Back أرض المرأة Arabic Womyn's land French Tanah womyn ID ウィミンズ・ランド Japanese Women's land Dutch Womyn's land Portuguese خواتین زمین Urdu
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Womyn's land is an intentional community organised by lesbian separatists to establish counter-cultural, women-centred space, without the presence of men.[1][2] These lands were the result of a social movement of the same name that developed in the 1970s in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and western Europe.[3] Many still exist today.[4] Womyn's land-based communities and residents are loosely networked through social media; print publications such as newsletters; Maize: A Lesbian Country Magazine;[5][6] Lesbian Natural Resources, a not-for-profit organisation that offers grants and resources; and regional and local gatherings.[7]
Womyn's lands practice various forms of lesbian separatism, an idea which emerged as a result of the radical feminist movement in the late 1960s.[8] Lesbian separatism is based on the idea that women must exist separately from men, socially and politically, in order to achieve the goals of feminism.[9] These separatist communities exist as a way for women to achieve female liberation by separating themselves from mainstream patriarchal society.[10] Men are not allowed to live in these communities, but a few lands allow men to visit.[4] Some communities ban male infants and/or male relatives.[4]
Womyn's lands have generated a wide range of criticisms, most of which centre around the lack of acceptance by many residents of bisexual and heterosexual women; the exclusion of transgender women; ideological conflicts with local communities that include violence and threats of violence targeting residents of womyn's lands;[11][12] and local community concerns about expanded lesbian visibility.[11][13] Examples of present-day womyn's lands include Hawk Hill Community Land Trust, HOWL, Susan B. Anthony Memorial Unrest Home (SuBAMUH) and Sugar Loaf Women's Village.[14] Today, these communities are facing decline as founders age, and they struggle to connect with younger generations of women.[4]
- ^ Levy, Ariel (March 2, 2009). "Lesbian Nation". The New Yorker. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
- ^ Ellison, Kate (September 30, 2013). "Lesbian Intentional Community: "Yer not from around here, are ya?"". Fellowship for Intentional Community. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
- ^ Cheney 1985.
- ^ a b c d Kershaw, Sarah (January 30, 2009). "My Sister's Keeper". The New York Times. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
- ^ "Maize, A Lesbian Country Magazine". Woman, Earth & Spirit, Inc. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
- ^ "Maize". Retrieved 13 June 2018 – via Lesbian Poetry Archive.
- ^ Waldner, Lisa K.; Dobratz, Betty A.; Buzzell, Tim, eds. (2004). "Rivers of ideas, participants, and praxis: the benefits and challenges of confluence in the Landdyke movement (by Sine Anahita)". Politics of Change: Sexuality, Gender and Aging (Research in Political Sociology, Volume 13). Emerald Group Publishing. pp. 13–46. ISBN 978-0762309917.
- ^ Bess, Gabby (October 13, 2015). "No Man's Land: How to Build a Feminist Utopia". Broadly. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
- ^ Shugar 1995, p. xi.
- ^ Shugar 1995, p. 14.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
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Renowas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Greene, Kate (2003). "Fear and Loathing in Mississippi: The Attack on Camp Sister Spirit". Journal of Lesbian Studies. 7 (2): 85–106. doi:10.1300/J155v07n02_07. ISSN 1089-4160. PMID 24815896. S2CID 32627451.
- ^ Conti, Allie (December 18, 2016). "Who's Killing the Women's Land Movement?". Vice. Retrieved April 27, 2017.