Serious_JJ Play_NN1 :_: Drag_NN1 ,_, Transgender_NP1 ,_, and_CC the_AT Relationship_NN1 between_II Performance_NN1 and_CC Identity_NN1 in_II the_AT Life_NN1 Writing_NN1 of_IO RuPaul_NP1 and_CC Kate_NP1 Bornstein_NP1 RuPaul_NP1 ,_, born_VVN RuPaul_NP1 Andre_NP1 Charles_NP1 ,_, is_VBZ arguably_RR the_AT most_RGT famous_JJ drag_VV0 queen_NN1 to_TO cross_VVI over_RP from_II gay_JJ subculture_NN1 to_II mainstream_JJ media_NN outlets_NN2 such_II21 as_II22 MTV_NP1 and_CC VH1_FO ._. 
Because_CS he_PPHS1 shapes_VVZ his_APPGE image_NN1 after_II supermodels_NN2 and_CC Barbie_NP1 Dolls_NN2 ,_, stacking_NN1 his_PPGE already_RR tall_JJ 6'_FO 4_MC "_" frame_NN1 atop_II high_JJ heels_NN2 ,_, cinching_VVG his_APPGE tiny_JJ waist_NN1 with_IW a_AT1 corset_NN1 ,_, and_CC donning_VVG huge_JJ blond_JJ wigs_NN2 and_CC lingerie_NN1 ,_, RuPaul_NP1 would_VM make_VVI an_AT1 easy_JJ target_NN1 for_IF feminist_JJ criticisms_NN2 of_IO such_DA unattainable_JJ ideals_NN2 of_IO femininity_NN1 and_CC the_AT dangerous_JJ lengths_NN2 to_II which_DDQ women_NN2 often_RR go_VV0 to_TO achieve_VVI them_PPHO2 ._. 
On_II the_AT other_JJ hand_NN1 ,_, because_CS these_DD2 over-the-top_JJ representations_NN2 of_IO femininity_NN1 are_VBR performed_VVN by_II an_AT1 outspokenly_RR gay_JJ black_JJ man_NN1 ,_, it_PPH1 would_VM be_VBI equally_RR easy_JJ to_TO praise_VVI RuPaul_NP1 for_IF his_APPGE subversion_NN1 of_IO gender_NN1 ,_, race_NN1 ,_, and_CC sexual_JJ norms_NN2 ._. 
Indeed_RR ,_, both_DB2 of_IO these_DD2 arguments_NN2 might_VM hold_VVI true_JJ for_IF different_JJ audiences_NN2 ._. 
RuPaul_NP1 's_GE collage-like_JJ music_NN1 videos_NN2 ,_, in_II the_AT tradition_NN1 of_IO the_AT music_NN1 video_NN1 genre_NN1 ,_, present_VV0 a_AT1 spectacle_NN1 of_IO surfaces_NN2 ,_, relying_VVG on_II so_RG little_DA1 narrative_NN1 to_TO tie_VVI together_RL an_AT1 array_NN1 of_IO dance_NN1 sequences_NN2 and_CC costumes_NN2 that_CST the_AT viewer_NN1 is_VBZ left_VVN to_TO project_VVI his_APPGE or_CC her_APPGE own_DA fantasy_NN1 onto_II these_DD2 decontextualized_JJ signs_NN2 of_IO femininity_NN1 ._. 
In_II "_" Supermodel_NP1 (_( You_PPY Better_JJR Work_NN1 )_) ,_, "_" for_REX21 example_REX22 ,_, the_AT narrative_NN1 of_IO a_AT1 poor_JJ black_JJ girl_NN1 from_II the_AT Brewster_NN1 projects_NN2 who_PNQS is_VBZ discovered_VVN by_II a_AT1 modeling_NN1 agency_NN1 takes_VVZ up_RP only_RR the_AT first_MD fifteen_MC seconds_NNT2 of_IO a_AT1 four-minute_JJ video_NN1 and_CC has_VHZ little_RR bearing_VVG on_II the_AT rest_NN1 of_IO the_AT video_NN1 ,_, which_DDQ pieces_NN2 together_RL shots_NN2 of_IO RuPaul_NP1 applying_VVG makeup_NN1 ,_, posing_VVG for_IF fashion_NN1 shoots_NN2 ,_, and_CC dancing_VVG on_II a_AT1 basketball_NN1 court_NN1 in_II a_AT1 tight_JJ pencil_NN1 skirt_NN1 ._. 
