Throughout the decades, lesbian content has been subtly hidden in media all around us. Whether we were waiting for Xena and Gabrielle to get it on or pretty sure that Peppermint Patty and Marcie had a thing, we were always noticing it, kind of.
Ok grrl. Not gonna lie, I was not amused by the Saturday Night Live jest over forced slave breeding. Now, don’t get me wrong, I stand and deliver for Leslie Jones. She’s hilarious and a self-proclaimed top shelf bitch.
A while back, I wrote Five Lesbians to Avoid at the Bar, a femme problems article where I explored and even poked a little fun at certain bar clichés and stereotypes, such as the gold digging femme and the baby dyke.
As Beyoncé says, pretty hurts, and in the case of femme presentation, it hurts us in ways that others in our community may not even know or notice. Sure—being a femme lesbian has its perks and privileges, but it certainly doesn’t come without its fair share of disadvantages.
