#butch-femme

[lottielottieda]

⚢ every day is butch appreciation day! ⚢

happy butch appreciation day to all of the lovely butches out there! ♡ i pulled all the visuals from an old survey i put out back in winter.... 100ish people sent in what they think of when they see the word "butch" and it makes me feel so warm every time i scroll though it :) i chose the most frequently listed/visually fitting, but i also wanted to include things that reminded me of my butch (his work boots, bandana)… i'd also love to someday do a piece including some of the more subtle submissions from the survey! one big collage of butch!!! :)

[belovedzine]

You have noooo idea how long we’ve been waiting to show you guys these “Beloved Butch” and “Beloved Femme” heart-shaped mini carabiners! ♥️❣️♥️

These will be available tomorrow, with the launch of our small summer merch collection in honor of Pride Month! The collection will NOT have pre-orders, which means there will be no manufacturing wait time after placing your order. However, this means that quantities will be limited! Once we sell out, we’re out. If you’d like to secure anything from the collection, be sure to check out our Patreon tiers! Any Patron in the third tier or above will receive early access to the shop today. :) 🤍

[mogai-sunflowers]

i love being femme. i love embracing my femininity in the queerest way possible. i love being femme in a way that says “fuck you” to the misogyny that has, for so long, made me hate my femininity and my queer womanhood. i love being femme.

i love being butch. i love subverting traditional masculinity through the lens of queer womanhood. i love the euphoria i get from thinking of myself as a queer woman in a man way. i love being butch in a way that says “fuck you” the idea that i have to be palatable to the desires of cishet men. i love being butch.

i love being butch-femme. i love the fluidity of my gender, like the tides of the sea, taking me back and forth between the joys of queer femininity and the joys of queer masculinity with a peaceful cadence. i love expressing my femininity through my masculinity and my masculinity through my femininity, i love blending them like the colors of a radiant sunset. i love being butch-femme.

[urbutchdad]

Femme Kitten Crosshatch Handiwork (2023), Urbutchdad by @verywittykitty

[toothfairyfemme]

hi i'm lottie! or charlotte, if you're feeling fancy ;o

♡ they/elle ♡ 21 ♡ high femme lesbian ♡ full-time lovergirl ♡ professional sweetheart + sleepyhead, prettiest girl in the morgue, etc ♡ 🇵🇭🇲🇽 ♡

i am a tooth collector, butch defender, and lover of bunnies :) i also am the editor-in-chief/head of @belovedzine, an art & writing zine about butchfemme cultures + identities!

i am not particularly active on this blog, but i'd like to contribute to the butchfemme spaces here and attempt to make some friends :) i also just want somewhere to keep all of my pretty photos, ootds, and silly little words. some of my hobbies + interests include historical fashion, mortuary studies, sewing, painting, writing letters, folklórico, goth subculture, ballet, and lots of other things i can’t remember at the moment :) ♡

you can see my art on @lottielottieda, and find me on all other social media platforms as toothfairyfemme! :)

🫀🦷💒 i feel like this goes without saying, but please do not interact if you are terf aligned in any way whatsoever. my blog is intended to be a safe space for trans lesbians in particular and i will not condone bigotry of any kind! 💒🦷🫀

🐇 this blog is 18+ ! 🐇

[cowboyjen68]

HI hello i’m a femme lesbian and i just wanna thank you for existing because you’re wonderful!!!

also,,, i just wanna declare that butches are a BLESSING and i love them (i love my butch gf the most tho sorry)

It always and forever will warm by butch heart when I hear a femme express her adoration for her butch.

The connections butches and femmes can share is such a beautiful thing. Unique, powerful. Life changes once embraced.

Thank you for sharing.

[lgbtqreads]

Hi i'm looking for light hearted wlw ya books with not a lot of drama one character being masculine presenting would be great but totally not necessary I just want something cute

*coughs in the general direction of my upcoming YA, Home Field Advantage*

Sorry, had something stuck in my throat. (Not a lot of YA with masc-presenting halves of couples, especially in books that are relatively lighthearted.) Truly, none of these are the fluffiest of the fluff, but I'll mention the others I know that are on the lighter end of the spectrum, which are Girl Mans Up by M-E Girard, Like Other Girls by Britta Lundin, and The Weight of the Stars by K. Ancrum (lightly speculative).

Anyway! Focusing on the more lighthearted part, try She Gets the Girl by Rachael Lippincott and Alyson Derrick, You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson, Dating Sarah Cooper by Siera Maley, Tell Me How You Really Feel by Aminah Mae Safi, Some Girls Do by Jennifer Dugan, She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen, Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar, Love & Other Natural Disasters by Misa Sugiura, and once again self-promoting, Cool for the Summer.

[venusmage]

Shout out to the cashier at Aldi that made me and my wife malfunction

[urmumhaha]

I wish butch n femme balls existed. Not to b a fucking sap n a massive dyke but wow. Ugh even. Just wanna wear a gown n stilettos n have my honey greet me w a bouquet before we leave n we wear matching or complimentary jewelry n spend hours on my hair and makeup to impress. N then when we get there my honey will spin me around the room for a brief dance before grabbing something to drink, wine for me n whiskey for her, as we chat w other dykes n celebrate butchfemmeness. Or whatever

[murderonthedullexpress]

“Trapped”

Stone Butch Blues - Leslie Feinberg

@/lilboyblueish on Instagram

Poem by Keaton St. James (@boykeats)

I/Me/Myself - Will Wood

We Both Laughed In Pleasure by Lou Sullivan

cis people asking cis questions by Silas Denver Melvin (@sweatermuppet)

Tomboy Survival Guide by Ivan Coyote

[lottielottieda]

✶ ⚢ the seventeenth card ⚢ ✶ "the star is a card of spiritual connection, a positive omen. the star shows that you have persevered through hardships with a renewed sense of yourself and the world around you. the star is renewal." (for @belovedzine's second issue, "renewal"!)

[belovedzine]

"Butch-Femme lesbians have existed within the public imagination as stereotypes to be fought against, dupes of heterosexuality, toxic dynamics that are outdated and irrelevant– As Butch-Femme lesbians ourselves, we know that these claims could not be any farther from the truth. We know the hurt that comes from hearing our own community reiterating these messages when Butches, Studs, and Fem/mes have built our community to be what it is today. Even among other lesbians and queer people, we are an underrepresented group, often going unseen and dismissed. Butches and Studs are constantly accused of perpetuating toxic masculinity and emulating men, while Femmes are shamed for daring to love them for who they are. Accusations that ButchFemme culture upholds harmful gender roles and heteronormative stereotypes feels like a bold faced lie when historically (and presently), these dynamics exist to subvert these roles and turn them into something that can be safe and loving. Beloved, our zine project, emerged from our desire to celebrate that love and highlight the beauty that comes along with both identities. We want to revel in the love we feel for our community with those in it, and showcase as many different perspectives and voices as possible in the process."

Lottie Valiente (@toothfairyfemme), Beloved: A ButchFemme Zine Issue #01, Letter From the Editor

[blvddyvvalentine]

Y’all we have to stop making eachother feel bad for having sexual attraction. Lesbians are allowed to be horny we don’t have to be sexless pastel princesses holding hands in a field or smth. Be horny, it’s frankly revolutionary to be a sweaty horny dyke.

[butchesanddykesandqueersohmy]

I am once again furious there isn't a dyke version of grindr

[iwasarob0t]

doberman femme bulldog butch what’s better than this

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

craving pathetic wet old women characters. where is the feminism