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Butch is a Noun
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Butch is a Noun, published by the now-defunct Suspect Thoughts, was a critical and commercial success when first published in 2006: a funny, insightful manifesto on what it means to be butch. This edition includes a new introduction by the author.
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CONTENTS
A Note to the Reader 9
I Know What Butch Is 12
Fire the Copyeditor, or Possibly the Author:
A Few Notes on Pronouns 16
Defending Identity 20
Tranny Bladder 24
Taxonomy 27
Walking with Girls 29
Wrestling 32
Being a Butch with Young Men 35
Breasts 39
Why I'm Not a Nice Young Man (Yet) 45
Cocks 48
Border Wars 52
Watching Our Fathers 58
Bridal Registry 60
White Button-Down Shirts 63
Virtual Butch Reality 66
The Honorable Butch Office of Moving 71
Passing It Along 74
Boxer Briefs 78
Where Butch Resides 81
That Moment 83
What My Daddy Taught Me 86
Foie d'Butch 89
When It's Good 92
Sticks and Stones Will Break My Bones,
but Words Will Kill Me 95
High-Heeled Shoes 97
My Butch Brothers 100
Crossing the Street 103
Hair 105
Being an Asshole 110
What a Butch May Use 113
Femme for Dummies 116
When I'm Far from Home 121
Faggot Butch 123
What the Stone Is Made Of 126
Butch in the Streets, Femme in the Shul? 128
An Apology to My Mother 130
Princess Pickle 133
When I Can't Fix It 136
Being a Delight 140
Chat, or How I Learned to Flirt, Part 1: 143
Your Faithful Servant 145
The Drawbridge 147
Dancing 149
Getting Fucked 152
Making Her Feel... 154
Being a Shopping Switch 157
Laying Down with a Butch 162
Touch 167
This Gesture 169
You 172

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      • code: SOC017000
      • description: Social Science / LGBTQ+ Studies / Lesbian Studies