1. Gayle S Rubin was born on January 1,1949 and is an American cultural anthropologist, theorist and activist, best known for her pioneering work in feminist theory and queer studies.
15 Facts About Gayle Rubin
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Gayle Rubin attended segregated public schools, her classes only being desegregated when she was a senior.
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In 1968 Gayle Rubin was part of an early feminist consciousness raising group active on the campus of the University of Michigan and wrote on feminist topics for women's movement papers and the Ann Arbor Argus.
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Gayle Rubin was a graduate worker in 1975, when the Graduate Employees' Organization 3550 was formed at the University of Michigan.
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Gayle Rubin was a member of Cardea, a women's discussion group within a San Francisco BDSM organization called the Society of Janus; Cardea existed from 1977 to 1978 before discontinuing.
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In 1984 Gayle Rubin cofounded The Outcasts, a social and educational organization for women interested in BDSM with other women, based in San Francisco.
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Gayle Rubin is a founding member of the GLBT Historical Society, established in 1985.
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Gayle Rubin became the first woman to judge a major national gay male leather title contest in 1991, when she judged the Mr Drummer contest.
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Gayle Rubin was an important member of the community advisory group that was consulted to develop the designs of the works of art.
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Gayle Rubin serves on the editorial board of the journal Feminist Encounters and on the international advisory board of the feminist journal Signs.
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Gayle Rubin served on the board of directors of the Leather Archives and Museum from 1992 to 2000.
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Gayle Rubin is on the Board of Governors for the Leather Hall of Fame.
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Gayle Rubin argues that these writers fail to adequately explain women's oppression, and offers a reinterpretation of their ideas.
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Gayle Rubin argues that the reproduction of labor power depends upon women's housework to transform commodities into sustenance for the worker.
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Gayle Rubin argues that historical patterns of female oppression have constructed this role for women in capitalist societies.