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What brings you trolling back, then?
- - Not so long ago, there was a oppressed tribe of people, scattered throughout a larger population, whose very existence was seen as so taboo, so immoral, so illegal, they had to invent their own language to talk with each other, hidden in plain sight. - Because on the other side of that lay the real threat of not just discrimination, but ostraciza... See more
from The Unspeakable Linguistics of Camp - JSTOR Daily by Chi Luu
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- As awful as all this is, the workarounds themselves are often delightful and clever, testaments to the wit and grace of marginalized communities. For example, sex-workers call themselves "accountants." Homophobia is called "cornucopia" and "LGBTQ" becomes "Leg Booty."
This creativity isn't limited to people I admire or agree with: anti-vaxers have a... See morefrom Pluralistic: 11 Apr 2022 – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow by Cory Doctorow
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- - Since it entered the English language in the late 19th Century, the term has been subject to various interpretations, and there still doesn’t seem be a consensus. - Susan Sontag’s 1964 essay Notes on Camp is the inspiration for the 2019 Metropolitan Museum of Art gala and accompanying exhibition. In it, the late writer and filmmaker wrote: “To sn... See more
from What does it mean to be camp? by Joobin Bekhrad
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