That’s Revolting!: Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation

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 Sycamore, aka Mattilda, editor of That’s Revolting! . This timely collection 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, commodified, and hyperobjectified 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?”

Author: Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Soft Skull
Published: 05/01/2008
Pages: 360
Weight: 1.1lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781593761950
Language: English