Last night, for Halloween, I channeled my inner femme and dressed up as Amy Winehouse. Today I have a blog and an experiment. What transpired in between you ask? A little bit of red nail polish, some stiletto heels and a whole lot of questions I have about what it means to be a femme, a feminist, and a dyke—and more importantly, what does one wear?For the next thirty days I am going to attempt to ‘do’ femme. This process will be documented here through snapshots of my day to day ‘femme attire’, musings about my experience and comments from readers (that’s you guys!). I am choosing to focus specifically on femme fashion and style because it’s a fun, tangible and accessible medium from which to discuss identity and because it suitably evokes the constructedness of identity. My hope is that this will be the jumping off point for a broader exploration of queer femme in all its forms.
So how can YOU be a part of this? By adding your comments, suggestions, and love/support of course! If you really want to keep track of me you can become a ‘follower’ (oh, google…) of my blog or if you’re in the Toronto area you can help me create a femme-tastic discussion/reading/action-adventure group (or tell me about yours).
Happy reading!
…stay tuned for day one…
awesome! i can't wait to read on... i want more! (just like the little mermaid...)
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ReplyDeleteWhat a great read. I get the
Ani song cry...:(
I'm looking forward to more of the fahionista femme fatale!
Sat Nam Lady!!
Peace & Love
Mel
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Great blog so far! I would like to hear more about how you expressed gender before. What kind of transformation has this been for you? Are you are treated any differently by larger society? Tell us more about your interactions with other women who present themselves with varying degrees of traditional masculinity and femeninity. :)
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