1950’s Bombshell or 1940’s Pin-Up?

Do you have glamorous karma?  Journey into the world of Old Hollywood and discover the classic film star you were in a past life.  The quiz 1950’s Bombshell or 1940’s Pin-Up? Which Classic Film Star Are You? will tell you all about your inner screen goddess.  And guess what?  It just so happens that I’m the reincarnation of one [...]

Sublimefemme Calls for Action!

A dear friend of mine–let’s call her Jen–got a good job and seemed poised for professional success.  However, after she came out as lesbian, her coworkers started making obscene and homophobic remarks to her.   To make matters worse, Jen’s supervisor gave her more demanding assignments than other coworkers and not enough time to complete these tasks. 
Jen filed a complaint but it was [...]

New trans-inclusive ENDA bill

From the Washington Blade, June 23:  ”Revised ENDA to be unveiled:  More than 100 Members of Congress Back Measure”
A revised version of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act that includes protections for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people is expected to be unveiled Wednesday.
U.S. Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) and other members of Congress were slated to gather Wednesday for [...]

Sublimefemme Tells All, No. 23

I don’t mind living in a prosaically gendered world as long as I can be a femme in it.  And wear strappy platform sandals.  A lot.

Hello World I’m Your Wild Girl

Her trademark sneer.  Raspy voice.  Androgynous sex appeal.   Fuck-you attitude.  Really, when you think about it, the only good thing to come out of the ’80s was Joan Jett and the Blackhearts.  
In case you haven’t noticed, Joan has been in the news lately because she’s working on her much-anticipated biopic The Runaways, which is about the proto-punk, all-girl band she co-founded in the [...]

Ecofemme…Not So Much

 
I have no desire to get back to the earth, however unfashionable that admission may be.  In fact, I try to avoid contact with garden tools at all costs.   When Van and I were house hunting a few years ago, I agreed to give up apartment living on one condition:  I would never have anything to do with the [...]

Imagine Peace

“Smile to the future and it will smile back to us.”
–Yoko Ono, Surrender To Peace
Read the IMAGINE PEACE ebook here.

Hate Is the Enemy

 
I am shocked and saddened by today’s shooting at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. This outrageous act reminds us that we must remain vigilant against anti-Semitism and prejudice in all its forms. No American institution is more important to this effort than the Holocaust Museum, and no act of violence will diminish our determination to [...]

Sublimefemme Tells All, No. 22

To love a femme is to accept the futility of ever trying to share a suitcase with her.  

Happy B’day Angelina

It’s Angelina Jolie’s birthday, which got me to thinking.  Remember when Angie was an unpredictable wild child and all-around badass, not the perfect wife/mother/Hollywood goddess/goodwill ambassador?   I’m glad she’s happy, really I am, but I miss the good old days when she played with knives, kissed girls, dressed like Morticia Adams, wore a vial of Billy Bob’s blood on [...]