There’s a new superhero in town, and her name is She-Ra. Well, she’s not exactly new. She-Ra originally appeared in the 1980’s as a feminine answer to He-Man, and it was widely acclaimed as being…well, campy at best. When I told one of my coworkers that I was watching She-Ra, he verbatim asked, “You mean the old toy commercial?” Sometimes delightful, sometimes cringe-worthy, always cheesy, the She-Ra of the last century was a cult favorite that faded into the fabric…
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An Ode to Butch Women
Posted on August 9, 2019Sometimes I stare at my wife’s hands and am overcome with appreciation. My wife’s hands are usually dry and smell of cigarettes and whatever she last ate—take that as you will. Her hands are strong and remind me of safety and security. When we first started dating, I used to watch her hands on the steering wheel. I would stare, mesmerized, at the hands that were quite literally holding my life and driving me forward; gently and carefully at times,…
Roll Call: Queer Women in Leadership, Where Are You?
Posted on March 21, 2019On a chilly Sunday morning, I met my editor at an East Downtown café to share a cup of coffee and swap story ideas for the upcoming months. As a queer woman and aspiring arts leader, I’d been mulling over the concept of authoring a piece for Women’s History Month that would highlight queer female leaders within Houston’s arts scene. I got the green light to move forward, and in the following weeks, I searched religiously for the female role…