[UA] Queer Eye for the Adept Guy

[S. Ben Melhuish]

I wrote:

> James Knevitt wrote (regarding "Queer Eye"):
> 
>> Hmm. I imagine there's some connection between the gay/straight
>> dichotomy, the fact that it's being broadcast to the masses and that
>> it's representative of change.
>>
>> I just can't for the life of me string it all together.
> 
> I'm getting mystic hermaphrodite vibes, but that's not quite right.
> 
> Gay men teaching a straight man how to win over straight women?

I think I've put my finger on what was rumbling around in my brain. 
This cabal is trying to usurp the current mystic hermaphrodite by 
turning it from its current inward-focussed entity into an 
outward-focussed entity:

The MH is all about expanding the self, embracing contradictions within 
the self, being able to love oneself.  The path to MHhood (in my mind) 
involves much reflection and contemplation, and not so much teaching or 
learning from others (at least not in a traditional sense).

This cabal wants to share the enlightenment.  They are men who have 
taken on traditionally-womanly attributes (refinement, good taste, 
fashion sense), and then turn around and teach it to other men.  They're 
commoditizing MHhood, making it available to the masses.

...

You know it's a good UA topic when it can produce so many different 
explanations, including two or three campaign hooks.

-- Sben

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