document updated 14 years ago, on Oct 29, 2009
You can go two ways with genderfucking: outrageous, or subdued.
Outrageous
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- people know you're trying to be outrageous, and may react specifically
to that
- it's not something you can do on a day-to-day basis (unless you're a
raving frothing teenager), just because you need time to relax
and not have people be constantly hostile to you
- obviously it works for Halloween, but elsewhere it may
get negative reactions
Subdued
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- AKA "trying to pass"
- you're still fucking with people's take on gender, but it's not so
in-your-face, force-you-to-think-about-it.
- some gender cues are very subtle, and you can be subtle
about how you fuck with them
- If you're going (what's the word? "en drab" means not crossdressing,
"en femme" means crossdressing as much as possible,
what's the term for going halfway? "en fuck"? :)
If you're going en fuck frequently, there are some things that aren't
easy to do on a day-to-day basis, and these tend to be the more
outrageous things:
- beard glitter (though it's not necessarily any harder than other makeup?)
- fake beards that are penciled on