“I am not ready to exchange the word lesbian for gay or for queer. I like the word lesbian because for me in contains a reservoir of positive images of women, the complexity of women’s desire and the beauty of its energy.” -Nicole Brossard ...
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"To be a lesbian is to rebel against everything patriarchy demands of women.” -Susan Hawthorne Get your copy of Vortex: The Crisis of Patriarchy now: https://t.co/93D5CG... https://t.co/nMjNE1...
Susan Hawthorne: "Identity does nothing to help people join forces for a political purpose. If I imagine that I am a rich white man, will I suddenly become rich? The answer is obvious: No. Identity is no longer a useful political term because ...
Fifteen innovative and outstanding Palestinian writers–essayists, poets, novelists, critics, artists and memorists–respond with their reflections, experiences, memories and polemics in Seeking Palestine: https://t.co/3AiplQ... https://t.co/l6MCfV...
“Palestine-in-exile... says Rana Barakat, "is an idea, a love, a goal, a movement, a massacre, a march, a parade, a poem, a thesis, a novel and yes, a commodity, as well as a people scattered, displaced, dispossessed and determined." How do ...