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Genderfuck is a conspicuous refusal to express gender identity in any conventionally interpretable fashion. Often, [[parody]] and exaggeration are used to transgress gender roles, usually to expose them as artificial<ref>Wilkinson, Sue and Celia Kitzinger (1996). "The Queer Backlash". In {{cite book |last=Bell |first=Diane |authorlink= |coauthors=Renate Klein (eds) |title=Radically Speaking: Feminism Reclaimed |publisher=Zed Books |year=1996 |location=London |pages=375–382 }} Quoted in {{cite book |last=Weedon |first=Chris |title=Feminism, Theory, and the Politics of Difference |publisher=Blackwell Publishers |location=Cambridge, MA |year=1999 |pages=74–75 |isbn=0-631-19824-5 | oclc = |doi=}}</ref> or to create gender dissonance or ambiguity in stark opposition of the [[gender binary]]. |
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Revision as of 00:51, 17 May 2011
Genderfuck refers to the conscious effort to mock or "fuck" with traditional notions of gender identity, gender roles, and gender presentation.[1] It falls under the umbrella of the transgender spectrum.
Genderfucking
Genderfuck is a conspicuous refusal to express gender identity in any conventionally interpretable fashion. Often, parody and exaggeration are used to transgress gender roles, usually to expose them as artificial[2] or to create gender dissonance or ambiguity in stark opposition of the gender binary.
History
Genderfuck is a politics of identity stemming from the identity politics movements of the 1950s and 1960s, a guiding principle of which is the idea that the personal is political.[3]
The term dates at least to 1979, when an article by Christopher Lonc, entitled "Genderfuck and Its Delights", appeared in the magazine Gay Sunshine. Lonc wrote "I want to criticize and poke fun at the roles of women and of men too. I want to try and show how not-normal I can be. I want to ridicule and destroy the whole cosmology of restrictive sex roles and sexual identification." [4]
See also
- Flip-flop
- Gender and sexuality studies
- Gender bender
- Bash Back
- List of transgender-related topics
- Queer
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Notes
- ^ Lawless, Elaine J. (Winter 1998). "Claiming Inversion: Lesbian Constructions of Female Identity as Claims for Authority". The Journal of American Folklore. 111 (439). American Folklore Society: 3–22. doi:10.2307/541317. JSTOR 541317.
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suggested) (help) Quoted in Weedon, Chris (1999). Feminism, Theory, and the Politics of Difference. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Publishers. pp. 74–75. ISBN 0-631-19824-5. - ^ Elisa Glick. Sex Positive: Feminism, Queer Theory, and the Politics of Transgression. Feminist Review, No. 64, Feminism 2000: One Step beyond?. (Spring, 2000), pp. 19-45.
- ^ Quoted in Bergman, David (1993). Camp Grounds: Style and Homosexuality. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press. p. 7. ISBN 0-87023-878-7.
References
- Altman, D. (1996). "Rupture or Continuity? The Internationalization of Gay Identities". Social Text. 48: 77–94.
- Coviello, P. (2007). "review of "World Enough Sex and Time in Recent Queer Studies". GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies. 13: 387–401.
- Glick, E. (2000). "Sex Positive: Feminism, Queer Theory, and the Politics of Transgression". Feminist Review. 64: 19–45.
- McKenna, Jack (2000). "How I Became a Queer Heterosexual", p. 65.
- Stepp, Meredith (2005-07-15). "Playing our parts in 'genderfuck'".
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ignored (help)[dead link ] - Reich, J.L. (1992). "Genderfuck: the law of the dildo". Discourse: Journal for Theoretical Studies in Media and Culture. 15: 112–27.
- Thomas, Calvin, ed. (2000). Straight with a Twist: Queer Theory and the Subject of Heterosexuality. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 0-252-06813-0.