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Wendy Phillips
Jan 15, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/15/99
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"Ferocious Romance"
by Donna Minkowitz
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0684833220/wendysmall
When Donna Minkowitz, a contributing writer to the Village
Voice, Ms., and Out (among others), got in drag as a 16-
year-old boy (complete with baseball cap and fake mustache),
she soon found herself surrounded by taut-bodied, sweaty men
in tight-fitting T-shirts and well-worn Levi's embracing and
holding hands. But she wasn't sneaking into a gay bar: this
was a Promise Keepers convention, where "family men" were
enslaving themselves before their master, Jesus, as they
learned to ask forgiveness for their sins and demanded the
return of their traditional patriarchal role from their
families.
In her brave new book, Minkowitz investigates the religious
right, and in so doing draws some unexpected parallels
between that culture and the diametrically opposed worlds of
the S/M community, ACT-UP, Queer Nation, and Sex Panic!; she
also finds herself identifying with many of the people she
meets. This is a poignant journey in which Minkowitz comes
face to face with the very people she has protested against
as an activist; the experience leads her to explore her
relationships to organized religion, women, feminism, sex,
friendship, romance, and rage. A thoughtful and
unconventional memoir--at turns harrowing and enlightening--
by Donna Minkowitz
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0684833220/wendysmall
When Donna Minkowitz, a contributing writer to the Village
Voice, Ms., and Out (among others), got in drag as a 16-
year-old boy (complete with baseball cap and fake mustache),
she soon found herself surrounded by taut-bodied, sweaty men
in tight-fitting T-shirts and well-worn Levi's embracing and
holding hands. But she wasn't sneaking into a gay bar: this
was a Promise Keepers convention, where "family men" were
enslaving themselves before their master, Jesus, as they
learned to ask forgiveness for their sins and demanded the
return of their traditional patriarchal role from their
families.
In her brave new book, Minkowitz investigates the religious
right, and in so doing draws some unexpected parallels
between that culture and the diametrically opposed worlds of
the S/M community, ACT-UP, Queer Nation, and Sex Panic!; she
also finds herself identifying with many of the people she
meets. This is a poignant journey in which Minkowitz comes
face to face with the very people she has protested against
as an activist; the experience leads her to explore her
relationships to organized religion, women, feminism, sex,
friendship, romance, and rage. A thoughtful and
unconventional memoir--at turns harrowing and enlightening--
--
Wendy's Mall
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