A Love Letter to Femmes

Posted on April 1, 2009 in in praise of femmes | 20 Comments

Maria See put the original call out for the Femmethology literally years ago, and ever since I first saw it I knew I wanted to contribute something to this unique anthology on femme identity. But what? I didn’t feel like I could necessarily speak from a place of authority on What Femme Is, there are hundreds – thousands! – of versions of femme, and no matter what I know about femme or how many femmes I’ve interacted with, I am an observer, a witness of femme, I don’t feel like I create it myself.

So what would I write?

I wrote a few pieces, brainstormed, but nothing I really loved. Nothing really got to the heart of what I was trying to say, which was … what? I wasn’t sure.

But it hit me on the very last day the editors were accepting submissions, and I sat down and wrote this Love Letter in one long sentence, and spent the rest of the day editing and polishing. I’m not going to reproduce the text here (you’ll have to buy the book for that) but I will present you, here, with a recording of me reading the love letter that appears in Visible: A Femmethology Volume Two.

Hope you enjoy it.

[display_podcast] Sorry, the podcast plugin seems to have broken – you can’t hear the piece in the browser anymore, but you can still download the mp3.

Thanks very much to Audacia Ray for recording and producing this mp3!

In case you missed it, see more information about the Femmethology here.

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20 Responses to “A Love Letter to Femmes”

  1. Cherry Poppins
    April 1st, 2009 @ 6:27 am

    Sugarbutch… positively delicious! Thank you for putting a huge smile on my face during a super boring workday.

    XOX

    Cherry

  2. the femme top
    April 1st, 2009 @ 7:00 am

    I love it when Sinclair does recordings!

    [And I swear there is also one about femme cock somewhere on this site.]

  3. riotgrrrl1974
    April 1st, 2009 @ 8:37 am

    Thank you so much, Sinclair. That was simply beautiful.

  4. stephanie
    April 1st, 2009 @ 8:43 am

    You made me smile and cry – thank you for sharing. I needed that.

  5. genderkid
    April 1st, 2009 @ 9:12 am

    Ohh that's beautiful. I wanted to listen to it again after hearing it (and I did).

  6. redvelvetfemme
    April 1st, 2009 @ 9:23 am

    this was lovely and much needed. it came at a time when this femme needed to feel so admiration and appreciation. i cannot wait to read it. thank you. xoxo

  7. rascalgrrl
    April 1st, 2009 @ 12:58 pm

    Oh, Sinclair, that was amazingly, hauntingly, bewitchingly gorgeous. The sound of your voice cut through an ordinary day and touched my soul with light. A thousand thanks, dear Sir.

  8. Amber
    April 1st, 2009 @ 5:01 pm

    Ohhhh my goodness Sinclair. Your voice can make a girl cry and laugh all at the same time.

    Thanks for the love, Mr. Sexsmith.

  9. Sapphicslave
    April 1st, 2009 @ 5:49 pm

    Sinclair, your smooth voice dripping from my speakers melts me everytime I hear it.

    Brava

  10. K
    April 1st, 2009 @ 10:20 pm

    Thank you. I'd just had some shit news from my own butch, and was feeling a tad down, but as usual, your words (and especially your voice) has soothed me, made me feel wanted, respected, needed, seen. Thank you.

  11. green-eyed girl
    April 2nd, 2009 @ 4:31 am

    "To all the femmes who have seen me" – We see you and we see ourselves through your eyes and have never felt more beautiful. Thank you.

  12. Miss J.
    April 2nd, 2009 @ 9:46 am

    What a beautiful homage to femmes! And what a sexy voice… hmm.. I'm melting..

    Thank you for sharing!

  13. femme in butch cloth
    April 2nd, 2009 @ 1:50 pm

    my but you have a sexy voice… why am i not surprised? (i hadn't heard it before)

    of course, beautiful, beautiful writing. as usual.

  14. tattooedheart1
    April 2nd, 2009 @ 2:29 pm

    thanks….

  15. Sophia St. James
    November 26th, 2009 @ 7:43 pm

    Amazing! That gave me chills. Thank you.

    xoxoxox

Trackbacks

  1. Getting Vocal: a reading of “I want to Know” « Butchtastic
  2. Femme Fagette » Visible: A Femmethology - Virtual Tour Day
  3. Visible: A Femmethology - Virtual Tour Day | The Femme's Guide
  4. Visible: A Femmethology Volume II - Mr. Sinclair Sexsmith
  5. Year In Review On Sugarbutch: 2009 – Sugarbutch Chronicles

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