In Amerika They Call Us Dykes: Lesbian Lives in the 70s
by Amanda Reampublished in Sinister Wisdom, Spring 2011Here we are now.I, like so many of my friends in our 20’s and early 30’s, am hungry to be with my elders, my heroines, in a time of political...
View ArticleA 2010 Worker's Feedback to the Festival Admin
This is the feedback I sent in to the festival [after being a festival worker]. I know we’re not focusing on getting a policy change, but even though 99% of the work happening has to happen from us,...
View ArticleThree "Trans Women Belong Here" Organizers Contribute to "Lesbian Connection"
The latest edition of Lesbian Connection printed three letters from MWMF workers, craftswomen, and attendees in response to an entry in the previous edition about the 2010 activism conducted within...
View ArticleBlyth wrestles with the idea of attending festival
I’ve been going back and forth. About going. About why I would want to. About how important it is. About what I can contribute and what I can risk.For the past year The Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival...
View Article100% WBW
by IdaThe other day while I was riding the subway there was a White man harassing a naturalized Latino immigrant on the other end of the car. The two men were in the middle of very loud and angry...
View ArticleInclusion from MY butch dyke perspective
by Zeph FishRecently I spent a bunch of time reading the online forums of the Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival, trying to understand why many attendees feel like it’s so important to exclude trans women...
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An Open Letter to the Estranged Branches of My Radical Queer Family
by Zeph FishI just emerged from three weeks working in the woods to help put on the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival. I've been friends at different times with both festival workers and folks who've...
View ArticleTrans Womyn are Born Womyn
by Marja Erwin, fully updatedSince the 1970s, the term "born womyn" has been used to exclude trans womyn, or to include other womyn and sometimes certain men, on the grounds of biology, socialization...
View ArticleTowards a Spiritual Definition of Wymhood
excerpted from Bevin Branlandingham's blog "The Queer Fat Femme Guide to Life"During the Opening Ceremonies [at Michfest last summer] I had a spiritual awakening. These happen for me in a subtle flash,...
View ArticleEnvisioning an Inclusive MichFest: Thoughts from Trans Womyn Belong Here
by Trans Women Belong Here on Thursday, May 16, 2013Trans Womyn Belong Here (TWBH), along with supporters, allies, and would-be Festival-goers, envisions an inclusive Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival...
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