These states cannot be considered without simultaneously foregrounding acts of dissent, resistance, and transformations, and always from a lesbian perspective or on a lesbian continuum. The ways that lesbians came together during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s were many and varied. "11 And all this despite the fact that homosexuality is just as common in humans as it is in other species. Human moral reasoning might be a bug and not a feature—an evolutionary spandrel that cropped up as our unique cognitive skills blossomed, but not itself a trait that natural selection selected for. In response to questions such as "Who would you say is your family now? Books, Music & Gifts | Lesbian Connection Magazine. " I hope you will take a moment to read about it at. Single, Old, and Lesbian or Bisexual: Who Is Your Family?
So that's one piece of it, and then the question is, and I grappled a lot with this when I became editor of Sinister Wisdom, is there still an ongoing revolutionary aspect of the work in publishing a lesbian journal, or has the revolutionary, transformative time ended? Lesbians Who Speak Beyond the Pale: The Exiling of Dissent. I'm surprised at the number of people I talk to about animal behavior that are shocked at how common homosexual behavior is in the animal kingdom. In her nine authored and co-edited books, Joan has kept alive the layers of her history, from the queer bar days of the '50s through the lesbian-feminist movement days of the last part of the twentieth century and now from the perspective of a seventy-four-year-old fem lesbian woman who lives far from her beginnings. Yasmin later moved to live in Australia, where her family had sought refuge as a consequence of the war. Incorrect Naruto Quotes. Books, Music & Gifts. Lesbian author and activist Elana Dykewomon dies. Of course, there are many past and present cultures where homosexuality is normalized, accepted, and even embraced. "What if I were traveling with a planeload of chimpanzees? " UNESCO Courier, September 1999. GLORIA MORRIS: Who is Gloria Morris?
25, including shipping, and suitable for framing! In other words, while same-sex attraction is not unique to humans, homophobia is. Cheryl Boyce-Taylor. A re-released classic, On My Honor: Lesbians Reflect on Their Scouting Experience, with 31 hilarious and heartbreaking true stories. I think it's very much a changing journal based on what lesbian readers are looking for, what community is out there receiving it. It's a mystery that can only be solved if you understand how we can reason ourselves into a corner via our capacity for moral thinking. Sinister Wisdom 94: Lesbians and Exile by Sinister Wisdom - Ebook. Can a reclusive, church-averse butch and a bishop escaping a media storm find love? All rights reserved. Which is why no animal species seems to have evolved any social norms around punishing individuals for engaging in same-sex acts. In contrast, when humans go to battle, they justify the killing of entire cities filled with noncombatants (including children) if it serves the greater (morally defensible) goal of winning the war in order to bring about peace. Yasmin communicated with Joan about the consequences of the war between the government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (the LTTE), and the fallout on Tamils in the country as well as on people of other ethnic groups. One of the girls had a head wound that was bleeding. Reviews for Sinister Wisdom 94. This issue honors an Archives that articulates the complexities of how lesbians make our way in the world.
Lost in Translation. Sinister Wisdom has a very static, boring website. With visuals from LHA Coordinators past and present. In Sisterhood, Julie R. Enszer, PhD. Homosexuality is quite clearly not just normal in the animal world, but entirely non-destructive. Just a chill dude sharing stuff that I love. The conversations that animated my years of activism were around inclusion of bisexual women, inclusion of trans issues, conversations around gay and lesbian marriage, and a formation that really was gay and lesbian more than lesbian feminist. What biological benefit has been given to our species through our bizarre moral posturing around the non-problem "problem" of homosexuality? Ifalade TaShia Asanti. It's not connected to any academic institution.
Chimpanzees have never been observed killing every individual (males and females, juveniles and newborns) within a rival group; the unspoken behavioral rule or norm that chimpanzees live by when they battle is to only remove a select few individuals (usually the adult males) so as to make the rival group less of a threat. Check out the book trailer here. Sinister Wisdom 112: Moon and Cormorant features an eclectic array of contemporary poetry, prose, and art by lesbians from around the world, including new work by: Marilyn Hacker. This is how we ended up with the infamous quote, "It became necessary to destroy the town to save it, " spoken by a United States Army major when justifying the bombing of Bến Tre during the Vietnam War despite there being children in the town. Returning My Nationality to You. "I first met her through the pages of Sinister Wisdom; I purchased the journal at the feminist bookstore in Ann Arbor, Michigan. And it was our unique capacity for causal reasoning that did the heavy lifting when it came to divining the nature of the physical universe and the biological world, giving us the technological know-how that put our species on the map. If you are able, please make a charitable gift to support Sinister Wisdom before the year ends. Maybe they don't realize that it is just as normal and natural to want to stay single, not just temporarily but for good.
