Re: Beyond resistance, part 2

Mary Bryson (brys who-is-at unixg.ubc.ca)
Wed, 31 Mar 1999 14:17:08 -0700

Ketherine wrote:
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>Holy dangerous binaries, batman...
>Just to ask: What is so magical and appealing about the label gay, minority
>non-university based author. Is this a defacto guarantee that their work
>will set things right, address mind culture or activity in a fabulous and
>inclusive (insert superlative adjective here) way?

of course not
but we all draw lines somewhere when it comes to what we read
and i find it is till the case that most work that people continually refer
to - anchor texts - are written by white guys with university jobs who are
straight
and I find that most folks think it is a-ok that they don't read work by
folks who are "of colour" - why bother, when you can just read Giroux and
get the latest scoop, blah blah blah

So, since inversion is my shtick, i am trying another line-drawing exercise
If only because time is short, and I now have a rigid policy that prevents
me from reading Lacan and Latour and the other white boys everyone is
(still) enamoured of in the North American academy

>I really don't get your attitude.
>Sheesh.
>Katherine Brown

oh well....
i mean well

mary

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