{"id":26928,"date":"2012-01-20T11:11:54","date_gmt":"2012-01-20T18:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/?p=26928"},"modified":"2012-01-20T11:11:54","modified_gmt":"2012-01-20T18:11:54","slug":"why-are-faggots-so-afraid-of-faggots-flaming-challenges-to-masculinity-objectification-and-the-desire-to-conform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/2012\/01\/20\/why-are-faggots-so-afraid-of-faggots-flaming-challenges-to-masculinity-objectification-and-the-desire-to-conform\/","title":{"rendered":"Why are Faggots So Afraid of Faggots? Flaming Challenges to Masculinity, Objectification, and the Desire to Conform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Listen to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/download\/DailyDigest-012012\/2012_01_20_sycamore.mp3\"> extended interview here <\/a>  | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/download\/DailyDigest-012012\/2012_01_20_uprising.mp3\"> entire program<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=right width=50% src=\"\/home\/graphics\/mattilda_bernstein_sycamore.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/>New campaign finance filings this week have shown that four New York state Republican Senators who broke with their party to back same-sex marriage, are being inundated with donations. According to the New York Times, &#8220;[t]he support for the &#8230; senators&#8230; is seen by gay rights leaders as symbolically important for their movement nationally, because in many states same-sex marriage could become law only with support from Republicans, as well as conservative Democrats.&#8221; As LGBT causes and culture becomes more mainstream, author and queer critic Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore asks the question of what is lost in the pursuit of conformity? In a new anthology she has just edited, called &#8220;Why are Faggots So Afraid of Faggots? Flaming Challenges to Masculinity, Objectification, and the Desire to Conform,&#8221; Sycamore describes how a &#8220;the intoxicating visions of gay liberation have given way to an obsession with beauty myth consumer norms, mandatory masculinity, objectification without appreciation, and a relentless drive to police the borders.&#8221; The book is a collection of nearly 30 essays by various writers &#8220;reinvok[ing] the anger, flamboyance, and subversion once thriving in gay subcultures, in order to imagine something dangerous and lovely, an exploration of the perils of assimilation; a call for accountability; a vision for change&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>GUEST: Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore is author of two novels, most recently So Many Ways to Sleep Badly (City Lights 2008), and the editor of five nonfiction anthologies, including Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity (Seal 2007) and an expanded second edition of That&#8217;s Revolting! Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation (Soft Skull 2008). Her latest book is called Why are Faggots So Afraid of Faggots? Flaming Challenges to Masculinity, Objectification, and the Desire to Conform<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Visit Mattilda&#8217;s website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mattildabernsteinsycamore.com\">www.mattildabernsteinsycamore.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore will be discussing her book in Los Angeles at: <\/p>\n<p>Stories Books and Cafe, Echo Park<br \/>\nSunday, January 22, 6:30 pm<br \/>\n1716 West Sunset Boulevard<br \/>\nLos Angeles, CA 90026-3225<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.storiesla.com\">www.storiesla.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen to the extended interview here | entire program New campaign finance filings this week have shown that four New York state Republican Senators who broke with their party to back same-sex marriage, are being inundated with donations. According to the New York Times, &#8220;[t]he support for the &#8230; senators&#8230; is seen by gay rights [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-program","category-featured-book"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26928\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}