let me first state that i have no problem with butch lesbians in general. most of the ones i've known are pretty cool.

that said, there is a certain classification of butch girls who annoy the shit out of me. i understand the whole rejction of traditional concepts of femininity. i understand that a buzz cut and fuzzy legs make a hell of a lot more sense, in terms of comfort and convenience, than carefully maintained hair and carefully waxed legs.

but
when a woman chooses not only to go butch, but to model herself on the lowliest specimen of masculinity, the frat boy, i have issues. i suppose the primary cause of my annoyance is the attitude, the classic non-creativity displayed by frat boys the world over. they wear golf clothes, they play sports, they watch sports, they adhere in nearly every way to that old male archetype of mudane, unemotional, testosterone-driven existence.

it makes me want to shake them while shouting, 'you're a girl! for fuck's sake, don't sell out just because you like other girls! by all means, co-opt the perks of being a boy, but don't try and turn yourself into an alpha male! you march right home, take off that abercrombie & fitch hat, and get your girlfriend to lend you a rainbow brite t-shirt or something.'

i guess that's really the whole problem.. frat boys have always been synonymous with misogyny, while lesbians have been associated just as often with feminism. as generalizations go, both are pretty accurate. there's a contradiction there that leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

and the world needs more frat boys like kindergarteners need crack cocaine.