| Description |
viii, 872 pages ; 21 cm |
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[Archives trilogy Bk 2] |
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Archives trilogy Bk 2
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| Contents |
Introduction: Come out, come out, wherever you are -- Pt. 1: Dip me in honey and throw me to the lesbians. 1. 1980 - Lesbians laugh louder. Judith Power: That's when I first really wanted to live communally -- 2. 1981 - Lesbians united. Betty Overall: I never had to come out as a lesbian in my life -- Lavender: Yes, indeed, the 1980s was a great decade for lesbian activism and politics -- 3. 1982 - Lesbianism, when only the breast will do. Merrilee Moss: It was all very exciting and meaningful, but we had a sense of humour -- Margaret Taylor: 23 May 1930-11 October 2011. I had lots of parties with lots of naked women in the pool -- 4. 1983 - International year of the lesbian. Jan Gladys Testro: 23 August 1953 - 8 March 2010. I didn't want to be tied down to a specific way of doing things -- 5. 1984- Life, lesbian it : I think it was always a part of me -- Pt. 2: A lesbian needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle. 6. 1985 - Lesbians are everywhere. Sara Elkas: I see myself as being more of an organiser than a leader -- 7. 1986 - My mother made me a lesbian. If I gave her the wool would she make me one too? -- Anah Holland-Moore: The first time I had lesbian sex I thought I'd died and gone to Heaven -- 8. 1987 - Womyn loving women loving wimmin. Bill Clarke: It was a gutsy period of feminism -- Dawn Holland: The 1980s were full of bands, it was the busiest time with bands -- 9. 1988 - Don't celebrate '88. Lou Bennett: As an Indigenous person I am extremely proud of being a woman in this day and age, due to the fight that our mothers and grandmothers fought -- 10. 1989 - Lesbians are lovely. Megaera: I am very grateful that I lived during an era when our flames blazed brightly -- Afterword: Lesbians who want to get married lack ambition |
| Summary |
"The 1980s was a busy time for radical lesbian feminists, socialist feminists and radical feminists who organised conferences, published magazines, wrote books, established activist collectives, went on marches, were in solidarity with Aborigines and Islanders, formed womyn's bands, worked in womyn's refuges, set up phone information and support services, ran workshops, attended art openings, supported fundraisers and cultivated many other activities too numerous to mention." -- Publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 862) and index |
| Subject |
Women's Liberation Movement (Melbourne, Vic.)
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Women's Liberation Movement (Vic.)
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Feminism -- Australia -- Victoria -- History.
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Lesbian feminism -- Australia -- Victoria -- History.
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Second-wave feminism -- Australia -- Victoria -- History.
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| ISBN |
9780980626117 (paperback) |
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