A review by ideotape
A Short History of Queer Women by Kirsty Loehr

1.5

"Sure, lesbianism as a 'concept' did not exist in the past, but it doesn't mean we can't use it to refer to certain women. It's not a slur, it's not an insult, it's a word that just offers happy visibility. We must also remember that gender theory is a modern tradition, and that applying it to a society that did not function as such is just, well... like those highly educated and respected men, a bit daft."

Baffled by the hypocrisy in this paragraph. The way people understand and express gender and sexuality is constantly evolving, no modern definition is going to truly capture how people in the past experienced either. But if we are going to argue we can label someone a lesbian because they can be interpreted to fit our understanding of the word we have to also accept the same be done with individuals fitting the experience we now define as trans, doing otherwise is just, well, a bit daft.
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