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22 human pyramids. A reference to the Performing Older Women's Circus, a
Melbourne-based circus for women over forty which had as one of its aims the
fostering of lesbian visibility.
23 orang utan. Malay for “old person of the forest”. The mother orang utan raises
her young alone; at birth the young cannot climb trees, they go on to learn
everything from their mothers, they do not receive socialisation from any other
quarter. The mother teaches the young to climb trees, an activity frequently
pursued by tomboys.
25 not productive. The poets/pangolins of Suniti Namjoshi's fable were not productive,
and they survived. See her poem, "The Lost Species" in Flesh and Paper, p. 37.
25 words. The words that tumble from our mouths are the many unspoken words
that mean lesbian, whatever our mother tongue. See Maria Lugones. 2003.
Pilgrimages/Peregrinajes, p. 173. Italics in the original. ‘If you tell me there are no
lesbians in our community, do you also mean that “jota,” “tortillera,” “marimacha,”
“pata,” are not names for our people, within la raza’