October 3rd, 2008 Sassafras
Ms. Hinterland's doll she made of herself
Bellow is the call for participation in a truly incredible community art project being organized by Ms. Hinterland a lovely, lovely femme I’ve had the pleasure of corresponding with over the past couple of weeks. She’s making hand embroidered dolls that will be accompanied by a paragraph that explores female identity. She hopes to be displaying them at the femme conference in 2010 : )
Before submitting I asked her about how she planned to deal with tattoos and she quickly got back to me saying that she was thrilled with the prospect of embroidering them as well! I’ve since sent her my paragraph and photos of my tattoos that are visible from the front because of their importance in how I understand my own gender. I can’t wait to see my doll!!!! I thought some of you might also be into this project : )
xoxo
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June 13th, 2008 Sassafras
Yesterday I was so excited to rush home from work to discover that my copies of ‘The Femme Coloring Book’ had arrived safe and sound at my house! For those of you who have not yet heard of this fantastic project, it was edited by Caitlin Sweet and includes the drawings of femmes from all over. Each drawing celebrates or explores the femme identity of the artist. For example, my page in the book deals with the paradoxes of femme identity for me- “femme is baking cupcakes while discussing queer theory. It’s loud makeup and big tattoos. It is a trashy, sexy, and smart queer perversion of femininity!
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March 27th, 2008 Webmaster
We went to True Colors and we saw the future and the future is the youth! Yea, we know that was cheesy, can you say it better? Great! Because we’re looking for all-star youth to come write for us. We’re looking to include your perspective on all things femme or all things queer. Did you attend True Colors and were you inspired by The Femme Show in some way? Have you been reading the blog and thought of things that you’re dealing with that you wished we were talking about? Then send us a writing sample; pitch us an idea for a weekly or monthly column and join The Femme Show writing team!
Work can be submitted to submissions [at] thefemmeshow [dot] com. Please be sure the subject line reads, “Femme Show Online Author.” We look forward to hearing from you soon!
Not a teen, but still have an idea or an opinion you’d like to share with us? The Femme Show is always on the lookout for writers with unique and diverse opinions and perspectives on being femme and/or interacting within the femme or queer community. As always, you don’t have to be femme id’d to participate. We’d love to hear what you have to say and we’d love you to pitch us your story ideas. Please contact using the e-mail address listed above!
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March 23rd, 2008 maggie
ooh! I am excited for this. Anything that promises ” We will challenge all of your Gender, Sex, Feminist, Social, & Political boundaries & assumptions.” sounds like a good idea to me.
Saturday April 12, 2008 3:30-6:30 (early show)
Body Heat: Femme Porn Tour 2008
Lily Pad
1353 Cambridge Street Inman Square Cambridge
$8 3:30-6:30 (early show)
http://www.truthserum.org for more info.
“Body Heat is a collective of fierce, sassy, irreverent Femme artists
setting ablaze performance art communities and smashing Femme
stereotypes. Porn, Kink, Smut, Erotica - Body Heat is not reclaiming our
sex so much as OWNING it. We will turn you on. We will challenge all of
your Gender, Sex, Feminist, Social, & Political boundaries &
assumptions. We will entertain the hell out of you. Mostly we will leave
you panting, begging, dripping for more. Featuring Jen Cross, Veronica
Combs (aka Vixen Noir), Celestina Pearl, kathleen delaney, Meliza
Banales, and Amber Dawn.”
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February 27th, 2008 maggie
In lieu of actual content this week, an announcement:
(I’m not affiliated with this in any way, just happy to pass it on)
Call for Workshops, Papers, Performance, and Art
Femme2008: The Architecture of Femme
Chicago, IL
August 15th - 17th, 2008
www.femmecollective.com
Femme2008: The Architecture of Femme is a multi-threaded conference and forum for those who
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January 11th, 2008 Sassafras
Femme community is something that I have been thinking a lot about recently, and it’s something that I’m not sure I have any real answers about. I’m really curious about what femme community, or even just the idea of femme community means to other femmes. I’m curious, what does femme community look like? Sound like? Smell like? Taste like? Is it possible? Has it already happened?
It’s only been in the past year of so that I’ve developed any sort of conscious community of femmes in my life, and during that time I’ve watched other femmes in my community do the same. Having a community of femmes has become something important to me, something I crave, and yet something that I struggle with at times. Read the rest of this entry »
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December 2nd, 2007 maggie
“I feel sometimes that, by being less visible, I’m not pulling my weight, as if there were a finite amount of anti-queer fucked-upness in the world and if I don’t take my share someone else, a stranger or friend or neighbor or lover, is going have to take my share too.” Read the rest of this entry »
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