Sugar is a synonym for love and affection. As in, my grandma saying, “come here and give me some sugar” as soon as I enter her house. Sugar is used as a reward for good behavior… we give sugar to our children when they’ve earned it and we give it to ourselves when we deserve [...]
Do I even have any femme role models? I feel guilty for thinking that because there were plenty of feminine women in my life, but I don’t think that any of them had femme politics and values. They certainly weren’t queer, although I’ve wondered about Gram for awhile now. Grandma is really “something” as we [...]
Each month here on the Femme’s Guide we are all encouraged to respond to a prompt. This month it’s about femme community and I’ve realized that my thoughts on the issue are pretty scattered so I’m just going to answer these questions as best I can. Sassafras writes: Talk about your relationship to femme community. [...]
This is the way I make my breakfast, but it is just one example of a nutrient-packed meal to give you a good foundation for your busy day.
My grandmother used to sew a new Easter dress every year, which inevitably turned out to be my favorite dress until the following Easter. There was a period of time when I was a little girl where despite climbing trees, running and playing, I refused to wear pants. It was not because girls shouldn’t wear [...]
This is not a new post, but I believe it is relevant to the discussion here. Take a look at my post from November… I’m becoming a different kind of lesbian and a different kind of femme, and it has all been surprising. I quit shaving my legs about 2 months ago. I’m becoming the [...]
Several apologies are in order – the first being that I do not post here even half as much as I should. Second being that I have mostly posted recipes. Thirdly that I rarely include photos in my posts. Sorry! Now folks, I realize that femmes aren’t the only people who cook. For me, however, [...]
The other day I was leaving my usual teahouse after visiting with an old friend from my first high school. A couple of ladies struck up a conversation with me about the baby blanket I had been knitting. I explained that it was a gift to a young man whom I had originally met when [...]
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 [...]
On our anniversary in March, Dana and I went across the bridge to a little downtown shopping district and found a mom-and-pop bookstore. The only thing I bought that afternoon was a book called Small Batch Baking by Debby Maugans Nakos. She gives instructions on how to assemble your own small baking containters out of [...]
