Fuck Theory is a pseudonym and an alibi that trolls the academic field of critical theory from its margins (that is, from the increasingly gentrified wilderness of social media). They have been taught on college syllabi, published by Adult Magazine, presented at last year's Theorizing the Web conference, and one time they pissed off some social justice warriors on Tumblr. For someone that doesn't really exist, they sure have a lot of opinions.
How did queer go from celebrating difference to mocking everything that isn’t queer? Our new columnist Fuck Theory traces the roots of queer theory and where things went astray.
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