Lesbians at Midlife

the Creative Transition, An Anthology

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Summary:"Lesbians at Midlife: The Creative Transition is an anthology by and about lesbians from 40 to 60, with personal stories, poems, and insightful research. These pieces cover diverse topics from sex after menopase, changing body image, re-emerging creativity, dealing with a hysterectomy, being single at midlife, maintaining balance in relationships, to financial planning for retirement, legal issues, caring for an aging parent, redefining political commitmetns and more..."--Publisher's description

contents:
Embracing changes. Unfinished / Shirley Glubka
"Now when I was your age": one perspective on how lesbian culture has influenced our sexuality / JoAnne Loulan
It is a very good year / Ayofemi Folayan
The ripening of our bodies, the deepening of our spirits / Lauren Crux
The example of the sea birds / Margaret Cruikshank
Redefining sexuality: women becoming lesbian in midlife / Claudette Charbonneau
First of all I'm Jewish, the rest is commentary / Adrienne J. Smith
Coming out as a Native American / Leota Lone Dog
Transforming loss. Of essences / Dolares Klaich
Crisis of loss / Susan Turner
Eldercare as a feminist issue / Joyce Warshow
Relating as daughters, relating as mothers. In the heat of shadow / Jewelle Gomez
How lesbian identity affects the mother/daughter relationship / Joyce Warshow
How deciding not to become a mother / Ronnie Lesser
Life as improvisation / Matile Rothschild
Another view of lesbians choosing children / Angela Bowen
Maintaining our equilibrium in couples- or not. Pursuing creativity through a twenty-year interracial marriage: two views / Jean Lois Greggs and Elfrieda Munz
Seedless grapes and brie / Angela Van Patten
Love and work in lesbian relationships / Marny Hall with Ann Gregory
Single lesbians speak out / Clare Coss
Our changing bodies. Ripening / Robyn Posin
Who we are: health concerns for middle-aged lesbians / Judith Bradford and Caitlin Ryan
Cuttings / Adalaide Morris
Menopause, hysterectomy and sexuality / Susanne Morgan
Desire perfected: sex after forty / Joan Nestle
Lesbian sex after menopause: as good or better than ever / Ellen Cole and Esther Rothblum
Rediscovering our creativity and spirituality. Time's gifts / Carmen de Monteflores
I'm a vital woman and there's beauty in that / Muriel Miguel
Moving toward balance and integration / Barbara Sang
Meditation on the goddess Kali / Madonna Gauding
Blessing of the children / Miriam Carroll
Hecate's whereabouts / Miriam Carroll
A joyous passage: becoming a crone / Jacquelyne Gentry and Fay Seifert
Preparing for our future. Not for jocks only: fun and fitness after forty / Mary Lorenz
Financial planning for retirement / S. Lisa Hayes
Legal protections for lesbians / Paula Ettelbrick
Two excerpts from "A Burst of Light: Living with Cancer" / Audre Lorde
With such wonder / Angela Van Patten