(idm) Preserving the 'Fag' in art fag (was slagging magazines)
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quoted 9 lines Chaircrusher wrote:> Chaircrusher wrote:
>And for those of you beyond the reach of that turn of phrase, 'art fag'
>refers to the black-wearing espresso-drinking maori-armband-tatooed black
>lipsticked clove-cig-smoking sort of tragically hip individual that infests
>college towns in the US. You'll see them coming out of Kurosawa films, their
>brows knitted in concentration as they attempt to come up with the bon mot
>to drop over their apres-cinema pernod. They can be distinguished by
>how completely uncontaminated they are by any sense of humor, and by how
>DEADLY seriously they take themselves.
As a former art fag - from back when we had Morrisey to show us how to
suffer all the maginalizing effects of homosexuality without actually
gettin' it on with anyone - I feel compelled to write.
A few years back I failed to draw a line in the lexicographic sand with
respect to 'gay'. Next thing I knew, it had expanded to include lesbians
(thanks, Ellen.)
'Queer' - once a slur just for the homosexual male, now enpowers gender
terrorists from any mammal species, and I heard some amphibians are
starting to self-identify as queer, too.
Here is my urgent plea to all homosexual men - if we don't preserve "fag",
our last specific pejorative...our identity may eventually fade and we will
become (shudder) regular guys.
viva la oprecion!
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