Fashioning the Body: Versions of the Citizen, the Self, and the Subject

Valley Girl Veronica- Oh my God! He is like, so gay!

Baseball Player Brad- Why do you think he's gay?

V- Why else would he be wearing a pink shirt?

B- Maybe his team color is pink?

V-What is his team?

B- Maybe team gay?

V- See. You think so too. Why is that?

B- Or maybe-- is he gay because he wears a pink shirt, or was he gay before the whole pnk shirt situation?

[Man walks casually over to V & B]

Manny the Man- I overheard your conversation, and I want you to know-- I loves the ladies.

V-Ah, so you're straight?

M- Well, I loves the dudes, too.

B- (suspiciously) So you're gay?

M- I'm just a people person.

[V & B give blank stares.]

M-What is it about my pink shirt that makes you think I'm gay?

V-Once, I saw a George Michael video and he was wearing a pink shirt, and I'm pretty sure he's gay.

[Anne Fausto-Strerling enters scene; approaches V, B & M. She's a real woman.]

A- Hi! I'm Anne Fausto-Sterling. You two are morons. Sit down and learn something.

A- You two are working from a nature/culture binary and trying to fit Manny the Man here into a clear classification. I understand the nature/culture dicotomy is taught and discussed extensively, but I think you both ought to question such an oversimplification.

M- Anne, you know I'm your son.

[Brecht enters]

All- Hey, look! Its Bertolt Brecht!

Br- Spectator and Actor ought not to approach one another but move away from himself. Otherwise the element of terror necessary to all recognition is lacking.

 [Brecht exits]

V- So, wait... You are gay?

A- [Shakes head.] They still don't get it!