Are butch-femme roles in queer relationships just recycling the same old hetero his 'n' hers gender boxes? What happens when toxic masculinity invades queer relationships and spaces? In an Unladylike FIRST, we're re-asking and re-answering a listener advice request–and with empathetic expertise from Autostraddle editor in-chief Carmen Phillips and community editor Nico Hall. Carmen and Nico break down butch misogyny, femme objectification and why lesbian relationships aren't immune to patriarchy. Highlights include: midcentury Buffalo lesbians, helpful dykes, queer signaling and Catholic school unladies.
Carmen and Nico's recommended reading:
To get in touch with Unladylike:
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ask Unladylike: Better Off Single?
The 'Pretendian' Long Con
Dog-xic Masculinity
Age-Defying Friendship
Ask Unladylike: The D*ck Pic Talk?
The Ozempic Weight-Loss Craze
Ask Unladylike: Financially Responsible for Your Mom?
Vegan Feminism Beyond Food
Ask Unladylike: Butch Girlfriends & Childfree Stepmoms
Men's Rights Activists 101
From Come As You Are with Dr. Emily Nagoski: Pleasure is The Measure
A Feminist Revolution In Iran
Ask Unladylike: Virginity Disclosure?
You Don't Look Autistic
Christians Get Abortions, Too
True Crime, Horror & Women
Bad Nose, Good Nose
From A Slight Change of Plans: Civil Rights Icon Ruby Bridges
Ask Unladylike: Unvaxxed, Unfriended?
Sexxxy Feet
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
The Modern West
Flower Mound Women’s Bible Study
She’s Got Drive: Black Women talk about Success and how they achieved it.
In Good Company
Women of Color Podcasters
Meditation for Women