A Critique of “Mascquerade”

Joshua J. Branciforte

doi:10.1215/10642684-9449081

A Critique of “Mascquerade”

GLQ A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies ◽

10.1215/10642684-9449081 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 28 (1) ◽

pp. 55-86

Author(s):

Joshua J. Branciforte

Keyword(s):

First Year ◽

Gay Male ◽

Working Through ◽

Digital Cultures ◽

Trump Administration

Abstract This article begins by identifying the demand for “masc” in gay male digital cultures as a repressive phenomenon. Drawing on a key queer alt-right text by Jack Donovan in which “masc” is explicitly theorized, it shows that its disciplinary logic is distinct from homonormativity. The homo/hetero binary is explicitly rejected, and the perverse structure is weaponized as a repressive mechanism suited to a postnormative environment. Under these conditions, critiques of normativity and homonationalism are unable to provide an effective counter because the subjects they address have stopped caring. The article describes perverse homogenization processes as “homotribalism,” arguing that they provide an erotic basis for ethnonationalism. It then provides a detailed reading of Call Me by Your Name (2017), claiming that its striking contemporary relevance during the first year of the Trump administration followed from working through the question of homotribal desire within liberalism.

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Immigration Courts, Judicial Acceleration, and the Intensification of Immigration Enforcement in the First Year of the Trump Administration

Reading Donald Trump ◽

10.1007/978-3-319-93179-1_5 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 83-101

Author(s):

Austin Kocher

Keyword(s):

First Year ◽

Immigration Enforcement ◽

Trump Administration

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Working through the first year of the pandemic: a snapshot of Australian school leaders’ work roles and responsibilities and health and wellbeing during covid-19

Journal of Educational Administration & History ◽

10.1080/00220620.2021.1975367 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-9

Author(s):

Ben Arnold ◽

Mark Rahimi ◽

Phil Riley

Keyword(s):

School Leaders ◽

First Year ◽

Work Roles ◽

Australian School ◽

Roles And Responsibilities ◽

Health And Wellbeing ◽

Working Through

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Depth in Staff

Phantoms of a Beleaguered Republic ◽

10.1093/oso/9780197543085.003.0006 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 65-75

Author(s):

Stephen Skowronek ◽

John A. Dearborn ◽

Desmond King

Keyword(s):

Executive Branch ◽

House Staff ◽

First Year ◽

White House ◽

Flow Of Information ◽

Trump Administration ◽

At Will

This chapter considers depth in staff, exploring the role of White House officials tasked to bridge the president’s personal direction with the institutional presidency and the executive branch at large. These staffers are normally part of the presidential party, collectively representing the different wings of the president’s electoral coalition. In the Trump administration, the White House staff jostled for influence and favor throughout the president’s first year. Trump bristled at their efforts to establish regular processes and to control the flow of information. The president saw management of that sort as an impingement on his authority to act on his own instincts and to direct his subordinates at will. Differences over the issue of trade afford a brief, but sharp, illustration of the tension between an institutional presidency and the personal direction of a unitary executive.

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Relationship Satisfaction, Affectivity, and Gay-Specific Stressors in Same-Sex Couples Joined in Civil Unions

Psychology of Women Quarterly ◽

10.1111/j.1471-6402.2005.00178.x ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 29 (2) ◽

pp. 158-166 ◽

Cited By ~ 61

Author(s):

Jelica Todosijevic ◽

Esther D. Rothblum ◽

Sondra E. Solomon

Keyword(s):

Relationship Satisfaction ◽

Negative Affectivity ◽

First Year ◽

Gay Male Couples ◽

Same Sex ◽

Lesbian Couples ◽

Male Couples ◽

Civil Unions ◽

Same Sex Couples ◽

Gay Male

Relationship satisfaction, affect, and stress were examined in 313 same-sex couples who had had civil unions in Vermont during the first year of this legislation. Similarity between partners on age and on positive/negative affectivity was related to relationship satisfaction whereas there was no association with similarity in income, education, and outness. Lesbian couples ( n = 199), compared to gay male couples, reported experiencing more stress related to family reaction to their sexuality, whereas gay male couples ( n = 114) reported more stress surrounding the issues of HIV/AIDS and violence/harassment than did lesbian couples. This study is the first to examine within-couple factors among same-sex couples with legalized relationships.

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Who Made the Women’s March?

10.1093/oso/9780190886172.003.0004 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Marie Berry ◽

Erica Chenoweth

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Social Movements ◽

Interest Groups ◽

The United States ◽

Tidal Wave ◽

Coalition Building ◽

Feminist Movement ◽

First Year ◽

White Elite ◽

Trump Administration

This chapter examines the organizational tributaries that produced a tidal wave of support for the Women’s March on Washington. Ostensibly the result of a new eponymous organization, the 2017 Women’s March actually represented the sustained work of many well-established activist organizations and interest groups that spread the word and mobilized a diverse array of both new and experienced participants. This chapter argues that the Women’s March itself is an umbrella coalition rather than a singular organization. This chapter explains how the Women’s March evolved from a mostly white, elite liberal feminist movement to a more intersectional movement through various framing techniques and coalition-building. This chapter concludes with a discussion of the tactical and strategic effects of the Women’s March after the first year of the Trump administration, as well as its position in the overall landscape of social movements in the United States.

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