Tuesday Nights on Bravo

So I referenced this in a comment on almejor's post about Boy Meets Boy.

I have very mixed feelings about this show, and it makes me wonder a lot of things. First off, I initially loved the idea of a gay dating show. And I also initially thought that the idea of having some straight men in the show was interesting as well, to more accurately represent the demographics that a gay man would encounter in the dating world. (At that point, however, the question must become, why not stack straight dating shows the same way?) But then I found out the rest of the twist: that if James picks one of the straight guys, that guy gets paid and James gets, well, diddly-squat. Now, if I found myself in that position, I'd feel damn used, and rightly so. So I'm really hoping that he does pick a gay guy so the whole thing doesn't become an issue.

I'm having trouble sorting out my objections to this situation. I think it's exploitative, but do I only think that because it's picking on a sexual minority? Would I feel the same way if it was a straight man or woman picking a gay man or woman and the pick-ee getting a payoff for "passing"? And what would the implications of that be, as far as sexual politics go? What are the implications of this going to be for gay civil rights?

But at the same time it's so entertaining and the boys are so cute. And my gay-dar is really really malfunctioning, becuase I haven't guessed ANY of the straight guys yet. But that might be TV interfering with my reception. :^)

Queer Eye is flat-out brilliant, however. Love those boys. Love what they do. Love how much of a bitch Carson was being in last night episode. Can't wait for Matthew to go on the job market so he can get made over for job talks (his idea, not mine).

More on Queer Eye

So one of my favorite blogs to read, Electrolicious, has some Queer Eye related links, among them the Fab Five F***ability ratings. Aw yeah.

48 hours...

In 48 hours I will be at Pennsic. Things are very close to being ready to go - almost everything's laid out in the study, the newspaper and the mail have been stopped (thank you Matthew!), the clothes are all made and mended. Tonight, we go to fencing practice (assuming that it doesn't rain - *looking around for wood to knock on*) and then we finish laying stuff out and figure out where to pack it all. Tomorrow, I get everything ready to go for the Rose Editorial Board meeting at the ASAs - I have no idea how long that's going to take, but as soon as it's done I'm going home to finish getting ready for Pennsic. And then we leave early early Friday morning. I am conveniently going to be at a very good point to drop academic work for a week and a half as well, because I just finished marking up the latest draft of the paper I'm working on. Whoo!

( Sociology Geekery )

So anyway, if I'm too busy to write anything tomorrow, everyone have a good week and a half - and I'll tell Pennsic and ASA stories when I get back!