Feminist_JJ critiques_NN2 of_IO male_NN1 drag_VV0 or_CC female_JJ impersonation_NN1 often_RR conclude_VV0 that_CST male_JJ performers_NN2 ,_, like_II white_JJ performers_NN2 in_II blackface_NN1 ,_, come_VV0 from_II a_AT1 position_NN1 of_IO power_NN1 and_CC thus_RR "_" leave_VV0 sexism_NN1 intact_JJ "_" (_( bradford_NN1 25_MC )_) and_CC even_RR "_" erase_VV0 "_" women_NN2 (_( Davy_NP1 358_MC )_) ,_, since_CS the_AT performers_NN2 '_GE "_" maleness_NN1 at_RR21 least_RR22 partially_RR locates_VVZ their_APPGE parody_NN1 of_IO femininity_NN1 in_II a_AT1 set_NN1 of_IO relations_NN2 built_VVN on_II sexism_NN1 "_" (_( bradford_NN1 25_MC )_) ._. 
Because_CS femininity_NN1 ,_, in_II contrast_NN1 with_IW unmarked_JJ and_CC naturalized_JJ masculinity_NN1 ,_, is_VBZ already_RR seen_VVN as_CSA artificial_JJ ,_, it_PPH1 is_VBZ more_RGR open_JJ to_II parody_NN1 and_CC tends_VVZ not_XX to_TO "_" efface_VVI "_" the_AT man_NN1 who_PNQS appropriates_VVZ it_PPH1 (_( Davy_NP1 361_MC )_) ._. 
Thus_RR ,_, in_II the_AT words_NN2 of_IO Kate_NP1 Davy_NP1 ,_, female_JJ impersonation_NN1 "_" foreground&lsqb;s&rsqb;_VV0 the_AT male_JJ voice_NN1 "_" and_CC "_" is_VBZ primarily_RR about_II men_NN2 "_" ._. 
However_RR ,_, Davy_NP1 and_CC other_JJ critics_NN2 have_VH0 more_RGR recently_RR begun_VVN to_TO complicate_VVI this_DD1 gender_NN1 binary_NN1 by_II considering_VVG sexuality_NN1 as_CSA fundamental_JJ to_II the_AT significance_NN1 of_IO cross-gender_JJ performance_NN1 ._. 
In_II an_AT1 analysis_NN1 of_IO two_MC different_JJ performances_NN2 of_IO Charles_NP1 Ludlum_NP1 's_GE The_AT Mystery_NN1 of_IO Irma_NP1 Vep_NP1 ,_, for_REX21 example_REX22 ,_, Davy_NP1 finds_VVZ that_CST the_AT original_JJ homosexual_JJ script_NN1 and_CC performance_NN1 used_VVD straight_JJ male_NN1 and_CC &lsqb;_( End_VV0 Page_NN1 672_MC &rsqb;_) female_JJ characters_NN2 ,_, played_VVN by_II gay_JJ men_NN2 ,_, as_II a_AT1 means_NN of_IO "_" making_VVG visible_JJ ..._... homoerotic_JJ desire_NN1 "_" in_II order_NN1 to_TO "_" signal_VVI homosexual_JJ practice_NN1 ,_, the_AT subversive_JJ site_NN1 of_IO all_DB that_DD1 phallocratic_JJ culture_NN1 attempts_NN2 to_TO suppress_VVI ,_, contain_VVI ,_, and_CC eradicate_VVI "_" ._. 
However_RR ,_, she_PPHS1 found_VVD that_CST "_" the_AT palpable_JJ desire_NN1 of_IO two_MC men_NN2 for_IF each_PPX221 other_PPX222 ..._... was_VBDZ utterly_RR absent_JJ "_" from_II the_AT Milwaukee_NP1 Repertory_NN1 's_GE "_" straight_JJ "_" version_NN1 of_IO the_AT play_NN1 ,_, as_CSA the_AT actors_NN2 projected_JJ "_" disdain_NN1 ..._... at_II having_VHG to_TO play_VVI women_NN2 's_GE parts_NN2 ,_, "_" thus_RR casting_VVG a_AT1 "_" misogynous_JJ pall_NN1 over_II the_AT entire_JJ event_NN1 "_" ._. 
