Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project
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Oral History Interview with kaseja wilder: Video, Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project

Interviewee
Interviewer
Date
  • 2018-08-28
Description
  • The Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project collection consists of interviews of 83 people for the Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project, conducted by Professor Judith Raiskin and Curator Linda Long at the University of Oregon starting in the summer of 2018.
Abstract
  • kaseja was born in September 1961 in Seattle. Her father was in the military, and the family moved around a lot. She discusses being raised in a patriarchal Mormon family, dropping out of high school, and getting married at an early age to a man who was an alcoholic and drug addict. She attended the University of Oregon in 1981, and came out as a lesbian in 1982. She began working at Mother Kali’s Books in Eugene and describes it. She describes the Women’s Press Collective, and the newspaper The Women’s Press. She moved to the southern Oregon lesbian separatist lands in 1989, living on Oregon Women’s Land (OWL Farm). Kaseja describes life on the lesbian lands, including the challenges of practicing the consensus model, and conflicts. Kaseja moved to another lesbian land, Cabbage Lane. The land adjacent to Cabbage Lane is gay men’s land, Lilac Ridge. Kaseja describes the significance of ritual circles practiced on the land. She moved to the Southwest and worked on movie set crews. She moved to California and then to the Bay Area. She discusses her partner’s transition from female to male. Prior to his transition, she gave birth to one of their children, and Kaseja gave birth to the other. She talks about gender and transgender issues as well as alternative insemination and parenting. She ends her interview by discussing aging issues within the lesbian community and the importance of lesbian identity today.
Subject
Keyword
  • Blue Mountain School
  • Southwest
  • Mother Kali’s Books
  • Springfield Creamery
  • We’Moon calendar
  • Ritual circles
  • Voluntary Stopping of Eating and Drinking (VSED)
  • Movie sets
  • Feminist bookstores
  • Fly Away Home
Location
Rights
Rights Holder
  • University of Oregon Libraries
Identifier
  • Coll520_do063
Repository
Local Collection Name
Local Collection ID
  • Coll 520
Finding Aid
Related URL
Media
Institution
Submission Date
  • 07/01/2024
Modified
  • 07/22/2024
Collections

APA

Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project, University of Oregon. (06 May 2025). Oral History Interview with kaseja wilder: Video, Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project Retrieved from https://oregondigital.org/concern/videos/df73c352q

MLA

Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project, University of Oregon. "Oral History Interview with kaseja wilder: Video, Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project" Oregon Digital. 06 May 2025. https://oregondigital.org/concern/videos/df73c352q

Chicago

Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project, University of Oregon. "Oral History Interview with kaseja wilder: Video, Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2025-05-06. https://oregondigital.org/concern/videos/df73c352q

Wiki

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Data Sources
Footer Number Term External URI
1 Wilder, Kaseja http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/WilderKaseja
2 Long, Linda, 1956- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2001035121
3 Raiskin, Judith L. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n95069466
4 Bisexuality http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85014412
5 Parenting http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85098009
6 Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements--United States http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008113232
7 Communities http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85029195
8 Heterosexuality http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93008585
9 Lesbianism http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85076157
10 Martial arts http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85081626
11 Housing, Cooperative http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85062614
12 Hippies http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85060979
13 Lesbians--Identity http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94004083
14 Communal living http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85029011
15 Community life http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85029243
16 Lesbians http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85076160
17 University of Oregon >> Lane County >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5758196/
18 In Copyright http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
19 University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2003116678
20 Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/localCollectionName/EugeneLesbianOralHistoryProject
21 Video http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/MovingImage
22 University of Oregon http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126183

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