Queens

“A lesbian is percieved as someone who can live without a man and who is therefore (however illogically) against men.” 
- “Homophobia: A Weapon of Sexism” by Suzanne Pharr

I fucking love this statement, because it’s so fucking true.  Fuck.  Thinking about it, when does anyone look at a gay man and think about how he must hate women?  Never.  Femininity is celebrated throughout the gay male community (to the X-treme), and no homophobe can pretend that isn’t true.  But lesbians are man-hating dykes!  That’s one of those things that you always know, but never think about.  And that’s really freakin’ interesting to think about.
And overall, a damn fine article.  I was expecting to start blogging with: “YEAH TOO FUCKING RIGHT!  TAKE DOWN THE FUCKING MAN!  GAY RIGHTS!   WOOO!  RAINBOWS!  WOO!  BISEXUALS!  WOOO!  But I didn’t.  I mean, I can be pretty X-treme when I want to be, but right now I’m savouring the article like a sweet cigar after making love to one or more strangers (’cause you know I do that in real life). 
I think third wave feminism being about things like sexual identity is very important, because when people try to deny the need for feminism, that’s something they can’t argue with (unless, like all us sensible people, they realise that the devil made homersexurals, and we need to track them down with our pitchforkes, and feed ‘em back to hell).  What a delightful read about homophobia!  I shall go and eat some sorbet now.