On Fri, 15 Dec 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Rufus Wainwright writes his songs to and about
> men on the piano, but even he fudges on his pronouns.
I don't think it's fair to interpret a fudging of pronouns as less than
honest. Desire is a lot more fluid than we like it to be, and artists
that are obviously out and proud who write with different pronouns I think
are more likely expressing either the fluidity of that desire or the
fluidity of the artistic perspective than they are hiding their "true"
(whatever that is) orientation. Me'Shell is another one who's gotten some
criticism on this front (writing w/ male object pronouns instead of female
etc.).
That said, I think you using the pronouns and stories and images you want
to use exemplifies just the kind of artistic integrity I'm talking about.
Keep it up!
--Michael
NP: PJ Harvey, _Stories..._ (Bob you need to get this album...)
