The Beaver Whisperer and the Gender Presentation Speculation
Q: Dear Almighty Beaver Whisperer, Some background: I have been out for about a year, and have only had one serious relationship. So I’m fairly inexperienced. I would say that I’m masculine of center,...
View ArticleButch Suit Shopping: An Odyssey
There comes a time in every butch’s life when she must embark on a journey of mythical proportions. The road is long and fraught with peril: gender-segregated dressing rooms, perplexed sales clerks,...
View ArticleDandy Butches, Gender Theory, and S. Bear Bergman – Oh My!
I try to not do this very often, because it feels weirdly like cheating (the blogger’s version of “double dipping,” maybe) and I harbor much internalized Catholic/Jewish guilt, but today I’m going to...
View ArticleFailures to Communicate: On Howl and My Big Fat Queer Identity
The following post is, without contest, the most difficult thing I’ve written thus far on Buzz Cuts and Bustiers. Besides the fact that it inexplicably took me four days to complete this, I’m not even...
View ArticleThis Butch Reviews “Yes Or No”
Well hey there, Queerland! Happy Day After Obama Said He Supports Gay Marriage And The Internet Exploded Into Rainbows And Tumblrs! Yes siree Bob, I’m feeling pretty good ‘n proud of my Prez. Sure, he...
View ArticleOur Bodies, Our Binders: An Introduction to Chest Minimizing Magic
Hey, team! Remember how last week I promised I would keep you all posted about my Quest for the Holy Binder? Well, I think I’ve finally completed my mission – or, at the very least, I am satisfied...
View Article“Sir” for the Holidays
There is nothing unique about what I’m about to say. I am not the first queer person to have an awkward relationship with her heterosexual parents. I am not the first masculine-of-center female person...
View ArticleThe Heaviest Door
I firmly believe that the weight of any given door is directly proportional to how much you’re dreading what’s on the other side. Perhaps it’s some evolutionary advance, where instincts kick in to tell...
View ArticleGender Identity: Denied
If you have a Facebook profile and think about gender often enough to be reading this blog, then you’ve probably heard about the shiny new “custom” gender feature that Zuckerberg ‘n Friends rolled out...
View ArticleThrough the Gray: Depression and Anxiety in a Butch Body
Here’s to every sunken couch in every wood-paneled office Where you sit staring at a face paid handsomely to care about you Counting down 50 minutes in your head 50 minutes to fill with all the...
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