When folks apologize for us, they humor and further the idea that our sexualities are bad. And we sure as hell deserve space in the feminist movement, too.
In our cissexist, patriarchal society, lesbians represent a very unique danger. We are women who defy the normative idea of heterosexuality.
Lesbian relationships are still not taken seriously by many
We are women who sometimes embrace masculinity, or who worship the feminine, or who refuse to listen to messages about ideal beauty standards shaped by the male gaze. And we are women who face a whole lot of stigma, shame, and discrimination for doing so. Some communities refuse to embrace our own brands of womanhood because societal norms have set up a rigid set of gender norms that force us to be a certain kind of woman, as if no other kinds exist.
I believe deeply in a feminism that leaves room for the rest of us.
Lesbian relationships are still not taken seriously by many
I want my feminism to be one that makes space for conversations about class, race, gender, and sexuality. I want my feminism to be one in which people become part of the movement because what jazzes them up is the idea of fighting for the right of every woman — of all women — no matter what.
The feminist movement has helped me learn how to stop apologizing for who I am. Feminism taught me how to stand up and be proud of every part of me.
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Feminism taught me how to talk about my experiences as a mixed-race queer person from a working-class background without lowering my voice or feeling any shame. Feminism taught me how to love my body, and who I was on the inside, and where I was going, and what I wanted. She splits her time disparately between feminist rabble-rousing, writing, public speaking, and flower-picking.
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She added that she feared Pauline would take her own life "and it would be my fault. They'd catch you when you were still asleep. She said she spent the first three months in solitary where she got down on her knees, cried and repented. She was in Mt Eden for five and a half years.
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Perry said the prison was raw and brutal -- no fruit and no library. In prison we got little time alone except the nights -- nights were a great blessing, not having to share a room. And when the light goes out and there's nothing, then the light goes on inside your head.
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She travelled and worked in a variety of jobs from air hostess to insurance underwriter. She also attracted many boyfriends, but not daring to know anyone well enough to explain about her past. She lives with her brother, a retired doctor who is now her full-time researcher, in a stone barn -- restored with some of the royalties from the 20 million books she has sold -- in Portmanhomack on the east coast of Scotland. She is also involved with the Mormon community after converting to the church 35 years ago.
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