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- i tried to address my respect for butch and other non-femme queer identities in my post but apparently it has still been misread. please understand that i think pretty non-femme queers are hot, and also femmes that don't present as
(posted to the truth about femmes...or we fuck with misogyny so it's just easier to ignore us) - that is precisely what i was trying to get away from. within the queer community, the dominant culture is butch (or some level of non-femme)...that is why femme-ness is so often NOT seen as hot within the queer community. or
(posted to the truth about femmes...or we fuck with misogyny so it's just easier to ignore us) - now THAT is some femme appreciation!
(posted to the truth about femmes...or we fuck with misogyny so it's just easier to ignore us) - oh god that is disgusting! im so sorry you have to deal with that. i think my experience has been vastly different here in chicago but i would love to hear more about yours as well.
(posted to the truth about femmes...or we fuck with misogyny so it's just easier to ignore us) - oh dear. that is heartbreaking. i have been thinking about this young woman so much recently. i hope her family can find peace and healing.
(posted to Angie's family responds)
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- I don't want to derail any aspect of this fabulous post, but as a bisexual, feminine woman, I want to thank you so much for some of the things you have written. I know femmes have a completely different experience (posted to the truth about femmes...or we fuck with misogyny so it's just easier to ignore us)
- F what they think and wave your Femme flag high. (posted to the truth about femmes...or we fuck with misogyny so it's just easier to ignore us)
- I agree ferocita72, this thread is really fascinating! I don't identify as bisexual because it implies there are only two binary genders, which isn't true. I don't identify as pansexual, because "pan" means "all," and I'm not attracted to "all." (posted to Ask Professor Foxy: How Do I Know If I Am Bi? Straight? Lesbian?)
- It is revolutionary for a woman to feel comfortable in her skin, but how contradictory is it that a woman is able to feel comfortable in the role that is assigned to her by a white supremacist and patriarchal society? (posted to the truth about femmes...or we fuck with misogyny so it's just easier to ignore us)
- The similar relation represents feminism as luxury of minor value and waves away from female experience as unimportant. It essentially misinterprets feminism in the spirit of "women's issues", instead of as the political approach by a life. Feminism it is (posted to Jay Brannan, <em>Soda Shop</em>)
