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Who
is Femme: the Magazine?
The
Publisher
 Christine
Drinkwater is a 29 year
old Femme living in Dallas with her Butch hubby and their three
children (a blind Silky Terrier, a deaf chihuahua and a black
cat). She works as a database developer which helps her support
her web habit.
The
Editor
 JoAnn
Castillo lives in Baghdad by the Bay, California, with her
daughter (16 and an amazing young woman), her cat and dog. She's
a computer consultant, outstanding cook, loving mom and awesome
femme. She is happily, madly in love with the most wonderful butch
(who lives nearby). She just celebrated her 50th birthday, and
she hopes she starts demonstrating that prudence and wisdom we
expect of an older woman.
Cover
Story
 Andrea
Spoehrer is a 36 year-old Stonefemme living just outside
of Houston, Texas. Computer programmer, mom and student of UofH
devoted to technology and promoting acceptance of diverse cultures.
"I'm in love with the best thing in life - life itself"
Feature
Writers
 Alison
Phipps is a 23 year old femme currently studying for a Master's
Degree at the University of Manchester, England. She hopes to
make the trip to the States very soon to continue her studies
in femme identity at Ph.D level in close proximity to her other
half.
 Michelle
Bancroft is a 34 year old UltraHigh Stonefemme bottom
living in Sacramento, CA. She is a painter/writer/photographer
whose latest undertaking is a butch/femme image project. Her written
work has been published in various queer anthologies and queer
porn magazines. She comes armed with a loving cast of Butches,
Femmes and Dyke Daddies to help her through the dark nights of
young widowhood. With their help, she is finding the courage to
continue her walk in this world.
Columnists
 Lipsky
aka Dr. Lipstick is a Jewish femme from Seattle, Washington
who works in public health and is working on her PhD in epidemiology.
She lives with her 6 year old daughter whom she coparents part-time,
and her Texas butch. Her son is away at college. Lipsky experienced
a second coming out (as a femme) at the ripe age of 50.
 Ms.
Moneygrrl aka Elaine is a single, twenty-something, femme
living in the San Francisco Bay Area. She considers herself a
dyke with a 401(k) plan and works as an E-commerce Accountant
for a major Internet startup that recently went public. In her
off time, she can be found in the local leather community causing
trouble with her lil grrl ways!
 Suzi,
aka WickedSuzi
to those who KNOW better, is currently imprisoned under TIGHT
security in T's Correctional Facility in Houston, Texas. The intense
and horrific heat makes it nearly unendurable, but so far, LOVE
is the tie that binds. She defines her existence as High Femme,
Stone Femme... and claims the title of Queen of the Beanies...
There Can Be Only One.
 Victoria
is a Canadian Femme living in Washington State with her Butch
husband. She is active in the Butch-Femme community both online
and real life. She enjoys gardening, shopping on EBay and of course
giving advice to the lovelorn. Victoria is not
a therapist or psychologist.
Dara
is a Femme living in Paris. She works in the Fashion industry
and is our expert on what's new, what's hot and what's fun.
Guest
Columnists
 Kenya
Daugherty
 D
Sanchez is a 42-year-old, Southern, Latino Stonebutch in Boston,
who is single but occupied. D is a public relations and marketing
veteran, serving on several industry and community boards and
committees, and shaping the next couple of professional decades
to include balance that was ignored earlier.
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