, a Women Writers
Index,
and much more.
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The materials on this site primarily cover the
development and emergence of lesbian feminism, a moment from
roughly 1970 to 1975, and addresses the related but separate
trajectory of lesbians of color.
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There is an alternative to Lipstick Lesbians, and this resource aims to provide one for radical lesbian feminists and lesbian separatists.
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Essay by Janice G Raymond
This article contrasts lesbianism as a political
movement to lesbianism as a lifestyle . It addresses the current
emphasis in lesbian circles on "sex as salvation," and
maintains that this emphasis re-sexualizes women and
de-politicizes lesbianism. The liberalism of lesbian lifestylism
makes the male-power modes of sexuality, such as s & m,
butch-femme, and bondage and domination, sexy for women. In the
name of tolerance, difference, and lesbian community, many
lesbians are dissuaded from making judgments and opposing such
acts. Finally, the article describes the values of a lesbian
feminism that has principles, politics, and passion. It proposes a
context for what lesbian sexuality might look like rooted in
lesbian imagination - not lesbian fantasies.
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NOW is an advocacy group that advocates and
intensely follows the news and legislative updates on equal opportunity, economic equity, and racial diversity.
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Lesbian Feminism Miscelanea is a list of
resources, articles etc. on Lesbian Feminism, including Lesbians in the Criminal Justice System, Lesbian Mothers; Daughters Speak Out, Lesbian Avenger Training Manual, Lesbian films, Student Bill of Rights, Working Class Lesbian Feminists
and more.
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CLAF was founded in 1987 in Israel as a grassroots
initiative of Israeli feminist lesbians who are concerned about
the legal, social and cultural status of lesbians in Israel.
CLAF aims to benefit all Israeli lesbians
through a combination of advocacy, public education, and community
development activity.
CLAF challenges Israeli social norms, which deny
openness, pluralism, and tolerance. By opening the hearts and
minds of people in Israel to issues facing lesbians, as well as to
the meaning of human dignity, equal citizenship, freedom, safety,
peace, and similar issues, CLAF hopes to contribute to the
strengthening of a just and more democratic Israeli society.
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Major Figures of the Lesbian Feminist Movement
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