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Happy Queer Media Monday!
Today: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
It is often cited as a Christmas story, but actually, both confrontations with the Green Knight take place on New Year’s Day.
(My paperback copy of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the Tolkien translation. Picture taken in front of my parents' Christmas tree, with two of my figurines: The Knight With An Axe and The Enchantress.)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a 14th century chivalric poem, author unknown, about King Arthur’s nephew, Sir Gawain, and his encounter with the mystical Green Knight.
On New Year’s Day, a knight dressed completely in green with green hair and beard rides into King Arthur’s court, and challenges the assembled knights to a game: They may give him a blow with an axe, and in a year, he will give the exact same blow back. Sir Gawain is the one to take him up on the offer, and cleanly beheads him. At which point the knight picks up his head and tells Gawain to come find him in a year, which Gawain does. On his way, he stops to spend Christmas at a castle, where the Lord challenges him to yet another game: An exchange of gifts. He goes out hunting, while Gawain stays at home to rest, and at the end of the day, they both give the other what they find. The Lady of the castle immediately starts hitting on Gawain, putting him in an uncomfortable position where he can’t insult her by refusing her advances, and also can’t accept them because he can’t just sleep with the wife of the man whose home he’s staying in. In the end, he ends up accepting a kiss from her each day, which he all gives to the Lord in the evening. The third day, he also accepts a belt that is supposed to make him invulnerable, which he keeps. On New Year’s Day, he meets with the Green Knight, who doesn’t behead him, but tells him off for having kept the belt. As it turns out, he and the Lord of the castle are the same person, and he’d been working together with his wife to test Gawain.
This text is a very important part of literature history, as it is one of the best-known Arthurian stories and keeps inspiring storytellers to this day. There have been many adaptations, the most recent example being the 2021 movie The Green Knight, though it does take a lot of liberties with the story.
It is also an important part of queer literature. Though the Middle Ages is a very different culture, so determining the sexuality of its heroes is tricky at best, Sir Gawain as a character can be easily read as bisexual, in a large part because of this text. I recommend this video by YouTuber Kaz Rowe for some further analysis.
If you want to experience this story for yourself, then a version of it is available as audiobook on LibriVox. Or you can read this comic adaptation (picked somewhat at random) by Emily Cheeseman. I know that there are many others, so I would like to ask everyone to add their own favorite adaptations of this story.
Queer Media Monday is an action I started to talk about some important and/or interesting parts of our queer heritage, that people, especially young people who are only just beginning to discover the wealth of stories out there, should be aware of. Please feel free to join in on the fun and make your own posts about things you personally find important!
#dangerous dangerous DANGEROUS#I'm always so afraid to speak with authority about the Middle Ages#it really is a very fundamentally different culture to ours#and I have read a book or two about queerness and sexuality at that time but it BY FAR is not enough#also my research was focussed more on gender because it was about the Roman de Silence NOT Sir Gawain#but whatever I don't think I really said something that's factually wrong#a queer interpretation of this text DOES exist#for the rest go read it and see what you think#it is a very fun story I can only recommend#literature#medieval literature#Arthurian legend#sir gawain and the green knight#Sir Gawain#queer literature#Queer Media Monday#happy new year
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#geology#scotland#i haven't worked in geology in 30 years#but it's still dangerous to let me drive when the geology is interesting#@ayeforscotland#but i am still a cartographer#and this is a way cool map
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Shadow after he runs over sonic for the 20th time
#shadow the hedgehog#shadow#sonic the hedgehog#sonic#sth#sonic fanart#sonic movie 3#my art#ALRIGHT IM OUT OF HERE‼️‼️#very dangerous to be posting anything movie related
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♬⋆.˚ Well it's a little bit dangerous, my friend˚.⋆♬
#epic the musical#epic the vengeance saga#dangerous#hermes#hermes epic#odysseus#odysseus epic#athena epic#athena#THats all i could think when I saw odysseus fighting for his life while hermes is busy twerking#my art
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'wah wah everywhere is falling to the right wing the whole world is doomed' literally like 6 months ago we were talking about how there was a trend in countries getting rid of their right wing governments. poland at the end of last year, france voted in a unified centre left/left alliance, even the UK finally got rid of the tories after 15 years (right wing splitting be damned, it still happened). outside of europe, bangladesh removed a dictator in like 2 seconds, india may have reelected their Evil Guy but on a DISTINCTLY reduced majority, theres been queer rights successes in thailand, with gay marriage set to be legal by 2025, and thereve been positive court cases on it in japan. and this is just stuff i vaguely remember hearing about. im sure theres more if you care to look for anything aside from more reasons to make yourself miserable
