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Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Housekeeping A Critical Overview of The Stranger

Posted by Iphigenia Rose Quatermain, Feminist Theoretician and Cultural Critic on Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 9:00 AM

We're observing Slog silence from now until 11 a.m. while we have an editorial meeting, but look—we made an entire paper's worth of stuff for you! Here's what Iphigenia Rose Quatermain has to say.

In my 38 years as a cultural critic (for those who debase themselves with simplistic primate behaviors like displays of credentials to represent skill sets: I graduated from Mount Holyoke as part of the class of 1974 with a doctorate in critical social thought, and I have published 17 books on the subject of female dynamism and the contracting male self-regard in popular culture), I have never seen anything quite like the current issue of The Stranger (volume 22, issue 5, 3 October 2012).

At first, I was unobjectively mortified. A guide to Seattle's prominent males in the field of rock and roll music? For such a heteronormative, patriarchal society as the United States in the early 21st century, this subject matter appears to be the apex of tautological thought. We live in a culture in which men enjoy all of the privilege and all of the assumptional power. Ipso facto, every issue of The Stranger is, by its very nature, the "men in rock" issue. To represent masculine power as something worthy of individuated praise is, quite simply, moronic...

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What a lovely cover!

Posted by gloomy gus on October 3, 2012 at 9:27 AM

needs more penis

Posted by bleepinbleep on October 3, 2012 at 9:58 AM

Gee. I hope you thought of Dave Hernandez and that the only reason he's not included is an excess of modesty on his part.

Posted by rob!

on October 3, 2012 at 9:59 AM

This is pretty much genius.

Suck it, Stolling Rone!!

Posted by merry on October 3, 2012 at 11:26 AM

GREAT cover!

Posted by mitten on October 3, 2012 at 11:38 AM

This totally rocked!

That said, I hope more young boys decide to become rockers too.

Posted by Will in Seattle

on October 3, 2012 at 12:13 PM

That cover is magnificent. And about time; I'm sick of the women getting all the glory, while men are treated as little more than cute playthings, usually relegated to playing bass.

Posted by Fnarf