Sunday Salon- The Law of Gaga: Queer Citizenship on the Pop Charts March 27, 2011

Join us for this series of intriguing conversations with Wesleyan faculty, staff and alumni. Salons are accompanied by coffee and delicious baked goods from O’Rourke’s Diner. Your suggested donation of $5 ensures the continuation of these fabulous events! This series is co-sponsored by the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies at Wesleyan (www.wesleyan.edu/masters).

The issue of gay rights is a hot topic on the pop charts. Be it well-intentioned or well-calculated, artists from Justin Bieber to Katy Perry have embraced the rhetoric of moderate gay activism. Hosted by musicologist and Wesleyan University alumnus Phil Gentry ’02, this talk explores the promises and pitfalls of when pop meets politics.