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Swear by the Moon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2020

Corrinne Bedecarré
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Abstract

In this article I discuss the argument/criticismi'concerns of bisexuality that arise from within progressive communities which already accept gay and lesbian rights. Issues discussed include trust, heterosexuality and the body, the power dynamics of patriarchal oppression and subjective verification. The moon is evoked as a material metaphor for phases and changes. 1 argue that conditions of the world preclude political attachment to an excessively fixed standard of many things, including sexual orientation.

Type
Third Frequencies
Information
Hypatia , Volume 12 , Issue 3: Special Issue: Third Wave Feminisms , Summer 1997 , pp. 189 - 197
Copyright
Copyright © 1997 by Hypatia, Inc.

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