Ky Schevers

These younger women tend to feel alienated by queer/trans culture. A lot of them had bad experiences, including abuse, in queer subcultures and found sympathy among rad fems. They also found it easier to talk about misogyny and/or lesbophobia among rad fems than among queers.

These younger women tend to idealize past lesbian feminist culture. Many dream of living on "womyn's land" some day. They're typically better read than your average gender crit. They've actually read Daly and other rad fem thinkers and discuss their work with their friends.

Much of the lesbian feminist culture they're connecting with does have value but they're also absorbing the idea that the most transphobic, essentialist, separatist, etc forms of lesbian feminism are the most pure and authentic.

Their version of lesbian culture is set in opposition to queer/trans culture. Lesbians feminists started a grand project that got derailed by queer theory/activism and the trans movement and now they're trying to recover it and get it back on track.

They're being told that the trans/queer movement cut them off from the radical lesbian culture that ought to be their birthright. There are attempts to create new lesbian feminist culture but a lot of energy is directed at recovering the past.

A lot of queers bash lesbian feminists without really understanding them. People need to see why others find that movement/culture meaningful, what they get out of it. See the strengths not just the flaws and bigotry.

Basically separate the problematic parts of lesbian feminism from those that have merit. There's nothing inherently transphobic about lesbian feminism though lesbian feminists produced a lot of transphobic theory.

There's a lot to learn from studying lesbian feminist culture and politics, what it got right and wrong. It's possible to challenge the transphobia, essentialism, etc of that movement while also recognizing its achievements and insights.