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Women's existence as a social class is a profound reality. The poorest man-bruised and battered by the capitalists- still has access to the labour of a woman-his wife. With what little strength he posseses, he exploits her cooking, her cleaning and ofcourse her sex. Misogyny is the oldest form of slavery. When it comes down to men and women, no barriers of race, caste, creed or class prevent men from abusing women. The belief that women of upper station live in ivory towers that shield them from sex based oppression needs to die. The hold of patriarchy upon them is albeit light; howerver, you cant dismiss that their performance of feminity is also a show for the poorest of men. The poor man is a sex buyer, a wife beater and a rapist. His poverty does not dissuade him from committing violence against women. Unlike women, it does not make him more vulnerable to sexual exploitation. Removing class will not dismantle the patriarchy for men will hate and violate all women regardless, be they rich or poor.
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Send in survey questions that I should ask my peers when I go to school tomorrow please!
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Separatist Lesbrarian Post
As if my Goddess research book pile isn’t big enough.. I’ve decided to make a post of my work-in-progress separatist booklist; there’s essays, feminist sci-fi, lesbian novels, all-female societies, herstories, etc. Some I’ve read but most are TBR on the Storygraph. If any women know anything that would be a good fit, or praise or criticism of anything here, feel free to add suggestions.
Fiction:
Sultana’s Dream by Rokeya Sakhawat Hossein (only 11 pages and I love it so much)
The Wanderground: Stories of the Hill Women by Sally Miller Gearhart
Womonseed by Sunlight
Daughters of a Coral Dawn trilogy by Katherine V. Forrest
Return to Isis trilogy by Jean Stewart
Journey to Zelindar, Hadra Archives series by Diana Rivers
Ammonite by Nicola Griffith (this one made me want to go to the all female planet so much!)
The Demeter Flower by Rochelle Singer
The Gate to Women’s Country by Sheri S. Tepper
A Door Into Ocean, Elysium series by Joan Slonczewski
*Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (I read this, cw for shameless racism)
Your Faces, O My Sisters! Your Faces Filled of Light, and Houston, Houston, Do You Read?, by James Tiptree Jr. (pen name of Alice Sheldon)
When Women Were Warriors trilogy by Catherine M. Wilson (too many men in last book, some weird scenes but good otherwise, would reread)
*The Stars Are Legion by Kameron Hurley (read this, overall liked it but for the love of Goddess check reviews for content warnings bc idek how to warn for this)
The Carhullan Army/Daughters of the North by Sarah Hall (read, off-putting scenes esp gross het scene but interesting other aspects)
Banner of Souls by Liz Williams, added by suggestion! This looks interesting.
Sister Light, Sister Dark by Jane Yolen, thanks to @violetssunsets for the addition! unfortunately was warned about het content but also a society of warrior women.
Celaeno series by Jane Fletcher, thanks to @unified-multiversal-theory for the suggestion! Has an all-woman society so I need it in my life.
Herstory and Nonfiction:
Separatism and Women’s Community by Dana R. Shugar (got this recently and excited to read this herstory)
Lesbian Land by Joyce Cheney
Sinister Wisdom #98: Landykes of the South: Women’s Land Groups and Lesbian Communities in the South (have this, many listed are of the past)
La Luz Journal by Juana Maria Paz (actively seeking this one atm, racism and esp colonization issues wrt women’s spaces on occupied land are something I want to see addressed)
Country Lesbians: The Story of the Womanshare Collective by Sue Deevy, Nelly Kaufer, Dian Wagner, Carol Newhouse, and Billie Miracle. (Billie gave me a copy of this when I visited Womanshare a few years back)
Weeding at Dawn: A Lesbian Country Life by Hawk Madrone
Amazon Acres, You Beauty: Stories of Women’s Lands, Australia, edited by Sand Hall
Circles of Power: Shifting Dynamics in a Lesbian-Centered Community by La Verne Gagehabib and Barbara Summerhawk
For Lesbians Only: A Separatist Anthology, edited by Sarah Lucia Hoagland and Julia Penelope. (70 essays! I haven’t finished it but I’m trying)
Wild Mares: My Lesbian Back-to-the-Land Life by Dianna Hunter
*Herlands: Exploring the Women’s Land Movement in the United States by Keridwen N Luis (language in synopsis seems to favor male invasion of Female Sovereign Space so my expectations are low)
If any women here have read any of these please let me know your thoughts! I don’t have anon on but I’ll redact asks if you want to write in anonymously, just say the word. Hoping to find more knowledgeable lesbrarians on our beloved hellsite than myself :)
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What can we collectively do as a community to improve women's lives?
