I get called "Ma'am" a lot by people on the phone and fast-food employees. It's really annoying. I guess on the phone, or the drive-thru speaker, my voice sounds just like a woman's or something. (Actually, I have been told I sound like my mother on the phone.)
But I'm not a woman, no matter how much of a fag I am!!! I'm all man, baby! *grips crotch in obscene gesture*
Thursday, June 30, 2005
Civil Rights with Cindy
The Unsinkable Cindy Best (who is, to my shame, much more up on and involved with the gay rights movement than I am) weighs in on the comparison between the black and gay civil rights movements. I'm pretty much of one mind with her: we all just need to get along. No, homophobia isn't quite the same thing as hundreds of years of bondage and discrimination (though you can make the argument that homophobia goes much farther back) and, yes, blacks are sometimes little more than rhetorical tools for some gay activists, but we're still all in the this thing together, trying to bring down the [White Heterosexual] Man!!!
Cindy also waxes "nostalgic" for the Clinton years.
(FYI: This post was drafted before I went off on gay assimilationalism for the second time in as many days. I promise this'll be the last word from me on the issue of gay rights for at least a few days. I can't keep writing all this heavy stuff; it's both tiring and depressing for me.)
Cindy also waxes "nostalgic" for the Clinton years.
(FYI: This post was drafted before I went off on gay assimilationalism for the second time in as many days. I promise this'll be the last word from me on the issue of gay rights for at least a few days. I can't keep writing all this heavy stuff; it's both tiring and depressing for me.)
Something's Very Wrong In Gayville
Towleroad seems to have been infected with the LOGO-virus. God forbid we be sexual, flamboyant beings! No, we have to put on a drag of a different sort: a "normal," Middle American, white middle-class drag. Even as someone who is rather "normal," Middle American, white, and middle-class, that attitude makes me by turns sad and outraged.
What has happened to us homosexuals? How did we get infected with this notion that if we just act like we're still in the closet (a see-through model that allows just enough light in for others to see we like the same sex but not enough to show anything else), the homophobes will just instantly like us and give us equal rights? It ain't gonna happen, people!!! Haters will always hate. And I really don't think the "in-betweeners" are damaged by images of drag queens and leather daddies.
Maybe, though, the question is what didn't happen to us homosexuals? It seems that, instead of trying to make the dream of an accepting and inclusive world a reality, we've allowed ourselves to devolve (or simply stay) nothing more than a collection of bitchy cliques united only by a love of dick (or pussy). Now, not only are we sexually, racially, geographically, generationally, and fetishistically divided, we're divided into the "normals" and the "freaks." Instead of a "rainbow" of harmony and community, we're a sad minority riven by petty differences. We're pathetic!
What has happened to us homosexuals? How did we get infected with this notion that if we just act like we're still in the closet (a see-through model that allows just enough light in for others to see we like the same sex but not enough to show anything else), the homophobes will just instantly like us and give us equal rights? It ain't gonna happen, people!!! Haters will always hate. And I really don't think the "in-betweeners" are damaged by images of drag queens and leather daddies.
Maybe, though, the question is what didn't happen to us homosexuals? It seems that, instead of trying to make the dream of an accepting and inclusive world a reality, we've allowed ourselves to devolve (or simply stay) nothing more than a collection of bitchy cliques united only by a love of dick (or pussy). Now, not only are we sexually, racially, geographically, generationally, and fetishistically divided, we're divided into the "normals" and the "freaks." Instead of a "rainbow" of harmony and community, we're a sad minority riven by petty differences. We're pathetic!
Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Bravo, Blogger!
About a week or so ago, I noticed that one of the buttons in the "Compose" area of the Blogger was new. Upon investigation, it turned out that they'd finally changed their programming to allow direct picture placement in posts. Joy!
Before, I had to go use Hello (a Google product, BTW, which is also the parent company of Blogger. Coincidence? Hmmmm.... I mean, we all know corporations would never take advantage of synergies between their companies to the detriment or inconvenience of their customers. That's just CrazY talk!!!). While hardly hard labor, it was still a much too long and complicated process. Finally, though, they've cut through the middleman!
Anyway, ever since the change, I've wanted to try it out, but kept waiting for an image to come along I would have posted anyway. Well, days without such an image's appearance later, I finally said "Screw it!" and just posted this here picture above and found the new method of picture posting is a pretty easy and straightforward process. Good job, Blogger-Bots!
