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Recent Examples of butch
Maybe not as uniformly vivid as his sister, Bernadette — such a pretty name for such a tough broad, in Lea DeLaria’s priceless, super-butch performance — but vivid enough to be memorable.
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Marilyn Stasio, Variety, 28 Apr. 2022
In her academic work, Butler argues that gender and sexuality are both constructed and performative; butch identity, as female masculinity, subverts the notion that masculinity is the natural and exclusive purview of the male body.
—Kerry Manders, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2020
With Mercedes McCambridge, unforgettable as Crawford's butch nemesis, as well as Ernest Borgnine, Scott Brady, John Carradine, Royal Dano, Ward Bond, and Ben Cooper.
—Patrick Friel, Chicago Reader, 26 June 2018
In this context, Jack feels welcome: Who said only butch gay men should be stars?
—Willa Paskin, Slate Magazine, 28 Sep. 2017
Marilyn Stasio, Variety, 28 Apr. 2022
In her academic work, Butler argues that gender and sexuality are both constructed and performative; butch identity, as female masculinity, subverts the notion that masculinity is the natural and exclusive purview of the male body.
—Kerry Manders, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2020
With Mercedes McCambridge, unforgettable as Crawford's butch nemesis, as well as Ernest Borgnine, Scott Brady, John Carradine, Royal Dano, Ward Bond, and Ben Cooper.
—Patrick Friel, Chicago Reader, 26 June 2018
In this context, Jack feels welcome: Who said only butch gay men should be stars?
—Willa Paskin, Slate Magazine, 28 Sep. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for butch
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Notes of white and black Breu resin, wild jungle flora, cypress root, and Brazilian vetiver places one straight into the Amazonian forest for a cozy, long-lasting scent sure to warm up any home.Kiana Murden, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2024
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Tarte's eyebrow pencil is spiked with Amazonian clay to provide a soft matte finish and minimize oiliness throughout the day.Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 26 Oct. 2024
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Back before the infamous 2018 cheating scandal, the macho Australian team would puff their chests out and proclaim series whitewashes among other boasts.Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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Today’s American dream tends to involve virtual pursuits—influencing, making a killer app, getting lucky with crypto—but the gladiatorial ring is a macho, meat-space proving ground.Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 20 Nov. 2024
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Stephen is pure toxic masculine evil in baggy jeans, carrying on a secret relationship with a wide-eyed Lucy over the show’s first season — only to dump her at its end and frame her as a lovesick stalker.Matt Donnelly, Variety, 16 Oct. 2024
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Similarly, muted color schemes and uniform aesthetics reflect traditionally heterosexual, masculine Western design standards.Corinne Post, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
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There are men without shirts and men with long white beards doing manly things on the side of a country road.Sarah Jones, Vulture, 15 July 2024
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Come for the unraveling of manly sanities, stay for Dafoe's farts and a scene-stealing seagull.Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024
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There are too many fans ogling rappers as racist, hypermasculine caricatures who don’t consider the anti-Blackness in demanding artists to live their raps at the expense of their life or freedom.Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2024
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And Donald Trump keeps leaning into a hypermasculine approach to male voters in the final stretch before November.Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Butch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/butch. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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