Archive for July, 2009
picture taken by our good friend Kyla @ The Shondes July 4th show I’m a really spoiled femme. I have a butch partner who knows the value of chivalry, I joke that I haven’t opened a door for myself in five years, who bakes me cupcakes, carries a hankerchief to hand me when I burst [...]
A lot of my femme friends have gotten really into manicures over the last year or so (or maybe it’s just that I noticed?!) anyway I’m a pretty DIY sort of femme when it comes to getting my nails done, firstly I don’t like people I don’t know touching me at all, and then of [...]
Why is it only called “crafts” if women do it? I’ve been on a rampage for the last few days sewing rolled cases for such items as knitting needles, crochet hooks, makeup brushes and the like. There is a wonderful tutorial here which made things a lot easier through the first project. The first one [...]
Ok so I’m pretty big on the shoe comfort, but even I have been known to on (somewhat frequent) occasions make an aesthetically great shoe choice, but one which my feet will curse me about partway through the evening. My solution to this is to often carry a second pair of shoes- often flip flops [...]
“So now I am writing myself down, sketching directions so that I can be found, or followed. The word for you is butch. Remember this word. It will be used against you.” -Ivan Coyote For those who know me it’s no secret that one of my favorite storytellers of all time is Ivan Coyote. Thus, [...]
Lifted here from Sinclair, so many of you have probably already seen it, but just in case… Sinclair says: “I’m told she already has about half of her subjects, but needs more, and that the majority of the women she’s interviewed are in their 50s and 60s. C’mon, twenty- and thirtysomethings, represent!” RESEARCHER LOOKING FOR [...]