{"product_id":"why-are-faggots-so-afraid-of-faggots-flaming-challenges-to-masculinity-objectification-and-the-desire-to-conform-9781849350884","title":"Why Are Faggots So Afraid of Faggots?: Flaming Challenges to Masculinity, Objectification, and the Desire to Conform","description":"\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e AK Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/31\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781849350884\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Lambda Literary Awards - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/12\/2011\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36669766893724,"sku":"9781849350884","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_7e2edd50-c639-405c-93eb-de6bee6aeae6.jpg?v=1603920991","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/why-are-faggots-so-afraid-of-faggots-flaming-challenges-to-masculinity-objectification-and-the-desire-to-conform-9781849350884","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}