“Today’s episode explores femmeness as a profound state of being, distinct from conventional Western definitions of softness as weakness or performance for external validation. The author of the source article, Dr. Jaime Hoerricks, identifying as trans, femme, and an autistic gestalt language processor, describes femmeness as a neuroqueer stance rooted in concepts like those found in martial arts, such as Tai Qi, emphasising rooted fluidity, resilience, and relational strength instead of domination. They highlight how this internal commitment to softness informs their interactions, teaching, writing, and overall approach to navigating a world that often demands hardness, asserting that this form of femmeness is an authentic, enduring, and self-defined truth.”
Here’s the link to the source article: https://open.substack.com/pub/autside/p/the-shape-of-softness-a-femmeness
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