A little taste of the…
FEMME SHARK MANIFESTO
FEMME SHARKS RECOGNIZE THAT FEMMES COME IN ALL KINDS OF SIZES AND EACH KIND IS LUSCIOUS. WE WORK TOWARDS LOVING OUR CURVY, FAT, SKINNY, SUPERSIZE, THICK, DISABLED, BLACK AND BROWN FINE-ASS BODIES EVERY DAY. WE REALIZE THAT LOVING OURSELVES IN A RACIST/SEXIST/HOMO/TRANSPHOBIC/ABLEIST/CLASSIST SYSTEM IS AN EVERY DAY ACT OF WAR AGAINST THAT SYSTEM.
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A FEMME SHARK IS ANY GIRL
WHO IS TOUGH, HUNGRY, FIGHTS FOR HERSELF AND HER FAM
AND IS WORKING ON BECOMING THE KIND OF GIRL
WHO FINDS GOD IN HERSELF
AND LOVES HER FIERCELY
WE’RE YOUR BEST GIRLFRIEND AND YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE
LOVE AND RAGE
THE FEMME SHARKS
Leah Lakshmi Pipezna-Samarasinha is the brilliant and amazing author of the Femme Shark Manifesto, which we’re proud to publish in Persistence: All Ways Butch and Femme.
Click on the photo of Leah to read the whole manifesto. You know you want to. xo
