That's Revolting!: Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation
As a gay elite prioritizes the attainment of straight privilege over all else, it drains queer identity of any meaning, relevance, or cultural value. That's Revoluting! skewers assimilationist trends with incisive essays like "Dr. Laura, Sit on My Face," "Is Gay Marriage Racist?" and "Queer Parents: An Oxymoron Or Just Plain Moronic?" This expanded edition contains the original work by dozens of visionaries, including Patrick Califia, Dean Spade, and Carol Queen, as well as five new...
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As the growing gay mainstream prioritizes the attainment of straight privilege over all else, it drains queer identity of any meaning, relevance, or cultural value. What's more, queers remain under attack: Gay youth shelters can be vetoed because they might reduce property values. Trannies are out because they might offend straights. That's Revolting! offers a bracing tonic to these trends. Edited by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, That's Revolting! collects timely essays such as "Dr. Laura, Sit on My Face," "Gay Art Guerrillas," and "Queer Parents: An Oxymoron Or Just Plain Moronic?" by unrepentant activists like Patrick Califia, Kate Bornstein, and Carol Queen. This updated edition contains seven new selections that cover everything from rural, working-class youth in Massachusetts to gay life in New Orleans to the infamous Drop the Debt/Stop AIDS action in New York. This lively composite portrait of cutting-edge queer activism is a clarion call for anyone who questions the value of becoming the Stepford Homosexual.
There's more to life than platinum: challenging the tyranny of sweatshop-produced rainbow flags and participatory patriarchy Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore Sycamore, Mattilda Bernstein 1Church, State, Acid Trips, the Merry-Go-Round, Patriots, the Conspiracy, and DiapersDykes and Fags Want Everything: Dreaming with the Gay Liberation Front Ferd Eggan Eggan, Ferd 11Queering the Underground Daniel Burton-Rose Burton-Rose, Daniel 19It's All About Class Tommi Avicolli Mecca Mecca, Tommi Avicolli 29Sites of Resistance or Sites of Racism? Priyank Jindal Jindal, Priyank 39Fighting to Win Dean Spade Spade, Dean 47Gay Art Guerrillas: Interview with Jim Hubbard and Sarah Schulman Stephen Kent Jusick Jusick, Stephen Kent 54More Abercrombie Than Activist? Kaila Kuban Kuban, Kaila Chris Grinnell Grinnell, Chris 74Choice Cuts Charlie Anders Anders, Charlie 87Legalized Sodomy is Political Foreplay Patrick Califla Califla, Patrick 92Queer Parents: An Oxymoron? Or Just Moronic? Stephanie Schroeder Schroeder, Stephanie 100Never a Bridesmaid, Never a Bride Carol Queen Queen, Carol 105Is Gay Marriage Racist? Marlon M. Bailey Bailey, Marlon M. Priya Kandaswamy Kandaswamy, Priya Mattie Udora Richardson Richardson, Mattie Udora 113Children, the Trucks, Chainmail, Time, the Border, Skin Problems, the Feds, and the Urban Eco-Village of Your DreamsSylvia and Sylvia's Children: A Battle for a Queer Public Space Benjamin Shepard Shepard, Benjamin 123Unsuitable for Children Gina de Vries de Vries, Gina 141Revolting Josina Manu Maltzman Maltzman, Josina Manu 147A Tragic Love Story, or The Love Affair As Defining Moment, or The Love Affair That NeverHappened Reginald Lamar Lamar, Reginald 152Inside the Box Neil Edgar Edgar, Neil 158Riding Radio to Choke the IMF Blake Nemec Nemec, Blake SalMonella 162Sexing up the Conflict Query 174Vitoligo vs. the Drapetomania Syndrome Ralowe Trinitrotoluene Ampu Ampu, Ralowe Trinitrotoluene 188Sex, Gender, and Letters to Myself Elias seMbessakwini seMbessakwini, Elias 199Piss, Transnational Capital, Lice Remover, the Piers, Mary, Dr. Laura, the Naked Truth, and Ricki LakeDr. Laura, Sit on My Face Rocko Sulldagger Sulldagger, Rocko 213Calling All Restroom Revolutionaries! Simone Chess Chess, Simone Alison Kafer Kafer, Alison Jessi Quizar Quizar, Jessi Mattie Udora Richardson Richardson, Mattie Udora 216That Incredible Exhilaration: An Interview with Jim Eigo from The ACT UP Oral History Project Sarah Schulman Schulman, Sarah 237Fed Up Queers Jennifer Flynn Flynn, Jennifer Eustacia Smith Smith, Eustacia 249Gay Shame: From Queer Autonomous Space to Direct Action Extravaganza Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore Sycamore, Mattilda Bernstein 268Stripping for the Movement Eustacia Smith Smith, Eustacia 296Stayin' Alive: Trans Survival and Struggle on the Streets of Philadelphia Michelle O'Brien O'Brien, Michelle 305Getting to the Root Jesse Heiwa Heiwa, Jesse 312Corroding our Quality of Life Justin Anton Rosado Rosado, Justin Anton 317Dealing Discourse: Drugs and the (Re)invention of Resistance Eric Stanley Stanley, Eric 329Bios 337Acknowledgments 347About the Author 34
