http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/2007/02/07/five-questions-with-mattilda-matt-bernstein-sycamore/ helen boyd's journal of gender & trans issues Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:17:33 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/2007/02/07/five-questions-with-mattilda-matt-bernstein-sycamore/comment-page-1/#comment-18341 Big Fat Deal » Fat Is The New Queer Tue, 10 Apr 2007 14:56:43 +0000 http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/?p=1248#comment-18341 [...] Helen Boyd calls the word queer “a beautiful threat, a defiant attitude, and a willingness to politicize all of the intersections of identity to challenge a world that wants us dead.” Maybe the world doesn’t want us dead (just thin) but I like the idea of using the word fat as a beautiful threat and a defiant attitude. And I think, whether a kid aims the word at us in innocence or some hateful asshole hurls it at us in disgust, Kaylin’s approach is a good one. What do you think?  Bookmark at:StumbleUpon | Digg | Del.icio.us | Dzone | Newsvine | Spurl | Simpy | Furl | Reddit | Yahoo! MyWeb Posted by mo pie [...] [...] Helen Boyd calls the word queer “a beautiful threat, a defiant attitude, and a willingness to politicize all of the intersections of identity to challenge a world that wants us dead.” Maybe the world doesn’t want us dead (just thin) but I like the idea of using the word fat as a beautiful threat and a defiant attitude. And I think, whether a kid aims the word at us in innocence or some hateful asshole hurls it at us in disgust, Kaylin’s approach is a good one. What do you think?  Bookmark at:StumbleUpon | Digg | Del.icio.us | Dzone | Newsvine | Spurl | Simpy | Furl | Reddit | Yahoo! MyWeb Posted by mo pie [...]

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