Results for: femme fashion
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Editor’s Notes: On the Fat Femme Fashion Series
“It’s no secret that I am a big fan of Dani Janae, so when she came to me with a pitch about a roundtable conversation on fat fashion the answer was of course a large and resounding YES!”
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Fat Femmes On How They Show Their Queerness Through Fashion
10 years ago I looked in the mirror and was scared I looked straight. Now I can’t see anything besides a very slutty dyke.
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Fast Fashion Diaries — Fat Femmes On the Difficulties of Curating an Ethical Wardrobe
“Fat and poor people don’t have the easiest access to clothing that makes us feel fly AND is affordable.”
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Mal Blum Is Coming to A-Camp and So Are These Other Amazing Humans!
MAL BLUM’S COMING TO A-CAMP! Also, since we’re on the topic of A-Camp, let’s talk about Fit for a Femme & AB Chao and all the other weirdos who will be joining us on the mountain!
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Hot Like Summer: A Lingerie Shopping Guide for Fat Femmes
Finding lingerie that fits your body might seem like not a big deal, but I firmly believe everyone deserves to feel good in their bodies. If feeling good means putting on a velvet teddy, then you should have that option available to you.
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Straddler On The Mountain: Mel
Mel won the Kipper Clothiers campership this time around, and you’ll know why when you see her amazing style. A third-time camper and longtime reader, she talks about Toronto, working at a hotel, her Filipino family, and (duh) A-Camp.
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Femme Fashion Is Queer Fashion
“I sat there staring at my laptop screen soaking in the news that my love of flirty summer dresses, brightly hued tights, wine-colored lipstick and smiling radiantly in photos made me invisible to those I wanted most to be seen by. I thought I had to make a choice between authenticity and visibility.”
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Swimsuits, Lingerie & Jumpsuits – Fat Femmes Share Their Favorite Shops!
“All I’ve ever wanted in life is slutty thigh-high socks – and I’ve finally found them”
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Puberty, Gym Class & Aeropostale — Fat Femmes On Their Childhood Style
“It sounds like we were all told by others that we were too big as children — rather than actually feeling that way ourselves?”
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New Year’s Resolutions Feel Impossible, but Fuck It These Nail Polishes Are Not
What if, instead of adding more pressure to be always be Better during a time that is already patently The Worst(TM) we just stared out of a window with empty heads and freshly painted nails?
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The Comment Awards Are Thinking About Old Flames
“This post inspired me to wear a no bra neon green/yellow large mesh shirt around the house this morning, so thank you for that!”
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Style Thief: How To Dress Like League Of Their Own’s Resident Femme Jock Greta
We love a mean femme top who can flirt as good as she can play ball.
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Omise’eke Tinsley’s “The Color Pynk” Celebrates Black Femme Art for Survival
A beautiful commitment to and demonstration of Black femme poetics, The Color Pynk offers a radical alternative to the genre of the academic book, one that celebrates Black queer language as its own tactic of freedom-dreaming.
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Into the A+ Advice Box #93: How Can You Tell If She Has A Crush On You?
How do you build chosen family? Should you consider pursuing romantic connection when your friends have become more distant? And do we have ideas for your anniversary celebration? (We do!)
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So You Want to Remember What Clothes Are? Here’s a Guide to Updated Basics
Have you recently found yourself staring into the vast abyss that is your closet or dresser or (let us be honest) floor, wondering what on earth clothes are? How do they go on a body? Why do they go on a body? Have no fear, the “So You Want To…” column is here!
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The Comment Awards Are Just On Their Way To The Store
“…To get some bread…for toast.”
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The Allure of Chola Femininity
This is precisely what I admire about cholas, and what I wanted to emulate for myself as a femme. These women were highly feminine, but not the dainty kind, the kind that has lived a thousand years.
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Queen Latifah Honors Eboni, Her Love, and for a Moment Heals the Black Queer Kids BET Never Loved
How do you talk about the multiple (almost) coming outs of a celebrity who’s never really been “in” to begin with? Sunday night felt like whatever was opposite of death by a thousand cuts — freedom by a thousand small breaks.
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Queer Mom Chronicles: Let’s Talk Mom Fashion
Admittedly, I’m still trying to figure out how my queerness factors into my mom style.
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Into the A+ Advice Box #88: THE HOTBOX
In which we answer the age-old queer question. How long do you wait after a breakup before hooking up with other people?