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[pantryslut]

Peggy Munson's book, Origami Striptease, is utterly, utterly brilliant, worth reading and then some, and justifiably nominated for a Lambda Literary Award.

Last week, the Lambda Literary Foundation censored her reading.

I was at that event, partly to see her read. I can therefore say for certain that the excuses about her work being "too straight" and "too sexual" are just that -- excuses.

Feh.

P.S. do consider wititing a letter to the Lambda folks.

Comments

[whittles.livejournal.com]

Thanks for sharing this. She frames this incident in a way that I think is really powerful, not to mention relevant to conversations happening within an organization I work with. I'm definitely going to pass this along.

[meaning-making.livejournal.com]

Such insight. I'm taking this one to work with me.

[postmaudlin.livejournal.com]

I love Peggy's grace under this -- I am not so sure I would be so civil.

But I am really curious that they would silence one of their own nominees -- that seems pretty incredibly to me. I thought these books were about the authors, not the content (or is it the other way around? I don't even know, though I know it was an issue that I asked about at some point). Regardless, isn't there a bisexual category? I just find it bizarre that this would happen at this level.

But hell, stranger things have happened with the lammies -- remember the transphobe (or was it homophobe?) dealy a few years ago?

[pantryslut.livejournal.com]

I don't think it was an official decision, I think Katherine and/or Jim panicked when they previewed the DVD, and misused their authority, badly. Those two, after all, do not make the nominations. I also bet they hadn't read the book.


I don't remember the incident a few years ago. Remind me?