#womyn's land

[cendrillonmedousa]

Active Womyn's Lands

Alabama

Alapine Village

Arizona

Adobeland

Arkansas

Ozark Land Holding Association (OLHA)

Florida

The North Forty/Long Leaf

Pagoda

Sugar Loaf Women's Village

Missouri

Dragon/DW Outpost

Hawk Hill Community Land Trusto

New Mexico

Outland; New Mexico Women's Retreat

Oregon

Cabbage Lane Land Trust

Fly Away Home

Oregon Women's Land Trust

Rainbow's End

Raven Song/Rainbow's Other End

Rootworks

Steppingwoods

We'moon Land/We'Moon Healing Ground (WHO Farm)

Whispering Oaks

Tennessee

Belly Acres

Virginia

Maat Dompim Womyn of Color Land Project

Wisconsin

Daughters of the Earth (DOE)

[dworkinhardorhardlydworkin]

Who am I gonna see at RISE this summer??

[chlorinatedpopsicle]

your idea about female separatism or superiority is delusional. Women are not inferior but you’re not superior either. put all feminists on an island on their own for a year. See what happens. There was a show actually, the women and men were put on the other sides of an island. All the women had to do was find the men and they quit after one day while the men made spears, houses and had a great time dancing and singing. And don’t just dismiss it saying it’s only a few women blah blah bc you know damn well if it was the other way round you’d be using it as proof women generally are better or superior in some ways.

Female separatism isn't a hypothetical thing lol. It has happened, is happening, and will continue to happen. There's larger-scale examples like Umoja, the famous village in Kenya where men are strictly forbidden, and Jinwar in Syria, another female separatist village inspired by Umoja that began construction/planning in 2016. If you're looking for more local examples, womyn's land and off-the-grid women's communes have been a thing ever since the peak of second-wave feminism in the '70s. These communities are/were self-sustaining, growing their own produce and constructing their own buildings. You can find the tag “womyn's land” on my page if you're interested (there's also Wikipedia).

I wish you provided the name and details of this show you saw – not knowing the context means I can't comment on its validity lol. I guess that was intentional on your part.

Regardless, female separatism doesn't harm or affect men in any way, so there's no reason for you (assuming you are a man) to concern yourself with it. If we are delusional, incompetent, and unable to survive on our own, that's entirely our own problem. Shouldn't you guys just be grateful that us feminist types want to separate ourselves from mainstream society?

[lesbian-archives]

Sinister Wisdom - Landykes of the South: Women’s Land Groups and Lesbian Communities in the South, 2015

[faultsofyouth]

I've never heard a woman say she went to women's land and didn't like it. If u've been to a women-only festival/commune and u Didn't like it, tell me why

[maymuffinbatter]

[dykonradish]

Some of my favorite LC covers. First 6 photos taken by me at my local womyn's land last weekend, second 6 from around the web.

[friend-o-dorothy]

Spent some time on Womyn’s Land.

[shirkers2018dirsanditan]

when you confront how difficult divorce is for women despite being something hard fought for and defended by feminists and people start saying that’s because you should stay married and work things out! as if the reason that divorce is harder for women isn’t because our economic system structurally disadvantages women and then family court deliberately punishes women for attempting to undermine institutions of male supremacy, marriage and paternal authority (custody proceedings, whether or not the parents were ever married). the point is that women will find it too cumbersome and remain in unhappy or abusive relationships. it used to be even harder. everything is harder for women, by design.

[nutloaf]

Are you familiar with Michigan Womyn's Music Festival (Michfest) /WWTLC /Big Mouth Girl /'The Land' ?

[thornybushybrambles]

Ok I've been thinking about this for days now, can someone please explain to me why a transwoman would want to be on womyns land for non-malicious reasons in the first place? Or any trans person for that matter?? Because in all my research about womynsland, there seems to be a pretty big theme of associating female bodily functions into the lifestyle. Which I'm not criticizing btw, I think it's dope.

But... why would someone with horrific dysphoria want to show up to one of these events or live there?

I keep finding literature about how "exclusionary" and "old fashioned" womyns lands were back then and I'm like...dude. If you have a penis, what would you have to relate to your fellow neighbors on the land? Just to feel excluded when they talk about the power of menstruation? To miss out on your croning ceremony because you're not post menopausal? Even if they invited you in, wouldn't the whole theme of removing the words penis and testes and semen from the vocabulary make you uncomfortable?

And it's not like this is a lifestyle every women chooses, not even a good portion of women! This is an incredibly small minority of mostly lesbians who fuck off and create little pseudo societies to live off grid, away from men. Like, the minority of OSA womyn who want to be separatists to this degree is small enough as is, male attracted transwomen (who I'm assuming whether they are bi or homosexual probably make up the majority of gnc males) are probably the LAST people who want to go to Blood Moon Vulva Party in The Woods to Burn Bras. (PS please invite me 💚)

So all I'm left to assume is we have a select few creeps who want to prey on womyn, using the fact that they've been on estrogen for a number of months or years as leeway that they are no longer a man. And naturally, the land womyn said fuck no, this isn't for you. And transwomen threw a tantrum because invalidation is the meanest thing these fake-mommies can do to him. So he whines to the non-seperatist women because he didn't get his way. Now womyns lands are something a little bit shameful, something your crinkle your nose at, oh I'm a Feminist but not like...that kind of feminist.

How lame

[weird-grrrl]

The only fat, smelly male you should have in your life is a dog ❤️✌️

[xxconnection]

text: Sapiente Sibillia ("Wise Sibyl") Memory of the prophetic sibyls of Cumae turned, in medieval Italian tradition, into a pagan mountain goddess. Wise Sibillia lived in a subterranean paradise in the high Appenines. Seekers entered it though a grotto with a magical spring-fed lake. Within were caverns full of marvels and treasures, where the immortal Sibillia and her faery women regularly assumed serpent form. They taught the arts of magic. Sibillia blessed those who visited her mountain, and when they returned to the world they passed the rest of their days in joy. It was said that whoever stayed longer than a year could no longer leave, but remained deathless and ageless, feasting in abundance, revelry, and amorous delights. Notecards by Max Dashu Painting by Max Dashu

[lesbian-archives]

Sinister Wisdom - Landykes of the South: Women’s Land Groups and Lesbian Communities in the South, 2015

Maize

[thechildisgone]

also reading gone girl last night i literally laughed out loud i did not expect a mention of lesbian land and stuff in gone girl

[buzzcutbulldyke]

At SPOTL I got myself a Land Community Cookbook! It's a cookbook full of recipes from festies, both recipes that were actually served on the land (like these two!) and recipes that were just sent in by festgoers.

I made chicken satay salad and sesame noodles, which was apparently a common combination during fest. They were both DELICIOUS, I can see how they would be very popular on the land. It's a cold dish, which would be refreshing in the summer, and it has a LOT of flavor. I doubled the amount of noodles, as there was plenty of sauce and I didn't want it to go to waste, and I skipped the coconut because I'm just not a coconut fan, but it all worked so well.

If you want to support the WWTLC, go pick yourself up a copy from their website! It's FULL of very cool recipes I'm excited to try.