lethbian:

lbr when people talk about lesbians on tumblr ‘being put on a pedestal’ they are most likely talking about the very flowery, idealized concept of lesbians that tumblr has produced by taking the word lesbian away from the context of real life human beings with real life experiences and feelings. everybody loves ‘the sun is a lesbian and the moon is her girlfriend uwu’ but actual lesbian sexuality is heavily scrutinized and picked apart. from the way we experience attraction, to the way we express desire, even the way we present ourselves is put under a microscope. butch lesbians now have the male gaze, femme has been ripped from the roots of its original lesbian context, hell, non-lesbians even want to take DYKE now. you can claim ‘lesbian privilege’ all you want but in a patriarchal society women who only love and desire other women are going to be viewed and treated as a threat.