Talk:Odd Girl Out (novel)

:I'm fairly new to the ratings of articles, but I respectfully request that the importance of this novel is too low. I suggest mid in relation to all literature, and high in relation to women's/lesbian literature for the following reasons: The novel was pulp fiction and admittedly - even by the author - not meant really to impact more than the pages were intended to last. However, due to

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• 1. the content of the novel (and the rest of the series) involving accurate and positive portrayals of lesbian relationships in the 1950s was extraordinarily rare - most fiction that involved lesbians viewed them as one-dimensional villains. Only three or four other novels in this decade (and very few in decades after) portrayed them accurately or positively and all were pulp fiction- lesbian novels were not legitimized in mainstream press for obvious reasons;
• 2. the novels retained their popularity for decades later and impacted other writers and generations of lesbians - they still do;
• 3. there are very few historical examples of how lesbians lived in the decades before the 1970s. Because the author reflected an accurate view of the trials and fears of being gay in such a repressive society, the novels are essentially a time capsule of homosexual life.

And - perhaps it's because I think I kick ass in writing this article - it should be start class instead of sub class. Moni3 15:47, 5 July 2007 (UTC)Moni3