“I’m going to assume here (because I think it makes sense) that “male” is still normative for “human,” as well as that being female requires a more concerted and problematic grab for agency in order to achieve subjectivity without losing one’s [gendered] social identity.”
oh, just making wild assumptions and shit.
Update (since I’m a jerk and don’t enable comments):
my friend Julia says: my mind might have exploded from this phrase. which i maybe read 3x. but then totally understood! i think.
The brilliant Patti pointed me to this: Gaga Stigmata, which looks awesome but I haven’t had time to read yet because I’m at work.
And my friend Shiwani sent me here, which made me think about originality. I’m not ready to claim that Gaga’s strength is originality—I think that, bizarrely, she’s doing theory pretty deliberately through pop music. Which is awesome, but possibly limited.
And if you liked, reblogged, or mentioned it to me, I am super grateful. You rock.
