tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-161437584966687012.post3316822103434638290..comments2024-03-20T07:21:38.170-07:00Comments on Butch Sightings: A Social Interaction: What's it all about? A note from the other side.EightSixSevenFiveThreeOhNinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10046309608947593776noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-161437584966687012.post-21376767957523408732011-10-13T17:58:35.803-07:002011-10-13T17:58:35.803-07:00After we had this discussion, I, like Reddiva Dana...After we had this discussion, I, like Reddiva Dana above, used what you said as a way to explain why the project has a politic. Butches really get that; both that it's about making us visible to one another, and also about busting up the dominant culture's public sphere with our overt queer performance -- asking questions about queerness to a total stranger, and taking photos. Whenever I've approached a butch for Butch Sightings in a public place like the supermarket or at the park, people always look to see what's going on. Thank you so much for starting this erotic political project. Love you. xoxoRobin Maltznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-161437584966687012.post-91944862294572292632011-10-10T14:27:04.924-07:002011-10-10T14:27:04.924-07:00I also love purposefully queering not-specifically...I also love purposefully queering not-specifically-queer space and support others who do it, too! It's great that the blog is also generating more explicit discussions around identity and how we all have to confront maneuvering in mainstream spaces. And we should support each other in that process as much as we can. <br /><br />It always feels a little weird to me when we pretend not to notice each other for the sake of...what? Not being perceived as *too* gay? Too out?Protecting straight people's sense of superiority or a heterosexist concept of decorum? Perhaps in the past it had something to do with not wanting to place ourselves and others in physical danger but I think it might be more a habit than anything else now, and not necessarily one that serves us well anymore.Gretchen Atwoodnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-161437584966687012.post-12574417688251294092011-10-10T14:09:05.927-07:002011-10-10T14:09:05.927-07:00Thank you all so much for your support and enthusi...Thank you all so much for your support and enthusiasm. I feel like I was born for this! So glad there are butches out there to appreciate.EightSixSevenFiveThreeOhNinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046309608947593776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-161437584966687012.post-83806585381249131632011-10-09T18:38:54.200-07:002011-10-09T18:38:54.200-07:00Preview
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You're my heroine...Preview<br /><br />Edit <br />Spike said...<br />You're my heroine Jenny! What an awesome and insightful post! You're just a breath of fresh air. I love your chutzpah and the fact that you put yourself out there, taking risks/joy to connect with people...actual human interactions...which is a fabulous thing that a lot of us should follow suit...I'm sure the world will be a better place. I, being the lucky Butch Sightings photographed subject #57, was so flattered when you approached me when I least expected (in a non-queer space)...did make my day...that my fellow queers are in fact everywhere. :) So thank you for your being the trailblazer femme that you are...and Happy Butch Sightings!!! <br /><br />Yours truly,<br />SpikeSpikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17294995902053580734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-161437584966687012.post-41388710739945576982011-10-09T13:24:06.169-07:002011-10-09T13:24:06.169-07:00I really appreciate this project and your willingn...I really appreciate this project and your willingness to take social risks. i see it as a valuable contradiction to butch invisibility -- and i, for one, could sure use the recognition and attention.<br /><br />thank you -- and KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!Inotowokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01154236773697857286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-161437584966687012.post-47832833052988313672011-10-09T13:11:46.865-07:002011-10-09T13:11:46.865-07:00GREAT post!!! I'm already using it to explain ...GREAT post!!! I'm already using it to explain Butch Sightings more clearly to those who WEREN'T getting it.....and now some are. Pulling in those 'outside the choir' is especially cool. I'm really enjoying this, including meeting my first 'poster butch' LOL THIS quote reallly resonates with me.."I'm also outing myself as a femme, an otherwise mostly invisible identity. Thanks Jennyreddiva danahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12148039097305862375noreply@blogger.com