Category Archives: Queer issues and theory

Nancy Goldstein on Milk

Posted on December 31, 2008 by Michael

From Huffington Post: Yet Milk is curiously placid and sterile, even prudish. We never see more than a tablespoon of blood at a time. The 10-second sex scene we only partially see in a dark bedroom between Milk and a … Continue reading →

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notes from the interblags

Posted on December 18, 2008 by Michael

• Inside Higher Ed: On the age bias in hiring academics • Anne-Marie offers some information literacy tools for synonyms • Matt offers some tools for annotated websites • Matt also shares some videos about Twitter. This one on ambient … Continue reading →

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584: Weekly Position Paper #14: Performativity and Subversion: Thomas Beatie Televised in a Gay Bar

Posted on December 14, 2008 by Michael

This is about two weeks old now, but I forgot to post it. In Chapter 7 of Beyond Identity Politics, Moya Lloyd discusses the difference between performance and performativity in order to discuss the potentials for parody as subversion. Performativity, … Continue reading →

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notes from the interblags: LGBT activism, adjunctification, web accessibility, mismethodology,

Posted on December 13, 2008 by Michael

• Trans Political responds to the article in The Advocate, “Gay is the New Black.” Trans Political expresses concerns about the disappearance or invisibility of the trans rights movement. • 365gay.com: Gay marriage is before the Iowa Supreme Court. • 365gay.com: … Continue reading →

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notes from the interblags: too many tabs open again!

Posted on December 8, 2008 by Michael

• Queerty: Despite opening in only 36 theatres, Gus Van Sant’s film Milk came in 10th in box office sales over the weekend. Perhaps this means that it might come to Penntucky. I want to see it, though I’m pretty … Continue reading →

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