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That's Revolting!: Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation | 
| Creator: Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
Publisher: Soft Skull Press
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Pages: 360
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Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 1.2
ISBN: 1593761953
Dewey Decimal Number: 305
EAN: 9781593761950
ASIN: 1593761953
Publication Date: May 28, 2008
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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.
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 "We;re Here! We're Queer! Get Used to It!" December 24, 2006
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Mattilda (aka Matt Bernstein Sycamore), editor, "That's Revolting: Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation". Soft Skull Press, 2004
Amos Lassen and Literary Pride
Ask yourself the question as to whether or not you have assimilated into the society around you. There was a time when gay and lesbian culture was our own but it seems that as we gain more acceptances we are now just "other people". As The Human Rights Campaign endorsed a Republican candidate for the Senate and several pride organizations have opted for corporate sponsorship, we have settled down in our suburban homes and watch "Desperate Housewives' and "Survivor" like everyone else on the block. The gay mainstream is assimilating quickly and it seems that the struggle for gay rights seems to be based solely on adoption, the military and the right to marry who we want. The identity we once had that made us different has now been discarded and in its place comes a comfortable lifestyle as we find we are just like everyone else except...
What has happened is that we have become part of a multi-cultural society where sexuality is no longer a major issue (except, perhaps, in the states that rest in the Bible belt, like Arkansas and Mississippi). The queer identity we once had seems to be a thing of the past and that can be very sad. Should it be reclaimed? "That's Revolting" seems to think so and in this wonderful collection of essays and articles is a demand for us to use our gay identity and struggle as a point from which to start to "reclaim, reframe and re-shape the world." "That's Revolting" is a plan, a blueprint as well as a call to action to bring the vision we once had to the new generation.
There is something for everyone here. The anthology includes everything you need to know about non assimilation and the articles, essays, interviews. Personal histories, opinions and theses are carefully organized so that we can approach the issue and be knowledgeable about it. Some of it is quite radical and some of it is so familiar. Do you remember when gay bars were really gay bars and the only people who dared go into then were gay people? Not anymore. Do you remember when gay themed movies were watched only by gay people? Not anymore, everyone goes and sees them. Likewise you remember when we hid and were afraid to be out. The price we pay for acceptance by the larger society is the cost of our own individualism. Is it worth it? That is for each individual to decide. I make no judgment. Maybe a happy compromise can be reached. Some of the things n out queer culture were wonderful but it is also wonderful being who you are, when you want.
 This is what has been missing. February 15, 2005
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
This is the book I had always dreamed they would use in my queer classes at school!!! Activism, cultural analysis and personal narratives help push what has been understood as "gay and lesbian studies" from the now "safe" grounds of identity to the terrain of revolution. From racism in queer organizing to hilarious direct action That's Revolting is a radical a re-thinking of all that we through we knew about social change, gender, class and race.
Magnificent January 29, 2005
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Nowhere have I seen such an amazing range of essays about the complexities of queer lives. The book is fiery, exciting, and full of wisdom. I especially liked "Gay Art Guerrillas," where Sarah Schulman and Jim Hubbard detail the rise and fall of downtown New York in the eighties with lively anecdotes and cutting wit. "Calling All Restroom Revolutionaries" offers a step-by-step plan for making public bathrooms gender neutral and accessible, and offers a stunning critique of identity politics in the process. And the opening essay, "Dr. Laura, Sit on My Face," I've read over and over again, even once to a friend over the telephone. I live outside of the major gay destination cities, so this book was a welcome breath of fresh air -- Queer Eye for the Straight GIRL isn't exactly speaking to me, if you know what I mean. I recommend this book to anyone with a brain.
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