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Butch/Femme relationships versus lesbian relationships

August 24th, 2008 7 Comments

Now before you go and bite my head off yelling at me that butch/femme relationships are lesbian relationships let me tell you that I am well aware of that fact.
Having been involved in a butch/femme dynamic I am still wheeling from the stark differences between what it’s like to date a butch and what it’s [...]

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a femme in the streets but a butch in the sheets

May 29th, 2008 4 Comments

I would say that I am a femme/top. Whoa. What? Is that possible? Hell yea it’s possible. Normally this is not a problem, especially when two femmes are dating. I mean, someone’s got to bring the strap-on! Or even sans strap-on, someone’s got to be the aggressor. That person is usually me. Or at [...]

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Femme vs. Butch …. shouldn’t it be Butch + Femme?

May 8th, 2008 10 Comments

What I’ve noticed when I talk to most lesbians is that they have a strong opinion on butch women. Maybe it’s just because we’re in LA, where the cultural idea of femininity is not only abundant, it’s extreme. If you doubt what I’m saying just look around at all the silicone walking around on two [...]

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Do you choose the femme identity or does it choose you?

May 3rd, 2008 6 Comments

I was looking on Amazon for a book about the butch/femme dynamic and I saw a book called “Brazen Femme: Queering Femininity” and I was struck by something a reviewer wrote. What she said that caught my attention was:
“My femme friends who are also in their 30’s and I have discussed whether or not [...]

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