Before, I had to go use Hello (a Google product, BTW, which is also the parent company of Blogger. Coincidence? Hmmmm.... I mean, we all know corporations would never take advantage of synergies between their companies to the detriment or inconvenience of their customers. That's just CrazY talk!!!). While hardly hard labor, it was still a much too long and complicated process. Finally, though, they've cut through the middleman!
Anyway, ever since the change, I've wanted to try it out, but kept waiting for an image to come along I would have posted anyway. Well, days without such an image's appearance later, I finally said "Screw it!" and just posted this here picture above and found the new method of picture posting is a pretty easy and straightforward process. Good job, Blogger-Bots!
Rant Ahead!!!
This article about Logo, the new "gay channel," makes me soooooo pissed!
"So much connects us beyond sexuality," the network president, Brian Grazer, says. Excuse me, but WHAT? I mean, on one level, he's totally correct. Gay men and women and transgenders are no more purely sexual beasts than heterosexuals (though a lot more honest about the role of sexuality in their lives). On another level, however, sexuality (and the life experiences that come as a direct result of that sexuality) is the only thing that connects a lot of gay people! We're defined by our sexuality; that's why they call us homosexuals!!!
Usually, I defend shows and actors who are "non-threatening" and "stereotypical" gay and lesbian figures (i.e. the Fab Five, Ellen, etc.) from those deranged and out-of-touch-with-reality queer radicals who want only Goldilocks (not too sexy, not too unsexy, not too white, not too colored, and on and on) depictions of homosexuals. Those "non-threatening" figures are, by their nature, just small and limited snapshots of the gay community, in the same way Queer as Folk, an almost-panto production of rampant white gay male sexuality and melodrama, is. Neither depiction is complete or perfect; the human race and its works are neither complete nor perfect, so limited depictions are all we have. No one show or actor or book or whatever has an intrinsic duty to, or quite frankly the possibility of, be[ing] all things to all people. Yes, one can argue that too sexualized a depiction can just reinforce homophobic stereotypes or that neutered gay characters are modern Al Jolsons donning "blackface" for the amusement of Middle America, but homophobes will believe what they believe regardless and laughter can go a long way towards acceptance.
HOWEVER, if you call yourself a "gay channel," explicitly trying to be all things to all people and represent the whole of the gay experience (despite the fact that you can't and can't be blamed for being unable to), then simply getting rid of any hint of gay sexuality is downright sinful, especially since, protestations to the contrary, it is under pressure from conservative economic and cultural forces. While you can't, and don't have to, have non-stop porn, to simply dismiss sexual content is the worst form of caving in the face of opposition. Sexuality is a huge part of human life. Homosexuals are every bit as human as heterosexuals (and does any channel shy away from hetersexuality???). What Logo is doing, then, is nothing less than denying our humanity.
For shame, Logo, for shame!!!
"So much connects us beyond sexuality," the network president, Brian Grazer, says. Excuse me, but WHAT? I mean, on one level, he's totally correct. Gay men and women and transgenders are no more purely sexual beasts than heterosexuals (though a lot more honest about the role of sexuality in their lives). On another level, however, sexuality (and the life experiences that come as a direct result of that sexuality) is the only thing that connects a lot of gay people! We're defined by our sexuality; that's why they call us homosexuals!!!
Usually, I defend shows and actors who are "non-threatening" and "stereotypical" gay and lesbian figures (i.e. the Fab Five, Ellen, etc.) from those deranged and out-of-touch-with-reality queer radicals who want only Goldilocks (not too sexy, not too unsexy, not too white, not too colored, and on and on) depictions of homosexuals. Those "non-threatening" figures are, by their nature, just small and limited snapshots of the gay community, in the same way Queer as Folk, an almost-panto production of rampant white gay male sexuality and melodrama, is. Neither depiction is complete or perfect; the human race and its works are neither complete nor perfect, so limited depictions are all we have. No one show or actor or book or whatever has an intrinsic duty to, or quite frankly the possibility of, be[ing] all things to all people. Yes, one can argue that too sexualized a depiction can just reinforce homophobic stereotypes or that neutered gay characters are modern Al Jolsons donning "blackface" for the amusement of Middle America, but homophobes will believe what they believe regardless and laughter can go a long way towards acceptance.
