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Bronski: How Vietnam Gave us Dude, Where's My Car
Zmag Article, July, 01 2008
Michael Bronski
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One of the most amazing cultural responses to the war against Iraq has been the plethora of documentary and feature films produced by independent companies and even Hollywood studios. From In the Valley of Elah, Grace is Gone, and Stop-Loss to Red...
Bronski: State of the Movement
Zmag Article, March, 01 2008
Michael Bronski
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Apparently it’s the time of the year to give talks about the State of the Union, State of the State, and State of whatever. So why not State of the Gay Movement?
Bronski: Bob Dylan and Judy Garland: Together Again (Crossdressed)
Zmag Article, February, 01 2008
Michael Bronski
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Transvestism—and other forms of gender impersonation—has been a staple of almost all cultures from the “aboriginal” to the alleged height of European western civilization. American culture has dabbled with an enthusiasm for it in the past in such ...
Bronski: Eytan Fox and "The Bubble"
Zmag Article, January, 01 2008
Michael Bronski
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Eytan Fox, in his new film "The Bubble" (He Buah), offers an unlikely gay sex dramady that grapples with border patrols, sex, suicide bombers, civilian deaths, early 30- something singles going to raves, entrenched racism, and relationship angst, ...
Bronski: Gayspeak vs Christianspeak
Zmag Article, December, 01 2007
Michael Bronski
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At first the case seemed simple. A student in a high school English class said, out loud, “Take all the fucking faggots out in the back woods and kill them.” Aside from wondering what book they may have been discussing—Mein Kampf?—most people woul...
Bronski: Reel Politick - In the Valley of Elah Review
Zmag Article, November, 01 2007
Michael Bronski
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In the Valley of Elah is many things. Foremost, it’s a passionate cry against the continuing U.S. occupation of Iraq and the cavalcade of political, military, personal, emotional, and psychological disasters that have emerged from it.
Bronski: Culture Clash: The Making of Gay Sensibility
Book, October, 12 2007
From Walt Whitman to Boy George, gay culture has profoundly shaped American society.
Bronski: The Pleasure Principle: Sex, Backlash, and the Struggle for Gay Freedom
Book, October, 12 2007
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Bronski: Sex and the Single Issue Movement
Zmag Article, October, 01 2007
Michael Bronski
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Sex and the Single Issue Movement
Bronski: Harry Potter & the Death of Queerness?
Zmag Article, September, 01 2007
Michael Bronski
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Now that the dust has cleared from the press storm over the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows it may be possible to ascertain the current situation, if not the damage, that has been visited upon the literate worl...
Bronski: Winning Queer Culture Wars
Zmag Article, July, 01 2007
Michael Bronski
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Having just come back from the 2007 Z Media Institute where I taught classes on Queer Theory, Queer Organizing, and Pop Culture, I am reminded of how much of progressive politics happens is connected to popular culture. Social ...
Bronski: 300: A Gay Porn Movie?
Zmag Article, June, 01 2007
Michael Bronski
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Zack Snyder’s idiotic sword and sandal trifle 300 is notable on three accounts. The first are the relatively cool computer generated images (CGI) that make the movie look like a cross between the Frank Miller graphic novel, on which it...
Bronski: Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Don’t Make Porn Films
Zmag Article, May, 01 2007
Michael Bronski
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T here are no second acts in American life” noted F. Scott Fitzgerald, but obviously he was wrong. Fitzgerald was writing about the idea of redemption—not, as is usually assumed, dumb luck or chance coming aroun...
Bronski: Activist Teaching
Zmag Article, April, 01 2007
Michael Bronski
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I ’ve been having these flashbacks recently while I’ve been teaching. Not really acid flashbacks (well I guess they could be), but vivid split-second memories of where I was and what I ...
Bronski: Camping it Up with The Bad Seed
Zmag Article, March, 01 2007
Michael Bronski
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S he is instantly recognizable as a camp icon. With her flouncing gingham dress, blond pigtails, obnoxious bangs, and disingenuously angelic voice, eight-year-old Rhoda Penmark—“the bad...
Bronski: Gay History as Guest Speaker
Zmag Article, February, 01 2007
Michael Bronski
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T his year was the fourth time I’ve taught “Introduction to Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies” at Dartmouth College. The course covers history, sociology, theory, an...
Bronski: Beyond
Zmag Article, September, 01 2006
Michael Bronski
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Well, it looks like the fight for same-sex marriage is really heating up.
Bronski: Is the Gay Rights Movement Doomed to Fail?
Zmag Article, July, 01 2006
Michael Bronski
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T he gay rights movement has hit a brick wall. Yes, we have same-sex marriage in Massachusetts. Yes, the Supreme Court overturned state anti-sodomy laws. Yes, gay characters are all over mainstream...
Bronski: Wayne Healy v. Luis Spencer
Zmag Article, June, 01 2006
Michael Bronski
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Wayne Healy v. Luis Spencer
Bronski: Abortion Rights and Gay Rights
Zmag Article, May, 01 2006
Michael Bronski
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O n March 6 South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds signed a comprehensive bill that would enact a near-total ban on abortions. He described the bill as a “direct frontal assault” on Ro...
