Sick of radfems criticizing my butch/femme sexuality when embracing my butchness, especially the sexual side of it, is what has ultimately brought me the most healing with my relationship to my womanhood. I will never be a sexless androgynous lesbian
Well said. I think butch/femme is the ultimate threat to many people. It takes one good look at us to tell we are a lesbian couple and that we exude sexual chemistry.
gender criticism/terfery (and my own journey to trans and back again) led me to radical feminism: not “radical” as in extreme, but radical as in “radix”, meaning “root.” at the root of woman-hating is our bodies, our unique biological abilities. “patriarchy” does not mean “rule by men”, it means “rule by fathers”, a usurpation of the mother, taking the control of her reproductive functions away from her, and assuming the mantle of “provider” (of what?) and labeling the mother a “helpmeet”.
so about butches: there’s always been room for us in radical feminism. we’re just as woman as the rest of them, and we don’t need to prettify or shrink ourselves in order to be that. feminism is supposed to help us understand reality, and our reality is female.
Sick of radfems criticizing my butch/femme sexuality when embracing my butchness, especially the sexual side of it, is what has ultimately brought me the most healing with my relationship to my womanhood. I will never be a sexless androgynous lesbian
Well said. I think butch/femme is the ultimate threat to many people. It takes one good look at us to tell we are a lesbian couple and that we exude sexual chemistry.
Gender criticism and angst and "radical" feminism -- feels like a walk across crushed glass.
gender criticism/terfery (and my own journey to trans and back again) led me to radical feminism: not “radical” as in extreme, but radical as in “radix”, meaning “root.” at the root of woman-hating is our bodies, our unique biological abilities. “patriarchy” does not mean “rule by men”, it means “rule by fathers”, a usurpation of the mother, taking the control of her reproductive functions away from her, and assuming the mantle of “provider” (of what?) and labeling the mother a “helpmeet”.
so about butches: there’s always been room for us in radical feminism. we’re just as woman as the rest of them, and we don’t need to prettify or shrink ourselves in order to be that. feminism is supposed to help us understand reality, and our reality is female.
Well said. 👏🏻