[lbo-talk] Re: Chip Berlet on Hustler

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Dec 22 10:44:40 PST 2005


Miles Jackson wrote:


>So, to reiterate Gar's question: what is so bloody bad about
>Hustler, compared to other mass media, if our paramount concern is
>gender equality?

To paraphrase Zizek on why Slovenians were so outraged by the band Laibach: they reveal the hidden underside of something, which makes it scadalous. In Laibach's case, it was the fascist/Stalinist aspects of Slovenian nationalism; in Hustler's case, it's being so out patriarchal?

Doug



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