Events tagged with "revolutionary feminism"
Coming out through feminism
Many lesbians came out through their involvement in the Women's Liberation Movement / feminism.For some this gave them the confidence to come out in a safe environment, or it opened their eyes to possibilities of relationships with women, or it was a...
Women's Liberation Movement
The Women's Liberation Movement, or Women's Movement, or feminism, is very closely linked with many lesbians' lives, particularly those coming to recognise or define themselves as lesbian during the 1970s and 1980s. There are so many contributions an...
Memories tagged with "revolutionary feminism"
Fissures at the Birmingham WLM Day Conferences
Birmingham Women's Liberation Day Conferences were held regularly at Tindal Street School, Balsall Heath. ?There was a lot of paranoia at the time, but it was interesting. I remember the one conference where we were saying that the local Women's Libe...
Patriarchy Study Group
A Patriarchy Study Group was set up, which met for the weekend in Leeds, London or Birmingham. ?They were always vegetarian except in Birmingham when Stacey would cook and we?d have chops or a chicken. I remember her sticking her hand up a chicken an...
Post-modern Queer Politics
?What I see now is much more of a continuum, for younger gay people, and some who aren?t, the whole thing of ?Queer Politics?, saying ?As long as you?re not normal you?re all right? ? I quite like that, so the basis on which you find something in com...