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female masculinity

issues

On Shopping in Public

“Here I am, gaslighting myself, and all I want to do is buy some clothes.”

Jen Mecum —

Dec 19, 2018

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hair and beauty

issues

The Queer History of the Shaven Head

Shaven heads on women have challenged and informed ideas of beauty, power and tradition for centuries. Here’s the history of a very queer style.

Jennifer Thorp —

Dec 18, 2018

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Lesbian Fashion

issues

Monday Roundtable: The Style Icons Who Inspired Our Gay Style

“My style icon is Nancy Meyers’ interpretation of a middle-aged white woman after she’s decided to pull herself together sometime in the second act. Wow that is… I feel very…

the team —

Dec 17, 2018

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the south

issues

The Care and Keeping of Overalls

A lesser, straighter person might have given up the ghost at this point, but I was determined.

Abigail Armstrong —

Dec 14, 2018

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sobriety

issues

Intervention

I had “dressed” myself before driving drunk to my mother’s home. I had taken a shower thinking that water would take away the smell; that putting on leggings instead of…

m. rose —

Dec 12, 2018

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butch

issues

Neither Here Nor There: A BUTCH FEMME Photo Essay

I don’t want to be pigeonholed into a specific category or subject; I want to be seen as everything and nothing. I want to be seen as authentically myself, and…

Katie —

Dec 11, 2018

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butch

issues

Three Visits to Victoria’s Secret

“She doesn’t mean to be limiting. She just doesn’t see that the way she feels about her body is not the way that I feel about mine.”

Jess —

Dec 10, 2018

a+ roundtable

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af+

A+ Roundtable: Our First Bras

“Amazingly, neither the training bra nor my actual boobs magically solved my very typical and very sad self-image issues.”

the team —

Dec 10, 2018

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drag

issues

Powerful Perception

“I couldn’t help to associate this perception of my ‘powerfulness’ in drag as belittling my power when I dress and present as feminine.”

Marie Lou —

Dec 7, 2018

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India

issues

Hippie Pants Make Me Feel Pretty — and Guilty

“I wear Spiritual Awakening Pants, because I look good in them and sometimes I crave that feeling. I feel guilty while I do it, like I’m legitimising the remnants of…

bee —

Dec 6, 2018

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personal essay

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I Still Don’t Look Like Myself

“I can’t be a woman without the right clothes. I’ve been on HRT a year by now, but I still haven’t been gendered correctly by a stranger. It’s a lot…

Jacqueline —

Dec 5, 2018

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Lesbian Fashion

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Untouchable

“The boots fit. They fit in every way I had never known that other clothing didn’t. They fit in the way that frilly, muddy dresses fit my sister; the way…

Ally —

Dec 4, 2018