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Femme

Femme (/fɛm/pronunciationⓘ; .mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}French: , literally meaning 'woman') is a term traditionally used to describe a lesbian woman who exhibits a feminine identity or…

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1990s and early 21st-century expansion of femme identity

Lipstick lesbianCheris KramaraeDale SpenderGender non-conformingKate Bornstein
20 related topics

1940s through 60s culture

Gender expressionJoan NestleHeteronormativity
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LesbianFeminineGender presentationGay menBisexuals
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1970s and 80s, and rejection of femme during lesbian feminism

Lesbian feminismButch–femmePatriarchalAudre LordeBisexual erasure
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1940s through 60s culture

1970s and 80s, and rejection of femme during lesbian feminism

1990s and early 21st-century expansion of femme identity

Lesbian femme erasure

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Femme

Nodes53
Edges52
Triples61
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.037736
Components1

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Femme

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related to 1940s through 60s culture · 14
Femme → American, Arlene Istar Lev, Because, Bridges, In Nestle's, Joan Nestle, Levitt, Nestle, Sara, Scholars Heidi, The, The Femme Question, They, World War II
related to General · 11
Femme → As, Bridges, Citing, Dale Spender, During, In, Lesbians, Levitt, Scholars Cheris Kramarae, Some, With
related to Lesbian femme erasure · 8
Femme → Femme Theory, In, Intersectional Lens, Refocusing, Rhea Hoskin, She, The, With
related to 1970s and 80s, and rejection of femme during lesbian feminism · 7
Femme → Audre Lorde, Black, During, Lesbian, Many, Tar Beach, This
related to Use of femme by bisexual women · 6
Femme → Bridges, By, Citing, It, Levitt, This
related to Femme identities online · 5
Femme → Andi Schwartz, She, Theorists, Today, While Schwartz
is a · 1
Femme → femme-identified person who does not always dress or act in a

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lesbian women bisexual also term identity used butch gender culture lesbians feminine gay queer femmes men 1990s describe communities transgender

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Femmeis afemme-identified person who does not always dress or act in a0.90text
Tumblrinstance ofinfluenced by the emergence of queer and transgender culture on sites0.80text
Everyday Feminisminstance ofinfluenced by the emergence of queer and transgender culture on sites0.80text
and Autostraddleinstance ofinfluenced by the emergence of queer and transgender culture on sites0.80text
femme has been expanded to describe feminine people across genderinstance ofinfluenced by the emergence of queer and transgender culture on sites0.80text
sexuality categories including heterosexual womeninstance ofinfluenced by the emergence of queer and transgender culture on sites0.80text
cisgender meninstance ofinfluenced by the emergence of queer and transgender culture on sites0.80text
transfeminine people.The postmodern queer conception of femme is a femme-identified person who does not always dress or act in ainstance ofinfluenced by the emergence of queer and transgender culture on sites0.80text
Grindrinstance ofConstrained by character limitations on gay hookup apps0.80text
Scruffinstance ofConstrained by character limitations on gay hookup apps0.80text
Femmerelated to 1940s through 60s cultureScholars Heidi0.60section
Femmerelated to 1940s through 60s cultureLevitt0.60section

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