There was no way the counter girl was butch, even strutting to and fro in her Levi's and poly-blend Colma Tigers Little League uniform shirt. Her crew cut framed her face too prettily, her eyelashes were too long, the shirt too snug. She did not achieve that true androgyny some butches have, where you look once and see a boy, look again and see a girl, look again for the pleasure of the trompe l'oeil. No, this girl was one of the many femmes who'd moved to the city and cut off her hair in order to participate fully in the urban pleasures. A dyke with short hair was noticeable from across a street; any woman with short hair was worth a second glance. A femme with long hair wouldn't register in a quick scan, unless of course she was high-femme, picking her way down Valencia at 10 AM in heels and dark lipstick, carrying a shopping bag of performance art supplies. A regular femme with long hair, you'd have to cross the street -- but how would you even know to do so?
queer story 9
queer story 9
queer story 9
There was no way the counter girl was butch, even strutting to and fro in her Levi's and poly-blend Colma Tigers Little League uniform shirt. Her crew cut framed her face too prettily, her eyelashes were too long, the shirt too snug. She did not achieve that true androgyny some butches have, where you look once and see a boy, look again and see a girl, look again for the pleasure of the trompe l'oeil. No, this girl was one of the many femmes who'd moved to the city and cut off her hair in order to participate fully in the urban pleasures. A dyke with short hair was noticeable from across a street; any woman with short hair was worth a second glance. A femme with long hair wouldn't register in a quick scan, unless of course she was high-femme, picking her way down Valencia at 10 AM in heels and dark lipstick, carrying a shopping bag of performance art supplies. A regular femme with long hair, you'd have to cross the street -- but how would you even know to do so?