Deep Thoughts, by Jonah Lenetsky
Or, How He Spent his Summer Vacation
Congratulations are in order. Actually, they’re long overdue. My partner, after several years in the MA/PhD track at his University, has published a paper in a peer-reviewed journal. He’s been attending conferences and presenting papers galore, but this marks a new stage of recognition from his peers. Huzzah!
Jonah wrote “Gay Pride and its Adverse: EuroPride 2006 and the Counter Performance of EuroShame” after a research trip to London during which he planned to attend EuroShame 2006 at Duckei nightclub. He planned to examine, through the lenses of performance and spectacle, the commodification of gay pride and the necessary backlash of the Gay Shame movement. Little did he know that violence would erupt that same day.
It just so happened that, on July 1, 2006, the same day that EuroPride had planned their rally, England lost the World Cup to Portugal after striker Wayne Rooney was sent off when he tried to castrate Portugal’s Ricardo Carvalho. Angry young football fans boiled from the overheated shadows of their pubs spewing lager and vitriol.
Click here to read Jonah’s paper. If the server is down, you may just have to come back. Search engines won’t index the site, so you can’t find it cached.
With it’s provocative ideas and engaging ethnographic descriptions, it is well worth a read. Come back here and let us know your thoughts on Gay Shame, neoliberalism, and the commodification of pride.
