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...many, “queer?? is not an immediately definable word. Some people only know the word from “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” and thus derive the meaning from a show centered on fashion and style. To some it means “homosexual,” while to some it means “gay,” and still to others it may imply bi- or pan-sexuality. As such, we applaud the Queer Students and Allies’ recent decision to change its mission statement to include the more...
...inconsequential delight in aesthetic products begins has dominated feminist debates for decades. One proposed solution, advanced by the so-called “girlie” feminists, is for women to reappropriate traditional models of femininity in much the same manner as gays reclaimed the term “queer?? and blacks reclaimed the term “nigger.” According to this movement, almost any choice that a woman makes—from exposing her midriff to getting off on camera—can be empowering, provided that it is executed in a sufficiently fierce...
Using the word “queer?? isn’t new for the QSA—as their Web site URL, www.hcs.harvard.edu/~queer, has included the word for years...
Elsewhere, Kwong takes up use of the newly redeemed, fashionable word “queer?? to describe the gay rights movement. Many people, even gay people, find that movement gaudy and prone to extremism, and this trend is what The Salient has occasionally endeavored to ridicule on its back page. Is the president of the HRC really going to take issue with The Salient for making fun of BGLTSA’s “Gaypril” panel on bondage...
...first time ever, students can take a class on the history of “queer?? culture in the United States. Called WGS 1151: “Sex, Rights, and Stereotypes: ‘Queer?? Culture in the United States from Stonewall to Gay Marriage,” McCarthy’s course will cover the rise of gay liberation, the AIDS crisis, religion and homosexuality, gays in the military, the trans-movement, and the gay marriage debate...