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The Lesbian Contradiction: A Journal of Irrevernet Feminism (nicknamed LesCon) is a feminist, grassroots periodical that ran from 1982 to 1994 founded by the four editors: Jan Adams, Rebecca Gordon, BettyJohanna, and Jane Meyerding.

Taking place within the context of the feminist sex wars this periodical was founded by the editors with a female audience in mind, in order to provide a safe space for discussion for controversial topics such as, pornography, sadomasochism, bisexuality, and more. Established as a bi-urban paper, two of the editors, BettyJohanna and Jane Meyerding, were located in Seattle, while the latter two editors were located in San Francisco. This separation led to a very slow process in creating the paper consequently having a quarterly frequency. The paper was made accessible to women in prison and to the visually impaired through cassettes recorded by the Womyn's Braille Press Inc. Moreover, the typical outline of the paper has the following categories: articles, reviews and responses, queries, resources, and press releases.

20th century lesbian community newspapers
The late 1900s were seen to be a surge in an abundance of various LGBT publications populating, especially those pertaining to women. Starting to gain a voice in media, lesbian publications of the time were classified under the Women in Print movement, originating from the second wave feminism. This movement brought about various opportunities for women to voice their experiences without patriarchial censorship.

Feminist sex wars
Taking place from the 1970s to the 1980s, much talk was being conducted on sexuality within the feminist movement. The two sides were the anti-pornography feminism and pro-sex feminism. Within anti-pornography feminism, groups like Women Against Violence in Pornography and Media (WAVPM) formed with and partook in protest against pornography. In response to the group's coalition, sex-positive feminism formed to bring forth a different perspective on how these actions would hinder self liberation. These key controversies were heterosexuality, sex work, pornography, sadomasochism, butch/femme roles, and promiscuity. There were the two groups These debates ensued to decide whether these institutions enabled patrarchy within society or simply promoted individuals practicing self sexual expression, which were found to be main topics of discussion within the LesCon

Characters

 * Georgia Warr
 * Pip Quintana
 * Rooney Bach
 * Jason Farley-Shaw
 * Sunil Jha
 * Roderick
 * Jess
 * Ellis

Themes
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Reviews

 * Jan Adams
 * Rebecca Gordon
 * Betty Johanna
 * Jane Meyerding
 * Pat Gowens
 * Susanna Sturgis
 * Jeanette Silveira
 * Judith Garvey
 * Teri Jewell
 * Alena Smith

Awards and honors

 * Michelle Lloyd
 * Zana
 * J.D. March
 * Julie Dodd Telzlaff
 * Alison Bechdel
 * Judy Springer
 * Julie Franki
 * Daucus Blossom
 * Deane Bittingham
 * Jackie Randall
 * Nikki Gosch
 * Rhonda Dickinson