closet-keys:

  • Lesbians are nothing like straight people. 
  • Butch lesbians are nothing like straight men. 
  • Femme lesbians are nothing like straight women. 
  • Butches do not dress like or emulate straight men.
  • Femmes do not dress like or emulate straight women. 
  • Butch lesbians do not have male privilege or the male gaze. 
  • Femme lesbians do not have straight privilege from being able to “pass” as straight. 
  • Butch/Femme couples are not heteronormative. 
  • Butches and Femmes dress like no one but themselves. Their presentation has nothing to do with straight people. 
  • Butches and Femmes are both oppressed as lesbians. Neither has systemic privilege over the other. 
  • Butches and Femmes are both inherently radical in refusing to adhere to heteronormativity.

neilnevins:

Had a dream that McDonald’s had a big ad campaign that just said “WE HAVE IT” in black cryptic writing. So I went to a drive thru and said “I saw the sign. Can I have it” and the speaker was silent for a solid ten seconds before saying “do you think you’re ready” in my voice and I screamed and drove away