A few days ago @graceelavery tweeted that “part of the point (of Queer & Trans studies) is to handle ideas that the family home renders unthinkable” & that uni students back at home might be "exposed to harm" if their parents knew. This is my response.http://lilymaynard.com/there-but-for-grace-go-we-queer-theory-and-the-snowflake-generation/ …
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Replying to @LilyLilyMaynard @graceelavery
Two things: 1) I am the same age as you. My classmates were "80s kids". I grew up in a right-wing Christian community, of which there are in fact still many in the world. I see what they post on Facebook about their families. You don't know what you're talking aboutpic.twitter.com/e21zHYeDlL
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OMG the first paragraph really is like "80s & 90s kids were so queer!! But then we stopped wearing eyeliner and dreaming about gay sex to celebrate the nuclear family as heterosexual suburban parents"
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Replying to @9BillionTigers @arthur_affect and
Truly the fact that this is all past tense is SENDING me. "We knew how to protest... not anymore though."
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The full embrace of "One day you'll also get older and abandon your values" always takes me aback
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