Ftf: Female to Femme

[snugglekitty]

On Friday night, I attended the showing of Ftf at the Gay and Lesbian Film Festival at the Museum of Fine Arts. Accompanying me were mrpet, 7j, and a lot of queer women.

The film was mostly a documentary, although the "female to femme support group" looked very staged from my perspective, and I think was intended as comic relief. Some of the issues discussed were coming out as femme, femininity and feminism, burlesque and drag, femme visibility, and pushup bras. :) They also spent some time talking about dyke culture in the nineties, when plaid flannel and crewcuts were considered obligatory apparel, and dressing as a femme would get you all kinds of criticism. I remember those days well, actually - that was definitely what my college experience was like.

I wish they had talked more about butch/femme, femme/femme, femme and trans issues. It would also have been interesting to hear more about what brought people into embracing a femme identity. But I thought the film was very good, and I would definitely recommend it.

Next Friday, I'm going to see the women's shorts, as part of the same festival.

Comments

[monicaboston.livejournal.com]

I was hoping you would comment! I had a Mother's Day obligation.

Yes, I remember the Birks and flannel period too, and with some mild embarrassment. Although it did have the advantage of "looking dykey."

[lady-anemone.livejournal.com]

Well, no one has ever thought I was a dyke on sight, unless they first saw me making out with a lady. Even during the birks-and-flannel period, I was unwilling to cut my hair or nails short... so I still look straight to a lot of people, or so I hear.