not all consumers (or creators) are agents with the capacity to resist the conventions of corporatized mass culture. Indeed, the wall paintings of street artists do not always translate into political subversion or anticapitalist protest, nor do young women necessarily ‘‘speak truth to power’’ by lip- synching to dance music with their Barbie dolls. Her book is at its strongest when illus- trating how the logic of post-feminism in contemporary culture creates its own set of constraining parameters for girls ‘‘gone wild’’ on YouTube in terms of body image, racial identity, and other elements of hege- monic femininity. I also appreciate her recog- nition of the socially constructed nature of authenticity, emphasizing its role as an orga- nizing principle for rendering symbolic meaning and social value under advanced capitalism, rather than some attainable goal or way of being in the world. At the same time, Banet-Weiser’s highly theoretical approach imposes its own set of constraints on her otherwise clever analysis. As a communication scholar she does a pre- dictably obsessive job of mining the mass media landscape for evidence of celebrity brands (and branded celebrities) that repre- sent some of the last decade’s most well- known cultural icons: Shepard Fairey’s Obama ‘‘Hope’’ poster; Dove soap commer- cials; online videos downloaded by millions; Tila Tequila’s MySpace profile; Elizabeth Gil- bert’s bestseller Eat, Pray, Love; Rick Warren and Deepak Chopra; Jamie Oliver and Al Gore. Yet for a book with so much name- dropping, Authentic ä is surprisingly devoid of people who can speak for themselves, con- fusing the self-brand with the actual person behind the manufactured image. While Banksy and Fairey are fascinating (if overex- posed) artists, I would love to learn more about how ordinary graffiti taggers make sense of the gentrified urban landscape; what motivates young women to perform for strangers online; how average consumers use social media to create self-referential communities of political awareness; how reli- gious people chose among competing spiritu- al beliefs and collective practices; how we all search for authenticity in our everyday lives. Maybe then I could finally figure out what the deal is with those hipster beekeepers. The Marrying Kind?: Debating Same-Sex Marriage within the Lesbian and Gay Movement, edited by Mary Bernstein and Verta Taylor. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota, 2013. 416pp. $25.00 paper. ISBN: 9780816681723. CAROL S. WALTHER Northern Illinois University cwalther@niu.edu The Marrying Kind?: Debating Same-Sex Mar- riage within the Lesbian and Gay Movement, edited by Mary Bernstein and Verta Taylor, examines, discusses, and debates same-sex marriage and the debate within LGBT com- munities. This book contributes to the LGBT and social movement literature in three ways by discussing (1) the ‘‘normalization’’ of same-sex marriage, (2) ‘‘decentering and privatizing lesbian and gay identity,’’ and (3) the ‘‘misguided energy’’ of pursuing same-sex marriage instead of other social movement outcomes. The goal of this edited volume ‘‘is to understand the debate within LGBT communities over same-sex marriage; how this conflict has influence on the nation- wide campaign for same-sex marriage; and the extent to which disputes and fears that sur- round same-sex marriage are justified’’ (p. 2). Important themes of this book are the examination of discourse, framing, and iden- tities. First, Jeffrey Kosbie’s chapter, ‘‘Beyond Queer vs. LGBT: Discursive Community and Marriage Mobilization in Massachusetts’’ examines the discourse to overcome internal divisions of intending to marry or not in Mas- sEquality, a social movement organization. LGBT activists and heterosexual allies shared a collective identity of ‘‘marriage support- ers’’ within the organization, but other iden- tities, such as religious and heterosexuality, threatened shared goals of the organization. Kosbie concludes that common tensions in social movements are the debates between different internal groups and how shared and unshared identities can create tensions. Second, Katie Oliviero’s chapter, ‘‘Yes on Proposition 8: The Conservative Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage’’ examines discourse and framing by Protect Marriage Coalition (PMC). Oliviero argues that PMC decon- structed ‘‘the relationship between civil Reviews 35 Contemporary Sociology 44, 1