Category Archives: Cool stuff

“Hold on, I’m on my hamburger phone” – Juno & the “Desirable” White Body

The chapter “Queer Kinship and the Quandaries of Domestic Affection” from Juana Maria Rodriquez’ forthcoming book “Sexual Subject, Queer Gestures” identifies and discusses issues dealing with the notion of parenting and adoption. She especially looks at the implications of what … Continue reading

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Watch da dirty cop: Tying together the course through the lyrics of popular songs

(image created with Wordle) I want to talk about music. Not a big surprise, I’m sure. That’s what I’ve been writing about all along. But this time, I talked to my friends. I talked to my friends because I’m somewhat … Continue reading

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Leatherdykes, Queer Temporality, Threadbared, Etc.

I just posted several texts to the Readings page that we were talking about on Monday with Juana María Rodríguez: Hale, Jacob. “Leatherdyke Boys and their Daddies: How to Have Sex without Women or Men.” Social Text 52/3 (1997): 223-36. … Continue reading

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Keith Hennessy & Circo Zero

Great discussion last night about Delinquent! Check out Keith’s other work with his company Circo Zero here. Several of his other works also address the prison-industrial-military complex, most notably Box (1985) and Mercy (2004, about the US torture of prisoners … Continue reading

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Social Justice Activism & Memorialization

Check out this post by the Pittsburgh-based artist/activist collective Just Seeds–on social justice, memorialization, and anti-slavery activism in relation to Memorial Day.

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Some Amazing Gender Friendly Bathrooms

From the blog of the best vintage store in Sacramento, Thunderhorse Vintage. The photos themselves are apparently from Richmond, Virginia: Too awesome for words.

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Chanté, You Stay: Lady Gay-Gay Marriage and Immigration (Round II)

Another week, another post about Lady Gaga. Again, I turn to some of her new material (from her new album that came out on Monday, Born This Way [SIDEBAR: Capitalism!!]), however this time I’ve chosen a song that’s both related to queerness … Continue reading

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Toilet Politics

We were talking the other day about the politics of bathrooms in relation to the public/private divide, and I mentioned a new edited collection about the topic: Molotch, Harvey, and Laura Noren. Toilet: Public Restrooms and the Politics of Sharing. … Continue reading

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