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A: A Japanese super hero…of sorts. Hard Gay, comedian Masaki Sumitani, uses punk drag and extreme antics to promote acts of social improvement. HG is a persona meant to be both ridiculous and endearing, a unique gender act that rides the line between legitimizing homosexuality and reinforcing stereotypes. Bottom line is that HG is a hilarious genderfuck with a heart of gold. Check out HG’s visit to a Japanese ramen shop. Katy Perry is a player that I love to hate. I initially researched her for a gender studies paper about lesbians in the music industry and learned a variety of strange Katy Perry trivia. I haven’t thought much about her since then, until I saw the amazing video that I’ve embedded below, of this year’s AIDS/LifeCycle participants remaking Perry’s hit “California Gurls.” This video is utterly fantastic, but reminded me of what irks me most about Perry – that she has made a fortune for herself mocking the very subculture that she exploits. I’m not usually interested in the lives of artists outside of their music and I am definitely not of the opinion that one has to be LBGTQ in order to care about/be involved in queer issues, but Perry’s sheer hypocrisy just rubs me the wrong way. Perry is very open about the fact that she has never actually engaged in any type of queer behavior, clarifying in a hilarious interview with The New Gay that her hit … Click to continue reading the irony of katy perry’s success I watch a lot of videos about gender in society, most of which are quite interesting, but it’s pretty rare that one actually makes me laugh out loud. Hats off to you, Sarah Haskins, for this amazing review of yogurt commercials aimed at women. “Why am I holding all this yogurt? Because I am a woman. And yogurt is the official food of women!” Food – something that should never be gendered. Check out She-conomy, a site about women and marketing, where I first found … Click to continue reading yogurt: the official food of women 
Absolut Pride 40th anniversary bottle Just as he did in 2009, Obama has once again officially declared June as “Pride Month“. Here in Seattle, we at genderpanic are totally psyched about attending both the Capitol Hill Pride Festival and Seattle Pride downtown. This is a big year for pride – it’s the 40th year anniversary for pride festivals in some of the US’s largest cities, such as NYC, San Francisco, LA and Chicago. Check out In The Life’s special 40th Anniversary of Stonewall episode for a recap of the last 41 years of LGBTQ history in the US since Stonewall. Hope all of you get a chance to make it ‘over the rainbow’ … Click to continue reading pride month! 
http://www.funnycatpix.com/_pics/Heart_Kittens.jpg Been thinking about declaring your romantic intent? This form letter might help you out. Need a cute pick-me-up? Su Fei (the American anchor) interviews couples in Beijing about their Valentine’s Day plans. My favorite part is the elderly couple explaining how Valentine’s Day is only for young folks. However your day unfolds, we at genderpanic wish you … Click to continue reading this week in gender bending: happy v-day to all! |
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