Comments on: Sexual Disorientation: Writing Our Own Stories

By: JM

JM — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:17:31 +0000

I have to admit there was some valid criticism this week, if people are going to forge their own gay narratives maybe you need to find a narrative still that departs from the SATC model, after all Carrie is the most overindulgent bitch ever created.

By: Regan

Regan — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:07:51 +0000

Sex in the City indeed, complete with the boyfriend pseudonyms and an obligatory “I couldn’t help but wonder.”

I’m sure it’s intentional, but I agree with Peter UK – your stories don’t ring true for me, and I bet they would be more compelling if they read as your own, and not as a Carrie Bradshaw/Candice Bushnell reincarnation.

That said, please keep writing. I look forward to the column and more often than not forward it on to friends.

By: Peter UK

Peter UK — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:58:01 +0000

“Where was the connection to ME?”

Jesus, Jesus. Here it is. Now read a book.

By: Peter UK

Peter UK — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:54:37 +0000

This reads like a total pastiche of a Sex and the City episode, complete with facile dating episode and overarching ‘storybook’ metaphor to round things off in some open ended ‘fade-to-credits’ way. And Babe Ruth knew it; good for him for fleeing the site of a nineties cliche about to happen.

What I mean to say is that ‘Quality narratives’ don’t ‘guide’ either gay or straight people, and this column certainly won’t, nor should it.

And by the by, haven’t young homos found rather a lot to gain from Shakespeare over the years? Just an inkling.