It’s happening right now! Well not quite right now, since it’s earlier in New York City than it is over in Oakland, on the other coast where the sun sets over the water just like it’s supposed to. The 2010 Femme Conference: No Restrictions begins today and an extravagance of femmes have gathered, including Kristen. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘butch/femme’
On Being Left Out of Butch & Femme
From the Ask Me Anything questions from Sugarbutch’s 4th anniversary: a) I often find myself at a loss when trying to slot myself into the femme-butch dichotomy – I don’t feel like I can identify with either. Yet I can’t really pass for androgynous (come on, boobs). so much of what I see in the [...]
Sideshow’s Butch/Femme Pride Show TONIGHT!
Sideshow: The Queer Literary Carnival Hosted by Cheryl B. & Sinclair Sexsmith Tonight! June 8 @ Phoenix, 47 East 13th Street @ Avenue A in the East Village of New York City Doors, 7:30pm. Reading, 8pm. Free! (We’ll pass the hat for the readers) RSVP on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter: @sideshowseries This month’s theme [...]
New Book! Sometimes She Lets Me: Best Butch Femme Erotica
Sometimes She Lets Me: Best Butch Femme Erotica Edited by Tristan Taormino is due out February 16th, and I have a story in it! (I believe it is The Diner on the Corner, also published in Best Lesbian Erotica 2009.) There are very few books exclusively focused on butch/femme erotica—Back to Basics edited by Therese Szymanski [...]
The Sugarbutch 2009 Holiday Gift Guide
There are some standard gendered gifts – belt buckles, cuff links, handkerchiefs, pocket or wrist watches, ties & tie accessories, makeup, perfume, jewelry, lingerie – and while I do in general highly recommend them (though maybe not makeup and perfume unless you know what they like), I want to branch out to more than just [...]
Truer: Sophia Wallace’s work in NYC
Sophia Wallace, one of my favorite photographers, has a collection called Truer: An Autobiographical Love Story, which has been included in Slideluck Potshow XIV, a potluck and slideshow this Friday. I love the photographs in Truer so much I actually purchased a print from Ms. Wallace. (Not this one below, a different one.) Event Info: [...]
Giveaway! Sometimes She Lets Me: Best Butch Femme Erotica
Thanks to Cleis Press and Tristan Taormino, I’ve got TWO copies of the lovely new erotica anthology called Sometimes She Lets Me: Best Butch Femme Erotica edited by Tristan Taormino (in which I have a short story). More details about the book when I mentioned it a few weeks ago here. Shall I mail you [...]