Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. INTRODUCTION An Alternate Ribbon of Time 1
4. 1 SCREAMING THE BEATLES The First Boy Band Breaks the Gender Mold 13
5. 2 OH! YOU PRETTY THINGS The Glitter Revolution 27
6. 3 WHINING IS GENDER NEUTRAL Punk’s Adolescent Escapism 42
7. 4 WRECKERS OF CIVILIZATION Post-punk, Goth, and Industrial 66
8. 5 SOFT MACHINES Women, Cyborgs, and Electronic Music 84
9. 6 NOT A WOMAN, NOT A MAN Prince’s Sapphic Androgyny 103
10. 7 THE FAKE MAKES I T REAL Synthpop and MTV 114
11. 8 INFINITE UTOPIA Queer Time in Disco and House 140
12. 9 FUNKY CYBORGS Time, Technology, and Gender in Hip-Hop 160
13. 10 BUTCH THROATS Women’s Music and Riot Grrrl 174
14. 11 GOD IS GAY The Grunge Eruption 190
15. 12 NO SHAPE The Formless Internet 200
16. CODA Whole New World 219
17. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 222
18. NOTES 223
19. INDEX 236