Butch and femme

between a couple in that gender roles are somehow being assigned despite that they are both female. The less feminine partner takes on household duties that are traditionally male roles, while the biological mother, at least in this article, is the femme-identified lesbian. How do these gender roles hold up when the less feminine partner is the biological mother? Out of all the cases in Moore’s article, not once does it touch on how gender roles and power roles may change in the event that the…

In Professor Vasvari’s class, the class is continuously asked the question of what represents masculinity and femininity and what it means to be either female or male. While both of these ideas are similar, they both discuss different issues. The first question identifies the notion of performativity while the second question reveals the concept of gender identification by either oneself or a community. In class we have been able to identify that there are two types of gender which are related…

of the movie whilst they end up in t-shirt, shorts and flip flops at the end of the film discarding the gangster stereotype. -Involvement in illegality from childhood: We have no clue if the gangsters in the movie had a borderline childhood, only Butch, the rival character is haunted by a childhood encounter with his late father’s best friend about a wristwatch, this priceless family heirloom has come down through many generations and he is determined to risk his own life for its…

of the patriarchy, such as roleplaying, butch/femme relationships, sadomasochism, pornography, and casual sex, gradually became more accepted as vehicles of sexual pleasure, and less of a hard and fast indicator of a person’s personality (Faderman 255, 260-264). This opinion was able to thrive despite criticism from some lesbian groups and the threat of the AIDS virus because it allowed “Women to use those roles [dominant and submissive or butch and femme] for their own pleasurable ends, to…

the same as fashion icons and are known for their year-to-year specialties as dancers or in runway. The leaders of the houses are typically drag queens who play the role of a “mother”. Although there are not any fathers associated with the houses, butch queens are usually considered to be the father. In order for individuals to join a house, they have to be invited by the house leaders. Those who show up without invitation are considered a free agent, or a 007 (Bein). The mother and older…

Gender plays a big role in society. By definition it is the state of being either male or female. Each gender is set to a certain amount of expectations and norms linked to how they should behave and portray themselves. Sex however is different; it is the way of defining men and women based on their biological and physical attributions. Throughout the years opinions and outlooks on sexuality/gender have changed drastically. People are more open-minded and accepting of the change. There are many…

Eileen Myles, a sixty-seven year old poet and activist, has over the course of their life written poetry, essays, novels, libretto and plays. They were born in 1949 and later graduated from UMass, Boston. In the mid-70s they moved to New York City to work as an assistant to Pulitzer-Prize winning poet, James Schuyler, in pursuit of living and growing as a poet. Myles’ identity is made up of many dovetailing parts; they are gender-neutral, a poet, a “dyke,” child of the working class and later a…

Sometimes you dream of your future, and it 's beautiful, but we question our self what happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore— And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over— like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode? In particular the novel, The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor explains to readers about seven black women who live life in Brewster Place by confronting…

1. Intersectionality Intersectionality is a framework that acknowledges the multiplicity of identities in marginalized people. It is an awareness of how multiple systems of power act simultaneously on marginalized people: a person’s identities (their race, class, sexuality, gender, age, ability, etc.) are not separate – they are intertwined. Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the term in her 1989 essay “Demarginalizing the intersection of race and sex,” and she expands on it in her 1993 essay “mapping…

pursuits. It still generates a question whether a faith- based service is able to remain impartial towards the LGBT homeless youth, and provide necessary help despite professing a disparate ideology? In a scenario when an organization shares a convincement that any kind of behavior directed toward a person of one’s own sex should not be publicly approved, this establishment might not wish to recognize the needs of the LGBT youth, and in consequence treat them with a dose of disdain. This…