Reclaiming Lesbian Pride

[Chazz]

Originally Posted by Heart

The popularization of gender theory (which is common in B-F-T communities), continues the worship and over-valuing of masculine/man/male, while expressing ambivalence and undervaluing of feminine/woman/female.
I don't find current expressions of "girl power," with its ongoing sexualization of children and commodification of women's bodies and sexuality, to be liberatory. And the reality is that binaries have been reinforced, rather than blurred, crossed, or jettisoned because gender theory, at least as enacted in queer communities, seems to lack any political analysis of institutionalized power.

Again, not an expert in gender theory in any way, just my observations.

Heart, you're a woman, a lesbian, with many years of experience within the "B-F-T communities" - YOU ARE AN EXPERT ! ! ! !

Another vastly different, and I think essential, aspect of Feminist/Womanist theory is that it's genesis was largely an evolve-up, grass roots form of heuristic that addresses multiple oppression (race, class, economic and ageism).... Gender theory is largely a creation of academicians and jocositists that speaks to a largely white, privileged and male identified constituency solely about gender.