Can we all be honest with each other at this moment that... there is a "conventional beauty standard" in the lesbian and sapphic community. Especially when it comes to black lesbians/sapphics. Like the shit, I will hear from non-black AND black lesbians/sapphics talking about how other black lesbians/sapphics and how they are supposed to look, dress, weigh, and be in general is just so nasty. Oh don't even get me started on how people in the lesbian/sapphic community react to a black lesbian/sapphic with stone identities, it's not only just plain gross but it goes back to a bunch of racist, homophobic, and every other ist/ism in the books. I'm just tired because it is in all spaces in the lesbian/sapphic community and it needs to stop!
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Original Flag, Inspiration, and Palette by @estrogenism (Thank you for the permission to edit this flag!)
What does Fish mean?
Fish is a black exclusive term for a femme lesbian. This label was first recorded as a counterpart the label 'Stud' in a Masters of Arts thesis titled, 'A Study of a Public Lesbian Community' by Ethel Sawyer. Black masculinity is to Stud as Black femininity is to Fish.
The Flag: Symbols and Colors
School of Black Fish: In the original flag I found on my dash, estrogenism uses an image of a tropical fish to represent the body diversity among black femmes. I decided to go with a school of fish to represent the community among black femmes. Initially, I wanted the school to look like a crescent moon to represent femininity further, but I wasn't fuckin' with it.
Colors:
The darkest purple: Womanism (a feminist school of thought centered around the black experience)
2nd darkest purple: Black sapphicism
2nd lightest purple: Black sapphic history
Lightest purple: Unity between all fish (trans, cis, intersex, aspec, arospec etc)
Lightest pink: Subversion of femininity
2nd Lightest Pink: Vulnerability (????)
Orangey-Pink: Persistence
Red: Love
Recommended Reading
Femme: Feminists, Lesbians, and Bad Girls (Edited by Laura Harris and Elizabeth Crocker) [There are two relevant segments. Fish Tales and Fish Pond]
A Public Study of a Lesbian Community by Ethel Sawyer (This study was done by a heterosexual woman. Due to the time it is from, harmful stereotypes of both studs and fish are portrayed in this thesis. These misconceptions are incredibly dated.)
Note: Based on the reading that I have done (Including the original thesis itself), some bisexual women were involved in the lesbian bar culture and identified with the label Fish. Out of the 7 fish interviewed by Sawyer, 2 out of 7 (28%) enjoyed sex with men. That being said I don’t mind or care if black bisexual femmes use this flag. But please understand the difference between presenting femininely and femme culture within the sapphic context (specifically butchfemme/studfemme/stud-fish community) before using this label.
THIS IS THE FIRST FLAG I MADE SO PLEASEEEE BE KIND
Software/Website used: Canva (Design and Assets) and Coolors (palette picking)
“Members of Jim’s group are generally separated into the two categories of studs and fish. Studs dress similarly to males (slacks zip up the front, short hair cuts, no lipstick or makeup, men’s shirts or women’s boyish-looking blouses, etc) and attempt wherever possible to minimize their female characteristics, many wearing t-shirts underneath clothes to replace bras. Fish on the other hand dress as women in every respect, and to a causal observer might not appear to be in the life. However, aside from this obvious physical distinction (which services at once to designate who is and who is not available as a possible mate), there are the matters of appropriate mannerisms and behavior, domestic responsibilities, attitudes towards homosexuality, the larger society and towards oneself which accompany each of the two roles. These two roles are complementary, ie, a stud and a fish make up a homosexual couple. These two sets of persons, their corresponding values, beliefs, roles and expectations comprise the homosexual subculture under study.”
Note from author: Studs are those female homosexuals who assume, both physically and sexually within this homosexual subculture, the role modeled after the masculine role. Fish are those who take on the feminine role.
Source: A Study of a Public Lesbian Community by Ethel Sawyer (September 1965) [shout out to my moot @goldxnfemme for finding this thesis 🖤 CANT THANK YOU ENOUGH!]
Moots who I think would like this/tag list: @blackhighfemme @brownsugarbunny @cobwebgf @femmepire-butchbiter @blackxlesbianxstanacc @nsslaughter @cottagecorewitchebitche
Imma need for men to leave me alone! Initially it was just CisHet men because I was under the impression that queer men can be respectful when interacting w my account but I guess not. Because I’m goth and curvy, Im automatically seen as fap material for men.
Im not here for men who are attracted to women. Im a lesbian.
I don’t exist for you to get your rocks off.
Nobody exist for the sole purpose of getting your rocks off.
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