the US has a distinct effect on everyone, so this won't be fun for anyone (least of all its population. sorry guys), and there ARE a lot of people sliding into right wing extremism, but presenting this like its an unchallenged worldwide phenomenon is inaccurate, its damagingly bleak, and all it does is encourage despair and apathy. you DO have political power, and you shouldnt forget that just because of bad election results and the media's desperation to make you lose hope
#us politics#politics#have been seeing a lot of doom. guys not everything is sliding into horror. yeah theres dangerous trends but theres still a lot of rational#ppl in the world. dont forget that just because youre angry at people are rich enough not to care or who fall for fearmongering#anyway. sending love to the states it cant be easy sharing land mass with 70 million of the worst people ever
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Discord is officially blocked in Russia
anti-DPI programs can handle Discord here's Goodbye DPI w/ GUI here's ByeDPI, possibly nicest solution for Android other variants can be found here
regarding VPNs - Windscribe is still the real one, w/ non-standard protocols and special "hostile network" switch, one problem though - limited traffic, so you most likely have to juggle it w/ some noname VPN apps or proxy add-ons
note that it's illegal in Russia to talk about blocks circumvention, so if you don't live in Russia, please share this post, so your followers, who live there could see it and use it
#i copied this post from my russian mutual who couldnt share it bc its dangerous for them#but not for me#so pls reblog#living in dictotarship sucks but not everyone can leave#discord#russia
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I love you Safety Wizard.
(Inspired by @keroascrazy)
#safety wizard#wizard#Tumblr wants me to use the wizardposting tag so badly and I'm tempted. It's a good tag.#Shout out to stackedbirds for sending me the safety wizard post. Beloved mutual and beloved supplier of good wizard posts.#I will make it an open secret that I love me some good goofy wizards.#Safety Wizard has a special pizzazz that just gets the gears turning.#I like to imagine Safety Wizard began their studies as a traffic wizard. Then took some courses in roadside hazard magic.#This sparked an interest in safety magic and resulted in an eventual change of major - but the outfit stayed true to their roots.#All that said and done; The original costume is really good and I hope OP keeps up the good wizarding work.#Remember that distracted driving is extremely dangerous. Do not drive tired or in altered states of awareness.#It is always morally correct to call a friend of ride service if you have even the smallest doubt you will be a safe driver.#And *please* wear proper PPE on your job site. Do not put yourself or other's at risk!
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she commit acts of intercourse on my erogeneous zones until i achieve sexual climax
#pattern recognition has transitioned from a reliable ally into a dangerous enemy#alternatively: memes that were written by data from star trek
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i feel like people are skimming over the uk riots in a way that makes me want to tear my hair out. muslims in the uk are in active danger. immigrants in the uk are in active danger. refugees in the uk are in active danger. people of colour in the uk are in active danger. asian communities in the uk are in active danger. black communities in the uk are in active danger.
there are massive far right riots throughout the country right now and people like fucking elon musk and nigel farage are inciting it and still have a platform to speak. people have used three young girls deaths, people's genuine grief in southport, to try and gain traction for their own racist bullshit and it's working.
a lot of refugee charities have been forced to close leaving many people without support, homes, funding, food, etc. if you aren't able to donate please consider sending a message via the conversation over borders campaign! it will send a hopeful, welcoming letter to a refugee in the uk. there is also a guide to staying safe here.
please do your own research and donate to refugee charities, anti-islamophobia charities, mosques who are trying to rebuild after being destroyed, counter protesters, here are some i've heard positive things about but the list is extensive; southport strong together (support for the southport victims and their families), southport mosque rebuilding, riot repair fund, middlesbrough vulnerable residents, nasir mosque rebuilding, hull help for refugees, bristol welcomes migrants,
#i know there's so much going on but if you can take a second to support these groups !!#i just feel kinda sick#i wanted to add with so many people seeing this that i'm white im british and im extremely privileged to not be in active danger right now#i don't want to take away from people speaking out about this who are in a place of danger#this was really only meant to be for my followers#but i'm glad more people get to see what's happening and donate !!!
