Your voice is of utmost importance in this time. This passage says it all to me: “Butler and Halberstam have fallen into their own trap. A movement meant to improve the quality of life of lesbians and gay men has been hijacked by heterosexual men and put us back into shackles. This is not the fault of feminism. It’s the full realization of what feminism has long resisted: The commodification and ownership of our bodies, this time under the guise of social justice. It’s a trick so entirely underhanded that countless lesbians and gay men are nodding along, complicit and active participants in our oppression.”
Your voice is of utmost importance in this time. This passage says it all to me: “Butler and Halberstam have fallen into their own trap. A movement meant to improve the quality of life of lesbians and gay men has been hijacked by heterosexual men and put us back into shackles. This is not the fault of feminism. It’s the full realization of what feminism has long resisted: The commodification and ownership of our bodies, this time under the guise of social justice. It’s a trick so entirely underhanded that countless lesbians and gay men are nodding along, complicit and active participants in our oppression.”
What a gorgeous, clear-headed essay. Thanks for writinga nd sharing it.