Fighting for the proletariat, elements of the petty bourgeoisie, a strong sense of self, entering mainstream consciousness to varying degrees, rich and bored aristocrats in rococo France play high-stakes games of passion and betrayal, my animus Edgar, wine, argentine tango, wine, grad school
I'd like to meet:
Drag Queens in Buenos Aires. The video is from the show at Club 69; gay club, straight club, anything you want club! Including doing ecstasy and chasing strobe lights! (Not that I did that, or Abbie)
Music:
It may also be difficult to identify subcultures because their style (particularly clothing and music) may often be adopted by mass culture for commercial purposes, as businesses will often seek to capitalise on the subversive allure of the subculture in search of cool, which remains valuable in selling any product.
Movies:
Top 10 (rignt now, in no order)
Hedwig and the Angry Inch, À Bout de Souffle, 8 1/2, Royal Tenebaums, La Belle et La Bete, Last Tango in Paris, La Mala Educación, The Saddest Music in the World, SHORTBUS, Spirited Away
Television:
PBS documentaries, Masterpiece Theatre
Books:
Wuthering Heights, The Crying of Lot 49, Wieland, Lady Chatterly's Lover, The Belljar, Persuasions, The Unvanquished, Siddhartha, Anna Karenina, Sentimental Education, He Knew He Was Right, Doctor Zhviago, The Sun Also Rises, DK Paris Travel Guide, random novels I buy at the thrift store, all the stuff I gotta read for grad school
Heroes:
Joseph Campbell, Carl Jung, Terry Gilliam (both for his comedy and films), Emily Bronte, Manet, Ada Long
