Creating and Supporting Femme Visibility at Mount Holyoke and Beyond.
- We believe that the full inclusion of trans women on campus, both in admissions policies and campus cultural attitudes, is a vital part of addressing misogyny on campus.
- We believe that femininity can be performed in ways that exist outside of societal standards dictated by: white supremacy, (dis/)ableism, ageism, sizeism, cissexism, classism, and sexism.
- We believe that reclaiming forms o
04/14/2017
On q***r aesthetics and not feeling 'q***r enough' - Archer Magazine Emma Hardy looks at the ways a particular 'q***r aesthetic' can leave some people feeling as though their expressions of q***rness are inadequate.
11/03/2016
Huge thank you to our performers tonight, Annah Anti-Palindrome , and Lady Jane! Keep an eye on this page for more pics from tonight, and follow us on Instagram !💕✨ Thanks to everyone who came tonight!!!
07/20/2016
http://www.autostraddle.com/what-we-mean-when-we-say-femme-a-roundtable-341842/
What We Mean When We Say Femme: A Roundtable | Autostraddle We now live in a world where it is totally possible to claim the same word as someone else and completely disagree on what the word means.
03/01/2016
02/22/2016
http://www.dailydot.com/lifestyle/femme-invisibility-q***r-community/
Femme invisibility is the dirty little secret of the q***r community Stop assuming that woman is straight because she's wearing lipstick and high heels.
02/21/2016
In the Name of the Femme, A Q***r Boy's Voyage with Sailor Moon It was something sweet that was all mine, the adventures of Usagi Tsukino and her fierce squad. I felt kinship with them, which wasn’t unfamiliar.
02/10/2016
Femme is Radical: Resisting Transmisogyny and Femme-shaming in Feminist Spaces "I am not femme because I am a woman, rather, I am femme because I am a feminist who is self-empowered to express herself and make choices according to her personal preferences."
01/25/2016
http://www.theestablishment.co/2015/11/30/my-sweet-q***r-family-lets-combat-femmephobia/
Dear My Sweet Q***r Family: Let’s Combat Femmephobia - The Establishment We must be better allies to one another.
01/23/2016
"What if we let go of being beautiful, stopped chasing 'pretty,' stopped sucking in and shrinking and spending enormous amounts of money and time on things that don’t make us magnificent?"
Moving Toward the Ugly: A Politic Beyond Desirability *Femmes Of Color Symposium Keynote Speech, Oakland, CA (8/21/11) Good afternoon, and thank you for having me. It is lovely to be here with you all. Thank you to the symposium organizers who have ...
01/18/2016
http://www.forharriet.com/2016/01/the-politics-of-being-ugly-in-between.html #.VpanaglHdWU.facebook
The Politics of Being "Ugly": Between Being Catcalled and Erased We are affected everyday when our safety is based upon someone else's sexualization or beauty positioning of our bodies in order to determine our worthiness and humanity.
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01/11/2016