A good primer for the beginner, but not the greatest as a whole. I would agree with other reviews that this collection is a mixture of brilliant and mediocre work. This sounds wonderfully complex and out of the [one dimensional] femme-box that so many people seem to think exists. I found the whole piece boring and offensive.
Traditionally, when the femme identity is examined at all, it is examined in direct contrast with butch. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. I was totally queerung board after reading the introduction, where Rose and Camilleri state that they want Brazen Femme to depart from existing texts by focusing completely on femme identities I stumbled upon it at the library in the queer section a couple years ago, read it, loved it, then ordered my own copy.
Whether by choice or necessity, these frenzied femmes each explore their desires to make and remake femininity fit their own queer frames. Story of my life. The collection includes the entertaining and challenging work of writers and artists whose stories are missing from existing explorations of femme that exclude experiences of men, transsexual women, and sex workers.
Aug 29, Red rated it really liked it Shelves: Undeniably celebratory and deeply troubling, this sharp-edged collection of fiction, prose poetry, personal essay, photographs, and illustration reveals the un-hyphenated femme experience emerging in performance, betrayal, violence, humor, and survival.
Tuesday, June 3rd 8: Feb 12, Beans rated it it was amazing. There are some stellar pieces in this: Awesome discovery into feminism in flux!! It sucks so bad. Trivia About Brazen Femme:. A short summary of this paper. Download Download PDF. Translate PDF.
Submitted contributions may include full-length academic essays — words , shorter creative pieces, cultural commentaries, or personal narratives — words , poetry, photo essays, short films and videos uploaded to Vimeo , visual and sound art jpeg Max 1MB , or a combination of these.
Please direct inquiries and submissions to Guest Editors Dr. Vikki Chalklin: queerfeminineaffinities gmail. The collection is particularly interested in reflections that can contribute to, challenge and expand on the established legacies of these wonderfully rich anthologies. The collection asks to what extent conceptualizations and lived realities of femme, queer, alternative and subversive femininities have travelled and translated along transnational lines of queer inheritances, and where our paths have diverged and our figurations have been reinvented to take fresh forms.
Some of the pieces hold up really well, others less so. It's also geared more toward an academic audience in terms of writing style than I was anticipating. But that said, worth tracking down if you're looking at queer history and starter texts about queerness and femininity. Feb 01, Ashur rated it liked it Shelves: essays , nonfiction , queerness , feminism. I'm not sure this is for me, but it's good to read different POVs. One of the best things about essay anthologies though this also involved photography and poetry is the contributor list in the back: lots of people to keep an eye on.
Jan 03, Joshua Ebert rated it it was ok. I had high expectations for this book, but it fell completely short. The meaning of quantum is, according to the internet, "the Latin word for amount and, in modern understanding, means the smallest possible discrete unit of any physical property, such as energy or matter. Who is the quantum femme? Obviously not a scientist, or she'd pick a better word.
To whom? I don't know. Someone obviously pissed the writer off. I found the whole piece boring and offensive. A page and a half of I-don't-care. There were a few good ones, mainly "Femme Fables", "gonna get my girl body back: this is a work in progress", "Two Poetic Incantations", and "Wheels Plus". But mostly, a lot of this book was either forgettable or shoddily-written. I feel bad for writing such a mean review, but this book had so much potential, and I wish the editors had picked better pieces.
Aug 03, Heather rated it it was ok Shelves: lgbtq-alphabet-soup-books. I wanted to like this, but I really did not care for it. I was totally on board after reading the introduction, where Rose and Camilleri state that they want Brazen Femme to depart from existing texts by focusing completely on femme identities But almost all of the works fell flat. I also liked the dialogue I wanted to like this, but I really did not care for it. I also liked the dialogue between Abi Slone and Allyson Mitchell though I thought Mitchell's paintings contributed absolutely nothing.
I have seen other reviews questioning why the editors included it and I felt the same way. But that's mainly it. Overall, this just came off like a selection of works that just happened to be created by femme-identified people, not a celebration or exploration of femme identities.
Dec 21, Christa rated it it was ok Shelves: gender , all , queer , anthologies. When I picked up this book I was really excited after all, just look at the cover! I was really disappointed in this book. Someone recommended it to me and said it might help with my understanding of Femme-ness and help me evaluate my own shaky identity as a possible femme. Some of the articles tried to hard, others were just uninteresting. However, if you are going to pick up the book these articles worth reading: -Whores and Bitches Who Sleep With Women by Kathryn Pa When I picked up this book I was really excited after all, just look at the cover!
Maybe I just went into the book expecting too much. Jan 12, Quin Rich rated it it was amazing. Fantastic, eclectic anthology of writing by persons who identify with and about queer femininity.
Crucially, this collection treats "femme" as an identity of its own, rather than as a subordinate partner of "butch.
As other reviewers have noted, Sky Gilbert's piece was really out-of-pla Fantastic, eclectic anthology of writing by persons who identify with and about queer femininity. As other reviewers have noted, Sky Gilbert's piece was really out-of-place; frankly misogynistic at points, and really out of touch with the rest of the collection, My favorite piece was probably Kathryn Payne's "Whores and Bitches Who Sleep with Women," though Lisa Duggan's and Kathleen McHugh's "A Fem me inist Manifesto" is a close second.
I found myself actually smiling reading this book. It's a good mix of personal essays, critical, essays, poems, and even some comics. Definitely worth a read, as it's short, and it felt really good to read in a way I can't really explain. Aug 29, kate rated it liked it. Dec 30, Ariel rated it liked it. I'm not sure how I feel about this book. It was tough to read, very confrontational, and I liked that about it - I enjoy having to examine my own discomfort to see what that means about me - but as far as actual writing quality goes, I think it varied.
Some essays were amazing, but a lot felt heavy-handed, or like they were relying too much on style and metaphor and not enough on emotional or literary impact. These essays positioned femme as a category unto itself, not as defined by butch or mas I'm not sure how I feel about this book.
These essays positioned femme as a category unto itself, not as defined by butch or masculinity, and they had a lot of diverse viewpoints, which I loved, and because of that I'd recommend it to someone looking for a personal as opposed to scholarly view on fem me ininity.
Feb 12, Beans rated it it was amazing. But this was amazing. Highly recommended. Jul 01, Eli rated it liked it Shelves: poetry , gender. A wide variety of artists and writers are brought together for this emotionally raw exploration of femme identity and life.
The mark of a good anthology, to me, is that not everything in it speaks to me. I was especially fond of the essays here by T.
I do feel I learned something I didn't know before about what femme means, and what it means to be femme, beyond terms and definitions. Nov 13, lola rated it did not like it. Jul 27, Rini rated it liked it Shelves: queer. Somehow I was expecting non-fiction. I didn't have time to finish it until a bunch of schoolwork set in, but what I did read was rather interesting. Dec 23, Leigh M rated it really liked it.
Some of this was a little over my head. I liked the way there was a mixture of creative pieces and essays. Only a few entries resonated with my personal journey but I loved getting to share in the stories of so many other femmes. Apr 17, Sabriel Mastin rated it did not like it. I went in not knowing what I was getting when I started it other than it was suggested as a book to help myself feel more powerful.
Ultimately it was a collection of pieces that that just didn't do it for me. That's not to say any part of this was bad, it just wasn't for me. Nov 07, Claude Anne rated it it was amazing. It's all about "Quantum Femme". Jul 05, Sueb rated it liked it. This is a great book.
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