“Whatever the reason for our debilitating addiction, I would like us to stop taking on pun
“Whatever the reason for our debilitating addiction, I would like us to stop taking on punishing debt to become students. The disappearance of gay community bookstores, of queer theater, of LGBT publishing, can be directly tracked back to our collective insanity with regards to the academy. Instead of starting a sex toy shop or financing a short film, how many of your friends are paying off never-ending student loan debt? Instead of producing your own DIY book tour, are you paying Sallie Mae $500 per month as punishment for a degree in multi-media arts from an “elite” university? I wonder what culture could the queers of Brooklyn be making if we weren’t burdened by the $29,848 that, on average, every single person with an MA graduates with.” More here: Accounting For Queer Studies “I bet a number of you have some thoughts about this article.” Homo: we have always held that the disengagement of academics has drained the life from the queer street. We’re not so sure we go with the thesis here, but the more general implication that the gay ghetto is now in homo-academia is real. Nor do we blame those who have gone there, or suggest departments be shut down. On the other hand, what is to be done? HOMO MAGAZINE: FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK & TWITTER -- source link