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Was Shane butch or not?


When the show was airing, I know people complained about a lack of butch representation. I used to think "Isn't Shane supposed to be the butch?"

Looking back, I guess she was more of a "soft butch" or a "hard femme". Stem. Whatever term you wanna use. I suppose having a boyish haircut and unisex clothing is not enough to qualify as butch?

Angelina Jolie. Liz Taylor. Bette Davis. Charlize Theron. Mae West.

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I'd say Shane is a soft butch, or androgynous. She definitely isn't femm/girly.

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