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202015 minGdoc-short

The Renegades

202015 minGdoc-short

Butch and stud lesbians play a crucial role in shaping queer culture and the arts, challenging traditional gender norms and the male gaze.

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Caroline Berler

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Butch and stud lesbians play a crucial role in shaping queer culture and the arts, challenging traditional gender norms and the male gaze.

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Caroline Berler

Caroline Berlerdirector

Roxane Gay

Lea DeLaria

Lea DeLariacast

Alison Bechdel

Alison Bechdelcast

Jenny Shimizu

Jenny Shimizucast

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Queer culture and the arts would be much poorer without the presence and contribution of butch and stud lesbians, whose identity is both its own aesthetic and a defiant repudiation of the male gaze.

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