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[edit] May 5, 2006.

May 5, 2006. Slightly offensive, I quote "A large portion of lesbians are feminists, but only a smaller fraction of those lesbians who are feminists could be classified as lesbian feminists."

This is actually borderline homophobic, certainly inaccurate. It also fails to distinguish between lesbian feminism as a cultural movement and lesbian feminism as a critical perspective. Which is important (e.g. separatism was certainly not advocated by all lesbian feminists - did not define the whole movement, although certainly it was important). No reference to other schools of thought/contemporary lesbian gay movement. No sourcing. Out of all proportion to attention given to queer theory etc.,

Permission to fully rework! lookatyougo

You do not need to seek permission. As long as you upheld Wikipedia:Neutral point of view policy, you can go for your life. Dysprosia 04:45, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

ta. Bit of a mess at the mo. Be done this week tho. May 8. lookatyougo

At end of "Tensions with Feminism" section: "Nevertheless, it is worth surmising that since lesbian feminism was often confined to feminist disciplines, and arguably, seemed quite happy with this arrangement." This isn't a sentence. I was going to edit but I'm not sure what it's supposed to say - e.g. since a particular date? when? If anyone knows... thanks! Rhoganjosh 17:35, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Unsourced

This article is unsourced. I added a "References" section. This article needs expansion, and addition of citations from reputable secondary sources... Smee 12:40, 4 May 2007 (UTC).

You're right Smee, this is a bad case of no sources and possibly opinion--Cailil talk 19:14, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] PoMo Generated?

Just curious but was the following written by the Postmodernism Generator?

This draws on and deploys a historical focus on "homosexuality" as a site for scrutiny, especially where there is a focus on origins. Correlatively, lesbian feminist texts worked to denaturalise heterosexuality, and once removed, hypothesise its "roots" in institutions such as patriarchy, capitalism and colonialism.

[edit] Request to delete phrase "...and typically, spend more time avoiding men.

I request to delete the following phrase, which I have bolded.

"Furthermore lesbianism is posited as a feminist strategy, that enables women to invest their energies in other women, creating new space and dialogue about women's relationships, and typically, spend more time avoiding men."

I'm not sure what the writer intended by it, and perhaps I am reading it wrong, but it seems to have a snarky tone to it which seems to me to trivialize the information it is conveying. Why phase it as "spending more time avoiding men" rather than "and limit their dealings with men", or something else more in the spirit of the rest of the sentence?

Would anyone mind if I removed this phrase, or replaced it? Any suggestions? Kootenayvolcano 06:01, 10 August 2007 (UTC)