In an attempt to — once and for all — stake out the difference between butch lesbians and Elmo from Sesame Street, Rachel and Akiva discuss whether we are indeed fetishists overfocusing on a specific tactile experience. Other ingredients include:
Akiva apologizes for doing the bad thing :’P
Love for “masc” ambiguity/androgyny and hatred for the hard (read: unchanging, specific) butch
“Feminist” misreads of butchfemme relationships that actually denigrate femmes and femininity and elevate masculinity (howdy, we’re feminists who believe women are individuals!)
Why everyone wants a piece of gay stuff because it feels like freedom, until it’s specific and thus must exclude them
“Straight men go to bachelor parties at gay bars in Texas?”
What femmes would NOT order at the State Fair
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