We’ve had the performative male. All feminist literature, tote bags and labubus. So it was only a matter of time before we had an article on performative reading.

‘Hang on, when did reading become so performative (and the latest ick)?’

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/reading-performative-books-instagram-vintage-b2859932.html

#books #reading #performativemale #feminist

Hang on, when did reading become so performative (and the latest ick)?

Whether its highly curated Instagram accounts or the new interior trend for ‘book nooks’, reading show offs are everywhere. But, maybe in our post-literate society, we could turn something cringe into something good, writes Olivia Petter

The Independent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKeoxJ1k0Gs
原来《#好东西》#HerStory 里面 #赵又廷 的角色已经有现成的称号 #抹茶男 #MatchaMan ,也叫做 #表演型男性 #performativemale
隨身帶棉條、包掛Labubu、讀女性主義⋯Z世代「抹茶男」是什麼男?為何被狂酸?|志祺七七

YouTube
“Performative males” infiltrate the South Oval at Monday’s competition

A crowd of contestants and bystanders formed on the South Oval Monday to compete for the title of most “performative male.” The event was advertised on YikYak by Sophia Barski, a third-year in sociology. Barski said she made the poster for the event on Canva Pro and posted it Saturday. “This was so fun,” Barski […]

The Lantern
Finally signs of novelty for masculinity or just a meme? Implications for proenvironmental eg. meat behaviour? #performativemale

My attempt to win San Francisc...
My attempt to win San Francisco's performative male contest

Hundreds of Gen Z men filled Alamo Square for a meme-inspired contest Friday night.

FWIW my take on the whole #performativemale thing is that it's just a new term to police men's gender expression.

Let a guy read a book in peace. Even if you don't like the clothes he's wearing.