Gendercast

Gendercast Episode 14: Reflections on the 2011 Butch Voices National Conference Join Jessie as they discuss the 2011 Butch Voices National Conference with Kari Kesler, our guest from Episode 9 on Feminism and Jay Walls, who served the programming chair for the conference. Jessie and Kari provide some reflection and discussion about the charged divisiveness which occurred at the conference in relation to the "Masculine of Center" terminology in the Butch Voices mission statement as well as some women-identified butches forming a split off group, Butch Nation.  Sean weighs in as our resident butch! Links Butch Voices mission statement and BV founder Joe LeBlanc's statement about the changes leading up to the conference [includes links to the statements by the president, Krys Freeman] Brown Boi Project founder's definition of Masculine of Center Article on the success of the conference published in Oakland North Velvet Park article where we first read about the controversy before the confere