Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Butch Mystique!
Wow, great movie! This showed there IS some history out there; not a very complete, ancient, or well-documented history but a history. I really liked the showing of lesbian sexuality as women-women as opposed to the stereotype of penis envy!!! Testosterone Files was great to show that side of sexuality, but this movie and 'Watermelon Woman' together showed better the problems of race and gender and sexuality without adding bio-sex into the mix. Actually, the blend of masculine and feminine was intriguing and seemed more personal and real compared to other movies (like 'Some Reasons for Living' which was sort of bad), and an interesting observation was that what I find attractive made for either a cute girl or goofy-looking guy. Hmm, that can be a problem but might be best saved for a different class. Well I can honestly say I am not a femme, though I am beautiful and witty my underwear doesn't match.
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Awww, you didn't like Some Reasons for Living? Granted, as a student film it's not in the same league as Debra Wilson (who's a total professional).
I guess I just liked the realness of the two Latina MTF women, and how they were politicized and just how the film itself was saying "in movies the MTF always dies at the end, but this is not that kind of movie."
On television drama, whenever an MTF character appears you sit there and wonder if she's going to be murdered or suicide, or encounter a deadly disease which forces her to choose her gender or her life.
so i'm contributing to this blog a little late. But I absolutely LOVED Butch Mystique. Being a Butch-loving-fem, I was completely intrigued. I have had discussions similar to the questions asked with former girlfriends i've had, so a lot of the information gathered was things i already knew, it was more than entertaining nonetheless. Also, i really appreciated the fact that the film focused on Black women. Homosexuality, especially to be "butch" is such taboo in our community, and I feel this film "humanized" homosexual black women. The film was sexy, funny, and a up close and personal look at the Butch culture. LOVED IT!
ok ... well im really late wit my post.
I too loved the film not because I wasn't familiar with the African American butch culture, which I am because im a big fan of my A_A butches, but because its give them a positive chance in the spot light. I always see either extremely beautiful black lesbians, or extremely ugly black lesbians being used to portray black lesbianism. This film showed real life, normal black butches in their element, speaking about themselves and the ones they loved, and what they loved, and why they loved it, it was very gratifying to see positive butch women on film being good representatives for who they are. I loved it ;)
I thoroughly enjoyed the way that this documentary showed an array of butch women and confronted the sterotypes that do exist. I realized that I have a stereotype in my own mind, despite thinking that I am a completely open-minded person. This film really helped me see a broader spectrum and open my mind.
Haha, I beat all y'all because I'm super duper late with a response. I finally had a chance to view "Butch Mystique" & it was very powerful. I loved the fact that the director included interviews with a diverse group of African American butch lesbians, ranging in age from the teens to retirement. The movie seemed to close a "generation" gap between these groups of lesbians. It also helped with the idea of creating ones own history, something that we saw while watching "The Watermelon Woman". The film provided viewers, not familiar with African American lesbians, with the stories of strong, proud women. I enjoyed its attempt to break down some of the stereotypes that are associated with butch lesbians.
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