Talk:Separatist feminism

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You cant assume that all feminists agree with this seperatist process. I believe in some aspects of feminism but not with seperatist feminism, and whos to say im not a feminist. You? It's not factually true to say they all agree, so it doesn't go in an encyclopedia. Urthogie 02:41, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

The article doesn't even contain the word agree and plainly...

• Doesn't assert that all feminists agree on separatistism
• Doesn't say you're not a feminist

Try re-reading the article...? Wyss 17:04, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

• I must say, however, that the wording of the article was so sloppy that I can see how someone reading through it quickly might be confused. I have fixed the syntax and done a few other things to ensure clarity. Wyss 17:12, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

looks good now, was a problem in communication i guess. Urthogie 20:21, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

Contents 1 Merging lesbian separatism into this article 2 Two comments 3 Holly Near "associated"? 4 Association between Lesbian Separatism and Queer Nationalism

[edit] Merging lesbian separatism into this article

As lesbian separatism is a subsect of separatist feminism, it would be wise to combine the two articles into a single, more comprehensive entry. Would anyone object? - Nihila 21:46, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

It seems fair to me, especially if lesbian separatism gets its own section, so it's clear it's a subset, not an equivalent thing. NickelShoe 23:50, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Two comments

• Lesbian separatism should be more differentiated. I'm not sure I agree with the merger but I guess it's ok if the article evolves to reflect that.

• I put back the link to Lesbian science fiction since it's referred to repeatedly in the article. Wyss 04:05, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Holly Near "associated"?

I took this line for Holly Near out of the list of people "associated" with lesbian feminism. I think Holly was shunned by the separatist movement, as noted in her page, but I think the word "associated" makes it sound more like she is a separatist, which is clearly wrong. Another option would be to separate the list into supporters and those affected, but I don't know enough about the others to do that.

• Holly Near, American singer/songwriter

[edit] Association between Lesbian Separatism and Queer Nationalism

I qualified the implied relationship between Lesbian Separatism and Queer Nationalism because in my extensive research on Lesbian Separatism I have found many Separatists to be in disagreement with "Queer Theory" and "Queer Culture", many of these lesbians believing that the "Queering" of Lesbian Culture is a plot to co-opt the energy and time of lesbians. Thus I feel the two schools of thought have a tenuous relationship at best/