This book embodies all of my deep ambivalence about radical queers. I agree with pretty much everything but...get over yourselves?

good intro but boring otherwiseironically not radical unless "omg im having gay sexxx @ an aids rally" counts

This book was good for me to read because it gave me a different queer perspective on the relentless drive towards the legalization of gay marriage and other aspects of the current mainstream gay political movement. It also called into question the idea of assimilation - this idea that "queers are just like straight people." I have always been happy to be part of the queer subculture and for that to be separate and distinct from the mainstream straight culture. The best essay in here was by Ca

this is pretty 101 radical anti-assimilationist queer politics. which is good to have in the world, for sure! but I mean, if you've heard of it you've probably already been exposed to the ideas in it. having said that, it's generally clear and eloquent and would be good to read if you don't feel like you fully understand why some queers are against marriage, the military, etc.

Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore raises the new call to arms for all self-identified freaks, queers, pervs, weirdos, and anyone else not interested in fitting themselves into the nice, neat assimilationist "homos are just like everyone else" box. Her anthology issues a "wake the fuck up" for all those wondering why mainstream gays & allies have been fighting so hard to appease and comfort the Right & the mainstream media, telling them that the thing we want most in the world is the "right" to take pa...

It can be hard giving a single rating to an anthology, especially when there are thirty-two different pieces in that anthology. Some of them are really good--delightfully seditious pieces denouncing "Stepford homosexuals", capitalism, and the prison industrial complex--but some of them seem like bad choices. There were far too many essays or interviews with cis gay men and/or cis lesbians, and those were all boring (they didn't queer the norm at all). The worst was an essay about parenting by th...

Nice, but a little naïve.

Necessary but prone to lifestylism. "Resisting assimilation" has to mean more than frowning on squares who get married, hating children, and doing a lot of drugs and alcohol. For the most part in these essays, it does. But — especially as a gay man who works with poor mothers — there's a lot that rubs me the wrong way. I'm sure it's supposed to, as revolutionary gay politics has always loved the provocative. That's why I like this book, and have read it. I just want a revolutionary gay politic t...

"That's Revolting: Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation," is am important book that documents and keeps history alive that would otherwise be forgotten. First thing I learned is that it is a false belief that the Stonewall riot/revolt started while mourning Judy Garland's death. This is briefly mentioned. This myth was something I read somewhere about the Stonewall rebellion that seemed to make sense, I even wrote a poem about it, I still like the idea but stand corrected. This book does

The word “radical” does not mean “extreme” but rather “going to the root.” That is, being radical is about going to the root of the problem, the root of our patriarchal a.k.a. dominator society, finding solutions for overthrowing it, and living as much as possible outside of the dominant system. During the same-sex marriage debate, I kept reflecting on how marriage was invented for the purpose of enslaving women. I kept signing petitions in favor of gay marriage while feeling apprehensive and wo...

No longer using this website, but I'm leaving up old reviews. Fuck Jeff Bezos. Find me on LibraryThing: https://www.librarything.com/profile/...This book really challenged my views on sexuality, sex, and radical feminist and queer thought. Theory, story, interview and case study blended together to create a coherent radical queer agenda against assimilation into the white supremacist capitalist patriarchy. The hot topics of the "gay rights" white gay male "movement" are Gay Marriage, Adoption, a...

Provocative collection of essays on radical LGBT movements/groups/individuals. As with most anthologies, the quality of the writing varies. It may be unfair to ask for balance in a book devoted to airing a non-mainstream viewpoint. Certainly the idea that gay marriage is an important issue and healthy development, the overall theme that LGBT people are "just like everyone else" except for the fact of a non-chosen orientation, etc. gets plenty of airtime, so why not one book entirely for dissente...

i found this hard to get through. some essays were great and really interesting, especially personal life stories from older people. some stuff was a bit repetitive. it didn't really fit with my idea of 'strategies for resisting assimilation'. but that's ok.

Ten years ago one might not have imagined the largest national gay rights lobbying group (Human Rights Campaign) endorsing a right-wing Republican Senatorial candidate (Al D'Amato in New York), or the San Francisco Pride parade adopting the Budweiser advertising slogan as its offcial theme (2002). As an assimilationist gay mainstream wields increasing power, the focus of gay struggle has become limited to marriage, military service, and adoption. The gay mainstream presents a sanitized, straight...

This book is unique in its perspectives of the queer rights movement, and publicly thwarts the mainstream in a manner that makes most people cringe. That part, I like. I also appreciate the telling of the more "underground" history that is often hidden or not as well known. Additionally, it was great to have way more than just the token inclusion of trans/genderqueer individuals.I don't agree with all of the tactics taken and advocated by the writers, and I don't necessarily believe that living

A series of essays dealing with the queer resistance, anarchy, anti-racism, queer youth of color, intersectional oppression, and activism. Much of it in the form of histories/herstories written by members of activist movements. While That's Revolting! can be quite intellectually heavy (and occasionally seems a bit one-note), it also offers a glimpse of a heady world where shocking behavior for it's own sake is prized and rejecting the status quo is the norm. I recommend it for anyone who is inte...

I thought this book was amazing!! The essays are thought provoking and inspiring. Especially when the address Queers of Color and the current Gay Rights Movement. I recommend this book tremendously.

I wouldn't say every essay in here is a 5-star, but there are enough of them to make this book worth it. Very up-to-date and an excellent refresher about the current faces of queer activism.

This book covers such a wide expanse of ideas, it's really very difficult to describe as a whole piece. Ultimately, upon reading the whole thing and skipping some things, etc., I found the most fascinating thing to be that "queer" is a multifaceted word, used to refer to sexuality, gender identity, levels of activism. I really had to evaluate how I identify with the word. I know that for myself, I like it because it feels more all-encompassing than the gay/lesbian binary, and that it's NOT a bin...

The essays varied between insightful critiques and monotonous repetition, creative action and self-indulgence. "Calling All Restroom Revolutionaries" is a worthwhile read, however many of the essays by Mattilda displayed little more than ineffective direct action and self-obsession by someone rightly angry with assimilationist agendas.