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Existential Nihilism Squad™
#atla#avatar the last airbender#atla fanart#atla art#ozai's angels#dangerous ladies#azula art#azula fanart#atla azula#princess azula#azula#ty lee atla#ty lee fanart#ty lee#mai fanart#mai art#atla mai#mai#ba sing se#the beach episode#atla meme#ozais angels#fire nation#Now you know why they get along so well#It's the existential nihilism of it all#Not existential crisis! Those are Zuko's specialty#“I'm never happy” “Think about our place in the universe” *yells to the universe* “You've never held back before” *drops into a moral coma*#he's really going through it#Meanwhile these three bad ladies are just ✨vibing✨ through it#existing is exhausting
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the men and boys are innocent too.
we cry "the innocent women and children" to appeal to the masses, to try and force their sympathy, but the men and boys are innocent too.
I have seen sons crying out for their mothers, their fathers, their siblings. I have seen them break down at the loss of their families. I have seen them cling to their dead and grieve.
I have seen fathers cradle their dead children, seen them kiss their faces and hold their little hands. I have seen them faint with grief when asked to identify the dead. I have seen them carry their sons and daughters. I have seen them fasting to provide what little they can for their families.
I have seen men and boys digging through the rubble with just their bare hands, I have seen them comforting strangers, playing with children, rocking them, hushing them, even if the face of such imminent danger. I have seen them cry, seen them grieve, seen them break down into each other's arms, seen them be selfless, beyond selfless, becoming something I don't have a word for.
I have seen the men who are doctors refuse to leave their patients, even when they have no medicine or supplies to give them, even when they're threatened with bombings. I have seen fathers who have lost all their children pick orphans up into their arms and proclaim them their child so they are not alone. I have seen men and boys digging pets out of the rubble.
the men are innocent too. the men and boys are being hurt and killed too. the men and boys are grieving too. the men and boys are scared too. the men and boys are fighting to save their people too. the men and boys deserve to be fought for too.
#I don't have words to describe how I feel for the men of Palestine#the things I have seen them do after everything they have been through goes so far beyond selfless#what do you call this? this prevailing goodness and willingness to give everything they have and more? what word even touches it?#I don't think there is one#islamophobia has conditioned us to see these men and boys as evil and dangerous#we see this in how we speak about Palestine#and we need to uncondition ourselves#they're just as innocent and of value and good as the women and children#so fight for them#they don't deserve this any more than the women and children#free palestine#palestine
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"The creator definitely didn't put that much thought into it" well then clearly someone else has to and I think I'm the weirdo for the job
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Sighs and twirls hair …. Jayvik……………. This isn’t fun I am rotting !!!!!
I don’t know man I don’t know I man okay I don’t k now I
I HAVE to stop I am giving myself 1 more arcane post after this and then I have to get back to loz somehow
#art#this did turn out super flat but I felt like posting so what now#drawing#arcane#ship art is dangerous#I HATE THEM#arcane season 2#arcane jayvik#jayvik#Jayce#jayce talis#Viktor#I LOVE POST S2 DISABLED JAYCE#I love that bisexual man btw#did I mention that I love Jayce#viktor talis#<- wouldn’t that be crazy#viktor arcane#arcane spoilers#arcane season 2 spoilers#just in case#digital art#arcane jayce#jayce x viktor#viktor x jayce#ship#my art#jayce fanart#arcane fanart#viktor fanart
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Siren Philosophy 1
Transcript:
Male Siren 1 (MS1): I do not think that humans eat animals.
MS1: I have never seen one do such a thing, and humans have animals that they do not eat. So they must not eat animals.
MS1: Furthermore, their mouths are small. They cannot eat animals properly. And they cannot rip animals apart, as trolls do, because they are so weak.
Male Siren 2 (MS2): I do not know if that is correct. Many small and weak animals eat smaller and weaker animals. Foxes are small and weak animals, and foxes eat mice and voles.
MS1: That is true, you are correct. We cannot conclude that humans do not eat mice and voles.
#been wrighting silly dialogs like this for fun a lot lately… prepare for me to turn this into an ask blog for these random sirens#dangerous animals#sirens#added transcript
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