You know what’s messed up? People make fun of women for reading romance novels in which men are kind, chivalrous and sexually generous to the women they love, but men watching violent hardcore porn where women choke on dicks is considered normal, and ‘shaming’ someone for it is considered more taboo than the porn itself. And women reading romance novels has certainly yet to lead to a culture where men are considered lesser if they don’t emulate the men in the pages. I wonder the fuck why.
I find it crazy how guys are such control freaks and perfectionists. They want girls to look like Kim K without makeup on and will drop a girlfriend as soon as she gets the SLIGHTEST imperfection. I don't even think they love girls. They love this romanticised, porn filled version of girls. They don't actually love real girls. Lesbians on the other hand? You get the picture.
Men hate women. They just like femininity. They have high heel fetishes, and silicone-shaped-like-breasts fetishes, and red lipstick fetishes.
Femininity is sexualized, packaged and sold. And it’s bullshit, it hurts us, it harms women. So I’m beyond fucking done with people who think feminine=female.
Femininity is wrong, hurtful, degrading. On the other hand, women are strong, amazing, intelligent, valuable.
Beyond all that, only women can understand and respect women in the deep level we do. Lesbian love makes the world go around tbh.
/Mod A
I love the expressions when people fall in love.
So, I’ve studied a blushing face for a long time.
Someone want to see a happy one, so i made happy one better than others.
Enjoy the meme!
As a gnc woman and lesbian, the near complete lack of people like myself in media can be really alienating and disheartening. Whereas normally its pretty easy to find recommendations for helpful/enjoyable/interesting books of certain types, i noticed tht i found it kinda difficult to get recommendations of books about being a gnc woman/ books with gnc lesbian protag/ lesbian fiction in general tht doesnt objectify Lesbian women etc, aside from constantly harassing friends for advice and scouring the corners of the internet/stalking people blogs.
Ive compiled a (somewhat short, but hopefully helpful!) list of books that deal with this subject matter, in hope that someone might find it helpful. Idk maybe this is stupid and nobody will even care but i know as a teenager i would have rly appreciated finding smth like this, so I’ve provided some recommendations for lesbian books, with an emphasis on butch/gnc representation, along with some notes n stuff. Enjoy! :D
DISCLAIMER i havent read all of these but ill take full responsibility for anything bad tht ive inadvertently mentioned here. If u think theres smth on here tht shouldnt be, pls msg me and hopefully ill get rid of it.
without further ado;
LESBIAN FICTION-
Stone Butch Blues -Leslie Feinberg. Amazing, beautiful book, and mandatory reading for any lesbian women who haven’t already experienced it (seriously it might change yr life). [pdf]
Crybaby Butch - Judith Frank
Far from Xanadu Julie Anne Peters
Persistent Desire Joan Nestle
Annie on my mind- Nancy Garden
Keeping you a secret- Julie Anne Peters
Leaving L.A.- Kate Christie
Me and you and daisies- Lily R. Mason
The world unseen- Shamim Sarif
Wildthorn- Jane England
Tipping the velvet- Sarah Waters
Dare truth or promise- Paula Boock
And Playing the role of herself- K.E. Lane
Hunter’s Way- Gerri Hill
Ash- Malinda Lo
The price of Salt- Patricia Highsmith
Patience & Sarah- Isabel Miller
The Gravity between us- Kristen Zimmer
Her name in the sky- Kelly Quindlen
Taking the long way- Lily R. Mason
Fingersmith- Sarah Waters
Everything Leads to You - Nina LaCour
She’s My Ride Home - Jackie Bushore
NONFICTION-
Our Right to Love: A Lesbian Resource Book by Ginny Vida
Lesbian/Woman by Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon
Family Values: Two Moms and Their Son by Phyllis Burke
Inseparable: Desire between Women in Literature by Emma Donoghue, (Knopf)
My Lesbian Husband: Landscape of a Marriage by Barrie Jean Borich
Butch is a Noun, by S. Bear Bergman.- a collection of essays written by the author exploring what it means to be butch
Dagger: On Butch Women, edited by Lily Burana and Roxxie Linea Due.
The Persistent Desire, A Femme-Butch Reader, edited by Joan Nestle.
Persistence: All Ways Butch and Femme, edited by Ivan E. Coyote and Zena Sharman
Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth-Century America, by Lillian Faderman
Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold- Elizabeth Kennedy & Madeline Davis
COOL WEBSITES:
Lesbian Herstory Archives - this is the coolest website ever for browsing stuff about lesbians in history
(and Here’s a link for the Lesbian Herstory Archives’ audio tapes collection, its really cool check it out! Great for finding interesting stuff if u dont know what to read/listen to and would like to kill some time :D !)
The Lesbrary - super cool blog dedicated to lesbian literature
Good Lesbian Books- cool website. Heres a link to their list of Free Stuff :)
Books to watch out for - lesbian book reviews and literary news
Lesbian Fiction Review
Lesbian Science Fiction
Sistahs on the Shelf - Cool site dedicated to Black Lesbian fiction. Reviews, News, Recommendations, Authors n more
Canadian Lesbian Book Blog
Biblioteca Feminista - Books/ book recommendations in Spanish, English, French, Portuguese and Italian
List of Lesbian Authors’ sites
Lesbian full-text works on the web - list of lesbian content available for free on the web. Mostly older works
LGBT books for teens
UK Lesbian Fiction
Women and Words - site devoted to bringing news, interviews, writing tips, giveaways and more
The Book Dyke blog
LGBT Romance Novels
Lesbian History Bibliography
Bella Books
reblog to save a life lol
plz by all means add to this if u have anything i didnt mention! hope this was helpful <3
wELP im finally getting round to colouring some inktobers !!
inktober #29 2015, “you’re brilliant” tfw ur showing ur gf how to do some magic & she gets all mushy (x)
a bouquet for butch lesbians: 💐 and a big old fuck you to those who equate them with men
I love girls who are proud and uninhibited about their intelligence and will brag about their accomplishments and take no shit from pretentious boys who look down on women in their field. girls who are outspoken and a bit arrogant and ambitious in a world where we are told that we must hide our intellect and to always put the needs of others (i.e. men) in front of our own are amazing
Happy International Lesbian Day!
Rather than drawing your character standing there doing nothing over and over again, here’s 100 other ideas to put them in action and challenge yourself as an artist.