We’re getting ready
September 18th, 2008 maggieHere’s some shots from our workshop rehearsals, taken by the awesome Steph Plourde-Simard.
- In today’s tough economy, the job of performing has been outsourced to blow up dolls
Celebrating Femme Identity
hitting the road
August 26th, 2008 maggieWe’re off to Philadelphia and Baltimore this weekend! Here’s a quick hit from the Philadelphia City Paper. Not sure where they got the idea that we’re “lady DJ’s”. Ha.
We went to camp
August 4th, 2008 maggieA late update on adventures at Queer Spirit Camp:
a blurry picture of the audience
Queer Camp is beautiful. Everyone was so nice. Most folks had been there almost a week, so they all knew each other, and as we got the tour and headed off to our room people were saying hi, asking about the show, and remarking on our outfits. We had a tasty dinner with lots of watermelon, then started getting ready for the show out on the warm up porch.
Adventures included: being more lost in Framingham, Mass than I ever thought possible, getting Rachel’s hair wet at the rest stop so she could do her pin curls in the car, lots of swimming and walking, sleeping in bunk beds (you know someone had to make a joke about tops and bottoms. I think it was Rachel.) Sassafras and I both got poison ivy. (no, we weren’t making out in the bushes). Read the rest of this entry »
Femme Shark Manifesto
July 25th, 2008 Sassafras
I hadn’t heard anything about the Femme Sharks until I happened to be reading my livejournal this morning and one of my friends had posted the Femme Shark Manifesto, and I just knew that I needed to share it with all of you. It’s very interesting to me, there are aspects of it that I don’t identify with at all, and others that make me say right on!!! I’m off to put the finishing touches on my packing for the Queer Spirit Camp, but I’m curious to see what all of you think about it!
p.s. at the bottom is all the details of how to get in contact with the Femme Sharks including copyright info 
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when did you feel connected?
July 18th, 2008 SassafrasA week from today I’ll be climbing aboard a big Amtrak train, leaving NYC and heading upstate for the Queer Spirit Camp. I’ll be leaving behind my beloved cell phone reception, and having to decide in advance what I’m going to wear for two days, and make sure that everything (including the crinolines) fit into my messenger bag, but I can honestly say that I’m starting to get extremely bouncy
I’m so excited to get to perform, and am equally excited about getting to lead two writing workshops for the folks attending camp! As I’m beginning to prepare to go one of the things that I keep thinking about is the utter explosion of femmeness that has taken place in the states in recent years, and how fantastic that is.
One of the things that really makes my journey to a queer femme identity was grappling with the fact that I didn’t see a queer femme community, nor did I even see femmes for a really long time, which just furthered the isolation that I was feeling as I began coming out and like so many people began adopting traits of androgyny because I thought that was how “real” dykes were supposed to act. And now? Goodness there is femme stuff everywhere! There is an ever-increasing number of books, the femme-coloring book, the femme conference, and last but certainly not least those of us here at the femme show making our way around the east coast this summer! I wonder what it must be like to come out with there being so much flamboyant queer femininity just being part of the fabric of community.
Portland!
July 16th, 2008 maggie
(l-r, front row: Johnny, Caribeth, Alicia, Amy, Renee, Anna, Havalah, Charley. Back row: Lyndon, Maggie, Katie)
The Femme Show loves Portland and I’m pretty sure it’s not unrequited. Read the rest of this entry »
