Cover of That's Revolting! Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation

That's Revolting! Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation

by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, Chris Grinnell, Charlie Jane Anders, Stephanie Schroeder, Carol Queen, Marlon M. Bailey, Priya Kandaswamy, Mattie Udora Richardson, Benjamin Shepard, Josina Manu Maltzman, Reginald Lamar, Ferd Eggan, Neil Edgar, Blake Nemec, Ralowe Trinitrotoluene Ampu, Elias seMbessakwini, Rocko Bulldagger, Simone Chess, Gina de Vries, Sarah Schulman, Jennifer Flynn, Eustacia Smith, Patrick Califia-Rice, M. E. O'Brien, Jesse Heiwa, Justin Anton Rosado, Eric A. Stanley, Daniel Burton-Rose, Tommi Avicolli Mecca, Priyank Jindal, Dean Spade, Stephen Kent Jusick, Kaila Kuban

4.4
(7 ratings)
340 pages2004Soft Skull PressISBN 9781932360561

About this book

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 of essays by writers such as Patrick Califia, Kate Bornstein, Carol Queen, Charlie Jane 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 An Oxymoron or Just Plain Moronic?"

Publication Details

Publisher
Soft Skull Press
Published
2004
Pages
340
ISBN
9781932360561

Track your reading journey with BookOwl