tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405438569183854317.post8858916487185487446..comments2024-01-30T02:02:02.972-05:00Comments on Ms.Marx: On Pop Culture: Queering It Gets BetterMs.Marxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05319090803199238459noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405438569183854317.post-91677910688347390082011-01-18T15:25:51.629-05:002011-01-18T15:25:51.629-05:00Thanks for that link... parts of it were eerily si...Thanks for that link... parts of it were eerily similar to my first attempt at highschool... luckily, that was before there was webcams or 'sexting' (now I feel old), but it is the same kind of policing of women's bodies and behavior. It's kind of odd how the woman in the story manages to use a specific discourse to slut-shame herself while at the same time humanizing herself and showing how not every person that makes this type of film has a pornstar mentality.Ms.Marxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319090803199238459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405438569183854317.post-67140644538651611642011-01-18T14:26:33.532-05:002011-01-18T14:26:33.532-05:00Great post. The "it gets better" campai...Great post. The "it gets better" campaign, as you indicate, does tend to import the "homonationalism" (to use jasbir k. puar's terminology) in the mainstream/bourgeois sectors of the queer movement. I like how you've pointed out the nuances, however: while we need to critique the dominant ideology of this campaign, I think you're correct in indicating that it is utterly evil and hasn't done some good. <br /><br />While we shouldn't waste our time by focusing all our energy in reformist movements, we should always recognize, obviously, that reforms - especially ones that help in even a small way to raise consciousness - do accomplish something. (There are also "it gets better" videos by women of colour, though these are clearly not the most popular.) <br /><br />What's interesting (and/or scary) is that the "it gets better logic" is now being imported elsewhere. A friend sent me this article in the Toronto Star about someone who suffered through sexist bullying in highschool and her solution is to tell other girls that "it gets better": <br />http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/922245--i-am-living-proof-it-gets-better<br />And then there was a follow up story where the Star actually argued that the solution to this sort of bullying was for the women to dress and act more "modestly." Seriously.JMPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13384595330293618571noreply@blogger.com