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TeeYiYi

(8,028 posts)
9. What is your interest…
Mon Apr 7, 2014, 10:37 AM
Apr 2014

…in "what a (lesbian looks) like now?" As a gay woman, I was unclear as to the intent behind your post; multiple images of genderqueer women, any one of whom could be me.

Your only explanation for posting a photo array of butch women pertains to a quote from the article, that you claimed would "reinforce the hierarchical structure of patriarchy." I expected to see a constructive discussion regarding your claim. Giving you the benefit of the doubt, I waited to see if your post would begin to make sense.

Quite honestly, redqueen, I was hoping that your OP came from a place of sincerity and sensitivity. Now, after reading your vicious response to me, I realize that was not the case. Your hit and run, image-heavy curiosity piece about butch women appears to be nothing more than the HOF version of 'Sunday LOLcats.'

TYY

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Gorgeous! Well executed portriats of Beautiful Butch Women. Thanks, redqueen! Tuesday Afternoon Apr 2014 #1
I took a class and one of the students was a butch kimbutgar Apr 2014 #2
... TeeYiYi Apr 2014 #3
redqueen… TeeYiYi Apr 2014 #4
it was posted in here before. seabeyond Apr 2014 #5
Thanks sea... redqueen Apr 2014 #7
i think this post is about some men trying to start more shit in gd. and ya... i hear ya. nt seabeyond Apr 2014 #8
Thank you, seabeyond... TeeYiYi Apr 2014 #14
yiyi.... seabeyond Apr 2014 #15
sea... TeeYiYi Apr 2014 #16
thanks for the info... loves my clarifications so i understand. nt seabeyond Apr 2014 #17
Abandoned? WTF? It's not a person. redqueen Apr 2014 #6
What is your interest… TeeYiYi Apr 2014 #9
What a steaming load. redqueen Apr 2014 #10
Wow… TeeYiYi Apr 2014 #12
It has to do with gendered expectations. ismnotwasm Apr 2014 #11
Thank you for your response... TeeYiYi Apr 2014 #13
As a genderqueer person, I find your "Sunday LOLcats" remark offensive. MadrasT Apr 2014 #18
Well, MadrasT… TeeYiYi Apr 2014 #19
Why are you here? ismnotwasm Apr 2014 #20
Dear TeeYiYi MadrasT Apr 2014 #21
"in various stages of transgender transition"? redqueen Apr 2014 #22
THANK YOU MY SISTER REDQUEEN MadrasT Apr 2014 #23
I'm glad you called out that "Sunday LOLcats" shit. redqueen Apr 2014 #24
ok. my story, cause i love stories and i do not think i am steppin on any toes. seabeyond Apr 2014 #25
They ARE all transgender… TeeYiYi Apr 2014 #29
Yeah, no. You don't get to slap whatever label you like on someone else. redqueen Apr 2014 #30
Did you even bother... TeeYiYi Apr 2014 #31
Oh I'm already quite familiar with it. redqueen Apr 2014 #33
... TeeYiYi Apr 2014 #35
Cause we can just assume it wasn't a mastectomy. redqueen Apr 2014 #36
There's a HUGE difference... TeeYiYi Apr 2014 #37
But doesn't the term Butch itself Shivering Jemmy Apr 2014 #26
i do not know. but, i think lesbian does today. and i was told in no uncertain terms why lesbian seabeyond Apr 2014 #27
Not IMO - and certainly not as definitively as words like "dominant". nt redqueen Apr 2014 #32
"certainly not as definitively as words like "dominant"." seabeyond Apr 2014 #34
You are probably right Shivering Jemmy Apr 2014 #38
My daughter and her wife's wedding picture HockeyMom Apr 2014 #28
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