HottieMama
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Furry....Pat Califia is female to male transgendered. He wrote that book before he transitioned. (so it was technically written from a "dyke" perspective.
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HottieMama said:Furry....Pat Califia is female to male transgendered. He wrote that book before he transitioned. (so it was technically written from a "dyke" perspective.
FurryFury said:Did you find it a little disturbing that in this book being dyke meant acting like a man in some really negative ways especially interpersonally? I mean I'd like to think that power and being/acting male are not equated.
HottieMama said:A little disturbing...yes. However given the other scenarios in the book, it seemed to "fit." i don't think femininity would have worked as well.
Kierae said:Having spent a fair amount of time immersed in the glbt community, you will find that those stereotypical roles in women/men are throughout both genders as is the power exchange. You are correct in that you can get hurt or screwed over by either sex - honestly I have been just as hurt by a woman as I have by a man (maybe more so since I didn't expect to be hurt by a someone who I assumed was "of like mind").
The lesbian world is made up of all kinds of categories: butch, stone butch, lesbians, femmes, lipstick les, bois, etc and with all of those, comes a set of behaviors and expectations. Some has changed over the years - definitely more acceptance and blurring of the gender roles. And I agree - would hope that we have learned that we can embrace our power through other means.
An excellent read of one facet (historically based) is Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg. I read it when it came out and then re read it about a year ago.
FurryFury said:What are we going to read in September??? Here are the nominations so far:
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11) The Dark Garden by Eden Bradley
A deliciously potent tale of one woman’s quest for self-discovery
Rowan Cassidy likes to be in charge—especially in her personal life. As a mistress at Club Privé, the most exclusive bondage/S & M club on the West Coast, Rowan can live out her dominant fantasies safely, and with complete control—until the night Christian Thorne walks in. Self-confident and sophisticated, he’s a natural dominant if Rowan’s ever seen one. Yet she can’t stop thinking about him and imagining his touch.
Christian has returned home, hoping to break free from his dissatisfaction and malaise—and discovers the cure in Rowan. He’s dying to get his skilled hands on her and watch her surrender, to unlock the mystery of her that captivates him. Determined to be her master, he makes Rowan a daring proposition: give herself over to him for thirty days.
Rowan finds Christian’s offer terrifying—and impossible to resist. But abandoning herself to Christian’s power might be more than she can handle…. Or it might be the realization of her true nature and the dark garden within her. There will be only one way to find out. And once the game has begun, there’s no turning back.
Fury
WriterDom said:I'm reading this now and I like it a lot so far.
funny you should ask.. I just received my copy of "A lick of frost" today.. man I'd love to lick Frost for a while....Kierae said:Soooo inquiring minds wanna know - the new Merry Gentry book is out! Fess up - how has read it? I have surgery in 2 weeks and I have saved (and it hasn't been easy) the last Anita Blake book for this fucking hospitalization but I figure I should absolutely have hot reading - incentive to get the fuck out of there. I am pondering picking up Merry because lord knows (/fan) I have adored that series. Thank god I have read this months already so I don't have to play catch up!
EmpressFi said:funny you should ask.. I just received my copy of "A lick of frost" today.. man I'd love to lick Frost for a while....