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i think the thing about intracommunity conflict over who can 'claim' certain queer figures from the ancient world (e.g., was sappho a lesbian or bisexual, was iphis a lesbian or a trans man) is that it basically never tells us anything interesting or new about the ancient material and only ever becomes an opportunity for ppl to show their worst, most vitriolic assumptions about the experiences of other queer people today.

i think this happens bc often these inquiries come from a place of wanting to see one's own identity and experience reflected exactly back in ancient material, which i don't think is harmful on it's own, although it's often a little boring because it limits our field of vision for seeing how ancient gender and sexuality could be queer in ways that don't immediately register to us -- when norms around gender and sexuality are different (which they unarguably were in many, many ways), the experiences that fall outside of those norms are also different. but this way of approaching queer history gets really nasty when it couples with a view of contemporary gender and sexuality that is, well, bogged down by any number of issues: an excessive attachment to identity as ontology ("this category terminology reflects perfectly who everybody is inherently inside"); a perception of privilege and oppression as zero-sum (aka the pokemon typing theory of structural violence); a watered down understanding of what intersectionality means (thinking only about individuals who occupy multiple marginalized positionalities rather than considering how multiple marginalizations overlap or are linked).

all of this has no effect on sappho (dead) or iphis (fictional), but it does have an effect on the queer people today who get caught in the crosshairs when ancient figures are used as cudgels and mouthpieces to lend historical authority to contemporary disputes. when really it seems like the most historiographically responsible answer to "was [ancient figure] a [queer interpretation a] or [queer interpretation b]" is "yes. and no. and original historical context matters. and the way that figure has been interpreted outside of their original historical context also matters. and that original historical context usually can't be completely reconstructed. and also we don't need the certainty of complete reconstruction to draw connections. and also ancient queerness looks a lot different than we expect. and also modern queerness looks a lot different than we expect."

according to time period, arthur lester and bertram wilberforce wooster could meet. they could very much interact.

So I'm relistening to Malevolent, as you do, and this will forever be one of my favourite interactions ever:

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John being reasonable and helpful

Well fuck.

For those who don't know, this doesn't mean that the RN has a majority in the Assembly. The system for legislative elections is particularly convoluted, and this is based on polls outside voting stations. Nevertheless, it's not a great sign.

Imagining Sandalphon's reaction to any of the events in season 2 is hilarious.

We know Beelzebub's recasting will be addressed in S2, will Sandalphon's absence also be addressed?

Nope. He was off on a secret mission during the events of Season 2 and it was so secret nobody talks about it.

(I was really sad when Paul Chahidi was unavailable, but Liz Carr is so good and now I'm happy I have more Angels if there is ever a Season 3. )

The feeling of dread that overcomes me each time someone without a technical background talks about AI can only be overshadowed by the feeling of dread that overcomes me each time someone with a technical background talks about AI.

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There seems to be an almost fandom-wide agreement that devil's minion happened in the 70s-80s, and while I understand the appeal (and can see some possible hints of it in canon), I have to say that I would find it 100% funnier if Armand fell in love with Old Man Daniel Molloy, #1 Armand hater.