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oneirophrenia) wrote2005-08-21 04:08 pm
oneirophrenia) wrote2005-08-21 04:08 pm
Your Sunday Gay!
Get thee hence and learn something about The Great Queers of History!
I stumbled across the site on MetaFilter earlier today and, truth be told, it's really quite fascinating. Loooooooooooot of poofters in history, let me tell you--some of the most influential philosophers, musicians, artists, inventors, scientists, and whatnot of all time. I did notice, however, that frequently this list of "great homos" is more like a list of "great bisexuals," though, as a number of people listed in it were definitely not exclusively "queer." Lord Byron, for instance, was not so much "queer" as he was an equal-opportunity lecher who would glad poke anything that would hold still long enough.
I was kind of surprised, however, to find Roland Barthes and Michel Foucault in the list. In my experience, gay men are usually a lot more creative and interesting, especially when they're literarily inclined. Barthes and Foucault were so full of pointless, idiotic shit it's hard to believe they were swishy.
I stumbled across the site on MetaFilter earlier today and, truth be told, it's really quite fascinating. Loooooooooooot of poofters in history, let me tell you--some of the most influential philosophers, musicians, artists, inventors, scientists, and whatnot of all time. I did notice, however, that frequently this list of "great homos" is more like a list of "great bisexuals," though, as a number of people listed in it were definitely not exclusively "queer." Lord Byron, for instance, was not so much "queer" as he was an equal-opportunity lecher who would glad poke anything that would hold still long enough.
I was kind of surprised, however, to find Roland Barthes and Michel Foucault in the list. In my experience, gay men are usually a lot more creative and interesting, especially when they're literarily inclined. Barthes and Foucault were so full of pointless, idiotic shit it's hard to believe they were swishy.
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