to put it bluntly, they can't read us, but we don't pass for theirs.
also true for 'just' punk girls, though? I was never a punk femme, but I definitely think this applied (applies?).
But yes, I agree that the mainstream 'eye' can tell that there's something different about punk femininity. (and other non-mainstream femininities, while we're at it.) What it makes of it, another question.
And, I'm just not sure it can distinguish between that and nonfemininities carried on a female body? If that makes sense? And now I feel like I may be splitting hairs, but as I am not a femme, but I am a punk, these are *very important* hairs to me and my own personal understanding of these issues :)
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Date: 2006-08-17 10:11 pm (UTC)also true for 'just' punk girls, though? I was never a punk femme, but I definitely think this applied (applies?).
But yes, I agree that the mainstream 'eye' can tell that there's something different about punk femininity. (and other non-mainstream femininities, while we're at it.) What it makes of it, another question.
And, I'm just not sure it can distinguish between that and nonfemininities carried on a female body? If that makes sense? And now I feel like I may be splitting hairs, but as I am not a femme, but I am a punk, these are *very important* hairs to me and my own personal understanding of these issues :)