Mark Simpson
Mark Simpson (* 1965 in York ) is a British journalist and writer .
Life
Simpson is primarily concerned with issues of gender , sexuality, and pop culture . In 1994 the expression “ metrosexual ” was coined by him, later also “ retrosexual ”. He is the editor of the collection of articles Anti-Gay , in which homosexual and bisexual writers discussed the flaws of gay culture. He is the author of, among others, Saint Morrissey , a self-styled “psycho-biography” about the former front man of The Smiths .
Works (selection)
- Male impersonators. Men Performing Masculinity. Routledge, New York 1994, ISBN 0-415-90991-0 .
- It's a queer world. Deviant adventures in pop culture . Haworth Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-7890-0609-X .
- Anti-gay . Freedom Edition, London 1999, ISBN 0-304-33144-9 .
- The Queen Is Dead. A story of jarheads, eggheads, serial killers and bad sex . Arcadia Edition, London 2001, ISBN 1-900850-49-4 (together with Steven Zeeland ).
- Sex terror. Erotic misadventures in pop culture . Harrington Park Press, New York 2002, ISBN 1-56023-376-1 .
- Saint Morrissey . A portrait of this charming man by an alarming fan . Touchstone Press, New York 2006, ISBN 0-7432-8481-X (biography).
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| SURNAME | Simpson, Mark |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British journalist and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | York |