nonny · 9mo
Do you have any recommendations of second wave (or even early third wave) feminist writings that aren't... frankly, lesbophobic / rooted in political lesbianism? I may have been soured by the likes of Dworkin and Rich but even if they're on point and 100% worth reading on a lot of things, it's frustrating how so much I've found feels appropriative. (I'm very, very new to reading theory, feminist/leftist or otherwise though)
ummmmmmmm.... unfortunately..... not really. even lesbianism feminism at the time was pretty heavy on the "lesbianism can be a political choice" and "sexual orientation only exists in a sexist society" fronts. you'll find that even stuff like "the woman-identified woman" by the radicalesbians group embraced this. the only counter to this i can think of is probably some newsletters and zines, those that have a focus on lesbians rather than feminism (off our backs, the ladder, etc). those aren't going to focus on feminist theory but of course by virtue of being written by lesbian groups there will be concerns about women's and lesbian's issues/rights. also to the best of my memory monique wittig wasn't as bad on that? (wittig still believed sexual orientation was the product of a misogynistic heteropatriarchal society but i felt like her approach to it was a little more realistic lol) but unfortunately that was a pretty common thing in feminist-focused writing that time. i've just had to filter it out along with the racism and weird occasional incest apologia.
