Living Femme in a Dyke community

[gold_femme]

just wanted to share this thread with you all - especially for anyone that identifies as femme...

only put it in chat and gossip to give it more airplay

http://www.samesame.com.au/forum/showthread.php?p=237150#post237150

[pho3nixphir3]

i didn't read, but for me, being dyke-ish, i find it harder as everyone seems to be femme =/

[gold_femme]

yeh definitely! and it depends what scene youre in pheonix...

thanks jules for showing me this film in the first place. x

[trina2004]

That was a fantastic doco GF, thanks:)

Not much of a femme myself, but it was fascinating and a whole new perspective for me because I didn't even realise this issue existed. Like pheonix, most of the lesbians I know are femmes. I've always felt like a bit of an outsider amongst them.

I liked the girl who was saying that just because she's more of 'girly girl' doesn't mean she takes a back seat, or isn't aggressive. I thought it was a great point. Seems like everywhere there is that effort to reinforce traditional gender roles.

[velvety]

Yea, was an awesome doco Gold femme thanks for posting it for us!

[pho3nixphir3]

yes mum, will do. i didn't mean to belittle or dismiss, just what i feel.

but i'll have to wait a while to watch, i've used up my bandwidth watching les dramas...*blush*

[ItsAllInTheEyes]

I never saw myself as Femme, but after watching this...

Actually, I don't quite understand all this stuff. Why do women classify themselves? I like butchy women, but then I can swing. Depends on the energy of the girl, not necessarily how they identify or classify themselves.