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Heterosexual Desire...O RLY?
I'm curious to know where the insistance comes from that these memes are about heterosexual female desire. It seems to alienate other viewing, consumption and creation possibilities that proliferate around these memes. I tend to think of these memes have something of a contemporary camp aesthetic, with their incongruous juxtapositions and (in Academic Coach Taylor's case at least) often hysterical emotion. Putting these carefully crafted academic phrases into the mouths of Gosling or Taylor renders these men abruptly delicate in a way I think we could think about a little more. In ACT's most feminist moments, it's the fact that he comes off sounding like "such a lesbian" that produces the pleasure and humor (for me, anyway, and Feminist Ryan Gosling really works this way for me too). Just some thought, appreciate your writing!
---Academic Coach Taylor