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high femme, not necessarily high brow. excess, culture, drama, filth.

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NEW PIECE ALERT! I wrote a long and loving tribute to Marleen Gorris for @hifemme.bsky.social and trust me when I say, you’ll want Gorris on your radar! hi-femme.com/marleen-gorr...
Marleen Gorris on Survival Under Patriarchy
"Gorris [sledgehammers] our expectations in order to show us not just how the world is, but exactly what (or who) is making it that way."
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December 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
today on high femme, kelly pau writes AN ODE TO MONSTER COCKS hi-femme.com/an-ode-to-mo...
November 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
"Slutever’s sexual value system (hedonistic composure, autonomy, and acceptance of some social risk) has been a sacred reminder for me." - veronica phillips (@veronicaphillips.bsky.social) on karley sciortino's book, SLUTEVER
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'Slutever' Review
"Slutever’s sexual value system (hedonistic composure, autonomy, and acceptance of some social risk) has been a sacred reminder for me."
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August 4, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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If you're not subscribed to @hifemme.bsky.social 's piercingly intelligent, vivid conversation about Showgirls with @deepimpactcrier.bsky.social. It crackles; makes me want to watch the movie again pronto.
July 21, 2025 at 4:58 PM
"With their return, Boyle and Garland make the most out of the larger canvas the years away gave them to work with." read skyler hanrath on 28 YEARS LATER hi-femme.com/28-years-lat...
'28 Years Later' Review
"With their return, Boyle and Garland make the most out of the larger canvas the years away gave them to work with."
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July 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
veronica wrote on the boring, repetitive, conservative “shock” discourses that keep cropping up around the very well-precedented antics of porn stars and pop stars hi-femme.com/the-internet...
The Internet's "Shock" Therapy: On Sabrina, Lorde, and Bonnie
"I do not think that taking a sexually submissive photo leads to one experiencing spiritual decline."
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July 6, 2025 at 3:43 AM
high femme had the most amazing time at domcon! read our coverage! hi-femme.com/big-red-sub-...
Big Red Sub: DomCon Dispatch #1
"Everyone knows each other, knows the culture, knows the wardrobe (sexy leather and latex), and I’m here like a hayseed in my stupid-ass light wash jeans."
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July 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
HAPPY PRIDE! we hope to give you queer criticism and writing year-round, but we have some especially fun and freaky stuff lined up for june! this week,
@veronicaphillips.bsky.social will be covering her first ever
DOM CON LA !!! subscribe to our substack (linked below!) to keep up to date!
June 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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i wrote about the trans masc “i’m not transitioning to be a man, i’m transitioning to be a pretty boy” phenomenon, my realization that i do NOT want to be a pretty boy, and dolly parton
more for our femininity issue! shaawan francis keahna @shaawan.com on his sibling, his relationship with femininity, and dolly parton drag. read it!!!! hi-femme.com/della-dolly-...
Della, Dolly, Drag, and Me
"Disembodied, the girl in the mirror is no kind of girl at all, but a projection of a girl."
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April 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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more for our femininity issue! shaawan francis keahna @shaawan.com on his sibling, his relationship with femininity, and dolly parton drag. read it!!!! hi-femme.com/della-dolly-...
Della, Dolly, Drag, and Me
"Disembodied, the girl in the mirror is no kind of girl at all, but a projection of a girl."
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April 24, 2025 at 8:17 PM
more for our femininity issue! shaawan francis keahna @shaawan.com on his sibling, his relationship with femininity, and dolly parton drag. read it!!!! hi-femme.com/della-dolly-...
Della, Dolly, Drag, and Me
"Disembodied, the girl in the mirror is no kind of girl at all, but a projection of a girl."
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April 24, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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I had the great pleasure to write about Wong Kar-wai's THE GRANDMASTER and the dogma of female perfection for @hifemme.bsky.social :)
April 14, 2025 at 9:57 PM
next in our femininity issue, roxane llanque @roxanellanque.bsky.social on wong kar-wai's THE GRANDMASTER and its central female character, gong er hi-femme.com/the-grandmas...
'The Grandmaster', A Woman's Winter, and the Damning Power of Stasis
"When she first appears in The Grandmaster, Gong Er arrives like a queen."
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April 14, 2025 at 9:45 PM
our femininity issue continues with sarah on @sgorr.bsky.social on Joan Tewkesbury’s OLD BOYFRIENDS! read! hi-femme.com/old-boyfrien...
'Old Boyfriends' is a celebration of female personhood
"Dianne’s on a road trip in reverse. She knows where the road ends, a marriage that failed, and she rejects it."
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April 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM
high femme’s femininity issue began on monday! read our conversation between veronica and the fabulous carlee @deepimpactcrier.bsky.social on hyperfemininity, transaction, and paul verhoeven’s SHOWGIRLS. hi-femme.com/hyper-femini...
Hyper-femininity, Transaction and 'Showgirls' with Carlee Gomes
A conversation with Carlee Gomes
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April 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Me, for @hifemme.bsky.social's Best of 2024 newsletter. (If you're in a punch-a-Nazi kind of mood today and want to wallow in it while respectfully ogling Dev Patel. I have to add a big ol' content warning for sexual violence, though. Skip the trauma flashback if you need to)
January 21, 2025 at 12:58 AM
from the High Femme archives! Veronica (@veronicaphillips.bsky.social) on MAGIC MIKE XXL
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'Magic Mike XXL' Review
"In Magic Mike XXL, we are offered a glimpse of utopia."
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January 18, 2025 at 10:36 PM
from the High Femme archives! Veronica (@veronicaphillips.bsky.social) reviews INDECENT PROPOSAL hi-femme.com/indecent-pro...
'Indecent Proposal' Review
"Indecent Proposal is clearly not a movie about sex work. If anything, it’s a movie about how we are all able to be bought."
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January 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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from the High Femme archives! Veronica Phillips (@veronicaphillips.bsky.social) wrote briefly on CHALLENGERS hi-femme.com/challengers/
'Challengers' Review
This film isn't sexy like sex as much as it is sexy like an airbrushed magazine centerfold.
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January 3, 2025 at 2:19 AM
from Leah Carlson-Downie (@themingtacular.bsky.social) a few months back: a wonderful read on LISA FRANKENSTEIN hi-femme.com/lisa-franken...
'Lisa Frankenstein' Review
"It’s rare for any teen paranormal romance to let its freak flag fly quite like this one does."
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January 5, 2025 at 11:37 PM
from the High Femme archives! Sam Goodyear (@sammygoodz.bsky.social) writes on BUT I'M A CHEERLEADER and their own time spent as a Christian camp counselor as a queer teen.

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But I'm a Christian Camp Counselor
"But I’m a Cheerleader came to me in all its sugar-sweet, pastel-coated glory at exactly the moment I needed it."
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January 4, 2025 at 10:47 PM
from the High Femme archives! Veronica Phillips (@veronicaphillips.bsky.social) wrote briefly on CHALLENGERS hi-femme.com/challengers/
'Challengers' Review
This film isn't sexy like sex as much as it is sexy like an airbrushed magazine centerfold.
hi-femme.com
January 3, 2025 at 2:19 AM