Lesbian existence comprises both the breaking of a taboo and the rejec…

Adrienne Rich
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Lesbian existence comprises both the breaking of a taboo and the rejection of a compulsory way of life. It is also a direct or indirect attack on the male right of access to women. ✨ Adrienne Rich (1994). Blood, Bread, and Poetry: Selected Prose 1979-1985, p.38, W. W. Norton & Company
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Lesbian existence comprises both the breaking of a taboo and the rejection of a compulsory way of life. It is also a direct or indirect attack on the male right of access to women. ✨ Adrienne Rich (1994). Blood, Bread, and Poetry: Selected Prose 1979-1985, p.38, W. W. Norton & Company

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