I'm going to post more, and I'm going to do it on Wednesdays! That's right, folks: here's my promise to you: every Wednesday for the rest of the year, you can expect a Butch Wonders post. If people like them and read it and comment on them, I won't stop at the end of the year. You, me, and Wednesdays. All you've got to do is show up and read. Thanks to the wonderful BW readers who sent in pictures of themselves reading in order to ask me to write more for them to read! That was sweet. :) And special thanks to the readers who sent in pictures and gave me permission to post them on butchwonders.com. Much appreciated (and pictured below). You guys rock! I confess that I've thought off and on about discontinuing the blog. I've wondered if the term "butch" and the ideas I talk about are relevant anymore. I've succumbed to some post-election political overload, anguish, and existential malaise. I've wondered if a blog like this is even needed anymore in a world where so many ideas and perspectives are easily accessible to anyone who seeks them out. But let's give Wednesdays a shot, dear readers. Let's get back into action and see what happens, shall we?
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Amy
7/26/2017 06:29:07 am
Butch is certainly still relevant to me! We have a lot more words and descriptions for our gender/s these days, which is wonderful. But I'll always be a butch.
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Ray
7/26/2017 06:37:26 am
Your blog is very need, for although perspectives are easily accessible through the Internet it is still incredibly hard to find butch voices that understand us and help us to understand each other and helps us explain ourselves to others who may not understand what it means to be butch. Your website has been invaluable to me as a resource for understanding my self and finding the words to help others I care about understand who I am. Thank you so much for this website and sharing your voice, I look forward to see what wonderful things Wednesday's bring!
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7/26/2017 07:33:44 am
Please do continue! I like your sense of humor and the things you post so much. Thanks, buddy.
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Angy
7/26/2017 07:38:38 am
My dear, you and your blog will always be relevant :)
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Riley
7/26/2017 10:26:42 am
It is of course up to you how you want to spend your time but I enjoy reading your blog and think butch content is still very needed and relevant! Sure, gender identity and non-straight sexualities are talked about more these days but that doesn't mean I feel comfortable talking about it with everyone, it doesn't mean I can see people like me everywhere, and it doesn't mean I've got myself all figured out! Butch spaces are helpful. :)
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Jay
7/26/2017 09:24:54 pm
I absolutely think your blog is still relevant, perhaps now more than ever. There has certainly been a huge influx of gender identity awareness from non-binary, trans, genderqueer, etc, but the more and more I explore my gender identity, the more I simply want female role models who are butch identified or who are openly and proudly living as masculine women, and I find this very difficult to find these days. Yours is one of the few blogs I've been able to find specifically on butch issues. Your story really inspires me and helps me feel I'm not alone. Even if you don't end up continuing the blog, the content you've created the past 6 years is very valuable and I hope you will keep the blog for others to find!
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Me
7/29/2017 06:04:01 pm
Oh yes! I look forward to this a lot. :3 I've been following your blog for several years, and it's nice to see it coming back!
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