February 17th, 2010 maggie
We are getting ready to head out to the Snug Underground Festival in Staten Island. And by “getting ready” I mean counting t-shirts, sewing new bras, making pom-poms, visiting staples, and trying to fit my nasty old ankle wrap into a four inch ankle strap heel. And that’s just me. Across town M. Hanora is rolling around with a cinder block and Rachel is curating our collection of beer bottles and pizza boxes. As for the rest of the crew, I know only what twitter tells me…. Read an article about the festival, including an interview with yours truly here.
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February 16th, 2010 maggie
that’s meeeeeeeee!
Tell us about your first Femme Show
The success of the first show was a total shock to me. My goal was to sell about 80 tickets – that would have been enough to break even and replenish my savings. Instead we sold something like 300 and ran out of seats, toilet paper, and programs.
What have you been up to since October?
I went back to my roots in classical ballet and danced in the Urban Nutcracker, with pink tights and everything. I was taking ballet class almost every day and putting my feet in buckets of ice almost every night. I put on tons of muscle and ate like a horse. In between I tried to occasionally check femme show email and book some shows. Then a few weeks ago I stepped of a step wrong and twisted my ankle so I am resting my body and getting ready to make this an awesome year for the Femme Show!
What makes the Femme Show so important?
We are bringing to the forefront some gender issues that don’t get talked about enough. Our inclusive stance is one of our best assets, because it means that we can explore femme and femininity from many different angles.
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February 9th, 2010 maggie
Whether she’s got her clothes on or off, we love Gingerita.
Tell us about your first Femme ShowMy first femme show was during the fall of 2009- it was really nice performing
with such a diverse group of women and being included as part of the team.
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February 2nd, 2010 maggie
In this new feature, I make our performers answer silly and serious questions! Some of them, like Geppetta (formerly known as Adelaide Windsome, but isn’t Geppetta the best name for a puppetteeress?) I haven’t seen since October so we are catching up! Comment below if you have questions for your favorite femme show folks, I’ll add them to the questionnaire as we continue this feature.
What have you been up to since October?
This autumn was a ridiculous catastrophe. With car accidents, canceled shows, and other detrimental events that I don’t have the energy to alliterate with “c”.
Though 2010, has been an incredible year so far. I toured with the Tranny Roadshow in January and am currently in the midst of a 40 day Southeast tour with genderqueer singer/ songwriter Evan Greer. So much warmth and magic.
See our dates here: myspace.com/adelaidewindsome
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February 1st, 2010 MimiTheFattie
Note from Maggie: In this entry, Lady Clara shares her thoughts from Common Threads. “All of us can feel happy, at times, in our lives, but joy, pure joy, the kind that gives you the energy to face the world, well, that emotion is rare and precious. These kids will remember this retreat as the time they experienced their first kiss, their first crush, learned about the rainbow flag, witnessed fierce femmes discuss their identities and made friends that finally *got* them. Powerful stuff.”
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January 29th, 2010 maggie
Or Best Performance Artist!
Take a minute to nominate The Femme Show for the Phoenix’s Best of Boston. You can vote once a day! Be sure to click “finished” at the bottom of the page and enter your email address on the second page or you will be disenfranchised like a hanging chad.
With our myriad talents, we think performance art is the best fit – the category is “Graffiti/Street/Performance Artist.”
While you’re there, be sure to vote for our friends and all your favorite local businesses and artists!
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January 20th, 2010 maggie
It’s really hard to feel upset about the senate race today because THIS IS RACHEL MADDOW HOLDING A FEMME SHOW T-SHIRT.
I have to thank Rachel Kahn and my femme pal Theadora for egging me on here. I got all nervous and shy. Mr. GF says he has never seen my shy side before. 
We explained what it was and she was so sweet and gracious. She asked, “Is it a femmey style t-shirt?” “No, we have different styles and we got you the butch one.” Ms. Maddow replied “that’s very perceptive of you.” She seemed happy to hear from queer fans and she was nice enough to tuck the shirt under her “butchy” blazer for the picture “so it looks like I’m wearing it.”
soon I will get off the couch and get on with my life and think about how the political situation in this country just got much much worse overnight, but let me just enjoy this moment, ok?
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