Aug 26, 2024
Black lesbians
BLACK LESBAINS
BLACK LESBIANS
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Black lesbians
BLACK LESBAINS
BLACK LESBIANS
somebody please talk to me about my keychain. I’m so excited I could scream.
I love specific language describing my identity. being a black lesbian is such a specific and special experience. I love trinkets and pretty shiny things that remind me who I am and where I’ve been. I love charted territory.
I love my fish ancestors. thank you for being. I love being just like you. thank you for loving so I can follow your lead. I’m sorry it took so long, I’m here now. I’m proud now.
We’re still here! Long live Fish!
Guys I’m so proud of this ꒰ᐢ. .ᐢ꒱₊˚⊹
Femme Diaries #07
Can we all be honest with each other at this moment that... there is a "conventional beauty standard" in the lesbian and sapphic community. Especially when it comes to black lesbians/sapphics. Like the shit, I will hear from non-black AND black lesbians/sapphics talking about how other black lesbians/sapphics and how they are supposed to look, dress, weigh, and be in general is just so nasty. Oh don't even get me started on how people in the lesbian/sapphic community react to a black lesbian/sapphic with stone identities, it's not only just plain gross but it goes back to a bunch of racist, homophobic, and every other ist/ism in the books. I'm just tired because it is in all spaces in the lesbian/sapphic community and it needs to stop!
Fish Flag
Original Flag, Inspiration, and Palette by @estrogenism (Thank you for the permission to edit this flag!)
What does Fish mean?
Fish is a black exclusive term for a femme lesbian. This label was first recorded as a counterpart the label 'Stud' in a Masters of Arts thesis titled, 'A Study of a Public Lesbian Community' by Ethel Sawyer. Black masculinity is to Stud as Black femininity is to Fish.
The Flag: Symbols and Colors
School of Black Fish: In the original flag I found on my dash, estrogenism uses an image of a tropical fish to represent the body diversity among black femmes. I decided to go with a school of fish to represent the community among black femmes. Initially, I wanted the school to look like a crescent moon to represent femininity further, but I wasn't fuckin' with it.
Colors:
The darkest purple: Womanism (a feminist school of thought centered around the black experience)
2nd darkest purple: Black sapphicism
2nd lightest purple: Black sapphic history
Lightest purple: Unity between all fish (trans, cis, intersex, aspec, arospec etc)
Lightest pink: Subversion of femininity
2nd Lightest Pink: Vulnerability (????)
Orangey-Pink: Persistence
Red: Love
Recommended Reading
Femme: Feminists, Lesbians, and Bad Girls (Edited by Laura Harris and Elizabeth Crocker) [There are two relevant segments. Fish Tales and Fish Pond]
A Public Study of a Lesbian Community by Ethel Sawyer (This study was done by a heterosexual woman. Due to the time it is from, harmful stereotypes of both studs and fish are portrayed in this thesis. These misconceptions are incredibly dated.)
Note: Based on the reading that I have done (Including the original thesis itself), some bisexual women were involved in the lesbian bar culture and identified with the label Fish. Out of the 7 fish interviewed by Sawyer, 2 out of 7 (28%) enjoyed sex with men. That being said I don’t mind or care if black bisexual femmes use this flag. But please understand the difference between presenting femininely and femme culture within the sapphic context (specifically butchfemme/studfemme/stud-fish community) before using this label.
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NONSAPPHICS AND MINORS DNI
Butchfemme and Studfemme/Stud-fish story ideas for AO3
Childhood Rivals/Enemies to Lovers Stud Goldilocks/ Femme Baby Bear. Please tell me you can see the vision. Plus size femme Baby Bear, Dreadhead Goldilocks.
I talked about them on here but Mothfemme + Cryptid Obsessed Butch. I still wanna write them
Angsty Detective Butch + Criminal Femme Fatale
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