Last year I discussed ”high femme” and shared with you my working definition of the term. The two posts I wrote on this subject, which you can find here and here, prompted great dialogue–for which I’m so grateful!
Just to refresh your memory, my goal in those posts was to conceptualize high femmes not so much as “more feminine” than other kinds of femmes, [...]
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Cindy Sherman. Untitled Film Still #3. 1977. Gelatin silver print, 7 1/16 x 9 7/16
Photo Credit: MoMA The Museum of Modern Art, New York http://www.moma.org/collection/
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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!
