i chatted v briefly to victoria recently about a little fear i think i’ve raised on this blog before i.e. that if any kid i know googled “butch” to maybe find out more about what i am, then what they’d v likely get (after cowboys and horses and suchlike), is rather a lot of information that could be some fairly eyeball-roll inducing information about bdsm and transitioning. and i absolutely do not dispute anyone’s right to…etc etc etc. but i’d like the potential googler to get a different definition. so yup, victoria’s comment that if more pages like mine/different/whatever existed, then people would get more than one view.
of course, i have written a lot about the noun and verb of butch over the years, but perhaps i need to stop stating my own terms of reference over and over and write more stuff, different stuff, any ole stuff.
but what?
September 25th, 2010 at 17:02
What about writing more about what butch means for you? how you see it, how you live your life day to day as butch?
Rather than just talking about whats missing from search engine results for “butch”, add some of your own voice.
just an idea.
September 25th, 2010 at 22:18
https://lesbianneurotica.wordpress.com/2010/06/13/the-road-to-butch/
You’re right :) I had a quick look here, because I thought I’d blogged more about my butchness than I have – the link above is the only one that vaguely qualifies. And whatever I’ve written on other sites is almost certainly outa date by now. Wanna explore the day to day notion too.
Thanks bud
September 26th, 2010 at 01:17
glad I could help!
I’d forgotten about that post, I liked that one!
You’re making me wonder if I should post any of my writings on my “femme-ness”.. hm.
September 26th, 2010 at 09:40
Hellz yeh post as many of your writings as frequently as possible (and I still know your password just in case). :)
September 26th, 2010 at 23:17
perhaps a discussion of gender identity enactment–how butch shows through you, just the way you are. Perhaps a mention of how you settled into your butchness throughout your time on the planet?
Just ideas.
Or, maybe a “how to” manual? lol
September 27th, 2010 at 11:17
*grin* *wesome thoughts there too, will get writing as soon as work gives me a little time
October 6th, 2010 at 19:22
nope. that’s what you do… say it over and over until folks get it. and i know… i used to be a teacher!