RuPaul_NP1 's_GE performances_NN2 and_CC autobiography_NN1 further_RRR complicate_VV0 understandings_NN2 of_IO female_JJ impersonation_NN1 because_CS ,_, while_CS he_PPHS1 draws_VVZ on_II mainstream_JJ models_NN2 of_IO femininity_NN1 ,_, particularly_RR the_AT supermodels_NN2 of_IO the_AT 1980s_MC2 and_CC 1990s_MC2 ,_, his_APPGE performance_NN1 also_RR grows_VVZ out_II21 of_II22 his_APPGE identity_NN1 as_II a_AT1 southern_JJ ,_, working-class_JJ ,_, African_JJ American_JJ "_" sissy_NN1 "_" ,_, his_APPGE experiences_NN2 in_II racial_JJ and_CC sexual_JJ minority_NN1 communities_NN2 ,_, his_APPGE identification_NN1 with_IW the_AT strong_JJ women_NN2 of_IO his_APPGE family_NN1 ,_, and_CC his_APPGE early_JJ experimentation_NN1 with_IW "_" punk_NN1 or_CC gender_NN1 fuck_NN1 drag_VV0 "_" ._. 
Thus_RR ,_, although_CS his_APPGE music_NN1 videos_NN2 encourage_VV0 superficial_JJ viewings_NN2 that_CST fail_VV0 to_TO interrogate_VVI the_AT supermodel_NN1 ideal_NN1 ,_, RuPaul_NP1 's_GE autobiographical_JJ account_NN1 performs_VVZ a_AT1 more_RGR complicated_JJ identity_NN1 that_CST develops_VVZ and_CC changes_NN2 through_II his_APPGE different_JJ performances_NN2 and_CC experiences_NN2 ._. 
Not_XX only_RR does_VDZ RuPaul_NP1 refuse_VVI to_II distance_NN1 himself_PPX1 through_II parody_NN1 ,_, instead_RR celebrating_VVG femininity_NN1 as_II an_AT1 integral_JJ part_NN1 of_IO his_APPGE gay_JJ male_JJ identity_NN1 ,_, but_CCB he_PPHS1 also_RR reintroduces_VVZ through_II the_AT autobiography_NN1 many_DA2 of_IO the_AT more_RGR radical_JJ elements_NN2 of_IO his_APPGE performances_NN2 that_CST never_RR made_VVD it_PPH1 to_II MTV_NP1 ._. 
Whereas_CS RuPaul_NP1 's_GE autobiography_NN1 engages_VVZ with_IW questions_NN2 of_IO visibility_NN1 politics_NN1 in_II subtle_JJ ways_NN2 that_CST undermine_VV0 the_AT book_NN1 's_GE surface_NN1 narrative_NN1 ,_, Kate_NP1 Bornstein_NP1 's_GE anti-autobiographical17_JJ work_NN1 of_IO gender_NN1 theory_NN1 ,_, Gender_NN1 Outlaw_NN1 :_: On_II Men_NN2 ,_, Women_NN2 ,_, and_CC the_AT Rest_NN1 of_IO Us_PPIO2 ,_, performs_VVZ a_AT1 much_RR more_RGR explicit_JJ engagement_NN1 with_IW autobiographical_JJ form_NN1 that_CST suggests_VVZ ,_, along_II21 with_II22 Lettin_NP1 ,_, the_AT wide_JJ range_NN1 &lsqb;_( End_VV0 Page_NN1 680_MC &rsqb;_) of_IO rhetorical_JJ possibilities_NN2 available_JJ to_TO queer_VVI writer-performers_NN2 in_II the_AT 1990s_MC2 ._. 
