The Femme MystiqueLesléa Newman "Written by femmes, former femmes, femme wanna-bes, femme admirers, and, of course, femme fatales, The Femme Mystique offers a fascinating look at the world of femme identity within the lesbian community. Through poetry, essays, short fiction, and photography, The Femme Mystique reveals and celebrates the world of lipstick and lingerie, while providing insight into this newly mainstreamed style of lesbian self-expression."--Page [4] of cover. |
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... told , " Oh ! You look so , uh ... sweet ! " And last week when my grandfather told me I was " getting a little chunky ” and had better watch my weight , I felt two worlds of suspicion and intolerance slam into each other with the force ...
... told , " Oh ! You look so , uh ... sweet ! " And last week when my grandfather told me I was " getting a little chunky ” and had better watch my weight , I felt two worlds of suspicion and intolerance slam into each other with the force ...
Page 47
... told me she was apt to agree with me on that point , and I laughed softly to myself when she pulled into a twenty - four - hour conven- ience store to buy her nightly fix of chocolate chip cookies , as if nothing we had talked about had ...
... told me she was apt to agree with me on that point , and I laughed softly to myself when she pulled into a twenty - four - hour conven- ience store to buy her nightly fix of chocolate chip cookies , as if nothing we had talked about had ...
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... told all my friends that I was coming out as a femme . They just laughed it off at first ; maybe they didn't get it . But they got it — and didn't like it when I started showing up for women's center staff meetings wearing bright red ...
... told all my friends that I was coming out as a femme . They just laughed it off at first ; maybe they didn't get it . But they got it — and didn't like it when I started showing up for women's center staff meetings wearing bright red ...
Contents
The Letter | 57 |
A Woman Wearing | 107 |
How Lovely to Be a Woman | 143 |
Copyright | |
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