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poor people get treated as dumb and ignorant bc we don't always know how shit works but that's usually not ignorance or stupidity imo.
I have a haircut tomorrow. I've done it in my bathroom since I was in middle school, save for twice as birthday gifts over the past 8-12 years. I don't know what to expect, what the etiquette is, what they even do, because I genuinely didn't think to go somewhere to cut my hair for 10ish years.
when I lived in a city, I had a friend visit. she couldn't figure out the transit system, rideshares, or anything. the town we grew up in has none of that. she's a smart woman, but people got so confused when she couldn't figure it out.
this is just basic stuff, but my point is that poor people are left without what seems like basic knowledge because we just don't have the money to need to know how to use it or our communities just lack it, be it haircuts or uber. and that's small, silly stuff compared to things like credit scores or retirement funds. why and how are you supposed to know what an IRA is when you can't afford to put money into it? how do you shop for healthcare, for fair interest rates when buying a car or house, when there's never been enough money to make that even seem relevant to your life?
then so many of these companies know you don't know. yeah, 200% interest for a payday loan is normal because you've never had the ability to build credit and get a less predatory loan. you have to have car insurance in the US, and very specific, expensive insurance if you've had certain criminal convictions like a DUI, but you need to drive for work. so you pick the cheapest policy, especially if you have a record, and it covers nothing. you crash or get hit, it goes up and you're left w the fees, not the company.
we can talk about financial literacy being an issue, but we don't really talk about why. or the fact that, even if you know you're very well-educated on why this whole system is clownery all the way down, you're still stuck with lack of experience, lack of credit, and lack of options. and you get to hear middle class and rich liberals talk about how you just need more education, when that education can't be applied on the regular. so you say smth and it's just "oh, yeah, I have student loans, I get it." like no, dude, I'm talking payday loans, shitty insurance, evictions on record from not knowing your own rights because you're too busy working for $7.25 or $15 or whatever.
we don't need education so much as we need options, especially for women.
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Do not let men gaslight you into thinking that the reason women live longer than men is because we are cowards, prudes, rule followers etc. The female biology is an intricate expression of the evolution's magnum opus. We outlive men because of our far better immune systems. We mould lives within our wombs and nurture love. We live longer because the world would collapse without us.
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Isn't it weird that amongst all mammals, females make up a major part of the population and the males compete with each other to attract female attention. Almost all animals have long courting rituals and mating calls. Male animals tend to be colourful and decorate themselves to ensue sex appeal due to which they are hunted more than their female counterparts leading to an even lower sex ratio. It's funny that the opposite is true for humans. In today's world, the sex ratio skews towards men. It's against nature, against evolution, against our future and against us women.
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How can you be a radfem and use misogynistic slurs like cunt and bitch?? "I use them in a different context", "I am reclaiming them", "I use it at men only". Yet you are still propagating the degradation that surrounds females and their genitalia. Your casual use insinuates the lack of weight, the lack of misogyny surrounding them.
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Having sex with men is a biohazard, pass it on.
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Misogyny is apparent in the lack of funding women-only spaces recieve from the government. What's worse is that private run shelters usually have a religious backing wherein women often experience sexual or emotional abuse. The cases of male workers taking advantage of vulnerable women haunts me.
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Sea monster illustrations by William 巴特尔  Bao
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happy lesbian visibility week
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all season issues
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How can you be a radfem and use misogynistic slurs like cunt and bitch?? "I use them in a different context", "I am reclaiming them", "I use it at men only". Yet you are still propagating the degradation that surrounds females and their genitalia. Your casual use insinuates the lack of weight, the lack of misogyny surrounding them.
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