tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-371230315197236857.post5631818751385896161..comments2024-03-28T01:53:58.120-07:00Comments on Sublime Mercies: Rehearsing Masculinity: Gender Fuck in a Bow TieCharlotte Issyvoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11081140798331499819noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-371230315197236857.post-64181218127709735242013-12-17T19:25:59.497-08:002013-12-17T19:25:59.497-08:00You in a long line of smart women, bending gender!...You in a long line of smart women, bending gender! It's often so flattering and almost always femininzing! And that, as you know, is true for you. Love it. It's odd that anyone even notices it still, in this day and age, but they do. You look grand.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12630135395645059302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-371230315197236857.post-51413360787816242882013-12-16T14:41:49.512-08:002013-12-16T14:41:49.512-08:00Yay, I messed with your paradigm! Yay! That's ...Yay, I messed with your paradigm! Yay! That's what I'm all about, baby. Feel free to mess with mine too. : )Charlotte Issyvoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11081140798331499819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-371230315197236857.post-2387828259183909472013-12-16T12:46:40.991-08:002013-12-16T12:46:40.991-08:00I really enjoyed this post on gender-bending, Char...I really enjoyed this post on gender-bending, Charlotte. It makes me question assumptions even I, a liberal in a liberal profession, make all the time. Well-said and amen. And thanks for sharing your thoughts with Visible Monday.Pattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15079432708951192200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-371230315197236857.post-38082150267928532812013-12-14T19:27:45.175-08:002013-12-14T19:27:45.175-08:00Yes, I think you're right, though I sometimes ...Yes, I think you're right, though I sometimes wonder if it's because women's power isn't taken as seriously so our "cross dressing" isn't seen as a threat. That said, for a long time it was illegal for women to wear more than three items of men's clothing in public (the reverse being true for men). The target was butch women, of course. So sad.<br /><br />It takes remarkable courage for a man to wear women's clothes in public. It was actually drag queens who helped me embrace my own femininity because helped me to see it as tied to me (and them), not to my biological sex. I keep meaning to write a post about them.<br /><br />You might also like these two posts, the about gay pride, and the second about the 20th C history of women, including butch women, in suits:<br /><br />http://www.sublimemercies.com/2013/07/gay-pride-charlotte-goes-camp.html<br />http://www.sublimemercies.com/2013/04/on-women-in-suits-femme-butch-ki-ki-and.htmlCharlotte Issyvoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11081140798331499819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-371230315197236857.post-33214273777869500812013-12-14T16:44:55.951-08:002013-12-14T16:44:55.951-08:00Women seem to have more leeway in this society to ...Women seem to have more leeway in this society to move back and forth across the gender divide with clothing. Even back in the day (40s, 50s, 60s), when dresses were de rigueur, we still had famous female gender benders like Marlene Dietrich. Famous men in feminine attire seemed to have been confined to comedy---think Benny Hill. Now of course, is the age of Ru Paul and "Drag Race" but still, a man walking down the street in feminized clothing is probably gonna attract more attention than a female in manly clothing.<br /><br />As a woman, I do like the freedom to wear guy gear one day (I love men's button down shirts) and then bust out a petticoat and skirt the next. Or sometimes both together, as you have done :) <br />Tilda E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05851202095798049172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-371230315197236857.post-1927667250313564332013-12-13T12:25:19.643-08:002013-12-13T12:25:19.643-08:00"Obfuscation is for chumps"? Oh do! But ..."Obfuscation is for chumps"? Oh do! But make sure everyone knows that it was said by the brilliant blogger, Charlotte Issyvoo. : ) In what context would you quote it?Charlotte Issyvoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11081140798331499819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-371230315197236857.post-48350966377712087002013-12-13T05:25:34.409-08:002013-12-13T05:25:34.409-08:00I may have to quote that last sentance today. I may have to quote that last sentance today. oxinsockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17214876258680487340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-371230315197236857.post-72913963396083847812013-12-11T11:06:08.124-08:002013-12-11T11:06:08.124-08:00Ooooh, someone knows his/her queer theory! Yes, Bu...Ooooh, someone knows his/her queer theory! Yes, Butler was one of my sources here and I'm thrilled to hear that I write more accessibly than she does. I once wrote a pretty scathing review of her writing style. Obfuscation is for chumps.Charlotte Issyvoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11081140798331499819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-371230315197236857.post-9540655706494304592013-12-11T07:02:47.937-08:002013-12-11T07:02:47.937-08:00Fabulous post! And much more accessible than Judit...Fabulous post! And much more accessible than Judith Butler!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-371230315197236857.post-47328912594381746742013-12-11T04:39:10.523-08:002013-12-11T04:39:10.523-08:00My dear, no one would mistake you for butch. My dear, no one would mistake you for butch. oxinsockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17214876258680487340noreply@blogger.com