Police did see clearly who was throwing stones but did not do much. A Different Kind of Exile. Seven of them had been in heterosexual marriages before divorcing and forming same-sex relationships. ", 1979: co-edited by Lorraine Bethel and Barbara Smith. The Refusal of Exile.
Throughout most of Japanese history, for example, same-sex relationships have not been stigmatized, and stories of male-male love and sex have long been associated with the samurai warrior class. LOO = Lesbian Owned & Operated. Leupp, G. P. Male Colors University of California Press, Oakland, CA (1995). Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Echoing themes I have heard during decades of studying single people of all gender and sexual identities, including older single people, they described their single lives as happy, satisfying, freeing, and psychologically rich. A brief word about the business of Sinister Wisdom. But she never ceased to be outspoken. Now you can get your subscription to Lesbian Connection as a PDF, and they really have the capacity to manage that, which I admire enormously. Catherine Halley: I thought I could start by asking you to talk a little bit about Sinister Wisdom, where you are the editor. I gather a community of resistance for a dangerous, yet necessary, journey toward radical transformations. I cannot imagine two writers, organizers, and intellectuals more well suited to guide us through this important journey of looking at, thinking about, and comprehending life when living as a lesbian is still a dangerous proposition.
But that doesn't necessarily make it good, in an evolutionary sense. Welcome and thank you to the thirty-six new subscribers to Sinister Wisdom who joined during our Spring Subscriber Campaign. They want the journal to reflect back their sense of identity, who they are, and what their community is. Today or subscribe to Sinister Wisdom and receive a full year of the best lesbian literary and arts journal. I first encountered Yasmin's creative work in Conditions. It grew a bit when the journal was under Elana Dykewomon's editorship, and [based] in the Bay Area. As a pre-teenager in the early 1960s, Ms. Dykewomon, then known as Elana Nachman, attempted suicide and was hospitalized. That really was one of my goals with the journal, to help us all think about how a lesbian journal could speak across generations and speak to people at different historic moments.
Some had friendships that had lasted for decades. Because just like this collection and these journals, we love our people, but we've got our serious, intellectual, political side. HELP US PRESERVE LESBIAN HISTORY! Science Advances 6, eaba6910 2020). At the time we were both living in the United States. While collecting the material for this issue, some key points struck us. But it's a very engaged, lively group of subscribers, I would say. LeBron James vs Michael Jordan in kindergarten @9 210 comments "Hey Lois, I'm signing up on an NBA team.
Sometimes the experience of exile needs to be strategically claimed, even as a means to resist that very state. We decided to provoke questions about the utility and limits of the term exile by including a spectrum of other processes and states of dislocation, displacement, eviction, illegitimacy, and rejection. Sample the first 9 chapters of this tale of lost love found and the price we pay for the choices we make. Later, two women representatives of the United Nations joined us. What do you mean by a "generational transition moment? " Anyone trying to be someone they are not is losing out on living their most authentic, meaningful, and fulfilling life. I don't think it was our moral capacity per se that was responsible for our success, but the other components of the human mind that gave us the ability to coordinate our efforts, like language and theory of mind. Reportage: My Experience on May 17, 2013, IDAHO Day, in. To support local, independent, LGBTQ journalism, consider becoming a BAR member. Order a copy of the full cover (with front and back images) in an 8. This is old news for scientists studying animal behavior and biology, which is why Balthazart writes, "Scientists reading this book will think, 'We have heard all this before.
SUDIE RAKUSIN ART: Purchase a limited edition reproduction of "Woman with Orange Hair, " a Sudie Rakusin mixed-media painting, featured on the LC July/August cover. But even this behavior pales in comparison to the kind of violence that humans exhibit, and our moral reasoning justifies it. She had worked as a singer, dancer, actress and drama critic and was a lesbian and a single mother, parenting both biological and adopted children. It is often administered by Christian faith-based therapists, even though, according to a 2009 report by the American Psychological Association Task Force, "results of scientifically valid research indicate that it is unlikely that individuals will be able to reduce same-sex attractions or increase other-sex sexual attractions through [conversion therapy]. Bonobos are perhaps the best example: Individuals engage in sex between same- and opposite-sex partners on a regular basis, resulting in lots of gayness, but also lots of babies.
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