ABSTRACT
This chapter examines what kind of politics are envisioned by Charming for the Revolution video and also explores what kind of revolution is going to come and who is the charming subject of this revolution. Queer theory shares this interest in analysing consensus production and the widespread acceptance of, in this case, the heteronormative hierarchies that organize sex, gender, sexuality and desire. Duggan draws our interest to die rhetorical strategies and cultural politics deployed by neoliberal forces that create a wide range of consent from different social groups. It is desire travelling in images of becoming-bird that subverts the opposition of antagonism and tender tension on its way to subverting heteronormativity and neoliberal capitalism. Open Conflicts or antagonistic social positions are relativized through individualization and the diversification of social power. The Dandy-bird suggests the power in having control over the gaze, seducing the audience rather than giving in to its stigmatizing power.