Unlike_II RuPaul_NP1 ,_, Bornstein_NP1 distinguishes_VVZ Outlaw_NN1 from_II autobiography_NN1 ,_, traditionally_RR the_AT only_JJ genre_NN1 trans_NN2 people_NN would_VM "_" be_VBI able_JK to_TO write_VVI and_CC get_VVI published_VVN "_" (_( 12_MC ,_, italics_NN2 in_II original_JJ )_) ,_, and_CC she_PPHS1 explicitly_RR develops_VVZ techniques_NN2 to_TO neutralize_VVI the_AT threat_NN1 of_IO cooptation_NN1 not_XX only_RR by_II a_AT1 mainstream_JJ audience_NN1 ,_, but_CCB also_RR by_II queer_JJ and_CC feminist_JJ readers_NN2 who_PNQS might_VM be_VBI resistant_JJ to_TO transgender_VVI perspectives_NN2 ._. 
Because_CS Bornstein_NP1 places_VVZ herself_PPX1 in_II a_AT1 tradition_NN1 of_IO transsexuals_NN2 who_PNQS have_VH0 been_VBN defined_VVN within_II a_AT1 model_NN1 of_IO medical_JJ pathology_NN1 ,_, for_IF her_PPHO1 ,_, autobiography_NN1 represents_VVZ capitulation_NN1 to_II the_AT medical_JJ establishment_NN1 and_CC mainstream_JJ media_NN ,_, which_DDQ allowed_VVD only_RR stereotypical_JJ narratives_NN2 :_: "_" the_AT romantic_JJ stuff_NN1 which_DDQ set_VV0 in_II stone_NN1 our_APPGE image_NN1 as_CSA long-suffering_JJ ,_, not_XX the_AT challenging_JJ stuff_NN1 "_" ._. 
This_DD1 battle_NN1 against_II medical_JJ pathology_NN1 ,_, which_DDQ distinguishes_VVZ transsexual_JJ performers_NN2 from_II drag_VV0 queens_NN2 ,_, leads_VVZ Bornstein_NP1 to_TO adopt_VVI models_NN2 of_IO writing_NN1 and_CC performance_NN1 that_CST are_VBR similar_JJ to_II those_DD2 of_IO disabled_JJ performance_NN1 artists_NN2 Jaehn_NP1 Clare_NP1 and_CC Neil_NP1 Marcus_NP1 ,_, who_PNQS purposefully_RR frustrate_VV0 the_AT audience_NN1 's_GE expectation_NN1 of_IO "_" cure_NN1 "_" as_II a_AT1 means_NN of_IO asserting_VVG the_AT normalcy_NN1 and_CC "_" permanence_NN1 of_IO the_AT disabled_JJ body_NN1 "_" ._. 
In_II31 spite_II32 of_II33 the_AT differences_NN2 between_II RuPaul_NP1 's_GE and_CC Bornstein_NP1 's_GE approaches_NN2 ,_, upon_II first_MD glance_NN1 Outlaw_NN1 appears_VVZ remarkably_RR similar_JJ to_II Lettin_NP1 ._. 
Both_DB2 authors_NN2 mix_VV0 genres_NN2 :_: RuPaul_NP1 blends_VVZ lists_NN2 of_IO his_APPGE favorite_JJ movies_NN2 ,_, television_NN1 shows_NN2 ,_, and_CC videos_NN2 with_IW do-it-yourself_JJ descriptions_NN2 of_IO drag_VV0 ,_, while_CS Bornstein_NP1 incorporates_VVZ a_AT1 collage_NN1 of_IO quotations_NN2 from_II herself_PPX1 and_CC other_JJ works_NN of_IO fiction_NN1 ,_, theory_NN1 ,_, and_CC poetry_NN1 ,_, as_II31 well_II32 as_II33 the_AT complete_JJ text_NN1 of_IO her_APPGE play_NN1 Hidden_NP1 :_: A_AT1 Gender_NN1 ._. 
Both_DB2 portray_VV0 their_APPGE current_JJ identities_NN2 as_CSA works-in-progress_JJ ,_, to_TO be_VBI further_RRR explored_VVN through_II ongoing_JJ performances_NN2 ._. 
And_CC both_DB2 use_VV0 photographs_NN2 to_TO complicate_VVI the_AT performances_NN2 of_IO self_NN1 presented_VVN in_II the_AT written_JJ text_NN1 ._. 
