are the lips a grave? a queer feminist on the ethics of sex
Are the Lips a Grave? A Queer Feminist on the Ethics of Sex by Lynne Huffer is an ambitious enquiry into the split between feminism and queer theory, and an attempt to overcome it by claiming that queer feminism is not only possible but necessary. Huffer reminds us about the mutual interdependence of both theoretical approaches and points out the damages that the famous Rubin's (1994) call to divide fields of enquiry into gender (feminism) and sexuality (queer theory) has caused. In her own words, Huffer wants 'to interrupt the shouting match by clearing the way for a different conversation between queers and feminists such an expanded conversation would foster more robust thinking about gender and sexuality in relation to the ethical field' (p. 87)