::++Stigmata Dreams++:: The Manifesto of Jo Calderone

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:: +Stigmata Dreams+:: The Realness of Jo Calderone

Normal 0 0 1 2187 12467 103 24 15310 11.1287 0 0 0 By Jennie Gruber“To be able to blend – that’s what realness is.”– Dorian Corey, in Paris is Burning “Drag... describes discontinuities between gender and sex or appearance and reality but refuses to allow this discontinuity to represent dysfunction. In a drag performance, rather, incongruence becomes the site of gender creativity.”– Judith Halberstam, Female Masculinities“On...

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:: +Stigmata Dreams+ ::

Performance Art: What Would Lady Gaga Do?By Ama BirchGagaSmoking hot.Not your mama.DO THE ROBOT!(The reader signals to the audience to stand up, and they all do the robot dance together.)Call, call, callWhen I am aloneMall, mall, mallTelephone.Baby, babyBorn this wayMaybe, MaybeDada gay.Glitter lands.Diamond encrusted hands.Author Bio: Ama Birch is a writer, artist, filmmaker, and curator. She was born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, and...

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:: +Stigmata Dreams+ :: Our Lady Pop

By Merrill MillerAuthor Bio: Merrill Miller is a poet as well as an avid fan and scholar of popular culture, feminism, queer theory, and new media. When she needs a break from studying for her M.A. in Literary and Cultural Studies at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA, she is probably writing creatively, making beaded jewelry, or discussing politics.   Gaga Stigmata is currently sleeping, preparing for her cultural...

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