femmes ilysm i will die protecting u. your existence fuels mine. i wanna build you things n grow your favorite foods n make sure you’re drinking water. but lately my friends n i have noticed a lot of butch hate… for example, some things my butch pals n i have been criticized for by femmes:
- not wanting to be called masc (it took myself n others a long time to get here n the journey is tough so yeah uh don’t call me masc. call me butch.)
- not having more cis male friends (huh?)
- hairy body (wtf ??? lol)
- not being perfect/healed/having old patterns/wounds that we’re still working through (dude what??)
- not being “stronger” (yikes)
- not being in the mood more (we deserve support not criticism through seasons of low sex drive)
- being emotionally impacted by toxicity in friendships (???)
- being good w tools/construction bc it “encourages the notion that all butches should be handy” (sorry i like to work on my car n build furniture??)
- not ordering for femmes (i genuinely enjoy doing it but the expectation HAS to be communicated bc most femmes i know would be offended by this)
- being friends w femmes (????)
- not embracing our butch identity sooner (sometimes its literally unsafe and personally my familial relationships are permanently altered)
- being vulnerable (????)
- having long hair (the chop is a big step for a lot of butches. i am surprised more femmes don’t understand this? also u can have long hair n be butch!!)
- being impacted by brain altering medication (?? we deserve support through this too- adhd med trials are one of the worst med experiences i personally have had n the amount of criticism we’ve collectively received for not being “ourselves” while anxiety/depression/SSRIs/adhd/etc meds literally change our brain is frightening)
- on/off wanting to go on t (???? let us explore!!)
- not offering to carry things (i do love being chivalrous for femmes but we are human we get distracted sometimes)
there’s more but it bums me out. let’s be nicer pls