{"id":943,"date":"2022-12-18T23:16:01","date_gmt":"2022-12-18T23:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/queerreading\/?p=943"},"modified":"2022-12-18T23:16:02","modified_gmt":"2022-12-18T23:16:02","slug":"reading-journal-prompt-10-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/queerreading\/reading-journal-prompt-10-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading Journal &#8211; Prompt 10"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I have chosen the keyword <strong>butch\/femme<\/strong>. I think \u201cbutch\u201d is meant to describe masculine-presenting individuals and femme describes feminine-presenting individuals in the queer community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/c\/c7\/Butch_Femme_Society_by_David_Shankbone.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ll be making a zine. The Riot Grrrl zines, a feminist punk rock movement that originated in the 1990s, is an illustration of this format. It was known for using zines as a tool for self-expression and community building. These zines frequently included autobiographies, works of art, poetry, and political commentary pertaining to feminist and social justice themes. They were frequently created and circulated informally using do-it-yourself techniques like handwriting, collage, and xeroxing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/proyectoidis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/riot-grrrl-gigapixel-standard-scale-2_00x.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0I intend to talk about my keyword in relation to history and the importance of both terms in describing gender expression in the real world. I think that my key concept intersects\/overlaps with class in these ways:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Identity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Binaries&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Queerness<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I am struggling with figuring out how to condense the history\/context behind the words, without leaving anything critical out, because they are so broadly used within the community.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have decided to use the following five sources, because they provide both historical and contemporary explanations for both words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Source 1:<\/strong> Kayvon, Shervin. \u201cA Brief His and Herstory of Butch and Femme.\u201d INTO, 28 May 2018, https:\/\/www.intomore.com\/culture\/a-brief-his-and-herstory-of-butch-and-femme\/.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Source 2: <\/strong>Levitt, Heidi. \u201cThe Misunderstood Gender: A Model of Modern Femme Identity Butch\u2013Femme &#8230;\u201d University of Massachusetts Boston, 2003, https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/225274019_The_Misunderstood_Gender_A_Model_of_Modern_Femme_Identity_Butch-Femme_History.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Source 3<\/strong>: Manders, Kerry. \u201cThe Butches and Studs Who&#8217;ve Defied the Male Gaze and Redefined Culture.\u201d The New York Times, The New York Times, 13 Apr. 2020, https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2020\/04\/13\/t-magazine\/butch-stud-lesbian.html.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Source 4<\/strong>: Walker, Ja\u2019nina\u00a0 J., et al. Butch Bottom\u2013Femme Top? an Exploration of Lesbian Stereotypes. 12 Jan. 2012, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/10894160.2011.557646\">https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/10894160.2011.557646<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Source 5<\/strong>: Bailey, Marlon M. \u201cGender\/Racial Realness: Theorizing the Gender System in Ballroom Culture.\u201d Feminist Studies, vol. 37, no. 2, 2011, pp. 365\u201386. JSTOR, http:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/23069907. Accessed 18 Dec. 2022.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have chosen the keyword butch\/femme. I think \u201cbutch\u201d is meant to describe masculine-presenting individuals and femme describes feminine-presenting individuals in the queer community. I\u2019ll be making a zine. The Riot Grrrl zines, a feminist punk rock movement that originated in the 1990s, is an illustration of this format. It was known for using zines&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/queerreading\/reading-journal-prompt-10-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Reading Journal &#8211; Prompt 10<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8033,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/queerreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/queerreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/queerreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/queerreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8033"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/queerreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=943"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/queerreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":944,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/queerreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/943\/revisions\/944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/queerreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/queerreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/queerreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}