I’ve written before about how I’m so over manufactured gender trends, and the Village Voice is at it again. Part of me just wants to leave this alone, but really, what’s the point of having a blog if you can’t make fun of every non-news story that comes along? Plus we get to talk about Rachel Maddow again. I think she needs her own tag. Read the rest of this entry »
(our t-shirts say “I’m not subverting the gender binary, but my girlfriend is.”
Mr. Girlfriend and I made these t-shirts for the Dyke March. The best part of it, for me, was hearing Mr. GF explaining to people that we wanted to show all the different ways one can queer gender. It is so nice to feel supported and have someone else do the explaining for me.
We had a great time performing at LUSH, a Dyke Night pride party at Machine. We can’t wait to come back in August.
When we walked in, a bunch of tired gay boys looked at us and said, “That’s a lot of vajayjay.”
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MadFemmePride and the Femme Show sponsored the Femmes and Friends contingent in the Boston Pride parade, and we won best marching group! Our theme was “Subversive Beauty Pageant.”
There was Femme Pride in NYC! I was lucky enough to get my butt on the Bolt Bus and perform at the Femme Family Coming Out Party. Bevin has a recap here. It left me thinking about friendliness, femme community, and femme sisterhood.
Walking into the Stonewall Inn did feel momentous. This is a historic place that means more to me than many I’ve visited or walked by every day in Boston. Inside, it was nicer than I expected, clean and shiny, which is great when you’re trying to warm up to dance on pointe. On the other hand, once we were inside and doing our thing it felt like we could have been in any gay bar in America. But what a great opportunity to think about transgressive gender and revolution and taking matters into your own hands.
Hello, internet! So much has happened since we last had a real conversation instead of just twittering.
First, we got new t shirts! They are on black and we have a limited selection with fuchsia ringers. We’ll have them available to buy online soon. In the meantime, JP denizens are welcome to stalk me in JP Licks and Fiore’s and beg me to sell you one.
Read on about our adventures at Transcriptions. The rest of the Pride update will come to you in installments all week.
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Last night I met up with a bunch of MadFemmePride folks to get ready for Boston Pride. We had 700 of these rings to stuff with fliers to give away, and we did it in about an hour! Then we had plenty of time to make subversive beauty pageant sashes and tutus and fascinators. I’m so excited for our shows and for marching with MadFemme Pride!
