That's Revolting! by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore - ISBN: 9781593761950
Paperback
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 b…

That's Revolting!

Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation

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  • Paperback

    360 pages

  • Release Date

    28 May 2008

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Summary

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 m…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781593761950
ISBN-10:1593761953
Author:Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
Publisher:Soft Skull Press
Imprint:Soft Skull Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:360
Edition:2nd
Release Date:28 May 2008
Weight:446g
Dimensions:228mm x 152mm
About The Author

Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore

Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore is the author of three novels and a memoir, and the editor of five nonfiction anthologies. Her memoir, The End of San Francisco, won a Lambda Literary Award, and her anthology, Why Are Faggots So Afraid of Faggots?- Flaming Challenges to Masculinity, Objectification, and the Desire to Conform, was an American Library Association Stonewall Honor Book. Her novel Sketchtasy was one of NPR’s Best Books of 2018. Her book The Freezer Door is out now. Maggie Nelson says it’s “a book about not belonging that made me feel deeply less alone.”

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