Stephen Fry: The Heteronormative Patriarchy Of Subject Matter
STEPHEN Fry says something about sex with women – and women writers find something to write about. They take time out from shagging and catting (female dogging to those of you who, like Fry, are uninvited to the secret female sex cruises) to write about stuff. Laurie Penny sees it a chance to write a report for her university lecturer:
Instead of solidarity in the face of a heteronormative patriarchy that oppresses all of us, there remains a chasm of suspicion and misunderstanding that obstructs genuine solidarity between women and gay men. Fry’s words are a perfect expression of that process of mutual incomprehension, a process whereby our culture has become so alienated from its own sexuality that erotic impulses can never be a point of community, only of difference.
Yes. Whatever you say, luv…
Posted: 2nd, November 2010 | In: Celebrities Comments (6) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
November 2nd, 2010 at 12:20 pm
maybe you don’t see a problem, but I maintain that she didn’t need to pontificate to make the point, if that’s not too ironic….
November 2nd, 2010 at 12:03 pm
Heteronormative and patriarchy are perfectly normal, well-accepted and well-used terms, which fit well in the context. I don’t see the problem with Penny’s “big words” in this case.
Something tells me that if Stephen Fry had used that expression (and he no doubt has) nobody would bat an eyelid.
November 2nd, 2010 at 11:57 am
no – it’s that she is trying to make a simple point more complicated than it is by using “big words” – it looks like she is trying to impress, but unfortunately that is not the case….
November 2nd, 2010 at 11:45 am
“Whatever you say, luv” – not a patronising response to a woman’s reaction at all.
Stephen Fry is lauded for being erudite, intelligent and witty. But a woman like Laurie Penny uses words that are too long for you, is that the problem?
November 2nd, 2010 at 11:03 am
I think it was just a rather silly thing to say in the first place….
November 2nd, 2010 at 10:11 am
This has got nothing to do with Fry being gay or whatever….. its to do with him being a self-opinionated twit with a penchant for hissy fits when the plebs disagree.
All Hail St Stevie of Fry. Not.