I'm a what?

[fajrdrako]

Got this one from sparklebutch and had to give it a try. My answer to most of the questions was "huh?" but I answered as best I could, considering that I am not a dyke per se but a hot bi babe of maturing years. Yes, it turns out I'm a

You scored as The Bohemian Dyke. Your down to earth attitude and intense sense of fashion make you one of the most interesting lesbians on the earth. </td> The Bohemian Dyke 60% The Student Dyke 55% The Stud 40% The Granola Dyke 40% The Vaginal-Reference-Making Dyke 35% The Femme Fatale 35% The Pretty-Boi Dyke 30% The Sprightly Elfin Femme 25% The Quasi-Gothic Femme 25% The Surprise! Dyke 25% The Magic Earring Ken Dyke 10% The Little-Boy Dyke 0% The Hipster Dyke 0% What Type of Lesbian Are You? (Inspired by Curve Mag.) created with QuizFarm.com

I had sort of thought the word "Bohemian" went out before World War II. Guess I was wrong. Of course I'd rather be the femme fatale, but I'm not.

Note: I see the Wordsmith dictionary defines 'dyke' as "offensive slang". Everyone I know uses it as inoffensive slang. But then... I know the line between 'offensive' and 'inoffensive' can be thin.

Comments

[dargie.livejournal.com]

Suspect that "dyke" is still a bit close to reclaimed to be wholly inoffensive. As with many things of this nature, much depends on who says it and how they mean it.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I don't think 'dyke' is actually a word I've ever used... and under the circumstances that's probably just as well. But I never think twice when someone else uses it.

[dargie.livejournal.com]

I have, and "queer" as well, but in the more current sense where it's used about people who self-identify with those words. I'm a big believer in reclaiming language as well as giving it free reign to evolve.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

A very sensible way to handle it, in my opinion.

[sparklebutch.livejournal.com]

Everyone I know uses it too, but then most everyone I know are either dykes, or dyke-friendly, or bi, or queer in one of many ways. Even the het people are all queer. And I don't really know any homophobic idiots, therefore the people who might use it offensively are not heard by me or my loved ones.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Everyone I know uses it too, but then most everyone I know are either dykes, or dyke-friendly, or bi, or queer in one of many ways.

My friends are are the same, or if they aren't, they're too polite to say anything different in my company! But really, yes, I have the utmost faith in the sympathies of al my friends. They just wouldn't be homophobic. Sometimes they might be heterocentric though thoughtlessness - but not even often that.(And I point it out to them!)