ext_44983 ([identity profile] sophiaserpentia.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] sophiaserpentia 2008-08-20 11:06 pm (UTC)

"Apocalypstick" gives a surprisingly nuanced picture of her background, but Morrison generally seems more interested in a semi-comic indulgence in stereotypes of the flamboyant drag queen.

I was extremely moved by Apocalipstick the first time i read it. It resonated in many, many ways with what i was going through at the time. Plus it was affirming to see Morrison's almost flippant denial of gender essentialism, as if it weren't even an issue worth worrying about. The drag queen material i can sometimes forgive because i have known and befriended numerous drag queens throughout my life, and i know the ways they use dramatic flair and flamboyance in layers, like veils, to reinvent their life into something colorful.

ETA: But, yeah, Morrison on the whole seems to have a very cissexual view underneath it all. He sees drag and transgenderism as "edgy" challenges to an unjust established order -- and not really fundamentally more than that. He is, at least, vividly sympathetic when it comes to mistreatment of transwomen, more than one might ask from other authors who have written in similar veins (i would expect much less in this regard from, say, RAW).

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