So many things to say about the Queer Bodies in Psychotherapy conference last weekend…and so much homework I should be doing right now. I’ve decided to break it up into multiple posts. I’d like to begin by discussing a panel I attended on Saturday entitled “Butch Lesbians: A Vanishing Breed”. The presentation about butch identity [...]
Archive for October, 2008
The Butch/Trans Divide
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged butch, feminism, femme, Identity, queer bodies in psychotherapy, trans on October 24, 2008 | 8 Comments »
An Update
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged birthday, Jack Kornfield, Mark Epstein, Rachael Yamagata, refuge vows on October 11, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I’ve been absent from the blogosphere for the last week or so- I’ve been quite busy. School is taking up enormous amounts of time, but it’s mostly good. It feels great to be spending so much of my time learning again- it’s opening a lot of doors. One way in which this program is different [...]
Femme-ness & Consumerism (A Few Thoughts)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged consumerism, femme, Identity on October 3, 2008 | 11 Comments »
There’s been some conversation this week on Sublimefemme on “femme pleasure” in relation to consumerism. I just want to say that the emphasis on the outer when we discuss femme is quite off putting to me. I understand that a part of femme identity has to do with presentation- you’re more likely to find me [...]
