Lesbian Nation
In the New Yorker of this week a hilarious account written by Ariel Levy of the era of when lesbian separatists of a generation ago created a shadow society devoted to living in an alternate, penisless reality. Called themselves womyn - to avoid the word men and neither spoke to men or tolerated them in their midst. So expelling even young boys from their communities.The most colorful separatists, although they were not the most
influential, nor the most ideologically stalwart, were the Van Dykes, a
roving band of van-driving vegans who shaved their heads, avoided
speaking to men, and lived on the highways of North America for several
years. Nowadays most of them a decent housewives ;-)
