I'm confused by the above comments. What specifically was problematic? It was a frank look at the emotion that all humans, regardless of status, experience: envy. It wasn't celebrating envy, or claiming that everyone in a particular group experiences it to the same degree, or at all. The author's observations were drawn from his personal experiences, which isn't something you can denyhowthe reality of, even if you disagree with their implications or generalisability. Femmephobia? How?

And, by the way, this was written in 1999, and the realities of today are very different. There have been many former butch lesbians who have transitioned, after finally coming out to themselves and others. And in that closeted, or unaware-but-unsatisfied stage in their lives, many of them, being *human*, envied those that had what they desired for themselves.

Envy is real, envy is human, and recognizing the forms it takes in himself and the communities he has been a part of is legitimate.