the discourse, lesbianism 

found people arguing that "femme" belongs to the lesbians, and that only "fem" should be used by non-lesbians, and I'm tired

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the discourse, lesbianism 

@chimerror I am officially bored with people inventing new linguistic prescriptions and announcing them from their pulpits. I have so many Correct Queer Terminology bulletins piled up unread on my desk I'm going to start using them for kindling.

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