tersely: gay men will always challenge the patriarchy in ways that other queer people just don't.

even cultures that considered homosexuality normal, like it was in the classical world, have tried to regulate male homosexuality into dominant and submissive roles.

it's not the sexual act. it's the submission - and, specifically, the concept of masculine submission. that's the part that's subversive, that the patriarchy just can't fucking deal with, and will always be revolutionary so long as there's a patriarchy in place to overthrow.

i think i've listened to all of perfume geniuses records a few times, and they just don't get over that hump of abstraction for me. everything sounds 60% done. this is more of the same. but, i know i'm looking for something that the artist isn't really intending to produce; i'm seeking out abstract art, and he wants to make art pop. i want coil or queen, and he wants duran duran. or tom petty, even.

that said, i'm in solidarity with the subversiveness, even if i wish it was just a bit more, all around. i've written about this a few times recently - in-your-face gay male sexuality is still shocking, even when everything else considered "queer" has been sanitized and normalized. 

so, i'm not listing the record on it's merits, but i'm acknowledging it exists. 'cause you might have less strenuous requirements than i do. and, maybe the subversiveness has value on it's own.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l38nMfxcO7XtTjdfnkWYFVHVrmm1bXspc