ABSTRACT
Despite the recent flood of gay self-help books in the chain stores, the tradition of gay and lesbian underground publishing flourishes. It would be hard to be alive and not know that twelve-step programs have widespread appeal within the gay community. More and more communal efforts have been made to identify and stop abusive behavior, particularly alcoholism and drug abuse. These programs have become so popular among women that the recent Michigan Women's Music Festival. Kay Hagen, a writer from Atlanta, Georgia, has published a pamphlet in Samizdat form under the series heading Fugitive Information. Her piece articulates a clear and informative critique of the twelve-step movement and its impact on the lesbian community. Hagen goes on to dissect this definition, focusing on the word "oppressive" and attempts to redefine "co-dependency" according to the tenets of feminism. She concludes that "co-dependence" is a euphemism for internalized oppression in intimate relationships.