However_RR ,_, while_CS RuPaul_NP1 's_GE textual_JJ and_CC photographic_JJ collage_NN1 is_VBZ structured_VVN around_II a_AT1 roughly_RR chronological_JJ narrative_NN1 of_IO his_APPGE life_NN1 ,_, Bornstein_NP1 's_GE photographs_NN2 create_VV0 the_AT framework_NN1 of_IO chronological_JJ autobiography_NN1 while_CS the_AT text_NN1 strains_VVZ against_II that_DD1 framework_NN1 ,_, following_VVG a_AT1 dialogic_JJ ,_, rather_II21 than_II22 a_AT1 narrative_NN1 ,_, model_NN1 ._. 
Not_XX only_RR is_VBZ Outlaw_NN1 dialogic_JJ in_II the_AT Bahktinian_JJ sense_NN1 --_NN1 incorporating_VVG ,_, responding_VVG to_II ,_, and_CC reframing_VVG previous_JJ works_NN of_IO literature_NN1 and_CC theory_NN1 --_NN1 Outlaw_NN1 is_VBZ also_RR dialogic_JJ because_CS it_PPH1 imitates_VVZ and_CC incorporates_VVZ theatrical_JJ dialogue_NN1 ._. 
Several_DA2 sections_NN2 ,_, such_II21 as_II22 the_AT chapter_NN1 "_" Interlude_NN1 :_: The_AT Lesbian_JJ Thing_NN1 "_" ,_, are_VBR structured_VVN as_CSA interviews_NN2 ._. 
More_RGR importantly_RR ,_, on_II nearly_RR every_AT1 page_NN1 Bornstein_NP1 creates_VVZ a_AT1 multivoiced_JJ performance_NN1 through_II the_AT use_NN1 of_IO different_JJ fonts_NN2 and_CC margins_NN2 ,_, the_AT movement_NN1 of_IO text_NN1 on_II the_AT page_NN1 imitating_VVG the_AT actor_NN1 's_GE movement_NN1 across_II the_AT stage_NN1 ,_, and_CC the_AT shift_NN1 to_II bold_JJ or_CC italics_NN2 suggesting_VVG a_AT1 change_NN1 in_II voice_NN1 or_CC lighting_NN1 ._. 
However_RR ,_, in_II31 spite_II32 of_II33 the_AT apparent_JJ openness_NN1 of_IO Bornstein_NP1 's_GE form_NN1 and_CC its_APPGE superficial_JJ similarities_NN2 to_II Lettin_NP1 ,_, her_APPGE clear_JJ political_JJ agenda_NN1 limits_VVZ the_AT reader_NN1 's_GE interpretive_JJ possibilities_NN2 ,_, allowing_VVG Bornstein_NP1 to_TO retain_VVI greater_JJR control_NN1 over_II the_AT &lsqb;_( End_VV0 Page_NN1 681_MC &rsqb;_) text_NN1 ,_, and_CC to_TO limit_VVI the_AT chance_NN1 that_CST her_APPGE words_NN2 will_VM be_VBI used_VVN to_TO reinforce_VVI "_" the_AT myth_NN1 that_CST transgendered_VVD people_NN are_VBR malevolent_JJ ,_, mentally_RR ill_JJ ,_, or_CC monsters_NN2 "_" ._. 
Throughout_II Outlaw_NN1 ,_, Bornstein_NP1 performs_VVZ a_AT1 sleight_NN1 of_IO hand_NN1 ,_, eliciting_VVG the_AT reader_NN1 's_GE desire_NN1 to_TO hear_VVI her_APPGE life_NN1 story_NN1 and_CC then_RT offering_VVG her_APPGE theory_NN1 of_IO gender_NN1 in_II its_APPGE place_NN1 ,_, using_VVG the_AT power_NN1 of_IO authorship_NN1 to_TO facilitate_VVI her_APPGE move_NN1 ,_, and_CC that_DD1 of_IO other_JJ transgendered_JJ individuals_NN2 ,_, "_" from_II perverts_NN2 to_II experts_NN2 "_" ._. 
