Mattilda, aka, Matt Bernstein Sycamore,' published his short story “Sink” in BAE 2001.
How many books have you published?
One novel called Pulling Taffy , and four anthologies—
Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity,
That's Revolting: Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation,
Dangerous Families: Queer Writing on Surviving; and
Tricks and Treats: Sex Workers Write About Their Clients.
Has any of your writing been produced in popular films or videos?
I’m sure someone has stolen something.
Did you attend college? If so, which one? What was your major?
Went for a year to some terrible snotty school on the East coast. No major. Felt like everything I was learning was outside of school, school was impeding my education. Left to develop as a radical queer outsider activist.
What other occupations do you hold, or have you held, besides being a writer?
I am a whore and an activist.
Are you now, or have you been a sex worker?
NEVER!
How old are you? What is your astrological sign?
33. Gemini.
Do your parents know about your erotic writing? Have they read it?
They’ve read some of it. They think it’s a horrible scandal. The worst thing for them is that I’m a whore and the second thing is that I left school, but maybe that will change will change when dengerous families comes out. Mother is unwilling to accept that she induced it. Don’t speak to my father.
Where do you reside?
I was born in DC. I live in SF now.
Have you written and published Poetry?
Yes.
Drama?
Everything I write is drama.
Any interesting felonies or misdemeanors you'd like to mention?
No convictions.
When not writing, what are you likely to be doing?
Trying to sleep, cooking, doing activism, or turning tricks.
Do you have any noteworthy hobbies, regimes, pursuits, or collections?
“Gay Shame” is the project I’m working on right now, a radical alternative to the assimilation that is the monster of the gay scene. We started by taking on the annual Pride Parade in SF, confronting the consumerism and assimilationist agenda.
We held the Gay Shame Awards, where we awarded the most hypocritical gays for their service to the community.
We had someone dress as Mary Cheney ( the Vice President’s lesbian daughter) to accept her award for hepling right-wingers cope. We poured a can of Coors over her head.
“Best target marketing” went to the Pride Parade for adopting the theme this year as the Budweisswer advertising slogan.
“Best gender fundamentalism” went to the the gay cops organization in SF for refusing to sign the law enforecement pledge for transgender human rights. They were on hand for award, but did not accept it.
“Best racist white-only space” went to the Nob Hill theater, (a gay porn/strip show theater) where they throw people of color out for supposedly stealing wallets when they haven’t. We almost gave it to whole city of San Francisco.
The “In” award went to Rosie O’Donnell, who after years of fiercely denying that she was a lesbian, came out just in time to sell her autobiography.
One of the most popular parts of the ceremony consisted of a rainbow flag that was lit on fire. One problem was that since the flags are made of plastic they melted instead of burnt.
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