In marginalized communities, particularly in queer culture, camp serves as a form of resistance to the mundanity of the status quo and an empowering means of self-expression. Camp takes on many forms, but its prime examples are often referred to as “camp classics,” especially films that ...
Define Uncamp. Uncamp synonyms, Uncamp pronunciation, Uncamp translation, English dictionary definition of Uncamp. v. t. 1. To break up the camp of; to dislodge from camp. If they could but now uncamp their enemies. - Milton. Webster's Revised Unabridged
Hot, buttery, and queer: a handful of the season's most anticipated popcorn fare for gay and lesbian audiences For camp factor, there's Catherine Deneuve's catfight/makeout in Eight Women, Olivia Newton-John's lesbian cowgirl in Sordid Lives, Ricki Lake's big and beautiful Baltimore teen ...
Devitt, Rachel E. “Girl on Girl: Fat Femmes, Bio-Queens, and Redefining Drag.”Queering the Popular Pitch.Eds. Sheila Whiteley and Jennifer Rycenga. New York: Routledge, 2006. 27–39. Google Scholar Doty, Alexander.Flaming Classics: Queering the Film Canon.New York: Routledge, 2000. Goo...
This paper explores the complex nexus of spaces and practices that cohered in the case as a site at which the queer subject was definitionally produced. During the trial both legal authorities and newspapers and the defendants sought to produce a stable contradistinction between queer and normal,...
“pop divas,” such as Madonna, Cher, and Annie Lennox, and illustrates how intertextuality and transmedial storytelling are used for queer effect. Horn’s reading thus clarifies how visual, vocal, and musical style feature in Gaga’s construction of critique. Her in-depth analysis ofThe ...
Holly gave me a queer look when she saw what I’d bought but kept quiet. I saw the look and gave her the explanation that we had a long way to travel and we could not depend on a General store each time we ran out of supplies. I told the clerk to pack everything up for ...
Your (queer) companionship made me feel quite (damp). And as you know, I always think your husband so (frightful). The bed I slept in was very (gurgly) resulting in really (dull) nights. Each day I thought the meals you provided more (feeble) than those of the day before. It ...
Anchorage Redditor @jeebus_crisps had this to say: “We’re not San Francisco but we sure as hell ain’t Florida”. There are a handful of queer venues, includingMad Myrna’s, a bar and restaurant that hosts drag performances. A second option isThe Raven, a neighborhood bar that hosts...
Gossip, natch. We first coined the term ‘butchcamp’ itself on a group Whatsapp as a name for some ineffable quality we’d been trying to put our finger on. Whenever we’ve lived in the same place, we would obsess about all the people we know and how they might be queer. Proust ...