Thats Revolting!

As the gay mainstream prioritizes the attainment of straight privilege over all else, it drains queer identity of any meaning, relevance, or cultural value, writes Matt Bernstein Syca, aka Mattilda, editor of That s Revolting This timely collection of essays by writers such as Patrick Califia, Kate Bornstein, Carol Queen, Charlie Anders, Benjamin Shepard, and others shows what the new queer resistance looks like Intended as a fistful of rocks to throw at the glass house of Gaylandia, the book challenges the commercialized, commoditized, and hyper objectified view of gay queer identity projected by the mainstream straight and gay media by exploring queer struggles to transform gender, revolutionize sexuality, and build community family outside of traditional models Essays include Dr Laura, Sit on My Face, Gay Art Guerrillas, Legalized Sodomy Is Political Foreplay, and Queer Parents An Oxymoron or Just Plain Moronic Free Read Thats Revolting! By Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr The word radical does not mean extreme but rather going to the root That is, being radical is about going to the root of the problem, the root of our patriarchal a.k.a dominator society, finding solutions for overthrowing it, and living as much as possible outside of the dominant system During the same sex marriage debate, I kept reflecting on how marriage was invented for the purpose of enslaving women I kept signing petitions in favor of gay marriage while feeling apprehensive and wo The word radical does not mean extreme but rather going to the root That is, being radica...This book embodies all of my deep ambivalence about radical queers I agree with pretty much everything butget over yourselvesIt can be hard giving a single rating to an anthology, especially when there are thirty two different pieces in that anthology Some of them are really good delightfully seditious pieces denouncing Stepford homosexuals , capitalism, and the prison industrial complex but some of them seem like bad choices There were far too many essays or interviews with cis gay men and or cis lesbians, and those were all boring they didn t queer the norm at all The worst was an essay about parenting by th It can be hard giving a single rating to an anthology, especially when there are thirty two different pieces in that anthology Some of them are really good delightfully seditious pieces denouncing Stepford homosexuals , capitalism, and the prison industrial complex but some of them seem like bad choices There were far too many essays or interviews with cis gay men and or cis lesbians, and those were all boring they didn t queer the norm at all The worst was an essay about parenting by this cis lesbian who referred to Chaz Bono by his birth name and the wrong pronouns, advocated for the nonconsensual outing of variant people, and used transphobic slurs For my own sake, I m going to try not to go off on a rant about how dangerous outing people is and how it perpetuates viol...Ten years ago one might not have imagined the largest national gay rights lobbying group Human Rights Campaign endorsing a right wing Republican Senatorial candidate Al D Amato in New York , or the San Francisco Pride parade adopting the Budweiser advertising slogan as its offcial theme 2002 As an assimilationist gay mainstream wields increasing power, the focus of gay struggle has become limited to marriage, military service, and adoption The gay mainstream presents a sanitized, straight Ten years ago one might not have imagined the largest national gay rights lobbying group Human Rights Campaign endorsing a right wing Republican Senatorial candidate Al D Amato in New York , or the San Francisco Pride parade adopting the Budweiser advertising slogan as its offcial theme 2002 As an assimilationist gay mainstream wields increasing power, the focus of gay struggle has become limited to marriage, military service, and adoption The gay mainstream presents a sanitized, straight friendly version of gay identity which makes it safe for Richard Chamberlain or Rosie O Donnell to come out, and still rake in the bucks By the twisted priorities of this gay mainstream, it s okay to oppose a queer youth she...Necessary but prone to lifestylism Resisting assimilation has to meanthan frowning on squares who get married, hating children, and doing a lot of drugs and alcohol For the most part in these essays, it does But especially as a gay man who works with poor mothers there s a lot that rubs me the wrong way I m sure it s supposed to, as revolutionary gay politics has always loved ...This book really challenged my views on sexuality, sex, and radical feminist and queer thought Theory, story, interview and case study blended together to create a coherent radical queer agenda against assimilation into the white supremacist capitalist patriarchy The hot topics of the gay rights white gay male movement are Gay Marriage, Adoption, and the Right to Military Service These all benefit the systemthan they benefit queer liberation, so that even if you win, you lose One o This book really challenged my views on sexuality, sex, and radical feminist and queer thought Theory, story, interview and case study blended together to create a coherent radical queer agenda against assimilation into the white supremacist capitalist patriarchy The hot topics of the gay rights white gay male movement are Gay Marriage, Adoption, and the Right to Military Service These all benefit the systemthan they benefit queer liberation, so that even if you win, you lose One of the highlights of the book for me was the story of PISS, the campus movement to create gender neutral and handicap accessable bathrooms To have things as simple as being able to go to the bathroom be a serious complication with your body and identity is heartbreaking It was inspiring to read about what I had previously thought of as disparate movements working together for a common goal and supporting one another.Another highlight was the article stating that Gay Marriage is r...Mattilda Bernstein Syca raises the new call to arms for all self identified freaks, queers, pervs, weirdos, and anyone else not interested in fitting themselves into the nice, neat assimilationist homos are just like everyone else box Her anthology issues a wake the fuck up for all those wondering why mainstream gays allies have been fighting so hard to appease and comfort the Right the mainstream media, telling them that the thing we want most in the world is the ri...This book is unique in its perspectives of the queer rights movement, and publicly thwarts the mainstream in a manner that makes most people cringe That part, I like I also appreciate the telling of theunderground history that is often hidden or not as well known Additionally, it was great to have waythan just the token inclusion of trans genderqueer individuals.I don t agree with all of the tactics taken and advocated by the writers, and I don t necessarily believe that living This book is unique in its perspectives of the q...A series of essays dealing with the queer resistance, anarchy, anti racism, queer youth of color, intersectional oppression, and activism Much of it in the form of histories herstories written by members of activist movements While That s Revolting can be quite intellectually heavy and occasionally seems a bit one note , it also offers a glimpse of a heady world where shocking behavior for it s own sake is prized and rejecting the status quo is the norm I recommend it for anyone who is inte A series of essays dealing with the queer resistance, anarchy, anti racism, queer youth of color, intersectional oppression, and activism Much of it in the form of histories herstories written by members of activist movements While That s Revolting can be quite intellectually heavy and occasionally seems a bit one note , it also offers a glimpse of a heady world where shocking behavior for it s own sake is prized and rejecting t...The essays varied between insightful critiques and monotonous repetition, creative action and self indulgence Calling All Restroom Revolutionaries is a worthwhile read, however many of the essays by Mattilda di...

• English
• 10 December 2018
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
• Paperback
• 340 pages
• 1932360565
• Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
• Thats Revolting!