You can’t buy your way into the workingclasses. No matter how much money you spend. “But what about the $300.00 1930s inspired work shirt I just bought?” Nope. No matter how hard you work, you can’t use clothing to pretend you’re something you’re not.
And the search for real masculinities will never be found in masculinities from times past, about which we may feel nostalgic. A quick reminder: in the 1930s a significant percentage of African-Americans – and some whites, too – could not vote in the South; gays could not comfortably be out and women of all ethnicities were routinely paid less than men. Read more...(114 words, 1 image, estimated 27 secs reading time)
(A work in progress. Ink and pencil in a moleskin. I’m thinking of transferring it to some kind of art board.)
The cartoon reads, “WTF is gender performativity any way. I am who I am.”
Seriously folks, if our theories can’t reach every day people, what’s the point? Restate Foucault all you want. But if you alienate the very people you’re supposed to be reaching – the working people – I say get a different job and stop wasting your time and ours.
My thanks to mewmewfoucault (MMF) for dialoging yesterday. I crystalized my thinking last night and realized my responses to MMF’s comments were circuitous at best. (All quotes unless otherwise noted are culled from MMF’s comments.”) Read more...(904 words, estimated 3:37 mins reading time)
Seersucker jacket by Ibiza bought at Sierra Trading Post. Neckerchief by New & Lingwood. Shirt by Richard Anderson. (Summer wear for adults includes cotton and linen, in light and pastel colors. Think relaxed, playful and colorful). For more on why I care about how I dress and why I believe it is important for everyone to dress with style and passion, go here.
In my last post, a reader took issue with my characterization of some people’s dress as “childish.” If sneakers are your go-to casual shoes and shorts your go-to casual wear, then you’re dressing like a child. Shorts and sneakers are for boys and girls, except if you’re exercising or playing a sport. Read more...(168 words, 1 image, estimated 40 secs reading time)
(Shoes from Peal & Co at Brooks Brothers (got them on sale for 70% off). Socks from New and Lingwood.)
Like many of us, I’ve spent a lot of money on the body I have now. I choose to honor my path by dressing as well as I can. Doing so sets me apart from so many boring and childishly dressed heterosexual men.
I’m always happy to reveal my complex masculinity in exciting ways. Granted wearing socks like this in London or Paris makes me just an every day guy, here in the States, I’m either way out there or gay. Which makes me very happy, since so many gay men are fantastic fashion icons. Read more...(156 words, 1 image, estimated 37 secs reading time)
Dr. Cornel West quotes Ephesians 6:11 when talking about why he dresses the way he does. As a transman, the simultaneous desire to wear an armor as well as participate in the fun through my clothing inspires me. I hope it inspires other transmen and women to do the same.
Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Read more...(178 words, estimated 43 secs reading time)
I recently received a Faceb**k friend request from an organization called the Gender Identity Coalition.
Their aim is to have GID (Gender Identity Disorder) removed from the DSM.
Fifteen years ago I agreed that this goal was valuable and necessary to our inclusion in larger society.
“I’M NOT CRAZY,” was what I told everyone.
Now I think, why?
If we want to transform the DSM as a book for good, then we must consider having other diagnoses changed, modified and removed. Why is autism in the DSM? What, really, is wrong with people with autism? Read more...(1357 words, 1 image, estimated 5:26 mins reading time)
I recently received a Faceb**k friend request from an organization called the Gender Identity Coalition.
