laura/antoine, 18, intj, from italy (but half french). bigender (she/her/hers - he/him/his) and hellenic polytheist. history, art, social justice. also les misérables and star wars trash. ( )

revolutionarygays:

it’s just so willfully ignorant to pretend the lesbian community doesn’t have a culture or markers of our identity

of course we do. anyone can tell you easily what kinds of clothes (flannel shirts, loose fitting jeans, beanies, birkenstocks, etc) are UNIVERSALLY associated w our community

when these clothes come into fashion, such as loose fitting jeans or flannel shirts, it’s no mystery why stores like american eagle market them as “boyfriend” clothes. it has nothing to do w how masculine the clothes are or aren’t seen – it’s about reinforcing the heterosexuality of the potential female buyer. and like…. of course a straight woman would be the one arguing against this. my lesbian friends and i have been rolling our eyes at “boyfriend flannels” and shit for YEARS.

and i’ve told this story before and i have to mention it again – i used to follow a blog dedicated to pictures of “androgynous” women that was mostly full of gnc & butch women and mostly frequented by lesbians. however it quickly became filled up w straight girls with short haircuts and wearing things like flannel & beanies – fashions typically associated w lesbians – proudly proclaiming that they love men

that whole situation devolved into a lesbophobic mess SO FAST that you cannot pretend like straight girls who wear these clothes aren’t completely complicit in the lesbophobic marketing surrounding them. to pretend so is willful straight ignorance and i don’t like it

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