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Reading 15: On why I love tall cis women
The dance floor was pretty quiet for the first hour. We’d gotten up from our table a few times, drinks in hand, ready to merge with other revellers, but found the lack of busyness made the whole thing feel a little too awkward, a little too premature. So we sat for a while longer at…
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Reading 5: On remembering and literary canons
‘I remember wondering why, since I am queer, I wouldn’t rather be a girl.’ (p. 58) ‘I remember examining my cock and balls very carefully once and finding them absolutely disgusting.‘ (p. 78) These quotations are taken from Joe Brainard’s 1975 book of prose poetry, ‘I Remember‘. I read this book during my last summer in…
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Reading 3: On living in a violent culture of intimidation under the anti-trans propaganda machine and terrorised by a dog-whistling red sticker in the style of the Coco-cola logo
The sight of the great lime-tree on the lawn,Which seemed to have come on purpose from the woodsTo bring the house a message- -E.B.B, Aurora Leigh I am laying on the grass in Ruskin park, South London, drinking a glass of white wine. It is early May, and the hottest day of the year so…
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Reading 2: Þrymskviða
“Freya alone I lack, methinks.” I woke up yesterday in a flash of anxiety: I should have had that letter tracked. The letter, which I had drunkenly slid into the postbox at the end of my street at 11pm the night beforehand contained a few vitally important documents, namely my only form of ID (driving…
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