{"product_id":"why-are-faggots-so-afraid-of-faggots-flaming-challenges-to-masculinity-objectification-and-the-desire-to-conform-paperback","title":"Why Are Faggots So Afraid of Faggots?: Flaming Challenges to Masculinity, Objectification, and the Desire to Conform - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMattilda Bernstein Sycamore\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGay 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhy Are Faggots So Afraid of Faggots?\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCalled startlingly bold and provocative by Howard Zinn, and described as a cross between Tinkerbell and a honky Malcolm X with a queer agenda by \u003ci\u003eThe Austin Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cb\u003eMattilda Bernstein Sycamore\u003c\/b\u003e is undoubtedly one of America's most outspoken queer critics. She is the author of two novels, including, most recently, \u003ci\u003eSo Many Ways to Sleep Badly\u003c\/i\u003e, and is the editor of four nonfiction anthologies, including \u003ci\u003eNobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThat's Revolting  Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn Oakland, California on March 24, 2015 a fire destroyed the AK Press warehouse along with several other businesses. Please consider visiting the AK Press website to learn more about the fundraiser to help them and their neighbors.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMattilda Bernstein Sycamore: Called startlingly bold and provocative by Howard Zinn, described as a cross between Tinkerbell and a honky Malcolm X with a queer agenda by the Austin Chronicle, and named one of Utne Reader's Visionaries in 2008, Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore is undoubtedly one of America's most outrageous queer critics. She is the author of two novels, including, most recently, So Many Ways to Sleep Badly (City Lights 2008), and the editor of four nonfiction anthologies, including Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity (Seal 2007) and That's Revolting! Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation (Soft Skull 2004; expanded second edition 2008). Her writing appears regularly in a variety of publications, including the San Francisco Bay Guardian, AlterNet, Bitch, Utne Reader, Bookslut, Lambda Book Report, The Gay and Lesbian Review, and The Stranger. She is the reviews editor at the feminist magazine Make\/shift, and has penned a monthly column in Maximumrocknroll for five years. She's gone on five extensive cross-country book tours, and guest-lectured at numerous universities, from Yale to Evergreen, UCLA to McGill. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 212\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 31, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Lambda Literary Awards (2013)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770084327712,"sku":"9781849350884","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b640b31cfd70b3482286b5fa81ae0342.webp?v=1780364027","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/why-are-faggots-so-afraid-of-faggots-flaming-challenges-to-masculinity-objectification-and-the-desire-to-conform-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}