Do you know my Femme Icon, Joan Nestle–working-class Jewish lesbian activist, writer, teacher and founder of the Lesbian Herstory Archives? If not, you should!
Below you’ll find a little about Joan’s life and work from “The Foyer,” which is the welcome page of her fantastic website, At-Home with Joan, where you can [...]
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Long, long ago in a gender galaxy far, far away…
…I was butch!
I know what you’re thinking: how could your favorite ravishing femme queer theorist–who is typing these words with perfectly manicured red nails–have ever been butch? But it’s really true, my lovelies, I swear. I had Hilary Swank’s haircut in Boys Don’t Cry, [...]
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I'm a high femme queer theorist who appreciates dapper butches, classic pin-up girls, and a good Manhattan. When I'm not busy taking over the world, I write about style, politics, lesbian & queer genders, and the unadorned intensity of queer femininity. More!
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