For_REX21 example_REX22 ,_, the_AT first_MD and_CC second_MD chapters_NN2 begin_VV0 with_IW pictures_NN2 of_IO Albert_NP1 Herman_NP1 (_( Bornstein_NP1 's_GE birth_NN1 name_NN1 )_) as_II an_AT1 infant_NN1 and_CC at_II four_MC years_NNT2 old_JJ respectively_RR ,_, suggesting_VVG that_CST the_AT chapters_NN2 to_TO follow_VVI will_VM describe_VVI the_AT early_JJ stages_NN2 of_IO Bornstein_NP1 's_GE life_NN1 ._. 
Instead_RR ,_, the_AT first_MD chapter_NN1 offers_VVZ a_AT1 description_NN1 of_IO Bornstein_NP1 's_GE collagebased_JJ "_" transgender_NN1 style_NN1 "_" (_( 3_MC -_- 4_MC )_) ._. 
And_CC in_II the_AT second_MD chapter_NN1 ,_, instead_II21 of_II22 writing_VVG about_II her_APPGE own_DA life_NN1 ,_, Bornstein_NP1 writes_VVZ about_II reactions_NN2 to_II sex_NN1 change_NN1 ,_, ranging_VVG from_II the_AT frank_JJ questions_NN2 of_IO children_NN2 to_II the_AT transsexual_JJ fantasies_NN2 of_IO pornographers_NN2 ._. 
She_PPHS1 thus_RR turns_VVZ the_AT microscope_NN1 back_RP on_II the_AT public_JJ --_NN1 and_CC potentially_RR the_AT book_NN1 's_GE reader_NN1 --_NN1 and_CC away_II21 from_II22 herself_PPX1 ._. 
Bornstein_NP1 's_GE refusal_NN1 to_TO write_VVI traditional_JJ autobiography_NN1 allows_VVZ her_PPHO1 to_TO create_VVI her_APPGE own_DA theory_NN1 of_IO gender_NN1 in_II dialogue_NN1 with_IW those_DD2 who_PNQS have_VH0 written_VVN about_II transgendered_JJ people_NN ,_, and_CC to_TO create_VVI a_AT1 new_JJ relationship_NN1 to_II the_AT book_NN1 's_GE audience_NN1 in_II which_DDQ she_PPHS1 challenges_VVZ readers_NN2 to_TO question_VVI their_APPGE own_DA gender_NN1 and_CC larger_JJR cultural_JJ systems_NN2 ._. 
Bornstein_NN1 does_VDZ not_XX ,_, however_RR ,_, act_VV0 on_II her_APPGE anger_NN1 by_II pulling_VVG away_II21 from_II22 lesbian_NN1 and_CC gay_JJ community_NN1 ,_, but_CCB instead_RR calls_VVZ for_IF lesbian_NN1 ,_, gay_JJ ,_, and_CC transgender_VV0 groups_NN2 to_TO "_" include_VVI one_PPX121 another_PPX122 in_II our_APPGE struggles_NN2 "_" ._. 
I_PPIS1 thus_RR see_VV0 Bornstein_NP1 's_GE formal_JJ exploration_NN1 as_II an_AT1 experiment_NN1 in_II creating_VVG community_NN1 that_CST is_VBZ based_VVN not_XX on_II rules_NN2 or_CC identity_NN1 categories_NN2 --_NN1 with_IW their_APPGE potential_NN1 to_TO exclude_VVI --_JJ but_CCB "_" on_II the_AT principle_NN1 of_IO constant_JJ change_NN1 "_" ._. 
The_AT process_NN1 by_II which_DDQ Outlaw_NN1 performs_VVZ such_DA community_NN1 building_NN1 is_VBZ based_VVN upon_II queer_JJ theater_NN1 ,_, which_DDQ Bornstein_NP1 defines_VVZ by_II its_APPGE "_" outsider_NN1 mentality_NN1 "_" and_CC its_APPGE constant_JJ evolution_NN1 to_TO avoid_VVI assimilation_NN1 while_CS continuing_VVG to_TO "_" provoke_VVI "_" and_CC challenge_VVI "_" the_AT dominant_JJ culture_NN1 "_" ._. 
However_RR ,_, this_DD1 very_JJ need_NN1 to_TO provoke_VVI and_CC remain_VVI outside_RL seems_VVZ at_II odds_NN2 with_IW community_NN1 membership_NN1 ,_, which_DDQ leads_VVZ Bornstein_NP1 to_TO make_VVI two_MC apparently_RR contradictory_JJ arguments_NN2 ._. 
