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queermasculine · 11 months ago

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genuinely despise the way straight writers write about butch suffering. it's always some tired dogshit like "she was hurt by a man so now she's cold and bitter and mannish, if only she'd heal, then she'd become her natural feminine self again!" which sucks because i absolutely would love to watch a relatable butch character go through something harrowing and emerge victorious, just not if it was written by someone who seems to have misunderstood the basic nature of my existence

#and btw when i talk about butch suffering i'm talking about the patterns that emerge when you look at all female characters who are #noticeably more masculine or tomboyish than other women in that story or in that time period #whether they ''count'' as truly butch is secondary – they're all relevant when examining female masculinity in media #anyway i'm off to beat my butch OCs with hammers since nobody in hollywood knows how to do it right

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