son can almost read his father’s thoughts‚ which suggests a kind of closeness: ‘my father thought it bloody queer’. ‘bloody queer’ can’t be the way the poet would describe himself‚ as it seems too harsh and violent. It seems to fit with the colloquial‚ judgemental phrases that his father uses. The poet is close enough to his father to be able to ’become’ him - for these lines in the poem. ‘queer’ is used to condemn something that doesn’t conform. The whole poem is about rebellion. The first stanza
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ca/en/research/rir/index_e.htm?action=record.viewrec&gotorec=451031 – Accessed 17 January 2008. 10. ‘Up & Around’ 2005‚ Mongol Dyke website‚ 18 February http://www.mongoldyke.org.mn/up_around_eng.htm – Accessed 12 April 2005. 11. Smith‚ R. 2002‚ ‘Queer Mongolians: Is Isolation Their Destiny?’‚ International Institute for Asian Studies Newsletter‚ no. 29‚ November http://www.iias.nl/iiasn/29/IIASNL29_14.pdf - Accessed 4 February 2008. 12. Laatio‚ Helena 2006‚ ‘Mongolia in the lead in its battle against
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“In the short-term‚ queer youth who go through conversion therapy are being cheated of the opportunity to gain self-confidence and self-esteem‚ to get support from family members and other adults‚ and to have normal adolescent developmental experiences” (Huffington Post). These
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‘Gender blending’ is evident in nearly every society; with the Hijras in India‚ female husbands in Navajo societies and travestis in Brazil. It can be said that the westernised version is the drag queen. A drag queen is a male who dresses in female attire and often acts with overstated femininity (Strübel-Scheiner 2011). Often they will exaggerate certain female characteristics for comedic effect‚ dramatic effect or mocking. For the purpose of this essay when discussing a drag queen they will be
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continually placed the responsibility of enforcing these humanitarian hearted policies and procedures on the police. In Building an Abolitionist Trans And Queer Movement with Everything We’ve Got‚ Dean
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According to Vladimir Nabokov‚ in an essay entitled “Good Readers and Good Writers‚” there are specific traits that make up a good writer. One looking to be a great writer should be “considered as a storyteller‚ as a teacher‚ and as an enchanter” (1007). Sylvia Plath is a good writer‚ because she meets each of his expectations. Nabokov was primarily educated at the prestigious Trinity College‚ Cambridge. He lectured and taught at Stanford University‚ Wellesley College‚ and Cornell University‚ all
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New queer cinema Boys Don’t Cry Boys Don’t Cry is a movie examining the life of the late Teena Brandon. It is an intense movie that follows her journey to self-discovery and essentially her passing. Boys Don’t Cry not only explores how difficult it is to be queer but also what it means to have a sexual identity crisis (as Brandon puts it). Brandon goes through so much to cover his true identity and in the end nothing is enough. This adaptation of a true story engages and walks the watcher
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New Mexico‚ Arizona‚ and California‚ as a “vague and undetermined place created by the emotional residue of an unnatural boundary…the prohibited and forbidden are its inhabitants…the squint-eyed‚ the perverse‚ the queer‚ the troublesome”. I find the author’s utilization of the word queer to describe the Aztlan peoples particularly interesting‚ as it draws a recognizable parallel between the historical struggles of Chicanos with
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gender identity trans identity gender queer gemderfluid feminine masculine blah blah blah examples: mulan rupaul “butch” and “femme” barbie and ken the l word kinsey scale?? bars people go to Throughout the semester‚ I have decided to explore the idea of gender and gender identity. This means I will explore the different identities and how those identities have shaped the lives of the people who embody those identities. I will explore from the cis-gender identity all the way to
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In the early days‚ gay media representation was constantly tied to contracting the HIV virus‚ and the implications were always pessimistic. Cited in Dustin Goltz’s book on Queer Temporalities‚ Roman argues that “popular media constructions of HIV-negativity are depressing‚ providing limited discourses‚ and offer ‘little incentive to imagine a life worth living’” (qtd. in Goltz 9). Considering this‚ How to get away with murder
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