HOWEVER, if you call yourself a "gay channel," explicitly trying to be all things to all people and represent the whole of the gay experience (despite the fact that you can't and can't be blamed for being unable to), then simply getting rid of any hint of gay sexuality is downright sinful, especially since, protestations to the contrary, it is under pressure from conservative economic and cultural forces. While you can't, and don't have to, have non-stop porn, to simply dismiss sexual content is the worst form of caving in the face of opposition. Sexuality is a huge part of human life. Homosexuals are every bit as human as heterosexuals (and does any channel shy away from hetersexuality???). What Logo is doing, then, is nothing less than denying our humanity.
For shame, Logo, for shame!!!
Oh My God!!!!
I've been linked to by the respectable and highly-acclaimed Bookninja for yesterday's gay penguin post! I feel like I've finally arrived in the blogosphere. Thanks, George!!!
Sorry, Cindy and Vince, but, now that I'm on the threshold of the big time, I have to dump your asses. Nothing personal, of course; you're simply no longer of use to me as I claw my way up the social order of the blogosphere! (I kid, I kid, I kid, guys! Or do I???? *dun dun DUN*)
Sorry, Cindy and Vince, but, now that I'm on the threshold of the big time, I have to dump your asses. Nothing personal, of course; you're simply no longer of use to me as I claw my way up the social order of the blogosphere! (I kid, I kid, I kid, guys! Or do I???? *dun dun DUN*)
Memes and Phantom Book Limbs
Scott McLemee, whose column Intellectual Affairs I always read with interest due to its easy erudition and humor, writes two things of interest today.
One is a lovely quip about those damn meme thingies: they "appeal to bloggers because [they have] “me” in it, twice." The second is a marvelous description of how inveterate bookworm, such as myself, feel upon selling or giving away a large number of books.
Couldn't have said it better myself!
One is a lovely quip about those damn meme thingies: they "appeal to bloggers because [they have] “me” in it, twice." The second is a marvelous description of how inveterate bookworm, such as myself, feel upon selling or giving away a large number of books.
Such a purge feels good, once the initial hesitation is overcome. There is even a kind of giddiness, as the herd begins to thin. But afterwards, I always have pangs of regret. When you need it, a missing title is like a phantom limb. There’s a maddening and persistent itch you can no longer scratch.
Couldn't have said it better myself!
Tuesday, June 28, 2005
For All Single, Heterosexual Readers Who Need Dating Help
Here ya go. Geez, I never realized breeder dating was so complicated! For us sodomites, dating is much, much simpler. Basically, we say "Hello!" and get to the buttfucking. We just gots too many things to do to bother with silly things like "romance" or "names."
Repeat
I know I've blogged about that children's book about gay penguins before (it was an item from Towleroad, I remember), but I'm too lazy to go back and link to the original post (though you are welcome, nay, encouraged, to rustle through the archives), so I'll just link to this newer story.
(Via Bookslut)
(Via Bookslut)
Monday, June 27, 2005
Pledge
I like this kid's style! He has moxie! (A very nerdy kind of moxie, but moxie all the same!) Kudos to the mother, too, for being so cool and sticking up for him.
(Via Phayrngula)
(Via Phayrngula)
Sunday, June 26, 2005
Biology Is Fascinating!
Biology's an interesting field. Life is just so varied and, well, downright weird! The following three items all come via via the wonderfully-named Pharyngula, the blog of a biologist/anti-creationist. Simply fascinating!
- Did you know that there is actually a poisonous primate (biochemically, not spiritually, as some humans are)? But it's so cute, you say! Well, you're right, but it's got big-ass fangs and secretes a nasty toxin from glands at its elbows! (It slathers the toxin onto its teeth).
Speaking of cuteness, while cooing at the lorises, take a look at "Venomdoc." He's a total hottie!
- Yeast seems to have developed alcoholism some 80 million years ago. See, people, it wasn't the Irish!!!
- Want to know the hot new destination for androphobic lesbians? The Island of the Amazon Insects.
- Did you know that there is actually a poisonous primate (biochemically, not spiritually, as some humans are)? But it's so cute, you say! Well, you're right, but it's got big-ass fangs and secretes a nasty toxin from glands at its elbows! (It slathers the toxin onto its teeth).
