Judith Butler Solves The Case Of The Missing Lesbian Bars
No place is allowed to be free of the 'female penis'
Amanda Kovatanna, a lesbian activist in the San Francisco area, recently asked Judith Butler why she cannot have “a dick-free space.” Butler, the postmodern queer theorist par excellence, replied that Kovatanna “can do that in your own home.”
Butler’s answer, which received applause from her fans assembled at a City Art & Lectures event held on 13 June, explains why lesbian bars are extinct. No lesbian is allowed to have any space that is free of penis, except at home, because some men demand to be called lesbians.
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