Out of the Jar

tomboyfemme:

Please post only if you feel similarly. I absolutely don’t want to be in a space in which I make people uncomfortable with my opinion. 

Danke. PS- love your blog. 

xx thegenderpurple

I am a gay woman of colour. I have studied Gender and Sexuality for four years, am getting my Masters in the same, have acted for many years in drag, and want to eventually write a book about Drag and Gendered Performance.

And here is what unnerves me a little about the androgyny on Tumblr. I feel alienated by it. For the simple reason that my body/mind/sexuality is left out. Androgyny is an aesthetic. But it is also gender performance, an intellectual perspective and a sexual identity. I am androgynous. Not by aesthetic always. My clothing may reflect it sometimes. I spend a lot of time in drag, and my gender identity encompasses every breast-bind, every change of shadow on my face. But it is not my only body. And I have many bodies, and many mental states, and many bedroom moves – and they are androgynous.

Don’t get me wrong. Aesthetically androgynous women are GORGEOUS. Aesthetic androgyny is GLORIOUS. I am uber attracted to androgynous ladies. Have dated quite a few. But it is not the only androgyny. And sometimes, I want people to remember me. To recognize that you don’t need to know me to consider the possibility of a particular identity. To remember that this identity lies in my stride, in my gender performance, in my mind. To know that I can bend my gender to match you, to contrast to yours, and to fit my will. And all of it is authentic, is genuine, is mine.

I use my makeup to gloss my mouth and shade my eyes sometimes, and to texture my facial hair and draw on a mustache sometimes. The same tools on the same body. The same mind in the same body. A combination of masculine and feminine in the same body.

See me. I can be anything from femme to super butch to quite a motherfucking sexy drag king. I’m not going to wax Foucauldian about gender identities, because I want to break it down to this – androgyny is more than its popular representation. It is something that is visceral, and I do not want it underrepresented. And I am nervous because I don’t want to encroach on the aesthetically androgynous groups, but I want to make myself heard. ANDROGYNY IS OF THE MIND. Beyond all else.

Sometimes it looks like me. Like this.

(via hsnahr)

(via fauxhawkwithflow)

kalemason:

fagglet:

marimacho:

Coney Island Swim Top

Inspired by 1920’s men’s swimwear, Marimacho’s reinterpretation combines classic style with modern fit. The Coney Island Swim Top can be mixed-and-matched with the Super Boi or Aqua Boi Swim Brief.

Designed to provide maximum coverage and a masculine silhouette, the scoop neck hits high on your chest but lands lower in the back. Whether you’re a beach bum or a thrill-seeker with a day off, our Coney Island Swim Top is your perfect match.

100% breathable stretch lycra, Fully lined

PRE-ORDERS START JUNE 15th *Special Pre-Order Prices For A Limited Time*

shop || Marimachobk.com || queer fashion

iiiiiinteresting. I wonder if I would still pass wearing this. hmm.

INTO THIS.

oh hai.

(via fauxhawkwithflow)

unicorn mane! ok, I miss mine now.

(via fauxhawkwithflow)

-androgyny:

kataklysm:

scrapscallion:

When we talk about androgynous fashion, we usually mean female-presenting people in outfits that incorporate or echo menswear. One seldom sees male-presenting people doing the same with womenswear, at least in the mainstream.

I think some of that must be a side effect of the privileging of traits, roles, and characteristics associated with masculinity over those associated with femininity—a woman in masculine-associated roles or clothing is moving in the direction of higher status and increased social privilege, at least implicitly; a man in feminine-associated roles or clothing, lower. We associate women in menswear with freedom and assertion; men in womenswear with deviation, grotesquerie, and parody.

How fucked up is that?

Good commentary, and FUCKING EXCELLENT OUTFIT.

Absolutely perfect. Spot on. I am so so so enamored with this post.

It always confuses me that I see “menswear for fall” and “menswear” during fashion week and “add a touch of menswear to your outfit with a blazer or a bowtie or, etc.” as though it is normal (which it is) yet if men want to incorporate something quote-on-quote “feminine”, then he is considered inferior and abnormal. I would like to see this double standard eliminated! 

(via androstyle)

spenserdeclanjames:

Gpoy.

(via thestreetshavebeencallingyou)

(via fauxhawkwithflow)

I want this haircut sooooo bad.

queerlymisunderstood:

moonlitstreets:

(via jennfemmeinist)

genderqueer:

I like to think that sometimes people don’t know whether I’m a boy or girl, because at least then we’re on the same page.

Submitted by dignityjustinplace

I love this quote.

(via cuteboyishlesbiangirls-deactiva)

kalemason:

genderfork:

neutresex:

(via neutresex)

(via thinkinfinite)