Originally Posted By gray37

Brooklyn-based fashion duo Crystal González and Ivette Alé have taken on the mantle of butch-queer-trans-masculine fashion with their freshly launched label “Marimacho”. (Marimacho, denotes “tom boy” but connotes “dyke” in Spanish.)

Enter, Marimacho.

Crystal González and Ivette Alé both studied economics, yet with a shared desire to dress masculine identified women the duo have stepped up to the challenge. Much like Parnian before her, Alé has years of experience working in the apparel industry and Crystal works in management consulting for large corporations. If anything, along with vision and hella passion, a small dyke operation needs business acumen.

Crystal’s aesthetic impulse stems from being a masculine-identified woman with nowhere to shop, and Ivette’s roots in Los Angeles’ rockabilly scene have inspired her to create designs from music subcultures and mid-Century “dandy” fashions.

Marimacho launched their Spring Collection just over a month ago, and the clothes will soon be available on their website. We’ll be keeping more than just an eye on this team—I hope to visit them in their studios soon.

(via New Queer Fashion: Marimacho | Dyke Culture in Bloom)

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Originally Posted By girlinboyclothes

Pain either changes or stops.

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Originally Posted By pennymorticia

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so true

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Originally Posted By theconstantbuzz

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Hollywood Auditions for Black Cat, 1961.

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Originally Posted By siminator

For women, getting angry is socially unacceptable, even when the anger is over violence, discrimination, misogyny, and other forms of oppression. Anger is unacceptable because angry women are women in touch with their passion and power, especially in relation to men, which threatens the entire patriarchal order. It’s unacceptable because it forces men to confront the reality of male privilege and women’s oppression and their involvement in it, even if only as passive beneficiaries. Women’s anger challenges men to acknowledge attempts to trivialize oppression with “I was only kidding.” And women’s anger is unacceptable to men who look to women to take care of them, to prop up their need to feel in control, and to support them in their competition with other men. When women are less than gracious and good-humored about their own oppression, men often feel uncomfortable, embarrassed, at a loss, and therefore vulnerable.

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The Wendettas. A dance troupe that consists of girls of color that attend the same NYC performing arts school. Black and Brown girls dancing. Yes!

Originally Posted By conky

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Zamunda Royal Weddings > British Royal Weddings [everyday/all day!]

Now this was something to watch!!

Fuck yes.

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Originally Posted By memefy

memefy:

I Need You To Stay Late, We Have To Catch That Red Dot

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Black Women, Size, and Beauty

I recently joined an online group dedicated to Black women’s fitness. I thought it would be fun. More importantly, I thought it would be a way to maintain motivation through connecting with other women who might share the same issues, such as hair, body type, and skin protection. As a black woman who exercises on a pretty regular basis and has a hard time finding other black women to work out with, I thought that this community was right for me. I started following their website and their twitter feed. I couldn’t have been more was wrong.
This in excerpt from a much longer post on my other blog. Read the rest here: westsalemcongress.blogspot.com

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Originally Posted By misswallflower