harveymilk's User Profile

Join Date: September 13, 2009 7:50 AM

Total Number of Posts (Comments + Entries): 4

Website: http://twitter.com/harveymilk

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• On 'Chris Bartlettt Brings Social Marketing for the Dead to the NYTimes!':

  Thanks Trevor! I really appreciate the article on Trevorade-- thanks for supporting the work of so many in our community, including me. love, Chris

• On '"Social Network for the Dead"':

  I ought to explain that this presentation was at Ignite Philly. The cool thing about Ignite is that you only have five minutes to make your presentation, and the slides change automatically (as Trevor noticed) every fifteen seconds. Twenty slides for five minutes total! It's a great way to practice public speaking, spontaneity, and stand up, all in one. My Merman was a bit hoarse, I must admit, but my life mission to transmit the Merm to the next generation cannot be stopped by the vicissitudes of my voicebox. She must be sung. She must. I'm glad that Trevor has heard her at her best-- in the hills above Guerneville, I believe.

  If you'd like to see the slides (which are a bit cut off in the video) they are available at http://www.slideshare.net/harveymilk/the-gay-history-wiki-a-social-network-for-the-living-and-dead

• On 'Best commute home ever':

  Scott- Welcome to Philly! I saw this very same performance. I was standing behind the stage with Henri David, MC, and I was blown away by watching the audience-- they were all mesmerized and singing along. I was inspired and actually thought-- I want to write about this... and I think I will. I was so inspired by how well queers celebrate in our fabulously quirky way. Looking forward to meeting you, Chris

• On 'From "Tom of Finland" to "Abercrombie and Fitch" -- Or, Did AIDS Radically Restructure Gay Masculinity?':

  Trevor-- I think this is a very interesting line of thought (the impact of AIDS trauma on queer masculinities). I would argue, however, that the multiplicity of queer masculinities would require choosing a queer microcommunity (say a particular leather community, or the faeries in a particular country, or the masculinity of queer skater boys, to name a few). It feels a disservice to me to generalize masculinities over gay men in general, since one of our assets (I would argue) is that we have a diversity of ways that masculinities are performed, and I wouldn't want to lose that by implying that "Tom of Finland" or "Abercrombie" masculinities dominated in a particular decade. I probably am biased, but I think that the sissy has a powerful impact throughout this period, and that the faeries and leather communities (to name two) have always had a playful and ironic attitude towards these performances. So I would be interested in your focusing your argument on a smaller microcommunity or microcommunities, instead of generalizing it over a non-existent (imho) overarching community.