Research Catalog

Title

The femme mystique / edited by Lesléa Newman.

Publication

Boston : Alyson Publications, 1995.

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Details

Additional Authors

Newman, Lesléa.

Description

319 pages : illustrations; 22 cm

Subjects

• Lesbians' writings, American
• Lesbians > Literary collections

Contents

• Introduction: I Enjoy Being a Girl -- Not What You Might Expect / Amy Warner Candela -- Femme in Your Face / Valerie Young -- Words from Feminine Ass: One Femme's Story / Aiye Elena -- Portrait of a Femme: Dr. Marjorie J. Hill / Morgan Gwenwald -- I Am Not a Straight Girl / Raphaella Vaisseau -- Supercolliding over a Twinkie: Angry Musings from a Femme in the Deep South / Constance Lynne -- Femme Attack / Constance Clare -- Country Girl / Tzivia Gover -- Born-Again Femme / Meg Mott -- The Way the Cookie Crumbles / Deborah Filipek -- Femme: Very Queer Indeed / Victoria Baker -- In the Shadows of Love: The Letter / Chea Villanueva -- For Charlie on the Eve of Our Wedding / Amy Warner Candela -- Lesbian Weddings / Wendy Jill York -- Love Writes a Letter / Celli Tiemann -- Uncovering a Femme / Carolynne Hyman -- The Invitation / Heather Lee -- Femme '93: A Femme-Butch Encounter of the Tender Kind / Sandra Chan -- Ruby Red / Lisa Ginsburg --
• Radical Femme / Scarlet Woman -- Excerpts from the (Unpublished) Sexual Autobiography of a 27-Year-Old Femme Top / Hannah Bleier -- Iron Fist in a Velvet Glove: Toward an Aggressive Femme Philosophy / Anna Svahn -- Femme Fatale / Susan Kane -- Stand by Your Man / Debra Bercuvitz -- Born Femme / Jaime M. Grant -- Bombshell / Tristan Taormino -- Femme Bracelet / Morgan Gwenwald -- Dyke on Heels / Teresa Mendoza -- How to Dress Like a Femmy Dyke / Jane Barnes -- Femme in Hat / Constance Clare -- Victoria's Secret / Pamela Gray -- Black Slip / Terry Wolverton -- A Femme Shops till Her Butch Drops / Leslea Newman -- I Bought a New Red / Chrystos -- Night on the Town / Leslea Newman -- Underneath It All / Patricia Dark -- Blooming / Jane Barnes -- The Dress / Jess Wells -- Workout / Morgan Gwenwald -- Femmes' Day Out / Heather Hadlock -- A Latina Combat Femme, Her Shoes, and Her Ensuing Cultural Identity / Tatiana de la Tierra --
• Maria and Margarita at Play in Miami Beach / Tatiana de la Tierra -- Shopping for a Femme Definition / Jess Wells -- How to Tell If You're a Femme: An Easy Quiz / Talin Seta Shahinian -- Black Lace and Red Satin / Raven (Heather) Tompkins -- Ode to the Femme Mystique / Lois Fine -- The Care and Feeding of a Femme / Theresa Carilli -- Women Who Make My Knees Weak / Karen X. Tulchinsky -- Sincerely, Poppa Butch / Amiee Joy Ross -- Pearls / Morgan Gwenwald -- Amor / Teresa Mendoza -- Always a Cheerleader, Never a Ballplayer / Barbara Herrera -- Femme Moment of Truth / Ellen Bay -- Plain or Peanut? / Ellen Grabiner -- French Fries and Fingernail Polish / A. J. Potter -- Stalking the Wild Femme / Linda L. Wiggin -- Tristan and Audrey / Jeminie Shell -- Jennifer's Gift / Mary Frances Platt -- Lipstock / Gerry Gomez Pearlberg -- Lips / Karen Lee Erlichman -- My Bed of Roses / Elisabeth Freeman -- Lipstick / Su Penn -- Lipstick and Lace / Mary Vazquez --
• The Ritual / Pamela Kimmell -- Downstairs in the Ladies' Room / Corrina Kellam -- Don't Call Me Lipstick Lesbian / Faithe Wempen -- It's a Bitch Being Butch / Leslea Newman -- You Think You're the Butch / Melinda Goodman -- Let Me Be the Femme / Liz O'Lexa -- and all she ever wanted / Angela Costa -- A Femme in Butch Clothing / Kitty Tsui -- A Butch in Femme Clothing: Portrait of Kitty Tsui / Jill Posener -- Femme? / Sharon Gonsalves -- Reflections of a Young Femme Dyke / Jan E. Bevilacqua -- Terminally Femme / Bree Coven -- Confessions of a Young Femme / Bree Coven -- Sweet Layers of Femme Cream: Bottom to Top / Constance Clare -- Creamy Femme: Portrait of Constance Clare / Theresa C. Thadani -- Femme in Progress / Faith Jones -- Embracing the Inner Femme / Karen Lee Erlichman -- My Shayneh Maideleh: Portrait of Leslea Newman / Mary Vazquez -- The Secret Life of a Jewish Femme / Karen Lee Erlichman -- Femme Poem #1 / Liza Rankow -- Her Present / Morgan Tharan --
• Feeling Feminine: Femmedyke / Kathryn Chiesa Crema -- One Femme's Dreams and Aspirations / Maluma Crone -- But I Like to Wear Dresses / Kate Allen -- Skirting the Issue / Ni Aodagain -- Leading Looks / Anita Langford -- Being Femme Means / Trish Callahan -- FemmeDaMentals / Kay Elewski -- Being Femme / Christy Cramer -- Podsnappery: Twisting through My Femme Identity / Chloe Ohme -- Safe Sex: Latex and Lace / Wendy Jill York -- A Kindred Spirit / Julie Varner Catt -- Femme at Heart / Becky Birtha -- Coming Out, Femme-Style / Faithe Wempen -- My Sister, My Blood, My Femme Lesbian Body / Leslie J. Henson -- Stop Me before I Bake Again / Kelly Conway -- Queen Femme / Wendy Frost -- High Femme / Anonymous -- Femme Is ... (A Flirtation) / C. Colette.

ISBN

1555832555 (acid-free paper)

LCCN

95197329

OCLC

• 32938612
• ocm32938612

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries