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—Toronto Star (Toronto Star )
Brazen Femme is a brave and necessary book, written with honor and longing and truth. And much like strutting around in a pair of stiletto pumps or lacing on a skin-tight merry-widow, it leaves the kind of impression that is well worth some minor discomfort.
—Books in Canada (Books in Canada )
Exploring sex, violence, alienation and love. . . .Camilleri's story is powerful and haunting.
—Quill & Quire (Quill and Quire )
Within these angry, defiant, brave and at times, heartbreaking pieces . . . lie some essential truths about gender, about being both queer and feminine.
—Herizons (Herizons )
A bold, groundbreaking collection on the nature of femmes and femme identity.
—Lambda Book Report (Lambda Book Report )
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Brazen Femme: Queering Femininity is a manifesto for the unrepentant bitch, straddling the furious and fantastic. Undeniably celebratory and deeply troubling, this sharp-edged collection (of fiction, prose poetry, personal essay, photographs, and illustration) figures the un-hyphenated femme experience emerging in performance, betrayal, violence, humour, and survival.
Brazen Femme recognizes femme as an identity in flux and in motion, as constantly being reinvented. This mutability sets the stage for creative and thoughtful representation featuring critically acclaimed writers including Camilla Gibb, Sky Gilbert, Michelle Tea, Amber Hollibaugh, and Anurima Banerji. Brazen Femme unapologetically refuses explanations and definitions while bringing into view femme identity through description, reflection, and interpretation. As such, the collection includes the entertaining and challenging work of writers and artists whose stories are missing from existing explorations of femme that exclude experiences of men, transsexual women, and sex workers.
Whether by choice or necessity, these frenzied femmes each explore their desires to make (and remake) femininity fit their own queer frames. Darlings, drag queens, whores, and action heroes . . . a femme by any other name is spectacular.
With writings by Debra Anderson, Anurima Banerji, T.J. Bryan, Anna Camilleri, Daniel Collins, Lisa Duggan and Kathleen McHugh, Camilla Gibb, Sky Gilbert, Tara Hardy, Amber Hollibaugh, Suzann Kole, Elaine Miller, Kathryn Payne, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Elizabeth Ruth, Trish Salah, Abi Slone and Allyson Mitchell, Michelle Tea, Zoe Whittall, and Karin Wolf.
With photographs by Chlöe Brushwood Rose, Daniel Collins, and illustrations by Allyson Mitchell, Suzy Malik, and Sandi Rapini.
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Femme without Butch,
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This review is from: Brazen Femme: Queering Femininity (Paperback)
In the lesbian community, it is uncommon to find a definition of Femme without Butch even though we do, in fact, exist independently. Lesbian community culture it seems is largely semi-androgens and what I have found is that falling in the gaussian tail of feminine identification to be something of a liability. What I am discovering now however is that it feels less important to fit myself into my communities preconception of behavior and presentation, additionally, I am feeling considerably less apologetic about myself.This is the first account that I've read that most correctly describes my most consistent feelings and behaviors. It has been a greatly beneficial normalization experience for me to have an account of other individuals who feel and behave similarly, particularly since there are only a very few with which I have had contact.
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Femme without Butch,
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This review is from: Brazen Femme: Queering Femininity (Paperback)
In the lesbian community, it is uncommon to find a definition of Femme without Butch even though we do, in fact, exist independently. Lesbian community culture it seems is largely semi-androgens and what I have found is that falling in the gaussian tail of feminine identification to be something of a liability. What I am discovering now however is that it feels less important to fit myself into my communities preconception of behavior and presentation, additionally, I am feeling considerably less apologetic about myself.This is the first account that I've read that most correctly describes my most consistent feelings and behaviors. It has been a greatly beneficial normalization experience for me to have an account of other individuals who feel and behave similarly, particularly since there are only a very few with which I have had contact. 9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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adding to my collection,
By Melissa K. Heckman "femme book lovah" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Brazen Femme: Queering Femininity (Paperback)
I am thrilled whenever i read a book about femmes that shows a variety of femmes being strong and proud of who they are. I think everyone who loves femmes, is femme, or is curious about femmes should read this book, and add it to their small, but surely growing, collection of femme books. That said, as high femme in my early thirties, i felt a little disconnected from the femmes in this book. I guess it's too much to hope for that i will find something written about femmes that accurately reflects my life and history and choices, but i keep hoping. As it is, I fall somewhere between Femme Mystique and Brazen Femme, a little young for the former, a little old, perhaps, for the latter. My femme friends who are also in their 30's and i have discusssed whether or not we are just jealous of femmes who are coming out now, as queer and femme all at once, whereas we mostly came out as queer and learned about femme later... that could be. In any case, it is an amazing thing for young femmes to have a community of femmes to come out into, and this book is a part of that brilliant, powerful community.i have to give it 5 stars, even tho i didn't quite connect with some of the writing... i'm gonna keep re-readng this, i'm sure i'll find something new to like every time. 4 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Not recommended for those who appreciate grammer and logical flow,
By Anon. 123 - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Brazen Femme: Queering Femininity (Paperback)
At the beginning of this review, I want to say that I identify as both queer and gender transgressive and typically have an outwardly feminine presentation. I bought this book hoping to read the stories of others who identify as queer femmes and be enlightened or inspired. Unfortunately, the awful grammar and absolute lack of capitalization or punctuation in some of the essays blocked many of the essays' ability to capture my heart or mind. Brazen Femme, with the exception of the excellent essay by Sky Gilbert, also failed to challenge the assumption that to be femme one needs to be born, or remain, biologically female.
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