Via AfterEllen.com:

Notes & Queeries: Rachel Maddow, Butch Fatale
by Malinda Lo, Senior Writer

In the mainstream press at least, Maddow has avoided too much criticism of her non-feminine appearance. This may be because she is often the first to raise those “mannish lesbian” stereotypes, saying things like “I’m a big lesbian who looks like a man” (GQ). For the most part, her disarming, good-humored charm seems to have worked.

Full article available here. H/T, twotired2fight.