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A Field Guide to Butches (Part II)

3/8/2012

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Here's Part Two of this Extremely Important Field Guide.  Stay tuned for the third installment, which will include Rocker Butch, Granola Butch, and others!
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The Badass Butch
Example: Skyler Cooper
Pros: Can beat your brother in arm wrestling
Cons: May make sure that your brother is aware of this.
Looks especially good: On her motorcycle, and/or in a white tank top.  (The Badass Butch is a close relative of the Biker Butch.)
Care instructions: It may take a while for Badass Butches to open up to you, so be patient (they're a little like Handy Butches in this way).  They know how hot they are, and they're used to getting away with stuff because of it.  Don't assume they can't cook, or that they're stone.  They just may surprise you!

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The Classic Soft Butch
Example: Ellen DeGeneres
Pros: Can take her home to Mom
Cons: May be a little vanilla at times.
Looks especially good: Greeting you at the door in casual clothes, totally clueless about how hot she looks.
Care instructions: She may appear a little boring at first, but there's more to most Classic Soft Butches than meets the eye.  Give her some time and you won't want to let her go.  You'll have to ignore your friends, who may tell you that she's "not really butch."  But you know better.

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The Handy Butch
Example: Jenny Shimizu (well, when she's being a mechanic, not when she's modeling...). 
Pros: Good with her hands. 
Cons: Sometimes a little rough around the edges.  
Looks especially good: Under your hood with a dab of oil on her cheek.
Care instructions: Higher maintenance than you might suspect.  Be kind: under the gruff exterior is a sensitive woman (with, y'know, insecurities and stuff).  She may not want to shower even after a day in the garage, but you can coax her in by offering to scrub her up.

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Coach Butch
Example: Jenny Allard
Pros: Terrific with kids.  Even if she doesn't have any children, she's her nieces' and nephews' favorite aunt.
Cons: May have to be closeted, depending where she works.
Looks especially good: in sunglasses, shouting from the the third base line.
Care instructions: Her obsession with sports may be time consuming, so make sure you have a time-consuming hobby or job of your own.  Remind her to wear sunscreen, and remember not to wash her lucky socks.

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The Dandy Butch & The Dapper Butch
Example of a Dapper: Susan Herr (not pictured), founder of DapperQ.
Example of a Dandy: Bee Listy (pictured), blogger and stitcher extraordinaire.
Pros: Will take you shopping and share her great taste and playful sense of style.
Cons: May take longer than you do to get ready in the morning.
Looks especially good: Out on the town, at Thanksgiving dinner...  Anywhere she goes, she's got a dapper/dandy outfit for it.
Care instructions: Dandy butches seem more likely than other butch varieties to swoon over other butches.  Dapper Butches--maybe, maybe not.  Dapper Butches and Hipster Butches share many commonalities, but Dappers are more earnest and own more bow ties.  Both subspecies frequently use silk handkerchiefs (which match their outfits).

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FemmeFairyGodmother link
3/8/2012 11:36:13 pm

Oh, yeah. The Badass Butch! Gotta love them. Let's not forget the Old School Butch. :)

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Butch Wonders link
3/9/2012 01:26:11 am

You know, I've been trying to figure out how to define the "Old School" butch. Thoughts?

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Rae
3/9/2012 05:48:51 am

I have StudBros who would fit in that category.
Old fashioned values, treats a Lady always like a lady, you can rely on thwm ALWAYS keeping their word, providers, protectors, thwir appearance is always on point whether grocery shopping or attending black tie.

Rae
3/9/2012 05:52:52 am

they are "old school" in that they take the lead, not afraid to defend their Lady's honor. They respect each other and everyone. Wow the list goes on and on. This is also what I consider a "Real Stud" (Old School)

Maybe that will give u a jumping off point for the category
:)

Butch Wonders link
3/9/2012 05:53:41 am

@ Rae and FFG: Y'know, I keep thinking about that category, but the more I think of it, OS Butches seem to be about behavior... I feel like I know butches of every "type" who are OS. I'll have to think about this some more.

beelisty link
3/9/2012 02:44:26 am

An honor and a privilege. :)

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Emma
3/9/2012 03:04:47 am

This field guide is very North American centric, which is a bit dull, really.

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Butch Wonders link
3/9/2012 05:50:19 am

Ha--well, I'm sorry you find the guide dull, though I daresay it shouldn't be a surprise that it's North American centric, since I live in the US and 90% of my readers are North Americans (Aussies and Brits comprise much of the remainder--love you guys!). A worldwide guide to butches would require waaaay more time and travel than I have access to. But if you want to write a more worldly supplement, just let me know. I'd love a guest post about butches all over the world.

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moonscribe
3/9/2012 04:50:37 am

Have you thought about creating a femme feild guide? Would be interesting reading...

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Rae
3/9/2012 05:43:08 am

I agree that would be an interesting read

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Butch Wonders link
3/9/2012 05:45:27 am

I'm no expert on femmes, but if one of my favorite femme bloggers wanted to create a companion field guide, I'd love it if she'd write a guest post! We could even cross-post our guides! Any takers out there? Email me at [email protected].

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blackmuddyriver
3/9/2012 05:24:26 am

I like it! (...and I'm down here in downunder - not too North American-centric for me)

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Butch Wonders link
3/9/2012 05:54:54 am

Thanks for saying so, blackmuddyriver!

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Rae
3/9/2012 05:41:53 am

Ok there I am LOL
I am a cross between Badass & Handy Butch

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Sue
3/9/2012 09:07:29 am

Freakin LOVE this, so funny, immediately post it to FB, thanks!!

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Anne
3/10/2012 04:04:57 am

Not too North American centric for me over in England - havent smiled so much at a blog in ages...

How about combining the categories into sub species - like Handy/Soft butch (probably me...)

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rene
3/10/2012 02:07:13 pm

my girlfriend says I'm a mix of the artisan & handy butch

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WWG
10/6/2012 01:12:32 pm

As much as I love many of the butches on these lists, none of them were catching my eye too much until I made my way to this page and got to Skyler Cooper. And then, my breath caught. Oh yeah, I'm definitely allll about badass butches. Hell, the woman I just stopped seeing had recently got rid of a motorcycle and had to sell her jeep. Sighhhh. She wasn't stone either, which was awesome because I like to give as much as receive.

Unfortunately, this part was also true: "They know how hot they are, and they're used to getting away with stuff because of it." Considering I'm a femme who has too much pride to let that happen, it didn't work out.

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callla
7/10/2014 10:00:52 pm

What's the line btween a classic soft butch and a dandy butch. Specifically I tot Ellen was dandy. Pls comment on this anyone?? I do get impression that dandies are more all abt their sharp look. Ellen is and I am too

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Susan link
5/7/2016 08:03:10 pm

I guess I'm DandySoft. Sounds like an ice cream cone... Your blog should be required reading for uss'un just recently out...

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