Lesbian feminism : essays opposing global heteropatriarchies / edited by Niharika Banerjea, Kath Browne, Eduarda Ferreira, Marta Olasik and Julie Podmore.
Provocative, nuanced and far-reaching Lesbian Feminism confronts the historic devaluation of lesbian-feminist politics within Anglo-American discourse.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: transnational ruminations on lesbian feminisms / [the editors]
- Sisterhood, separatism and sex wars / Sophie Robinson
- Is there a new language in hesitation? / Rukmini Sen
- Demythologising heterosexuality and sexual difference / Jules Falquet
- The theological basis for trans-exclusionary radical feminist positions / Katherine O'Donnell
- Manoeuvring feminisms through LGBTQ movements in India / Ranjita Biswas, Sumita Beethi, Subhagata Ghosh
- Speculations on lesbian feminism as erotic friendship / Karuna Chandrashekar, Shraddha Chatterjee
- Once upon a time I was a lesbian, now I am genderqueer and feline / Shals Mahajan
- Unqualified, middle-aged lesbian swerves abruptly out of her lane to talk about trans issues / Rosie Swayne
- The butch, the bitch and the superwoman / Paramita Banerjee
- The place of lesbians in the women's movement / Line Chamberland
- Navel gazing: of hating men, loving women and fighting back in our time / Nitya V., in conversation with Nadika Nadja and Poorva Rajaram
- Reflections on historic lesbian feminisms in France / Natacha Chetcuti-Osorovitz
- Looking for the lesbian: some notes for a lesbian feminist politics in the time of the girl child / Asha Achuthan
- Activist past, theoretical future / Valerie Simon
- From separation to dialogue/dangerous love / Mamatha Karollil
- Lesbian feminism / Sara Ahmed
- An exploration of counter-hegemonic discourses in an expanding queer archive / Nadine Lake.
- Front Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: transnational ruminations on lesbian feminisms; Opening remarks; Narrating lesbian feminism: transnational stories; Book outline; Conclusion; Notes; One: Sisterhood, separatism and sex wars; A lesbian presence emerges; Radicalesbians; Australian lesbian sex wars; The lesbian presence in Sydney's Mardi Gras; Conclusion; Notes; Two: Is there a new language in hesitation?; Uneasy beginnings; Attempts to converse: creating spaces; Building friendships and communities.
- New marches, new colours, towards more conversationsNotes; Three: Demythologising heterosexuality and sexual difference; The diversity of matrimonial and sexual practices between 'women' and the meanings that are attributed to them; Lesbianism as social movement and political theory; Contemporary challenges; Notes; Four: The theological basis for trans-exclusionary radical feminist positions; Introduction; UK trans-exclusionary radical feminism; Terf positions within the academy: Jeffreys, Daly and beyond; Reflecting through Irish lesbian feminism; Conclusion: states and stakes.
- AcknowledgmentsFive: Manoeuvring feminisms through LGBTQ movements in India; Our journey: introduction; Our tryst with feminism; The sky is not the limit; To queer or not to queer, that is not the question; Notes; Six: Speculations on lesbian feminism as erotic friendship; I; II; III; Notes; Seven: Once upon a time I was a lesbian, now I am genderqueer and feline; The hair, the hair (since 1995); Being feminist and queer; Stone butch blues (neither stone nor butch but still having the blues) 2009; What a drag! (2010); Loss; LBT* meet Kolkata (March 2018); Live and learn; Notes.
- Eight: Unqualified, middle-aged lesbian swerves abruptly out of her lane to talk about trans issuesIntroduction; Dismissing LGBT lives as ridiculous: "Enabling transgender people is like the Emperor's New Clothes!" is the new "Equal marriage? We may as well let people marry their dogs!"; Interpreting growing LGBT numbers as contagion: "The Trans Lobby are turning our children trans!" is the new "The Gay Lobby are turning our children gay!"
- Belittling LGBT problems /dismissing discrimination: "All those trans suicide/violence/discrimination stats are exaggerated/flawed/made up" is the new "Do they REALLY need a parade and a 'gay rights' movement? They're not oppressed, they're just attention seeking"Equating LGBT inclusion with various forms of violation: "Those scary trans folk want access to our children / changing rooms / quivering cis bodies" is the new "Those scary homosexuals want access to our children / pets / irresistibly standard hetero bodies"; Nine: The butch, the bitch and the superwoman.