Results for: no fucks to give
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With Gratitude and Struggle: Loving Butch/Femme as a Trans Woman
“Butch/Femme is important to me because butches and femmes writing and discussing what it meant to be who we are shaped my understanding of myself and how I can show up in the world.”
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A Queer African Tale: On Trauma, Gender Transitions and Acceptance
“Dating broken white women became a way to reprise a powerlessness that years of sexual abuse and generations of blackphobia had tricked me into believing in. I drowned this feeling of powerlessness in weed and seeking out relationships in which I could engage in yet remain completely hidden from view.”
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Fat-Booty Butch Wears Leggings — Confuses World, Confronts Self
“Form-fitting feels different than tailored and my form is something I’m super protective of — so why the fuck did I decide to wear leggings today?”
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Butch Please: Butch Gets Intimate
Is there a space within sex positivity for those of us who feel uncomfortable doing what sex positivism seems to ask of us?
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Thank The 50’s For Your Underpinnings (And Other Fashion Freedoms)
It’s because of the real-life women who took enormous risks to their personal safety, and who physically fought to wear whatever undies, clothing and footwear they damn well pleased that we can have underwear week at all.
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Butch Please: Butch and Swag
It’s that tie-straightening and sunglass removal feeling.
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Butch Please: Butch Antiquated
“I just don’t see why a woman would want to aspire to masculinity when she doesn’t like men.”
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Butch Please: Butch Gets Emotional
“I get angry at myself for having feelings this big to begin with, and then I wrestle for a few hours with the unique mixture of self-loathing, rage, and sobbing.”
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Six Ways that 1950s Butches and Femmes F*cked with Society, Were Badass
“Butches & Femmes paved the way for tons of fantastic lesbians, radical queers, revolutionary feminists, and really awful (and awesome) hairstyles that came after them.”
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Ivan Coyote on ‘Flying While Butch’: Don’t Let “State-Enforced Gender Conformity” Control You
“I managed to convince her that it was the wad of $20s I had from selling books in my front left pocket (I dress left), and she radioed back that the “object had been identified” and let me go, but my hands did not stop shaking for a couple of hours.”
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How I Turned Straight Actors into Badass Butch Queers in Three Days Flat
Gabrielle Rivera wanted an all-queer cast for her first short film. When she ended up with straight girls in her three butch/AG leads she found herself giving them a crash-course in abandoning gender norms, taking up space and playing gay. And then everything changed, forever.
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Policing Female Masculinity: Much Ado About Rachel Maddow’s Yearbook Photo!
Rachel Maddow had long hair once. That’s right. You’ve seen the yearbook photo — she used to look like a Real Woman! (so says Senator Vitter). I’d tap that! (So says Buzzfeed). Whoa, y’all have some serious gender trouble going on. (Says us).
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Autostraddle’s Swimsuit Issue: Butches, Bois, Femmes, Dykes, Grrrls and Otherwise-Identified Beachgoers
Swimsuit makers don’t care about gay people. Luckily, we do! And so do a lot of other people, actually — guest bloggers on this swimsuit spectacular include Queer Fat Femme, Fit For a Femme and Brandy Howard from “In Your Box Office”.
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What Does a Lesbian Look Like?: The Autostraddle Roundtable
What does a lesbian look like? Until a few years ago, mainstream culture was pretty sure they knew the answer to that question, even though they didn’t. The Autostraddle Roundtable tackles passing, why people can’t understand that lesbians can have long hair, and the relationship between gender, style, and sexuality.