Posted on July 3, 2009 by sublimefemme
Happy Independence Day, darlings.
I like fireworks as much as the next girl, but I’ve never been the flag-waving type and I don’t do parades unless they have leathermen in them. (You have to draw the line somewhere.) So sorry kids, there will be no patriotic pinups of girl-next-door beauties here today. Instead, I’m commemorating the holiday with a little bohemian flair!
Although an unlikely 4th of [...]
Filed under: Femme Icons, femme for the holidays | Tagged: freedom, Happy 4th of July!, janis joplin, philosophy, political theory | 2 Comments »
Posted on January 7, 2009 by sublimefemme
What would it look like if we unhinged femininity from the ideal of flawlessness? What part can femme play in this project? All too often, femme is mistakenly equated with prissy, perfect, and idealized forms of womanhood. But femme doesn’t mean being consigned to some vapid and airbrushed model of femininity! Femmes are raw, imperfect, wild, strong, and–yes–ballsy, like my femme icon Janis Joplin.
I discovered [...]
Filed under: Femme Icons, Lesbian & Queer Genders, Queer Femininity | Tagged: badass femmes, janis joplin | 7 Comments »
