The focus of this work is on the radical changes that have occurred in many women's lives since the heady and historic days of the 1970s' women's movement, when thousands of Western feminists chose lesbianism as a positive statement of their resistance to patriarchal society. Many have remained enthusiastic, committed, woman-identified women but what, if anything, has replaced their feminist activism? And what are their current beliefs, motivations and passions? Through a series of detailed interviews with prominent figures from the women's movement - Jackie Forster, Sheila Jeffreys, Linda Bellos, Jill Posener, Gill Storey amongst others, the author discovers that many women's lives have taken on a different political direction such as involvement in AIDS politics, housing, race-issues, Feminists Against Censorship or disability politics.

Changing Our Lives: Lesbian Passions, Politics, Priorities

Politics & Social Sciences

Groocock, Veronica

Social Sciences

Cassell

Changing Our Lives takes as its starting-point the 1970s, when the dawn of Women's Liberation allowed many women to express and politicize their lesbianism for the first time. The lesbian feminist politics of that era provided a natural home for many of the women interviewed in this book, such as Sheila Jeffreys, whilst others, including Jill Posener, tell how they felt damaged by its prescriptive definitions of lesbianism.The 1980s brought sweeping social and political changes - among them Clause 28 and the AIDS crisis - which for many women provided the catalyst to political action of a different kind, and a re-assessment of their personal perspectives, particularly in respect to working with gay men. The new queer politics of the 1990s and the rising profile of groups like the Lesbian Avengers represent a new era in lesbian politics. Different perspectives are expressed in the book on the radical tactics of queer and on its commitment to unite people of all genders and sexualities.Changing Our Lives is structured around interviews with a diverse group of women from the UK and overseas. They discuss their experiences of coming out, relationships, race, class, political campaigns and actions and a range of other issues.

Changing Our Lives: Lesbian Passions, Politics, Priorities (Women on Women)

UNKNO

This is the story of a woman who is determined to break down the barriers between the disabled and able-bodied. Alison has athetoid cerebral palsy, a condition which keeps her body in constant motion and affects her co-ordination and speech. Her parents were told she would never walk or talk. Nobody ever believed that she would lead an independent life. But nobody had reckoned on Alison's fiery, fighting spirit. Her extermely positive and self-aware personality thrives on each fresh challenge that comes her way. She has succeeded in confounding the Jeremiahs, living her life to the full via a series of major landmarks and turning points: learning to drive, getting her own flat and landing her first job. Then, in 1987, she married Mark John, an ebullient Welsh curate.

I, Alison: Reaching for a Life of My Own : An Autobiography

French, Alison

Biographies & Memoirs

Victor Gollancz

Women Mean Business

Business & Money

Job Hunting & Careers

RANDOM HOUSE UK

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