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Title: Butch is Back? When Did Butch Go Away?
Post by: Shana A on September 07, 2009, 06:18:00 PM
Butch is Back? When Did Butch Go Away?
Filed by: Paige Schilt
September 6, 2009 2:30 PM

http://www.bilerico.com/2009/09/butch_is_back_when_did_butch_go_away.php (http://www.bilerico.com/2009/09/butch_is_back_when_did_butch_go_away.php)

In the middle of the summer--on the day I was leaving for vacation, in fact--Bil Browning, our illustrious editor-in-chief, put an article on my virtual desk. It was the cover story for the Village Voice's queer issue, titled "Rachel Maddow, the New Sexy: the Butch is Back, with a Poster Girl."

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No, what irks me most is the way that this article--and loads of other trendspotting articles about the "new" butch--get queer history wrong.