Re: The wildest takes

(Anonymous) 2018-08-13 12:56 pm (UTC)(link)
two women together is a dynamic that has long been prescribed to us by the patriarchy. It’s already been appropriated by men; it’s harder to write dangerously, because our ingrained cultural images of women together were images given to us by men, not by lesbians and bisexual women self-defining their own relationships.

OH MY GOD LESBIAN LIT HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE SAPPHO SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP

Re: The wildest takes

(Anonymous) 2018-08-13 05:09 pm (UTC)(link)
That doesn't mean that it's been as prevalent as male-written literature about lesbians, or as accessible to everyone.

Re: The wildest takes

(Anonymous) 2018-08-14 12:49 am (UTC)(link)
Hardly unheard of, though. Not discussing the literary worth of any of these, but The Well of Loneliness, Orlando, The Children's Hour, The Price of Salt, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit... that's mainstream stuff.