Be Butch.
I was recently playing Monopoly on my smart phone and it got me thinking… What if there was a butch-themed Monopoly game? What would the game look like? Traditionally, Monopoly has 8 sets of colored properties, 2 utilities, and 4 railroads to buy. Hazards include 2 kinds of taxes and, of course, jail. The pieces … Read more
*Author’s Note: This blog is mostly meant to be tongue-in cheek, a funny take on my life and observations. I never mean to imply that I am the sole “authority” on being butch (or even any authority at all), or that my way of being butch or my style of being butch – or even … Read more
Butches are different. We know this. Obviously. Here is a great example of just how different. A few days ago, I wrote about the pockets in my new velvet suit coat. I bought that well-pocketed suit coat to wear to a black tie event, a lawyers’ ball. [Side note (or maybe sidebar): there are many … Read more
Why do women’s clothes fail to have pockets? I haven’t worn them in a while, mind you, but I remember when I did that I was always very frustrated with the lack of pockets. Last night, I wore a suit jacket (velvet) that had no less than six – count ‘em, six – pockets. Fully … Read more
Today we stopped at a fancy yoga boutique so that my fiancé could get a bag for the gym. There is this one lovely bag that is pewter with lots of pockets (I am told) that she really wants. It even comes with a secret brownie recipe tucked into one of those pockets. The bag … Read more
As many good butches, I love ties. Bow ties, long ties, skinny ties, fat ties – I love them all. For a butch, a tie is a major fashion statement. It dresses an outfit up. It makes an outfit cool. It can add a bit of uber-geek nerdiness to an urban sheik outfit – for … Read more