On_II the_AT one_MC1 hand_NN1 ,_, she_PPHS1 claims_VVZ that_CST an_AT1 "_" empowering_JJ theater_NN1 is_VBZ a_AT1 strong_JJ partner_NN1 "_" to_II a_AT1 community_NN1 of_IO sex_NN1 and_CC gender_NN1 outlaws_NN2 ,_, "_" a_AT1 space_NN1 in_II which_DDQ people_NN can_VM work_VVI together_RL for_IF a_AT1 common_JJ goal_NN1 of_IO freedom_NN1 "_" ._. 
On_II the_AT other_JJ hand_NN1 ,_, Bornstein_NP1 writes_VVZ ,_, "_" Theater_NN1 that_CST grows_VVZ up_RP in_II a_AT1 community_NN1 ,_, with_IW the_AT aim_NN1 of_IO supporting_VVG that_DD1 community_NN1 ,_, will_VM become_VVI a_AT1 theater_NN1 that_CST pacifies_VVZ its_APPGE audience_NN1 "_" ._. 
Bornstein_NN1 refuses_VVZ to_TO reconcile_VVI these_DD2 two_MC opposing_JJ views_NN2 ,_, or_CC to_II privilege_NN1 one_MC1 over_II the_AT other_JJ ,_, but_CCB instead_RR suspends_VVZ argumentative_JJ resolution_NN1 just_RR as_CSA she_PPHS1 has_VHZ suspended_VVN the_AT narrative_JJ resolution_NN1 of_IO her_APPGE sex_NN1 change_NN1 ,_, which_DDQ would_VM traditionally_RR work_VVI toward_II the_AT teleology_NN1 of_IO "_" cure_NN1 "_" and_CC of_IO "_" complete_JJ "_" womanhood_NN1 ._. 
As_CSA Lynda_NP1 Hart_NP1 argues_VVZ ,_, this_DD1 "_" suspense_NN1 of_IO &lsqb;_( endlessly_RR &rsqb;_) deferred_JJ gratification_NN1 "_" is_VBZ characteristic_JJ of_IO S/M_NN1 play_NN1 ,_, and_CC might_VM help_VVI to_TO explain_VVI Bornstein_NP1 's_GE adoption_NN1 of_IO S/M_NN1 as_II an_AT1 authorial_JJ practice_NN1 ._. 
Hart_NP1 goes_VVZ on_RP to_TO say_VVI ,_, "_" As_II31 opposed_II32 to_II33 the_AT fluidity_NN1 of_IO conventional_JJ representations_NN2 of_IO sexual_JJ intercourse_NN1 ,_, the_AT s/m_ZZ1 scene_NN1 is_VBZ broken_VVN up_RP ,_, interrupted_VVD ._. 
This_DD1 is_VBZ a_AT1 different_JJ model_NN1 of_IO continuance_NN1 ;_; for_IF if_CS suspense_NN1 is_VBZ understood_VVN as_II a_AT1 desire_NN1 to_TO extend_VVI the_AT scene_NN1 for_IF as_RG long_RR as_CSA possible_JJ ,_, even_CS21 when_CS22 a_AT1 'consummation'_NN1 occurs_VVZ ,_, it_PPH1 is_VBZ not_XX an_AT1 endpoint_NN1 ,_, or_CC goal_NN1 ._. "_" 
If_CS indeed_RR such_DA suspension_NN1 serves_VVZ as_CSA "_" a_AT1 means_NN to_TO reproduce_VVI conditions_NN2 that_CST guarantee_VV0 the_AT necessity_NN1 for_IF endless_JJ returns_NN2 "_" ,_, then_RT Bornstein_NP1 's_GE refusal_NN1 to_TO come_VVI to_II narrative_NN1 and_CC argumentative_JJ resolution_NN1 might_VM ,_, in_II fact_NN1 ,_, bind_VV0 her_APPGE audience_NN1 to_II her_APPGE more_RGR fully_RR than_CSN traditional_JJ forms_NN2 could_VM ,_, projecting_VVG this_DD1 continued_JJ relationship_NN1 beyond_II the_AT ending_NN1 of_IO the_AT text_NN1 toward_II an_AT1 imagined_JJ utopian_JJ community_NN1 ._. 
