Im Losing Followers For Reblogging A Post Rejecting The Notion That Butch And Femme Are Lesbian Exclusive

I’m losing followers for reblogging a post rejecting the notion that butch and femme are “lesbian exclusive” terms, and...Look, I was swayed by the wave of thinly-veiled lesbian separatist rhetoric on here and twitter, too, back when I was just coming into my identity as a lesbian and didn’t know enough to identify that rhetoric for what it was—but it’s all a lie. I did my own reading, and the undeniable truth is that women who now would probably identify as bi were part of lesbian butch/fem(me) bar culture. The undeniable truth is that the terms butch and fem(me) were used in the ball scene. The undeniable truth is that anyone saying otherwise is repackaging white, upper-class second wave lesbian separatist rhetoric, which is inherently colonial and white. There is a reason why Black American feminists of the second wave went so far as to start their own movement (Womanism), that being that these white university educated upper-middle to upper-class feminists were full of shit.

Give me some time and I’ll write a cited essay on it this weekend.

I am an old person and tumblr is the porch

y’all: femme lesbians look exactly like straight girls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

femmes doing groceries:

This joke truly has all of my favorite things:

Very poorly done accents

A mullet

Frogs

Tax fraud

In conclusion I think I'm in love with this man

Love local coffee shops. your “refugees are welcome here” sign goes really well with the one that says “bathrooms are for paying customers only”

Source - “Love Bites”, by Della Grace