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Contents:

• THE ARE 10 GAY MEM THAT WILL MAKE YOU LOL
• 27 GAY MEM SURE TO MAKE ANYONE LGH
• HOW TO TELL IF YOUR GUY FRIEND IS GAY
• FRIENDSHIP TROUBLE: AN EXAMATN OF THE GAY BT FRIEND INTY AMERIN CONSUMER CULTURE
• MEMERS CHALLENGE GAY STEREOTYP JT TIME FOR PRI
• QUEERNS IS A MEME: WHY ALL THE GOOD SOCIAL MEDIA IS GAY
• THE BABADOOK: HOW THE HORROR MOVIE MONSTER BEME A GAY IN

THE ARE 10 GAY MEM THAT WILL MAKE YOU LOL

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Although some people the gay culture may put on a certa voice or a way of speakg, your iend talkg a siar or "effemate" way is still not a very good way to judge.

27 GAY MEM SURE TO MAKE ANYONE LGH

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The movi he watch and the mic he listens to are also not fair methods to gge if he is straight or gayer than Elton John and Gee Takei put together. Sometim you might assume that jt bee a guy only hangs out wh girls or jt bee his bt iend also seems gay, then he might also be gay.

Subtly brg up subjects that show him that you're okay wh your iends beg gay and that he don't need to hi his nature around you.

HOW TO TELL IF YOUR GUY FRIEND IS GAY

You n talk about another iend that is gay or even jt about someone hypothetilly g out if you don't know someone who's gay. Say somethg like, "You know you're stuck wh me as a iend no matter what, but I jt have to ask bee I don't want to make assumptns and e to the wrong nclns: are you gay?

Article SummaryXTo tell if your guy iend is gay, notice whether he refers to other guys as attractive, which uld be a sign that he’s gay. Pay attentn to how much he talks about women a romantic or sexual way, sce a lack of tert women uld suggt he’s gay. The ubiquy of the gay bt iend inty and the potential effects may have on gay men make this inty a ccial se for amic quiry, yet remas largely unexplored.

This study seeks to addrs this void by offerg an analysis of the gay bt iend through an examatn of the quali that nstute the gay bt iend inty as is prented Amerin nsumer culture.

FRIENDSHIP TROUBLE: AN EXAMATN OF THE GAY BT FRIEND INTY AMERIN CONSUMER CULTURE

The quali are ascertaed through an analysis of popular Amerin televisn shows and movi featurg gay bt iend characters—Will & Grace, Ugly Betty, Glee, Sex and the Cy, Burlque, The Devil Wears Prada, and Sex and the Cy 2.

This say propos five tegori through which one n unrstand the quali of the gay bt iend inty: socenomic stat, the body, personal relatnships, behavr, and lack of agency. The tegori nstct the gay bt iend inty as one that is pletely modified and sentialized and that, although touted as an ditn of creasg acceptance of gay people, nstut ltle more than a new form of opprsn.

MEMERS CHALLENGE GAY STEREOTYP JT TIME FOR PRI

Contemporary culture has bee saturated wh the gay bt iend; the July, 2010 issue of Teen Vogue pots out “the mt-have ems [for a fashnable teenage girl] clud a Proenza Schouler tie-dyed top, a shnken ary jack, neon bright chunky bracelets, and … a gay bt iend” (Talbot, 2010, page number).

The gay bt iend is also featured popular TV shows such as Ugly Betty, Glee, Kendra, The Real Hoewiv of Atlanta, The Real Hoewiv of D. Ined, the gay bt iend n even be found on the shelv of booksellers natnwi Terrance Dean’s (2010) book, Straight om Your Gay Bt Friend: The Straight-Up Tth About Relatnships, Work, and Havg a Fabulo Life.

Though the reprentatns of the gay bt iend are fictnal, the pervasivens of the inty poss as one wh the potential to affect the lived experience of real people a myriad of ways. One potential effect of this inty is the perpetuatn of the opprsive cultural unrstandg of gay men as eful for style advice, terr sign, sassy ments, their abily to cut hair, and ltle else. In addn to ntributg to the margalizatn of gay men as a whole, this uld further margalize gay men who do not fill the role of the gay bt iend if the inty be signifintly more accepted than other gay inti.

QUEERNS IS A MEME: WHY ALL THE GOOD SOCIAL MEDIA IS GAY

This should not e as a surprise, though, as gay culture has been heavily modified nsumer culture, the system where lkag between rourc, material and symbolic, and meangs, lived experience, and inty are created, mataed, and negotiated by markets (Arnould, 2010).

THE BABADOOK: HOW THE HORROR MOVIE MONSTER BEME A GAY IN

For example, gay street culture spired much of The Gap’s style (Berlant & Freeman, 1993), and Lady Gaga draws heavily on the gay cultural tradn of drag.

Alexandra Chas (2000) wr, “g-out stori now appear as plots, [gay] styl as the styl, [gay] stuff as the stuff to buy” (p. This is exemplified Bravo’s h seri Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, which promot gayns as a mody that n improve one’s life and shows viewers where gayns n be bought (Kooijman, 2005).

Addnally, the targetg of the gay muny by “ol hunters, ” agents who would document aspects of gay culture and pch the aspects to pani lookg to make their products and advertisg “oler” (Kle, 1999), illtrat the high mody value of gayns.