Portland, supposedly an “LGBTQ haven,” no longer has any lesbian bars (despite the fact there are eight bars for gay men). What’s more, the city doesn’t have a single dance party that…
Tag: women-only space
On August 11th, 2016, Women’s Liberation Front (WoLF) filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and U.S. Department of Education (DOE) in order to challenge their recent redefinition of…
When I found the women, my entire world shifted. It had been a rough decade. Patriarchy had kicked my ass, and I was still dealing with the effects of a very long,…
It’s been one year since the final Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival. Forty years strong, Michfest was a pillar of lesbian culture, a bastion of women-only space, but more than that — it…
This week, 300 women have gathered for a five-day long feminist meeting in an “eco-domain” in Normandy, France. The will discuss topics like heterosexuality, lesbianism, anti-racism, ecofemism, and more. There will also…
Michigan State University has closed its longstanding women-only study lounge, which, since 1925, sought to provide women with “a safe refuge and… haven for reflection, study, and solitude.” The change comes on…
After 35 years, the University of Victoria Student Society (UVSS) Women’s Centre is moving to adopt a new name and a new mission, but not everyone is on side. The small office…
The philosophy and race class, for which I was serving as a teaching assistant, had just discussed the metaphysics of race. One day I stood in front of my students and asked:…