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[zustifer]

Fun Henry Jenkins article that, apart from the agenda he's after, gave me some useful information on how bollywood deals with guy-friend relationships. Also, the term 'homosocial', which I intend to use way too much. Maybe now we can, globally, finally get over the fear of displaying any sort of affection towards friends or emotions warmer than irritable tolerance. Enough of the poor suckers who aren't even allowed to touch another guy unless he's just been shot in the neck, lest they TOTALLY LOOK GAY. It's emotionally stunting and annoying.

And, I guess to balance that out, a pretty nsfw art project.

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[diaryarena.livejournal.com]

I went on a long rant in one of my uni english classes once, about how "homosocialists" were going to destroy the careful commodification of intimacy and affection our western culture had set up, because their valuation system for friendship and love was not based on exchange value like ours is.

The teacher cracked up, none of my fellow students had any idea what I was on about.

[sanspoof.livejournal.com]

Ha, good one, esp. if you consider traditional male affection (as presented only to females as bribery for Teh Sex) as the money. Oh, good stuff.