• Lesbians, Dykes, and Butches: The Real Gender Non-Conformists

    Let’s talk about public bathrooms. And airport security. And dressing rooms. And all of the other places that lesbians who don’t conform to the patriarchy’s ideal of what a woman should look like go where we are incorrectly identified as not being women. Places where we are accosted, detained, assaulted, barred from entering, humiliated, mocked,…

  • Extremist or Realist?

    Here’s the thing. We all have our own filters, be they the filter of white privilege, class privilege, male privilege, living as an oppressed POC or, especially, WOC, female, male, gay, straight, bi, etc. The list goes on and on because there are as many filters through which to view the world as there are…

  • Trans “Women” Hope Butches Become a Thing of the Past

    Astonishingly, and I say that sarcastically, since this does not surprise me in the least, trans women actually hate women. It isn’t just about men controlling women, this is flat-out misogyny at work here. It’s no secret that trans women, being men, believe they not only have the right to use the words woman and…

  • I Call It Like I See It

    Originally posted on You think I just don't understand, but I don't believe you.: “Being a woman is not about spending thousands I agree, it is about conviction, courage and standing up to patriarchy and the glass ceiling. It is about finding Leda and the Swan disgusting and hating violations of womankind, or indeed mankind.…

  • Follow-up to “Ass”uming Butches Into Extinction

    Since there were, understandably, a lot of questions about how this butch woman, Doffy, responded to her doctor’s gross misjudgment of who she was as a person, I thought I would follow-up with that information. I would first like to point out that yes, I know this person, she is a real human being, she…