11.26.02 - Lesbian Continuum



Yesterday sucked. Shitty McSick. Cramps like burning. Slept like WHOA. Pretty uneventful.

So so so so happy right now. I made it through mood swings tonight. And let me tell you, they were rough. Off the charts bad too. I'm talking about going from being so happy to being very angry at something that has been over and done with for over a year. THEN I get all upset about that so I get sad and then I almost cried for no reason. "Why are you crying?! I feel like my dad! I don't know why you're crying!" <-----Quote directly from Jill, courtesty of last year, second semester, first two weeks I believe.

Anyway, I'm really happy because things are going well with Steve. I know I haven't mentioned anything about this before but I seem to talk every good thing out of my life and I'm not really looking to do that this time. We get along really well and pretty much complement each other exactly. He's always there for me, like tonight, and I just really like being around him. Got some news about Mother...he's there. Mood Swing Central in CPK 315 (my room)...he's all over making me feel better. Who could ask for more? I know he's reading this right now. I think he's the only one who actually reads this. Haha.

For some reason, I got up at nine in the morning. Yes, I was up with Heidi and up before Melissa and Preya. Melissa and Steve had a nice little laugh, something about a heart attack at me being up before noon or something. I really have NO idea what they are talking about. I'm such a morning person. Eh...I got a paper done today and had lunch with the girls. Then I went to give blood. Yes that was interesting. First, my vein collapsed. Then I was going really slow. Then I was going really fast and wouldn't stop. To make matters worse, I almost passed out so I had to go back to the little area and chilled with the Phi Beta Sigs. They are pretty cool guys.

Oh in gay class tonight, I learned about Adrienne Rich's "lesbian continuum." Basically, this states that every female relationship is qualified as lesbian, whether it be professional or friendship or sexual. Check it out.



*Note: the Feminists have adopted the triple-female symbol and the Lesbians have taken on the double-female symbol. They've been at odds about this for quite somet time now because the not all lesbians are feminists and not all feminists are lesbians and they don't want people confused. And I drew those signs too. So cute*

Now it starts with every non-sexual female to female relationship. And it moves to the opposite of a sexual female to female relationship (what we understand to be lesbian). In between (in no relevant order) is every other relationship that females can have. Family, like sister/sister, mother/daughter, aunt/niece; professional, as in boss/employee, employee/employee, or professor/student, student/student; best friends and acquaintances are all included in this little chart. The people in my class were rather docile in accepting this new labelling of all female relationships as lesbian. What Rich fails to include are bisexuals and how the chart affects them, or perhaps how men figure into the equation. Granted, this was written nearly 20 years ago but it still presents an idea to think about. My instructor suggested a bulls-eye pattern over the timeline-esque sketch. I actually spoke in class and decided that a vendiagram would be more appropriate, that way you could include, male-to-female, male-to-male, and female-to-female relationships and include another ring for those who might not fit either of those genders. A third gender? What? Transexuals, Transvestites, and Transgendered people all fall into that category perhaps...depending on your views of queer theory. Man this class has affected me.


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