Why Are Faggots So Afraid of Faggots? : Flaming Challenges to Masculinity, Objectification, and the Desire to Conform

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! Called "startlingly bold and provocative" by Howard Zinn, and described as "a cross between Tinkerbell and a honky Malcolm X with a queer agenda" by The Austin Chronicle , Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore is undoubtedly one of America's most outspoken queer critics. She is the author of two novels, including, most recently, So Many Ways to Sleep Badly , and is the editor of four nonfiction anthologies, including Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity and That’s Revolting! Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation . [this Book] 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.--page 4 Of Cover. Introduction : Why Are Faggots So Afraid Of Faggots? / Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore -- Fierce.net : Imagining A Faggotty Web / D. Travers Scott -- Going From Zero To Sexy On High-caloric Overdrive / Caconrad -- Trans/nationally Femme : Notes On Neoliberal Economic Regimes, Security States, And My Life As A Brown Immigrant Fag / Debanuj Dasgupta -- Levity And Gravity / Chris Bartlett -- Death By Masculinity / Ali Abbas -- Without A Face / Thomas Glave -- Fucking With Fucking Online : Advocating For Indiscriminate Promiscuity / Michael J. Faris And Ml Sugie -- Difficult Conversations / Philip Patston -- Penis Is Important For That / Nick Clarkson -- Glass Blowing / Khary Polk -- Appearances And All That / Tommi Avicolli Mecca -- Girls / Gina De Vries -- Straightening The Shawl / Ezra Redeagle Whitman -- The Unlikely Barebacker / Shepperton Jones -- Rehab For The Unrepentant / Francisco Ibáñez-carrasco -- I'll Tell You What I Want, What I Really Want : Homolove And Accountability / Harris Kornstein -- It Gets Better? / Matthew D. Blanchard -- The Soul Of Our Work / George Ayala And Patrick Pato Hebert -- Dirt Story / Lewis Wallace -- Generations / Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore -- Prisons And Closets / Jason Lydon -- A Rock And A Bird / Booh Edouardo -- Slow Boil : Aids And The Remnants Of Time / Eric A. Stanley -- Excelsior / Jaime Cortez -- My Fear, The Forces Beneath / Willow Aerin Fagan -- Cell Block 6 / Mishael Burrows -- Rich Man's War, Poor (gay) Man's Fight / Larry Goldsmith -- Not Till The Earth Falls Into The Sun / Horehound Stillpoint -- Dancing With White Boys / James Villanueva -- Something Resembling Power / Kristen Stoeckeler. [edited By Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore]. Editor Named On Cover And Verso Of Title Page. "[This book] 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."--Page [4] of book cover. 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! Called 'startlingly bold and provocative' by Howard Zinn, and described as 'a cross between Tinkerbell and a honky Malcolm X with a queer agenda' by The Austin Chronicle, Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore is undoubtedly one of America's most outspoken queer critics. She is the author of two novels, including, most recently, So Many Ways to Sleep Badly, and is the editor of four nonfiction anthologies, including Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity and That's Revolting! Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation 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! Called "startlingly bold and provocative" by Howard Zinn, and described as "a cross between Tinkerbell and a honky Malcolm X with a queer agenda" by The Austin Chronicle , Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore is undoubtedly one of America's most outspoken queer critics. She is the author of two novels, including, most recently, So Many Ways to Sleep Badly , and is the editor of four nonfiction anthologies, including Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity and That's Revolting! Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation .