BSG: Queering One's Gaze & the Traces of Ideology

[frogfrizz]

I walk down a street in the interstices of school
and our gazes meet.
The road I tread
mows through her irises, presses her prisms
and I own
the eyes with which she watches me...

I'd like to bring into attention the 'gaze' by which we watch people, a function of gaydar, tied to knowing. It's a rather peculiar thing, I think, that certain people

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[projectcyborg]

I'm finally watching this ep tonight, so I can't yet speak to its specifics (Roslin/Tory?? squee!!), but also today I have to start working out my Mary paper, figuring out how to talk about the oscillation of visibility and invisibility in the play of the queer gaze. so, yay!

[frogfrizz]

Oh, my! How exciting! :) I can't wait until your paper is written (that I may read it and drool). Good luck with your paper and holler my way if you ever need anything!