These are my answers to the eight questions asked in Dagger: On Butch Women (also embedded at the bottom) in the section "A Random Sampling of Butches." Obviously, I wasn't interviewed, but I think every butch should think about it, and share it like those "what if" questions on old web profiles. If I were in charge of a butch dating platform, I'd probably make this the profile page.
Jess Goldberg (Stone Butch Blues) and slick fags.
Denim or leather jacket (the sturdier & cheaper the better), white tank top, and good boots (Docs especially, but any work).
White pants. I don't care what else you're wearin', it just makes ya look like a metrosexual who's scared of using a toilet plunger.
Not that I'm biased, but initials are good, like, well, AJ! I think extremely "male" names are good ones, masculine shortenings of feminine names (like "Jack" for "Jacqueline"), and short fem or neutral names (like "Liz" and "Alex") are great.
Suburban and "aesthetic/whimsical" names, I think. Stuff like Casper, Leo, Riley, and Peyton.
Lonely and tiring. Everyone knew I was a dyke before I even knew the word, and dyke kids don't get treated real well by most. A lot of bein' a "tomboy" and disappointin' my father (which I'm proud of).
People insisting that lesbians ain't men and don't like men, an' a lot of the time describin' the "wrongness" of men in a way that throws in every butch. Plus, I'm not a gentleman to be called a "wombxn" or whatever the seperatists are on now.
Everything with my femme, but 'specially when I realized not only that I want to marry her, but that she wants to marry me!