In the underground queer artist community there are femmes. Femmes are queer females, and sometimes males, for whom femininity is a tool of resistance. "The F Word: Femmes, Femininity and a New Feminism" documents Seattle femme artists in their journey to visibility and subversive resistance to sexual norms, mainstream hetero- feminism, and an oppressive government.

Femmes are taking Seattle by storm with their unique expression of political art. You'll see how fashion, jazz, spoken word, burlesque, filmmaking, stripping and drag can be used to subvert the system and create a revolutionary culture one song, poem, show and conversation at a time. Art is a form of resistance as well as an antedote for survival.

Meet Tamara the Trapez Lady, Mercedes, Kentucky Fried Woman, Amy Mahoney, Chica Boom, Tara Hardy and many more as they share Seattle femme history, why art is the new activism, and how to value femininity as a way of liberation for all.

These genderqueer liberators link what's missing in feminism to what's missing in queer politics tie it in a bow and deliver it with glitter. They will entertain you, perplex you, upset you, and make you feel uncomfortable, but they will never bore you.

These artists have created a provocative, "under the radar" art scene of liberation for their survival and yours......