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Linsey Pecikonis serves up cupcakes, which some say are indicative of a return to domesticity by some bisexual and lesbian women. (Blade photo by Henry Linser)
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knew a number of butch women who were kitchen managers and chefs, and this motivated her cooking and baking experiences as an adult.
“It inspired me to shake off my militant feminist view of domestic activities and embrace the idea that all of these domestic things are just motioning us toward a warm and comfortable sense of home,” she says. “Queers often lose a sense of home, especially through the coming out process if it isn’t warm and kind, so cultivating it in adulthood is something important to people of all genders and sexual identifications.”
But lesbians don’t have to bake to enjoy cupcakes.
D.C.’s vegan bakery, Sticky Fingers, sells a number of flavors of cupcakes, including chocolate raspberry and almond crème. And as Kramer-Bussel notes, veganism is common among lesbians.
“Cupcakes have thrived since they’re not this necessarily healthy treat, so vegans are excited about them because they can say to their non-vegan friends, ‘Look, we also make cupcakes,’” she says.
Some cupcake shops have reached out to a lesbian clientele. Victoria Bradley, the founder of Pittsburgh’s Lez Liquor Hour, a popular happy hour for lesbians, recently developed a new event, Lez Hold ’Em, a lesbian poker tournament for charity, held in Dozen Bake Shop.
“Dozen Bake Shop has been a queer-friendly space since its inception,” Bradley says. “I was attracted to it initially because of their Lezbetarian Tuesdays, a once-monthly event where they served no-meat meals to gay girls. I knew they’d be open to more events like this, so I pitched Lez Hold ’Em, the lesbian poker tournament for charity.”
So why bring lesbian poker parties to a bakery?
“I always say that a lesbian event needs icing on top — literally,” Bradley says, “There’s someone so flirty and fun and girly about a cupcake. It made Dozen the ideal venue for any lesbian event, and they were generous in gifting Jack-and-Coke cupcakes to each girl. They were delicious and appropriate for the night’s theme.”
The shape of cupcakes and the way one eats them also links the little cakes to sexuality.
“Cupcake can be slang for breasts or pussy,” Kramer-Bussel says.
“They’re really sensual and really hot since you bite into it, and biting into something is a different experience than using a fork,” Rednour says.
“People eat cupcakes so differently. Some people tear the skirt away — they’re all little burlesque dancers to me — and sometimes they just bite in, or take the whole thing off very carefully. I pull it down and I bite. It’s interesting to watch lesbians eat cupcakes.”
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