Lesbian Feminism

Niharika Banerjea is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Ambedkar University, Delhi, and has previously taught at the University of Southern Indiana and SUNY Buffalo. Her previous works include the co-edited collection Friendship as Social Justice Activism (2018).Kath Browne is Professor of Geographies of Sexualities and Genders at Maynooth University, as well as Professor of Human Geography at University of Brighton. Her previous books include Queer Methods and Methodologies (with Catherine Nash, 2016) and Lesbian Geographies: Gender, Place and Power (with Eduarda Ferreira, 2018).Eduarda Ferreira is a researcher working on gender and sexuality with the Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences (CICS/NOVA) at Nova University of Lisbon, as well as an executive board member of the feminist NGO UMAR. Her previous books include Lesbian Geographies: Gender, Place and Power (with Kath Browne, 2018).Marta Olasik received a PhD in social sciences from the University of Warsaw. Her area of expertise is lesbian studies, which she is trying to introduce into the Polish academic reality, reflecting on the subject from the perspectives of the sociology of knowledge and geographies of sexualities primarily. Her dissertation is a pioneering interdisciplinary conceptualisation of lesbian subjectivities and citizenships, and aims at establishing a distinct lesbian-studies discourse in Poland.Julie A. Podmore is Professor of Geosciences at John Abbott College, Canada, and an affiliate faculty member at Concordia University and Université du Québec à Montréal. Her previous books include Introducing Geography (with Stephen Bryce and John Buskard, 2011).

Interesting and relevant. It brings multiple perspectives and approaches to the study of feminism, lesbianism, and lesbian feminism as these intersect with queer theory.

• Introduction: Transnational Ruminations on Lesbian FeminismsJulie Podmore, Marta Olasik, Eduarda Ferreira, Kath Browne, Niharika Banerjea1.Sisterhood, Separatism and Sex WarsSophie Robinson2.Is There a New Language in Hesitation?Rukmini Sen3.Demythologizing Heterosexuality and Sexual DifferenceJules Falquet4.The Theological Basis for Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminist PositionsKatherine O’Donnell5.Manoeuvring Feminisms through LGBTQ Movements in IndiaRanjita Biswas, Sumita Beethi, and Subhagata Ghosh6.Speculations on Lesbian Feminism as Erotic FriendshipKaruna Chandrashekar and Shraddha Chatterjee7.Once Upon a Time I Was a Lesbian, Now I Am Genderqueer and FelineShals Mahajan8.Unqualified, Middle-Aged Lesbian Swerves Abruptly out of Her Lane to Talk about Trans IssuesRosie Swayne9.The Butch, the Bitch and the SuperwomanParamita Banerjee10.The Place of Lesbians in the Women’s MovementLine Chamberland11.Of Hating Men, Loving Women and Fighting Back in Our TimeNitya V, in conversation with Nadika Nadja and Poorva Rajaram12.Reflections on Historic Lesbian Feminisms in FranceNatacha Chetcuti-Osorovitz13.Looking for the LesbianAsha Achuthan14.Activist Past, Theoretical FutureVale´rie Simon15.From Separation to Dialogue/Dangerous LoveMamatha Karollil16.Lesbian FeminismSara Ahmed17.An Exploration of Counter-Hegemonic Discourses in an Expanding Queer ArchiveNadine Lake