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20FEMME is shaping up to be an incredible year, and I’m really excited for the Femme Conference. The first one totally changed my life. I did a whole podcast episode about it, if you want to hear all about the 2008 conference. Download Episode 5: Femme Sharks.
Also, you can follow the Femme Collective on Twitter, @femmecollective. I’m doing the tweets.
Here’s the call for proposals–I’m hoping that a lot of you can make it out, it’s going to be incredible!
As I work out the learning curve on a new editing program for FemmeCast: The Queer Fat Femme Podcast Guide to Life, I have started to produce some video podcasts. The first one is me (Bevin Branlandingham) and Taueret (Ferocity Correspondent) doing some activist stretches. Sometimes the holidays give you The Rage and you just gotta stretch it out.
Femme cannot be bought. Period. But the process of putting together a style that makes you feel comfortable in your skin does sometimes take some scrapiness and bargain shopping. I love bargain shopping–I call it Femme Hunting. Half the time the process of getting together an outfit is fun in and of itself.
So it is in this spirit of opening dialogue about Femme Hunting that I present my new blog series: Girl You Look Expensive****. I’ll find a fierce fat femme, interview her about her outfit and post it here. The idea is how you can look fierce and fashionable without spending a lot of money.
I decided to start challenging the notion that I had to save my lingerie for occasional and brief visits from suitors** and wear it around the house for my own benefit. Now, I’m not really talking about crotchless nothings or underwear that wiggles down as soon as you walk two steps, I’m taking cute camisoles with a little bit of support in them (Target $15.99), vintage lingerie, frilly robes and the like. I have to say, it’s totally revolutionized how I feel at home.
Let’s talk about HWP. You craigslist junkies will likely know what this means, but for those who haven’t had the pleasure, I’ll expand the acronym. HWP = Height/Weight Proportionate. In other words, it’s a socially acceptable way to say “No Fatties.”
Unicorn Dick is lust and sexual skill. It also refers to the almost mythological perfect butch/trans guy cock / love / brain package that we often believe is as rare as a Unicorn Dick. When we find it, we can sometimes go insane, elevate the degree to which which value it above our life and our girls, and try to hide it / protect it / get crazy over it / everything in the world pales next to the Unicorn Dick.
Being able to recognize when you need help and being open and available to receiving help is absolutely a survival skill.
Via Facebook FROM: Paul Theobald, London, England SUBJECT: No Subject MESSAGE: really cracking looking lady!!!! be lucky! I’ll note that when this email was sent, my user picture on Facebook was the following: FROM: Bevin Branlandingham, Jersey City, NJ SUBJECT: Re: No Subject MESSAGE: Dear Mr. Theobald: Or may I call you Paul? I am [...]
If you know me for long enough you’re sure to learn that I was a Girl Scout. Not just any kind of Girl Scout, though, I was a Gold Award-winning super-scout that spent years as a camp counselor, too. I carry with me a satchel of skills learned in my youth. I routinely impress people [...]
NOLOSE is an organization for fat and lesbian/bisexual/queer women and transpeople dedicated to ending oppression against people for their size. While NOLOSE is more than just a conference, the main activity for the organization is the (not quite annual) conference. It’s hard to describe exactly what happens at the conference. I’ve been attending since 2004–when [...]
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