Showing posts with label Stereotypes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stereotypes. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 9, 2016

A Hard Day's Night - Two Teen Guys Make A Deal To Spend A Super-Stereotypical "Gay" Day and Night Together To Figure Out If They Could Be Gay... And In Love



A Hard Day's Night by Mia Kerick
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High school senior Kalin (Lennon) Macready knows several facts for certain: John Lennon is his hero. Beaumont Finley Danforth (Fin) is his best friend. And—this is the complicated one—he feels more for Fin than mere friendship.

For weeks, Lennon pesters Fin, who like Lennon admits to questioning his sexual orientation, for a commitment to spend twenty-four hours together exploring “the gay side of life.” Fin reluctantly agrees. Each boy will seek to answer the daunting question, Am I gay? Lennon pre-plans the day, filling the hours with what he assumes “gay life” is all about: shopping for fashionable clothing, indulging in lavish dessert crepes, boogying to Taylor Swift’s “Shake it Off”, and yes, listening to show tunes.

However, Lennon quickly realizes that in creating his plan he has succumbed to the most common and distorted of gay stereotypes. Can he be gay and not fit them? And more importantly, is it possible that spending one very hard day and night together will help Fin accept that he’s gay, too? If so, maybe Lennon has a shot at winning the heart of the boy of his dreams.

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Friday, February 26, 2010

Chimamanda Adichie on The Danger of a Single Story

Okay, I admit it: I'm a bit addicted to these TED talks.

In this one that I honestly can't stop thinking about since I saw it for the first time a few weeks ago, the author Chimamanda Adichie gives a fascinating talk about stereotypes and the power of story. She's a beautiful speaker, and it's loaded with insights and truths - watch it! (It's 19 minutes - which I know sounds long, but it is time well worth it.)

Chimamanda Adichie: The danger of a single story




I really feel that's so much of what this blog is all about - showing that there are multiple stories of what it means to be a GLBTQ Teen.

As Chimamanda says,

"Stories Matter."


Yes, they do.

Have a great weekend,

Namaste,
Lee