Lesbian Feminism

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Books

Books · Jan 1980

Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence

Adrienne Rich

Adrienne Rich's groundbreaking 1980 essay challenges the assumption that heterosexuality is natural or innate, arguing that it is a political institution that has been imposed upon women and that a 'lesbian continuum' offers a space for female resistance and solidarity.

Films

Films · Jan 2012

Soongava: Dance of the Orchids

Subarna Thapa

Nepal’s pioneering lesbian feature follows a dancer and her lover confronting arranged marriage, family authority, and the scarcity of social space in which queer intimacy can become ordinary life.

Videos

Videos · Nov 2014

She's Beautiful When She's Angry

Mary Dore

The first documentary film to comprehensively cover feminism's second wave, this groundbreaking 2014 work chronicles the women's liberation movement from 1966-1971. Through archival footage and contemporary interviews, the film brings to life the activists who fought for employment equality, reproductive rights, and sexual liberation, while honestly addressing the movement's struggles with race, class, and homophobia.

Papers

Papers · Aug 2000

Writing trash: Truth and the sexual outlaw's reinvention of lesbian identity

Kathleen Kennedy

This essay analyzes Dorothy Allison's short story collection 'Trash' to explore how 'sexual outlaws' use truth discourse to establish legitimate subject positions within lesbian feminism. Kennedy examines how sexually radical lesbians challenge cultural feminism's normative definitions of lesbian identity and the complex intersections of class, sexuality, and truth.

Papers · Jan 1984

The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House

Audre Lorde

This influential essay critiques exclusionary practices within the feminist movement, arguing that using the tools and methods of oppressive systems to fight oppression is doomed to fail. Lorde calls for recognizing and embracing difference as a source of strength, emphasizing that true liberation requires creating entirely new frameworks rather than seeking reform within existing power structures.

Papers · Jan 1980

Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence

Adrienne Rich

This paper challenges the assumption that heterosexuality is the 'natural' sexual orientation for women, arguing that heterosexuality is a political institution imposed upon women.