Comments on: Internalised biphobia and radical feminism http://reweaving.wordpress.com/2008/03/17/internalised-biphobia-and-radical-feminism/ Identity, sexuality, spirituality, queerness, radical feminism, honesty Fri, 22 May 2009 08:38:36 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Winter http://reweaving.wordpress.com/2008/03/17/internalised-biphobia-and-radical-feminism/#comment-130 Winter Fri, 02 May 2008 09:35:56 +0000 http://reweaving.wordpress.com/?p=3#comment-130 <i>I do think that quite a few radical feminists see butch lesbians as a good phenomenon - I see that most of the rejection of gender tends to be expressed (at least where I see it) as rejection of femininity.</i> Yeah, and the problem there is that butch, at lease in the traditional lesbian sense, was never a rejection of gender. Quite the opposite! Nor is it a rejection of femininity, because butch only makes sense in relation to femme. I do think that quite a few radical feminists see butch lesbians as a good phenomenon – I see that most of the rejection of gender tends to be expressed (at least where I see it) as rejection of femininity.

Yeah, and the problem there is that butch, at lease in the traditional lesbian sense, was never a rejection of gender. Quite the opposite! Nor is it a rejection of femininity, because butch only makes sense in relation to femme.

]]> By: Lisa Harney http://reweaving.wordpress.com/2008/03/17/internalised-biphobia-and-radical-feminism/#comment-129 Lisa Harney Fri, 02 May 2008 01:33:50 +0000 http://reweaving.wordpress.com/?p=3#comment-129 Thank you for writing this post. This tendency to appropriate lesbianness is one of the many aspects of radical feminism that bother me. I do think that quite a few radical feminists see butch lesbians as a good phenomenon - I see that most of the rejection of gender tends to be expressed (at least where I see it) as rejection of <em>femininity</em>. Thank you for writing this post. This tendency to appropriate lesbianness is one of the many aspects of radical feminism that bother me.

I do think that quite a few radical feminists see butch lesbians as a good phenomenon – I see that most of the rejection of gender tends to be expressed (at least where I see it) as rejection of femininity.

]]> By: You Trendy Lez, You « میرا ٹیڑھا پاکستان - Mera Terrha Pakistan http://reweaving.wordpress.com/2008/03/17/internalised-biphobia-and-radical-feminism/#comment-128 You Trendy Lez, You « میرا ٹیڑھا پاکستان - Mera Terrha Pakistan Fri, 02 May 2008 01:33:30 +0000 http://reweaving.wordpress.com/?p=3#comment-128 [...] and quoting Philomela: But…surely part of feminism is upholding women’s rights to have relationships with whoever [...] [...] and quoting Philomela: But…surely part of feminism is upholding women’s rights to have relationships with whoever [...]

]]> By: belledame2222 http://reweaving.wordpress.com/2008/03/17/internalised-biphobia-and-radical-feminism/#comment-5 belledame2222 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 06:16:37 +0000 http://reweaving.wordpress.com/?p=3#comment-5 Nice post, agreed. Nice post, agreed.

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