bisexual women romantically and sexually love women. bisexual women love women not because of proximity to anyone else or because they’re trying to imitate, please, or fool anyone. bisexual women love women so much and so vastly and so infinitely and so differently and so immensely and that won’t change no matter how much anyone desperately wants to deny our love for women.
The notion that all bisexual men are slutty drama queens is a nasty stereotype. It’s purely coincidental that I find every single media character who fits that stereotype intensely relatable.
red hot take but debates over whether a character is gay or bi highlight how fraught that distinction is, experientially, for a lot of people
Like I really don’t think people are trying to be obtuse when they say “I think she’s bi cos she’s been with men even tho she hated it” most of the time hey I really think they’re putting that parallel with their own experience and as someone who is nearly 30 and still doesn’t know if I’m lesbian or bi I super get it, that’s all I’m saying
Fact: A lot of people are confused about what bisexuality is or what it means to be bi. To clarify: “bi” is short for the word “bike” which in itself is actually short for “bichael”. We hope this clears things up.
The etymology dates back to the painting of the sexting chapel by Bichaelangelo.
I was thinking about how you never really see older bi women portrayed or talked about in any way and how bisexuality is linked to immaturity all the time, and then thought about how this fits into the inverse stereotype of lesbians as the old unwed cat lady, and how these are both part of the same misogynist narrative: a woman is bisexual when she’s young and attractive and trying to gain male attention, and she retires as a lesbian when no man wants her. It’s all an attempt to revolve w/w attraction around men, all misogyny.
Bisexual character written by a straight person: Oh! I don’t like labels. I don’t like to pick sides. I just like people. I like to shop at two different grocery stores. I like to eat at Burger King and McDonalds, if you know what I mean. Let’s just say I wear two different socks. I prefer ketchup AND mustard on my hamburgers. I’m just gonna say that I own two different pairs of underwear. I don’t want to be like one of those people, but how about I just say that I like to drink my coffee from two different mugs?
i’m so here for bi women who are in love with with themselves, who are openly and unapogetically bisexual, who love themselves and other bi women fearlessly, and if you aren’t there yet, that’s ok! you’ll get there one day ❤
I hope that all lesbians who once thought they were bi know that they aren’t contributing to the “bi is just a stepping stone to gay” stereotype. That stereotype was made up by straight people who refused to try to understand bisexuality. I also hope that all bi women who once thought they were lesbians know that they aren’t contributing to the “all lesbians must secretly like men” stereotype. Again, this was made up by straight people who refuse to try to understand lesbians. It’s not anyone’s responsibility in their journey of self discovery to dismantle every harmful stereotype along the way; sometimes you’re just figuring yourself out and get mixed up along the way and that’s okay. We have each other to support each other as wlw regardless of whether or not we got confused down the line at some point.
