March 14th, 2008 maggie
Ok, so we are at True Colors. We had over 50 people in our workshop this morning. Highlights as of 5:30
March 14th, 2008 Sassafras
I’m really obsessed with history, especially queer history. There is no doubt in my mind that in my case the root of that interest comes from the purely selfish place of wanting to know where I come from, who my people are, and really a search for proof that there were others who came first, and of course a big part of my interest is related to learning about femme history (which isn’t always the easiest to find).
So often it seems as though any historical references to femmes are written from another’s perspective (often butches), which at times makes me feel like something is missing from the story. The topic of femme history came up the other day in an online community I am part of where someone posted asking about the importance of femme history, who were some of our favorite femme authors (of which I have soooo many : ) ) and then what is the importance of passing down a femme history to younger generations.
I know that for me coming out I felt such an invisibility around being a femme, as though paradoxically the history of femmes had been buried but also that femme was seen as nothing but a historical artifact that should never be resurrected. I believe that a big part of building and sustaining femme community needs to be recognition of the power of history for the femmes of today, but also for the femmes of tomorrow. What about you, what are your thoughts on femme history?
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