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Femmepire Records: We're All Transgender

Started by Shana A, October 02, 2012, 08:35:54 AM

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October 02, 2012, 08:35:54 AM
Femmepire Records: We're All Transgender
By Anna Pulley Mon., Oct. 1 2012 at 9:30 AM

http://blogs.sfweekly.com/exhibitionist/2012/10/femmepire_records_were_all_tra.php

Femmepire Records is a series of interviews on femme identity. Click here for the elevator pitch and first interview.

Here's Cate!

In a few words, define femme.
I think femme is an expressive disposition wherein one is drawn to things that are stereotypically feminine. They reclaim/repurpose these aspects of an outmoded notion of femininity. A femme pursues their natural and culturally inspired propensities.

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Do you identify as femme? Why?
I do when specifically prompted. As a transgender chick living in the Bible Belt that type of question is normally posed in the form of a derisive accusation. I handle this confusion by making it clear that I'm proud and loving life rather than ashamed or deterred by their astute powers of observation.
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde
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