As someone who studies kingship and the idea of rulers to my fellow scholars who also study this stuff: why this incessant and persistent twee woobification of kings and queens?
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Replying to @medievaliste
Not sure why people want to think about rulers being their friends though.
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Ah and see, that is something that I don’t think is okay. Kids doing it is one thing, but this treatment of royalty and monarchy by fellow scholars who study it? Sorry, whether it carries into your scholarship or not I find it massively problematic.
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Not at all an equivalent to what I said. This is about royalty, so I’m not sure about this stuff about media studies? I think that people can enjoy music and Shakespeare plays, but many people who study them acknowledge that media can be problematic and have nuanced perspectives
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Replying to @AdmiralHip @medievaliste
My issue with stanning rulers from fellow scholars is that it puts these people on a pedestal. I don’t think people should stan anyone tbh. I also said, further down, that I am not saying people can’t find rulers interesting. I am criticizing the way I see people frame them here.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip @medievaliste
I see a lot of framing of medieval queens as feminist icons, which is massively not okay and I think is part of a wider trend of that sort of “girl boss” kind of feminism.
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So I’m frustrated at your false equivalence with media studies, because it wasn’t at all what I was saying, and that’s pretty clear from my thread.
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