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by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore and ed
Published by AK Press
214p, b&w, 6"x9"
$17.95
From the editor of Nobody Passes, comes this collection of flaming answers to burning questions.....
"Gay culture has become a nightmare of
consumerism, whether it's an endless quest for Absolut vodka, Diesel
jeans, rainbow Hummers, pec implants, or Pottery Barn. Whatever happened
to sexual flamboyance and gender liberation, an end to marriage, the
military, and the nuclear family? As backrooms are shut down to make way
for wedding vows, and gay sexual culture morphs into "straight-acting
dudes hangin' 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! Mattilda
Bernstein Sycamore 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. A sassy and splintering emergency
intervention!"