Speaking of cuteness, while cooing at the lorises, take a look at "Venomdoc." He's a total hottie!
- Yeast seems to have developed alcoholism some 80 million years ago. See, people, it wasn't the Irish!!!
- Want to know the hot new destination for androphobic lesbians? The Island of the Amazon Insects.
God, I'm Lazy!
This kid's twenty, already a porn veteran, and now a budding mogul. What the fuck is wrong with me, people?!?!? Why aren't I a porn mogul???
(Via Gay.Fleshbot)
(Via Gay.Fleshbot)
Saturday, June 25, 2005
The Lesbian Muse
A new poem by Sappho, discovered on the wrappings of an ancient mummy, was published yesterday. I'm inordinately excited about it and can't wait to read it. If you've never read Sappho, you should go out and a get a copy of her poems. Though most of what we have of her work is little more than fragments, it's still some of the most beautiful poetry you'll ever read. Its very fragmentary nature makes it all the more evocative and captivating.
(Via Bookslut)
(Via Bookslut)
As I Always Say...
...to my imaginary Victorian sex partners: "Redouble the active energy of your thrusts, lest I die from my own inflamed appetites!"
(Via The Unsinkable Cindy Best)
(Via The Unsinkable Cindy Best)
Friday, June 24, 2005
Job Hunt
Still no job. Got a letter yesterday telling me I didn't get that job I didn't want. That's great since, well, I didn't want the job. Still, rejection is never fun, exactly.
I'm really interested in the rare books trade. (Though, oddly enough, I've never been to a store.) I've been emailing a few places in my area asking if they need any help, but no nibbles thus far. If anyone out there knows anything about antiquarian bookselling (especially how to get a job in it), please let me know. It'd be greatly appreciated!
I'm really interested in the rare books trade. (Though, oddly enough, I've never been to a store.) I've been emailing a few places in my area asking if they need any help, but no nibbles thus far. If anyone out there knows anything about antiquarian bookselling (especially how to get a job in it), please let me know. It'd be greatly appreciated!
A Public Service
Homosexual gambling addicts have been an underserved sub-sub-culture... until now!!! Get your Gay Pride odds, boys!
(Via Gawker)
(Via Gawker)
Let's Party!
Faggoty-Ass Faggot instructs us on how to have an absolutely divine Kraft products soiree. They're going to be all the rage, so make sure you have yours soon, so you can say you got in on the trend before it was trendy!
Thursday, June 23, 2005
Another Batch of Bagatelles
All kinds of random links and notes tonight. Enjoy!
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The ever-helpful and supportive Cindy (aka The Unsinkable Cindy Best; aka The Notorious C.A.B.) sent this link to an artist who makes book furniture. Tres chic!
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Faggoty-Ass Faggot investigates the depths of nerdiness at Microsoft.
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Begosh and Begorrah! No wonder the Irish drink; school fairly forces them to!
(Via Inside Higher Ed)
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It may be a few shades less "subtle" than yesterday's underwear, but it's even hotter, I say. DAMN!!!
(Via Gay.Fleshbot)
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Iris Chang, who I've written about before, is getting a statue.
(Via Bookslut)
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Who knew middle-aged Russian bankers could have such street cred?
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I'm only vaguely aware of who Derek Jeter is (and only because he dated Mariah Carey's crazy ass) and have never seen or hear of the other guy in my life, but this picture gives me dirty, dirty thoughts.
(Via Gawker)
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The ever-helpful and supportive Cindy (aka The Unsinkable Cindy Best; aka The Notorious C.A.B.) sent this link to an artist who makes book furniture. Tres chic!
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Faggoty-Ass Faggot investigates the depths of nerdiness at Microsoft.
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Begosh and Begorrah! No wonder the Irish drink; school fairly forces them to!
(Via Inside Higher Ed)
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It may be a few shades less "subtle" than yesterday's underwear, but it's even hotter, I say. DAMN!!!
(Via Gay.Fleshbot)
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Iris Chang, who I've written about before, is getting a statue.
(Via Bookslut)
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Who knew middle-aged Russian bankers could have such street cred?
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I'm only vaguely aware of who Derek Jeter is (and only because he dated Mariah Carey's crazy ass) and have never seen or hear of the other guy in my life, but this picture gives me dirty, dirty thoughts.
(Via Gawker)
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