– Kirsten Schaffer, Outfest’s Director of Programming giving props to the groundbreaking work of queer artists at last night’s Opening Night Film Gun Hill Road.
She’d probably agree with Perez Hilton and Andrew Sullivan’s assertions that queers must make their own media to change the culture rather than on waiting for politicians to change the culture for us.
But would she agree with radical queers who argue that occasional destruction also helps change culture? After all, the work of the artists she named aren’t known for being polite—often they’re bloody, brash, provocative, and even deliberately offensive to help push cultural boundaries.
jeff4justice
Please check out my interview with an OUtfest staffer at this year’s LA Pride: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0f_hxjOYxGA
David Ehrenstein
Neither Mario Laundry nor Patient Less Tahn Zero have had anything so much as remotely to do with the fact that “queers must make their own media to change the culture rather than on waiting for politicians to change the culture for us.”
Kenneth Anger anyone? How about Andy Warhol, Gregory Markopoulos, Warren Sonbert, Werner Schroeter? The list goes on and on.
As for Vag, she’s a National Treasure honey!