Why are faggots so afraid of faggots? : flaming challenges to masculinity, objectification, and the desire to conform / edited by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sycamore, Mattilda Bernstein.

Tom Farinholt and Blair Edlow Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gay people--Identity.

Gay people.

Gender identity.

Masculinity.

Physical Description:

212 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Oakland [Calif.] : AK Press, 2012.

Summary:

Gay culture has become the ultimate nightmare of consumerism, whether it's an endless quest for Absolut vodka, Diesel jeans, rainbow Hummers, pec implants, or Pottery Barn. As backrooms are shut down to make way for wedding vows, and gay sexual culture morphs into "straight-acting dudes hanging' out," what are the possibilities for a defiant faggotry that challenges the assimilationist norms of a corporate-cozy lifestyle?

Why Are Faggots So Afraid of Faggots? Challenges not just the violence of straight homophobia but the hypocrisy of mainstream gay norms that say the only way to stay safe is to act straight: get married, join the military, adopt kids! This anthology reinvokes the anger, flamboyance, and subversion once thriving in gay subcultures in order to create something dangerous and lovely; an exploration of the perils of assimilation; a call for accountability, a vision for change. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction: Why are Faggots so Afraid of Faggots? / Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore Sycamore, Mattilda Bernstein 1

Fierce Net: Imagining a Faggotty Web / D. Travers Scott Scott, D. Travers 5

Going From Zero to Sexy on High-Caloric Overdrive / CAConrad 11

Trans/Nationally Femme: Notes on Neoliberal Economic Regimes, Security States, and My Life as a Brown Immigrant Fag / Debanuj DasGupta DasGupta, Debanuj 15

Levity and Gravity / Chris Bartlett Bartlett, Chris 25

Death by Masculinity / Ali Abbas Abbas, Ali 33

Without a Face / Thomas Glave Glave, Thomas 39

Fucking with Fucking Online: Advocating for Indiscriminate Promiscuity / Michael J. Faris Faris, Michael J., ML Sugie Sugie, ML 45

Difficult Conversations / Phillip Patston Patston, Phillip 53

Penis is Important for That / Nick Clarkson Clarkson, Nick 57

Glass Blowing / Khary Polk Polk, Khary 67

Appearances and All That / Tommi Avicolli Mecca Mecca, Tommi Avicolli 71

Girls / Gina de Vries Vries, Gina de 77

Straightening the Shawl / Ezra RedEagle Whitman Whitman, Ezra RedEagle 85

The Unlikely Barebacker / Shepperton Jones Jones, Shepperton 91

Rehab for the Unrepentant / Francisco Ibáñez-Carrasco Ibáñez-Carrasco, Francisco 97

I'll Tell You What I Want, What I Really Want: Homolove and Accountability / Harris Kornstein Kornstein, Harris 105

IT GETS BETTER? / Matthew D. Blanchard Blanchard, Matthew D. 115

The Soul of Our Work / George Ayala Ayala, George, Patrick "Pato" Hebert Hebert, Patrick "Pato" 123

Dirt Story / Lewis Wallace Wallace, Lewis 133

Generations / Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore Sycamore, Mattilda Bernstein 137

Prisons and Closets / Jason Lydon Lydon, Jason 141

A Rock and a Bird / Booh Edouardo Edouardo, Booh 147

Slow Boil Aids and the Remnants of Time / Eric A. Stanley Stanley, Eric A. 157

Excelsior / Jaime Cortez Cortez, Jaime 163

My Fear, The Forces Beneath / Willow Aerin Fagan Fagan, Willow Aerin 169

Cell Block 6 / Mishael Burrows Burrows, Mishael 175

Rich Man's War, Poor (Gay) Man's Fight / Larry Goldsmith Goldsmith, Larry 181

Not Till the Earth Falls into the Sun / Horehound Stillpoint Stillpoint, Horehound 185

Dancing with White Boys / James Villanueva Villanueva, James 193

Something Resembling Power / Kristen Stoeckeler Stoeckeler, Kristen 199.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Tom Farinholt and Blair Edlow Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

1849350884

9781849350891

OCLC:

709680948

Publisher Number:

99947446549