Does Your Discourse F*ck?
Happy Pride Month!
Oh shit! The discourse machine is popping off again!
Every year on Twitter, as the clock strikes June 1st, morbidly online weirdos bring the rainbow flag to half mast as they discourse about who is and isn’t “allowed” at Pride — a public event which was formerly understood to be a place where queer people were seen alongside their allies to show they weren’t alone. Now, according to certain loud voices on Twitter who I suspect don’t spend a lot of time in any irl queer spaces, Pride is supposed to be a space where everyone’s queer card is stamped at the door so they can go in and talk about their feelings over the pumping music, spilled beer, and blatant corporate sponsorship.
“No Kink At Pride” had its moment, and now the discourse has turned to the “straight” boyfriends of bisexual women. Apparently, these dudes are unwelcome despite their bi wife energy and overall gentle spirits.
So in honor of Pride, I made the below quiz to help you ask an essential question — Does Your Discourse Fuck? Defining terms, to fuck is to be in intersectional solidarity, to demonstrate radical empathy, to say fuck the police, and especially, to ask “who fucking gives a shit about the bi girls’ boyfriends, I just want to take my tits out and get an asymmetrical sunburn.”
“Does it Fuck” is more of a lifestyle than a rubric, but I’m here to filter its ephemeral essence into concrete questions and answers. And because I am queer and this is Pride month, this post is behind a paywall :) Please sign up to support this Queer Venture That Fucks ™ :)
For some free articles about Pride & queer history, check these out:
RIP To The Arguments We Have In Our Heads
1970s Leather Culture
Stop Talking About 50 Shades (A BloodSisters Review)
What If It’s All About Play? (On The Carter/Johnson Kink Archive)