one thing to my purpose nothing
Thing that annoys me greatly: this article, which argues that the sonnets prove that Shakespeare was gay and found women repulsive
Thing that annoys me equally greatly: comments to said article which are all "ZOMG NO SHAKESPEARE WASN'T GAY ELIZABETHANS WERE JUST LIKE THAT ABOUT MALE FRIENDSHIP."
*slaps everybody with fish*
THIS IS WHY WE HAVE THE WORD "QUEER."
Well, okay, the reasons for having the word "queer" are infinitely more complicated, but THAT IS WHY WE USE IT IN LITCRIT.
And look, I know every time I say I don't think Shakespeare was a misogynist I get jumped on for being naive, being a bad scholar, creating the Shakespeare I want to see, but no matter whom Shakespeare wanted to bone (and I am sure not going to argue for an entirely-heterosexual Shakespeare), you're just not going to convince me of that.
Thing that annoys me equally greatly: comments to said article which are all "ZOMG NO SHAKESPEARE WASN'T GAY ELIZABETHANS WERE JUST LIKE THAT ABOUT MALE FRIENDSHIP."
*slaps everybody with fish*
THIS IS WHY WE HAVE THE WORD "QUEER."
Well, okay, the reasons for having the word "queer" are infinitely more complicated, but THAT IS WHY WE USE IT IN LITCRIT.
And look, I know every time I say I don't think Shakespeare was a misogynist I get jumped on for being naive, being a bad scholar, creating the Shakespeare I want to see, but no matter whom Shakespeare wanted to bone (and I am sure not going to argue for an entirely-heterosexual Shakespeare), you're just not going to convince me of that.