tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22234799.post4981428721187567986..comments2024-01-13T23:32:12.331-06:00Comments on Slaves of Academe: Walking Alone After MidnightOso Rarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11345231159759787852noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22234799.post-28295687236099895672007-04-11T00:26:00.000-05:002007-04-11T00:26:00.000-05:00To JML and Others,Readers may always reach me via ...To JML and Others,<BR/><BR/>Readers may always reach me via the email link in my profile.Oso Rarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11345231159759787852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22234799.post-40025687225676980882007-04-04T13:07:00.000-05:002007-04-04T13:07:00.000-05:00So, how's the book contract coming along? All yo...So, how's the book contract coming along? All your fans are waiting to see the "Memosoraroirs: On Coming of Age as A Queer Latino in the Reagan-Bush Years" (or was that the Ford-Carter years, mija?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22234799.post-22326989106930402922007-04-04T05:06:00.000-05:002007-04-04T05:06:00.000-05:00Yes, a great post: I would like to invoke Alan Yo...Yes, a great post: I would like to invoke Alan Young, from his essay, Out of the Closets, Into the Streets: "We will not go straight until you go gay!"<BR/><BR/>It's kind of amazing that a video like this is something people go berserk on, when few people seem to know or care that white college students routinely go to parties dressed in blackface and think it's just another "costume."<BR/><BR/>TRTenured Radicalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05703980598547163290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22234799.post-24221031672937932932007-04-04T00:17:00.000-05:002007-04-04T00:17:00.000-05:00I had a comment about the video, but it seems more...I had a comment about the video, but it seems more productive to post it here than with the video. <BR/><BR/>I actually have no opinion about whether the kid dancing around may or may not be gay. I do have a problem, and OsoRaro discusses this, with sexualizing children. I got the impression that the piece was choreographed or coached in some way, and if it's not, then he is extremely talented. Nonetheless, my guess is that he takes dance lessons, and for some reason, boys taking dance lessons seems to set off all kinds of alarm bells for society as "so gay" until they get to junior high and they get all the girls because they can dance. At any rate, thanks for your analysis Osoraro. I found the thread under the video unbearable. A kid dancing becomes a rant against gay's and the kid's mother.<BR/><BR/>Now that I think about it, they should be trying to make sense of that Beyoncé song! "I can have another you in a minute." Why would she want another him? He cheated on her. It makes my head hurt to try and make sense of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22234799.post-69033086536585898852007-04-02T18:27:00.000-05:002007-04-02T18:27:00.000-05:00Maybe those people who think young boys shouldn't ...Maybe those people who think young boys shouldn't be doing that, expect young boyx to be doing this...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IC-7_sQNINA<BR/><BR/>Yeah...thats how young black youth should act!!!! (sarcasm intended)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22234799.post-26611219772628124132007-04-02T14:03:00.000-05:002007-04-02T14:03:00.000-05:00Another great post.Another great post.GayProfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11289510184782252498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22234799.post-88357331640604548762007-04-01T09:04:00.000-05:002007-04-01T09:04:00.000-05:00I also love this blog, for the record. But, you kn...I also love this blog, for the record. But, you know, it's not a jealous love- I can share!<BR/><BR/>Anyway, this post reminds me of an article that Salon just ran about the vitriol that women experience on the internet for being women basically. It's here:<BR/>http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/03/31/sierra/<BR/>It's also pretty easy to find from the main page.Rufushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17762279210783841414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22234799.post-21733282546496385332007-03-31T14:39:00.000-05:002007-03-31T14:39:00.000-05:00I like this blog a lot. You've written here on Wil...I like this blog a lot. You've written here on Willi Ninja and Paris is Burning. I'm editing a book on the film for the University of Minnesota Press. Have you written anything on the film aside from what you've said in the blog? If so, how might I find it, or you?<BR/><BR/>-JMLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22234799.post-32394675314475222972007-03-30T13:09:00.000-05:002007-03-30T13:09:00.000-05:00Excellent post, OR.“Yes, JOY! For some of my most ...Excellent post, OR.<BR/><BR/>“Yes, JOY! For some of my most joyful moments come when I am with other LGBT people and can appreciate the subtlety, the refined nature, the exquisite pleasure of our communal and collective self.” <BR/><BR/>Yes, joy…joy…pure joy. I think that jolliness comes from being in tune with one’s self, and not necessarily from the sense of being part of a community. It is a beautifully complex game: performing Beyoncé you have a glance of what would it be to embody yourself. It is a celebration of the individual not necessarily of the tribe. <BR/><BR/>Sorry if this is too esoteric. Blame it on The Wooster group. I just saw their Hamlet, and I’m still trying to recover. <BR/><BR/>BesosAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22234799.post-47413732654290158722007-03-30T12:59:00.000-05:002007-03-30T12:59:00.000-05:00awesome post...all of our lives depend on it, inde...awesome post...all of our lives depend on it, indeed, whether hetero or homo. i live in an overtly homophobic town now, very new to me as urban dweller, and this is the aspect of new digs that disturbs me most. it is not too general to claim that some regions reify normative gender roles more than others and especially as a parent it is terrifying. when i teach wms classes i always make sexuality and heternormative conditioning a key aspect of the course.<BR/><BR/>2 things: i think well-meaning liberals, despite their educational, cultural, socio-economic status (or maybe because of it) often cause more damage than good by making it all less visible; and i love me vie en rose. that boy!gwoertendykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00542058287462910446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22234799.post-68272947843033180632007-03-30T10:25:00.000-05:002007-03-30T10:25:00.000-05:00I feel sad to know, that he'll be punished for who...I feel sad to know, that he'll be punished for who he is. I hate the people, who will try to pin him down to gay or straight way too early. Just because he can be seen by the world, he will be told to be ashamed for who he is from now on. People being shallow like the writers of the terrible comments to the video, should realize, nothing is wrong with the boy, something is wrong with the way they think of him.spn1988https://www.blogger.com/profile/18024192507864355077noreply@blogger.com