“Still Raped Over Here”: Gay Male Femininity and the Rewards of Camp Ambivalence in Richard Day’s<i>Girls Will Be Girls</i>

Harris, William C.

doi:10.1080/00918369.2018.1522810

Journal of Homosexuality

2018

DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2018.1522810

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“Still Raped Over Here”: Gay Male Femininity and the Rewards of Camp Ambivalence in Richard Day’sGirls Will Be Girls

William C. Harris

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“Sky-high, matte black faux snakeskin heals”: Femininity, clothes, and humor in Jacob Tobia’s Sissy

Zlámalová

2023

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The article traces the interweaving of femininity, clothes, and humor in Jacob Tobia’s 2019 memoir Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story. It first discusses the societal devaluation of the femme and queer femininity Tobia textually constructs. It then argues that in Sissy, this femininity is enacted primarily through clothes, which appear as a symbol and a proxy for the protagonist’s identity, a source of embodied pleasures, and an organizing element of the narrative. Finally, the article demonstrates that Tobia employs humor to counter the devaluation targeting their kind of femininity, and to reclaim this femininity as a site of pride, resilience, and joy.

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“Sky-high, matte black faux snakeskin heals”: Femininity, clothes, and humor in Jacob Tobia’s Sissy

Zlámalová

2023

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“Still Raped Over Here”: Gay Male Femininity and the Rewards of Camp Ambivalence in Richard Day’sGirls Will Be Girls

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“Sky-high, matte black faux snakeskin heals”: Femininity, clothes, and humor in Jacob Tobia’s Sissy

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