Everyone! I reviewed Say Please: Lesbian BDSM Erotica! As part of that process, I interviewed Shawna Elizabeth, who wrote “Spoiled,” which was one of the stories I really enjoyed. She also happens to be the lady in charge of fuckyeahfemmes on Tumblr. I ended up having SO MANY FEELINGS about…
"I’ve adjusted my life to make room for my hypervisibility. I realized when I was getting into body acceptance and fat politics how my body’s visibility was being used against me and how I would feel comfortable and more importantly empowered fighting back. I fight back by making myself SUPER FUCKING VISIBLE on MY terms and presenting myself in a way that forces you to see my fat body but see ME in it. Nicole Archer said “Femininity in this culture means people think they’re allowed to look at you. I present in a way that lets them know I’m looking back.”…The thing is, I WANT to to be threatening. I want you to think about shit when you see me bouncing down the street."
— Jessica Luxery (via fuckyeahfemmes)
(Source: mmmajestic, via fuckyeahfemmes)
From the creator:
This website aims to:
- Provide visual representation of femmes in the virtual landscape of queer media
- Represent the multitude of femme expression in the LGBTQIA2S community
- Challenge misogyny as it presents itself within the queer community by privileging masculinity as the visual marker of an authentic experience of queer identity in women or feminine spectrum queers
- Explore concepts of femme in/visibility and ideas of what it looks like to be queer
"Femme is defiance. Femme ignores the male gaze & tells patriarchy to fuck off. Femme is a refusal of the pressure to be thinner, whiter, pimple-free, wrinkle-free, smaller, quieter. Femme says that we’ll take the short skirts but you can keep the catcalls to yourself."
— BOSSY FEMME (via anorable)
(Source: clairebearstare, via danikathelesbrarian)
This is a call for femmes on tumblr who are willing to serve as a mentor/guide/friend to younger/newly out/or isolated femmes.
I am looking for folks who are willing to be available for questions and conversation.
I would like this group of mentors to represent the vast array of femme identities and intersections. Trans* femmes, femmes of color, fat femmes, femmes with disabilities, femmes on the more dapper/more masculine side, working class femmes, femmes from countries other than America, and all femmes!
If you are interested in participating, please send me your blog name, your prferred name and pronoun (if you have one) and a short bio. I am going to create a page on my blog that introduces all of the mentors. I will also be giving out your information to those who request it.
If you can’t mentor but support this project, PLEASE SIGNAL BOOST.
And if you are looking for a supportive person to discuss your femme identity or life with, or just a caring person to reach out to, please request a mentor here.
THANK YOU.
So brilliant!
LOVE IT. SO DOWN.
fucking rad.
Signal boost!!!
I will be triyng to participate in this!
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