May 20th, 2010 maggie
Mel first appeared in this blog under the stage name Mr. GF. Mel is our official athletics coach, twitter proofreader, America’s Next Top Transmasculine T-shirt Model, and all-around genderqueer First Lady of the Femme Show.
Tell us about your first Femme Show.
My first Femme Show was the Portland, ME show in the summer of 2008. My job was to sell t-shirts – and it still is! I had seen some pieces in smaller bar shows beforehand, but this was my first full-length show. I remember really enjoying the whole evening-long experience and getting a good vantage point from my seat at the t-shirt table to see how much the audience enjoyed the show. And I got to chat with some of the old dykes who had seen the show afterwards, and they said something to the tune of, “wow, I wish we had girls to see in shows like this when we were young!” That was really special. I also remember tearing up while watching Small Stone – it was the first time I had ever seen it. It’s my favorite Femme Show piece, I think. Read the rest of this entry »
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May 11th, 2010 maggie
As our tell-all Tuesday feature winds down (two more weeks to go! Can you guess who’s left?), we are thrilled to present to you motorcycle-driving, cardigan-loving, tap-dancing, Québécois femme Mylène, who I love so much I cut and paste her name every time I write it.
Tell us about your first Femme Show.
By the time I finally got my ass to a performance, the Femme Show was infamous. I had been performing with Femme Captain at the time of its inception and was quite captivated by her passion for all things Femme. Finally, after a few seasons of not being able to see the show for boring reasons, I caught a performance in Portland, Me. I was blown away by what I saw; I cried a lot! I knew that I wanted to participate in some way.
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May 4th, 2010 maggie
Otherwise known as smart, feisty artists, educators, and activists Lea Robinson and Elizabeth Whitney, Bitches with Barrettes are The Femme Show’s favorite excuse to rock plastic barrettes, line dance, check hula hoops on the Chinatown Bus, and skip in a circle while trying not to drop the darn hoop.
Tell us about your first Femme Show.
we’d been looking for other queer artists in boston and we were so glad when maggie came to a works in progress event and told us about the femme show. it was kismet! we finally found a home for our hooping dreams.
What have you been up to since October?
we left boston and moved to new york city, and we love it! (though of course we miss the boston femmes.) we have been performing with The Bulldyke Chronicles at Dixon Place, the Famous Lesbian Comedy Road Show (east coast tour coming this summer), and we’ll be sharing a bill with two new solo shows at the July HOT! Festival at Dixon Place this July.
What makes the Femme Show so important?
it’s an incredible opportunity to get together with like-minded and inventive artists to talk about gender identity, and it’s an excellent motivator for working on new material.
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Mel first appeared in this blog under the stage name Mr. GF. Mel is our official athletics coach, twitter proofreader, America’s Next Top Transmasculine T-shirt Model, and all-around genderqueer First Lady of the Femme Show.
