Comments on: conference - some first thoughts

By: femme conference roundup, & links

femme conference roundup, & links — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:14:23 +0000

[...] the femme show - some first thoughts: “… what I want to share with you now … is how much I want to go back. How I want to be part of two hundred or so femmes and allies telling each other we’re beautiful, strong, sexy, survivors of misogyny and worse, capable of loving and fucking and building a movement and changing the world. How when I was alone on a street in some Chicago neighborhood I can’t even name, waiting for a bus, I looked at groups of women carrying purses and diaper bags and birthday presents, women in dresses going out to dinner, and I saw them as friends because I’d just spent 48 hours surrounded by people in dresses who were friends. How I want to keep seeing all feminine people that way, to let go of the idea that femininity in queers is subversive and special and superior and make this about chosen femininity, not about special us queers are with our big glasses and big earrings or whatever it is this year.” [...]

By: Sublimefemme

Sublimefemme — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:21:42 +0000

Looking forward!

By: maggie

maggie — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:44:17 +0000

You’re very welcome! I have more to say in detail about that idea…sometime later this week.

By: Sublimefemme

Sublimefemme — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:32:09 +0000

Thanks so much for sharing this! I wasn’t able to go to the conference and have been eager to hear about what it was like and the kind of reactions or even revelations it engendered.

I’m fascinated by what you have to say about the continuities between queer femininities and other forms of femininity. This certainly makes sense thinking about Julia Serano’s work. Still, it’s quite a departure from the usual discussions which center on the differences between femme and femininity. I’d love to hear what others have to say about this.

Thanks again for your post.