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Sign up to your local lesbian library today!

Who: We, the mods at butches and femmes, are hosting our third match making event in celebration of reaching 1000 followers, in which we aim to match up all our bookworm lesbians based on their literary tastes! We hope to build upon our past experiences in hosting these events to make this a fantastic experience for everyone

How: First, read the Terms and Conditions which can be viewed below and found on our about page. Then simply fill out the lesbian library card application below and copy it into our submission box. Please include as much detail as you can! We will match lesbians based on similarities in literary tastes and writer/reader aesthetics AND we will post a list of reading groups, again based on literary tastes and aesthetics so you can all hang out and fangirl over your particular interests together. Once we have posted the groups it’s up to you to get in contact with one another, although we will happily provide help, advice, prompts and other useful resources for you should you need them.

Where: the event will happen right here on this blog! Please don’t hesitate to ask if you have any questions or queries about the event and we will get back to you as soon as we can. Make sure to check back here for updates and announcements (we will be tagging any updates or information about the event with #lesbian library)

When: we will be accepting applications until 10:00pm April 21th 2017 GMT so make sure to send your form in before then. Pairs will be individually messaged the results and the reading group posts will go up on April 27th 2017 7:00pm (ish) GMT

Why: our intention is quite simply to help bookworm lesbians meet other bookworm lesbians (most of us being quite introverted) and hopefully find love and/or friendship. We do all the work for you!

Notes: The cover art used was created by mod w and the drawing is hers, although the photos used are public domain! Please, for the love of Patricia Highsmith, read our terms and conditions before submitting, thank you. Reblogs are appreciated.

Lesbian Library card application form:

Please be specific as possible!

1. What is your name?

2. How old are you?

3. What is your URL?

4. What is your location?

5. What is your timezone?

6. What is your zodiac?

7. Would you describe yourself as butch, femme or a variant thereof? If so, how?

8. How would you describe your opinions towards feminism? (rad fem, lib fem, anti-fem, etc.) (optional)

9. What are you looking for? (friends/community/partner/etc)

10. What are your hobbies? (besides reading!)

11. What is your favourite reading snack and/or beverage?

12. What are you reading at the moment?

13. What is your favourite genre?

14. Who is your favourite author?

15. Roughly how many books do you read in a year?

16. What’s on the top of your reading list right now?

17. What are your top 3 favourite literary works of all time?

18. Which book character do you relate to or look up to the most?

19. Describe the perfect library

20. What kind of lesbian representation would you like to see more of in literature?

21. Who is your favourite lesbian character from literature and why? (optional)

22. Which female characters from literature should definetly have been lesbians in your opinion? (optional)

23. If you wrote a book/poem/play, what would it be about? (optional)

24. Describe your personal reader/writer wlw aesthetic (optional)

26. Anything else you’d like to let us know about? (optional)

Terms and Conditions

1. The lesbian library is, and always will remain free of charge

2. Any questions, queries or comments regarding the lesbian library must sent to ButchesandFemmes via our ask box

3. If you wish to withdraw your application, you must send us an ask clearly stating which URL you applied with and your intention to withdraw at least 24 hours before the application deadline,  24:00 April 20th 2017 GMT. While the moderators appreciate you including your reasons for withdrawal, it is not necessary

4. If you have specific requirements for your match, such as political opinions or gender identity, you must clearly state these requirements in section 25 of your lesbian library card application and the moderators will do their utmost to match you appropriately

5. Whilst specific requirements such as political opinions or gender identity will be taken into consideration for matches, they will not be taken into consideration for reading groups. For example, there will not be a ‘radical feminist reading group’ or ‘transgender literature group’. Groups will be sorted based on prefered genres and forms alone. As such you may be sorted into a reading group with women of differing social/political opinions to yourself.

6. If you wish you may request to be excluded from the reading groups and only given a match, or excluded from the matches and only given a reading group. To request exclusion from either the match up or reading groups you must clearly state in section 25 of your lesbian library card application which category you would like to be excluded from. It is not necessary for you to explain why you would like to be excluded from either category. You must enter at least one category.

7. Lesbian and bisexual women are welcome to take join the lesbian library, regardless of their political opinions or ideologies. ButchesandFemmes is an non-political blog and will remain that way, but we hold the belief that as gay women we can all co-exist and cooperate with each other. This is non-negotiable.

8. We will be accepting applications from lesbian and bisexual women only. We will automatically reject any application sent to us by a man, male- alining person or non wlw. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the terms and conditions or require further clarification, please send us an ask and we will get back to you as soon as we can. Questions are, as always, welcomed.