Jo Morgan presented her thesis on Betty Friedan's book The Feminine Mystique, and its impact on the development of the Women's Movement. Friedan's book, The Feminine Mystique, was published in 1963 in the USA. As Jo clearly argued it stands alone at this time in its...
At what point in our lives did feminism start to mean something? For some of us the starting point was an awareness of the different ways parents treated boys and girls; watching their mother's role; the marriage of older siblings, and treatment of girls at school....
Despite any close family ties we might have most older dykes have probably learned long ago the value of friendship. Already some of us have faced the loss of old and valued friends. Maybe we should also think about what our loss, our death, might...
"The influence of the costume penetrates to the very soul of the wearer." Oscar Wilde What clues about our personality do we send to those around us by the way we dress? Do lesbians go for bland camouflage or eccentric individuality? Today, many more styles of clothing...
Twenty or thirty years ago it was hard to get books about sex, let alone anything with lesbian content, so we treasured any reference, and even the few stray books (Mary Renault, James Baldwin) about gay men. A book like The Well of Loneliness or The...
Our facilitator introduced the topic of 'Violence in the Family' by giving an account of how violence had affected her and various members of her family. The openness with which she shared her experiences created an atmosphere of intimacy that enabled others to share their...