I've decided that I absolutely adore it when people quote me, or refer to my writing.

"And I could just respond by pointing to the excellent essay by Amy Fox in Persistence: All Ways Butch and Femme  but I’d rather go on engaging myself here. (If there is any hope for us all, it lies with butches like Amy Fox.)"

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Before all this, imagine me in a coffee shop. The morning light streaming in. I overhear a realtor talking to a colleague about her 'other' maternal grandma, the one she didn't know about; the one who died in the 1960s.

I am off to work. Research.

Waking factors in the following dream:
- Introducing someone to If These Walls Could Talk 2
- Dropping by ( Read more... )

Oh look

Are those other butches I see?

Good.

I'm not just weird.

Or I am weird, but at least I'm in good company.

It's called "A ceasar with a #2 fade on the side and a #4 in the back."

This is often not the haircut I intend to get. But, after realizing that I really do want it short again, it's more or less the haircut I wind up getting.

Usually I book an appointment days in advance and going through the dance of

"Do you have pictures of short cuts on women?"
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I find that I can't open a map on a streetcorner without someone stopping to give me directions. I credit thi this to Boston's friendly attitude.

But vuge  tells me that I need to get a bra.

Background:

I've been tweaking my estradiol and progesterone levels for a few months now. Normally, you take a given dose of E and P and test your blood for their ( Read more... )

The last episode of The Colbert Report focused on LGBT issues, and referred to Stonewall Riots - one of the few American Cable TV shows that mentioned the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots.

What's odd is that after getting an army haircut (which barbers refer to as a "butch"), in his suit, there's an eerie resemblance between TV satrist ( Read more... )

"I heard that bit of a rasp in your voice, and thought I bet he's either shot T a few times or is thinking of it, and is now sweaty-handed, wringing over whether to take it all the way. That's why I asked you what name you preferred."

- My professor, referring to September 2007.

I'm glad that the "transsexuals exist" meme has gotten around to the ( Read more... )

( Washroom follies )

Dear Bear,

I picked up a copy of Butch is a Noun and really enjoyed it. I saw your website and I think it's nifty that you have a contact button for "responses, disagreement, further thoughts, personal questions or any other communication."

I like how you added the chapter "Faggot Butch" partially in response to another's objections. So I'm ( Read more... )

Scary either way: Surgery and hormones don't mix.
Androgen-blockers lower your blood pressure. Estradiol can cause blood clots. Since I need to be off them for two weeks before surgery, I start cutting down today.

The idea of this used to scare me. It should've. I'd gone through months of paperwork and assessements and totally unnecessary delays to ( Read more... )