Today, I have the pleasure of hosting the very lovely Dirty Little Whispers here on Behind the Chintz Curtain. I’ve had the privilege of meeting Emma both online and in person (thank you, Eroticon 2013!) and when I was pondering the idea of femininity and what it means to us in this day age, was beyond pleased when she agreed to share her thoughts on the subject.

Before I hand over to Emma, a little background on this post … A few weeks ago, Molly, who runs the weekly Sinful Sunday meme (which both Emma and I both regularly take part in) asked for photographs themed around men, maleness and masculinity. What did those words mean to each of us? And how did we interpret those words visually? The prompt produced some beautiful photographs and it was really interesting to see the diversity of the pictures and how varied our perceptions of the words were. Which lead me to think more about the word feminine. Does it still have the connotations it did, say, ten years ago? Thirty years ago? And how do we each define our womanliness?

Over to you, Emma … Continue reading →