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“Blood-Brotherhood” reviewed in Vice magazine online

admin — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 18:01:30 +0000

John Safran ran a review of Blood-Brotherhood and Other Rites of Male Alliance in Vice magazine recently.

Blood Brotherhood and Other Rites of Male Alliance by Jack Donovan and Nathan F. Miller
Review by John Safran

Jack Donovan is a very right wing homosexual. He’s bright, sincere and so idiosyncratic it’s hard to know where to begin. His first book, Androphilia, was subtitled Rejecting the Gay Identity, Reclaiming Masculinity, and railed against rainbow flags and lisps. He’s also a contributing editor to Alternative Right, an online magazine seen by many detractors – and supporters – as white supremacist. For this audience Donovan declares his homosexuality, then argues the case for accepting gays in the military and for welcoming gay workmates (the non-lispy ones, at least).

Got that?

Now comes Blood Brotherhood, his contribution to the gay marriage debate.

Donovan thinks men, including gay men, are instinctual warriors. They like to fight and build things. To woo a woman, men temporarily suppress this instinct and become romancers. Flowers, snuggles, and white-frosted wedding cake. But this isn’t man’s natural state. So the question is: if two men want to commit, why go through with all this gay woman stuff?

Nevertheless, he likes the idea of a commitment ceremony. It solemnises honour, respect and watching each other’s back.
So if not a wedding, what?

Donovan proposes an alternative rite: a blood pact. Yes, as in opening a vein and mixing blood with your boyfriend.
A wedding is a knight and a maiden. A blood pact is a knight and a knight.

Blood Brotherhood is a survey through history, mythology, and literature, uncovering these bloody rites of male alliance. The bulk of the anthropological research comes from his co-writer – and fellow gay against gay culture – Nathan F. Miller.

Read the rest at Vice Magazine: JOHN SAFRAN’S CONTROVERSIAL BOOK REVIEW – Viceland Today

Blood-Brotherhood Interview on Grey Lodge

admin — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 05:30:30 +0000

A recent interview about the new book.

John Wisniewski Interviews Jack Donovan and Nathan F. Miller

Blood-Brotherhood Reading at CounterMedia

admin — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 17:17:13 +0000

Photo by David Lingbloom

I finished processing the video from my reading at CounterMedia on Thursday, and have posted most of my presentation to YouTube. All of the links are posted here:

http://www.jack-donovan.com/androphilia/blood-brotherhood/reading-countermedia/

Thanks again to everyone who came, and to Charlie at CounterMedia for hosting the event. If you couldn’t make it, but you are still interested in the book, CounterMedia still has a few copies. Stop in and check out the store.

Blood-Brotherhood and Other Rites of Male Alliance on KUFO

admin — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:56:55 +0000

Byron Beck will be talking about Blood-Brotherhood and Other Rites of Male Alliance on 101.1 KUFO-FM around 4:30PM PST today.

http://www.kufo.com/

Blood-Brotherhood Reading – October 1, 2009

admin — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 08:22:16 +0000

Jack Donovan Reading @ CounterMedia - Portland, OR

CounterMedia

October 1, 2009 – 7:00 PM

927 Oak Street, Downtown PDX

The event on FaceBook

“Blood-Brotherhood” Reading in Portland Oct. 1

admin — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 06:46:11 +0000

Jack Donovan, author of Androphilia, will be speaking about blood-brotherhood rites, rituals and traditions and reading from his new book (written with co-author Nathan F. Miller) Blood-Brotherhood and Other Rites of Male Alliance.

Thursday, October 1, 2009. 7:00pm – 8:00pm
CounterMedia
927 SW Oak St
Portland, OR 97205

CounterMedia is a unique bookstore in downtown Portland, offering a selection of unusual books, art books, comic books, graphic novels and a large collection of vintage erotic material.