Although_CS Bornstein_NP1 focuses_VVZ only_RR on_II a_AT1 small_JJ portion_NN1 of_IO the_AT law_NN1 ,_, which_DDQ was_VBDZ passed_VVN as_II part_NN1 of_IO a_AT1 massive_JJ spending_NN1 bill_NN1 ,_, the_AT Helms_NP1 amendment_NN1 also_RR prohibited_VVD the_AT Centers_NN2 for_IF Disease_NN1 Control_NN1 from_II including_VVG in_II AIDS-awareness_JJ pamphlets_NN2 "_" any_DD picture_NN1 of_IO genital_JJ organs_NN2 ,_, the_AT anus_NN1 ,_, and_CC either_RR safe_JJ or_CC unsafe_JJ sex_NN1 ,_, "_" and_CC it_PPH1 further_RRR required_VVN all_DB pamphlets_NN2 to_TO "_" propound_VVI the_AT benefits_NN2 of_IO abstinence_NN1 "_" (_( Allen_NP1 ,_, "_" Birth_NN1 "_" )_) ._. 
Although_CS much_DA1 could_VM and_CC has_VHZ been_VBN said_VVN about_II the_AT Helms_NP1 Amendment_NN1 ,_, what_DDQ interests_VVZ me_PPIO1 about_II it_PPH1 in_II this_DD1 context_NN1 is_VBZ its_APPGE creation_NN1 of_IO a_AT1 broad_JJ category_NN1 of_IO perverse_JJ sex_NN1 acts_VVZ that_CST collapses_VVZ distinctions_NN2 between_II representations_NN2 of_IO sex_NN1 acts_NN2 and_CC acts_NN2 themselves_PPX2 ,_, as_RG well_RR as_CSA between_II consensual_JJ adult_NN1 sex_NN1 and_CC the_AT sexual_JJ abuse_NN1 and_CC exploitation_NN1 of_IO children_NN2 ._. 
When_CS Bornstein_NP1 's_GE list_NN1 is_VBZ read_VVN in_II dialogue_NN1 with_IW the_AT selection_NN1 she_PPHS1 excerpts_NN2 from_II the_AT Helms_NP1 Amendment_NN1 ,_, we_PPIS2 might_VM see_VVI her_APPGE failure_NN1 to_TO contextualize_VVI discussions_NN2 of_IO "_" Owner/Slave_NN1 "_" and_CC "_" Parent/Child_NN1 "_" models_NN2 as_II a_AT1 submission_NN1 "_" with_IW a_AT1 vengeance_NN1 "_" to_II the_AT very_JJ system_NN1 of_IO sexual_JJ perversion_NN1 that_CST Helms_NP1 sets_VVZ up_RP ._. 
In_II other_JJ words_NN2 ,_, this_DD1 textual_JJ moment_NN1 might_VM be_VBI seen_VVN in_II31 terms_II32 of_II33 both_RR sadist_NN1 and_CC masochist_NN1 roles_NN2 ,_, as_CSA Bornstein_NP1 simultaneously_RR asserts_VVZ her_APPGE direct_JJ mastery_NN1 over_II her_APPGE readers_NN2 and_CC claims_VVZ the_AT subversive_JJ power_NN1 of_IO the_AT masochist_NN1 in_II31 relation_II32 to_II33 Helms_NP1 and_CC the_AT growing_JJ Religious_JJ Right_NN1 he_PPHS1 represents_VVZ ._. 
As_CSA Michael_NP1 Uebel_NP1 emphasizes_VVZ in_II his_APPGE survey_NN1 of_IO "_" Masochism_NN1 in_II America_NP1 ,_, "_" such_DA "_" subordination_NN1 to_II the_AT exact_JJ letter_NN1 of_IO the_AT Law_NN1 ,_, thereby_RR exaggerating_VVG its_APPGE obscene_JJ dimension_NN1 ,_, subverts_VVZ the_AT very_JJ meaning_NN1 of_IO regulation_NN1 "_" ._. 
