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Comment on #Tie #Butch – 2011 Butch Appreciation Day Update by freshencounter

freshencounter — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 21:55:21 +0000

Hi Krys, It showed up on my page twice. It wasn’t supposed to show up at all, I was just trying to link the two. – - Technology!! — Now I see it’s gone all together. I may have been moving too fast!

Glad you like it! Would love if you commented here and I promise to repost soon.

Comment on #Tie #Butch – 2011 Butch Appreciation Day Update by Krys (@bLaKtivist)

Krys (@bLaKtivist) — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 21:37:24 +0000

Great Post Fresh. Why did you delete it from Facebook?
-krys

Comment on #Tie #Femme – FEMME!! by freshencounter

freshencounter — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 00:23:34 +0000

Hi Total Femme,

Thanks for reading and responding to my post. I love your note! I’m doing a lot of focus with my clients around assumptions, we all make them and they are rarely ever useful. And, making the assumption that the couple belonged, created space for both of you to enjoy your event.

I can’t help but wonder what they were thinking. I can imagine that despite a critical voice in your head, you were a charming host and everyone felt comfortable. That totally rocks!!

Because of your suggestion, I’m going to sneak into the post and add “Total Femme” so that it’s there for future readers. Thanks!

Happy New Year,
Fresh!

Comment on #Tie #Femme – FEMME!! by thetotalfemme

thetotalfemme — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 22:56:59 +0000

Awww, what a lovely post! Thank you! (And don’t forget TOTAL FEMME!)

After years of my own femme invisibility, you would have thought I would know better than to question what looked to me as a straight man/woman couple who showed up at a LGBT potluck I was part of recently: I really took myself to task about it after I caught myself doing it, and gave myself a talking to — they could be bi, trans, questioning, but the fact that they were at the potluck meant that they belonged! How funny when I learned later that they actually *were* a straight couple who had gotten their potlucks confused (they thought they were at the one for parents with young children), but anyway, it made me really think about the questions you ask at the end of your post!
ttf

Comment on Jianda Monique by jianda monique

jianda monique — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 08:16:38 +0000

Peace to you and Jen, thanks for your loving activism!

xo,
jianda

Comment on About by Electric Bikes

Electric Bikes — Tue, 25 May 2010 15:11:38 +0000

I am always searching online for articles that can help me. Thank you

Comment on Love is Love is Love and stories help! by Fallin Shemale

Fallin Shemale — Tue, 25 May 2010 13:53:28 +0000

So pretty posts deserves a bookmark, thank you and thank you for this amazing posts again!

Comment on Jen’s Updated Vision – Desiring Home by Amy Butcher

Amy Butcher — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:33:43 +0000

What a rich vision for the lives of Fresh and Jen! I wish I could point my finger to a spot on the map and make it so. Alas, all I can do is toss a few twigs on the fire you’ve lit, hoping it helps feed the flame in some small way.
- Part of what you’re looking for is the illusive small, progressive town filled with nature and good neighbors. As you say, you could have found it in Maine. New England–with it’s agrarian roots, history of the ‘commons’, etc.–has those towns in abundance whereas the west–with it’s basis in the extraction economies of lumbering and mining, etc.–rarely does.
- Fairfax? Elk? and in the easterly direction Grass Valley and Murphys (neither of which are commuting distance to SF)
- Your vision unfolds in the cradle of community: the neighbors you wave to, the two-four on the porch, the front room filled with 10. Have you investigated co-housing options?
- I hear so many people (myself included) wondering where that queer, creative community that is balanced with nature. Wondering where is that town that we could all move to and transform. Maybe I’m just layering my vision atop yours here, but have you thought of convening a think tank of others who shared that interest to see what might be possible?
- Very much hoping your vision becomes even more real than the richness it already is.

Comment on About by Katherine

Katherine — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:39:21 +0000

Fresh! Do you still check this blog? I would love to hear from you – katherinematthews at yahoo.

Comment on Knowmore.org by Joe Solomon

Joe Solomon — Tue, 27 May 2008 23:59:32 +0000

Thank you so much for sharing the news about our launch! I’m very excited, too!