Finally, it's Best Queer Film on 6/5! Panelists Eric, Karissa, Kevin and @jonnyminogue debate the best in #lgbt #film from across the decades. #BrokebackMountain #TheBirdcage #RockyHorror #BoysDontCry #HedwigAndTheAngryInch and more, just in time for #Pride! #podcast #podcasts #PopCulture (11/13)

How Upper Lips Got Stiff

The truism that “boys don’t cry” is a Western social convention. #Colonialism and imperialism made sure it spread East.

by Isti Bhattacharya, March 8, 2023

"These rigid notions of #masculinity crystallized with English #imperialism. The young men sent to serve as administrators in the colonies were meticulously trained to cultivate a 'stiff upper lip,' often through public school education. Elite institutions such as Eton, Harrow, and Radley monitored students and crafted regimentation marked by corporal punishments and intensive sports such as rugby and gymnastics. Literature about public schools is replete with instances of rampant bullying. [...] 'To be hurt was to be stung and if to the point of tears, stung up; crying was blubbing, a word of abysmal contempt'.

"Stoicism in the face of loss had become such an indispensable part of the English personality that the phrase ‘stiff upper lip” came to be associated with it. The practice of withholding the display of emotions during moments of crisis heightened during the two world wars."

#ToxicMasculinity #BoysDontCry

Read more:
https://daily.jstor.org/how-upper-lips-got-stiff/#_=_

https://youtube.com/watch?v=9GkVhgIeGJQ&feature=share #TheCure #BoysDontCry #90’s #GothMusic #BestConcerts

Watching #BoysDontCry for the first time.
#TCMParty

#TheCure construyó artesanalmente su aura de oscuridad con los primeros discos durante la consolidación del movimiento post punk apenas se consumió el estallido musical de 1976. Pero paradójicamente, esa opacidad sonora tuvo reconocimiento público a nivel internacional con la aparición de #TheHeadOnTheDoor que llegó a las bateas un día como el de hoy, pero de 1985. La peculiaridad se sostiene en que allí encontramos melodías más cálidas (#CloseToMe, #InBetweenDays) que ya habían sido esbozadas de manera aislada en publicaciones anteriores (#BoysDontCry, #LetsGoToBed, #TheLovecats, #TheCaterpillar). Esa amplitud le dio mayor riqueza al grupo y una variada paleta de sonidos sin renunciar a las atmósferas depresivas que pasaron a ser un atributo más. Solvencia que se confirmaría en discos posteriores
#EfemeridesRock