Fad lesbianism: exposing media's posing.
The heteronormative appropriation of lesbianism as a fleeting performative act is addressed as "fad" lesbianism. The author contends that advertisements in popular culture that employ "fad" lesbianism negatively impact women who are questioning their sexualities and the "authentic" lesbian community. This position is articulated through the intertextual weaving of the author's academic voice and personal lesbian voice. The experimental and textual approach to the research is utilized in order to illustrate that any reading of "fad" lesbianism in visual culture is informed by multiple personal subjectivities that cannot, and should not, be separated from one another.
Wirthlin
Katherine
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Art Department, Westerville Central High School, Westerville, OH 43082-9251, USA. wirthlink@wcsoh.org
D000329:Advertising; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D018452:Homosexuality, Female; D006801:Humans; D008402:Mass Media / Q000639:trends