Today was our first official lecture for my Intro to Gay & Lesbian Studies class and let me just say that is is now my new favorite class.
What did we do today? We learned how to cruise for guys and how it helped the underground gay culture emerge, learned the definition of "camp," and watched part of the movie Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and discussed what was campy about it and what makes gay men attracted to it. Seriously? This class is going to be fantastic.
There isn't really a set definition for what constitutes being camp, but Wikipedia defines camp as "an aesthetic sensibility wherein something is appealing because of its bad taste and ironic value. The concept is related to kitsch [inferior, tasteless art], and campy things are described as being 'campy' or 'cheesy'." If you still have no idea what is camp, don't worry, nobody in class got it either. Basically anything that is over-exaggerated and gay is campy. And watching a movie in class is wonderful, so how could I possibly complain? So far this looks like the one class I'm going to absolutely love this semester.
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