#5: When she said (repeatedly) she only learned ancient Greek in order to be more like Oscar Wilde: Carson did admit, in the end, that part of her desire to learn Greek came from her childhood desire to be Oscar Wilde — classically educated, elegantly dressed, publicly witty. I asked her when she stopped … Continue reading Top Five Times Anne Carson Hinted That She Might Be Trans
I've seen those English dramas too They're cruel So if there's any other way To spell the word It's fine with me, with me Cruel professor Studying romances How am I supposed to pretend I never want to see you again? You're out on the stone and grass And I'm sleeping on the balcony After … Continue reading Vampire Weekend Lyrics that are Actually About 1890s Gay English Scholars Who Long for Intimate Comradeship
Animal Collective is one of those bands that you were obsessed with if you were a teenage white boy in the mid-aughts with Pitchfork as your homepage. They are still around, but it's no longer cool to like them, if that abysmal 6.2 for Painting With is any indication. However, the point of this post is not to … Continue reading Members of Animal Collective Ranked by Suitability to Play the Love Interest in a Mid-2000s Romantic Comedy
I feel like this one doesn’t need too much explanation. Bobby, I gotta say: you are a transmasc icon. Actually, you know what? This one makes me feel even more lesbian, somehow. That pose he’s got going on, and the button-down shirt with the top button undone, and his hair looking like that all manage … Continue reading 7 Images of Young Robert Sean Leonard That Make Me Feel Insecure in My Gender Identity
How many male novelists does it take to screw in a light bulb? If you don't serve oysters at your party you may as well be dead. How many male novelists does it take to screw in a light bulb? If you're more than two degrees of separation from Oscar Wilde you are nobody. How … Continue reading Male Novelist Jokes (but with late 19th/early 20th century “vaguely” homoerotic literature)
A collection of things that Robert Pope Leonard would say in his first address to the Vatican in the hypothetical hit series Being Pope Leonard. I’m going food shopping right now after we’re done. Vienna fingers I like, shredded wheat is my favorite cereal. Um, I usually get turkey burgers. I like turkey burgers. They’re quick. … … Continue reading Robert Sean Leonard Quotes as Addressed to the Vatican
Given the existing script of House MD, this didn't even take much. Self-explanatory. Lisa: House, I never approved this transplant House: [flipping the bird] approve this Cameron: Lung scans got back. Looks like they found–– House: [lighting a cigarette] Répétez? Chase: Our only choice is to amputate the foot, I’m very sorry Patient: [light angry sobbing] House: … Continue reading Dirtbag Greg House
I look fantastic in a flat cap. This skill is wasted in 2017, where flat caps are worn only to conceal male-pattern baldness. Likewise, I can really fill out a set of tweed breeches. I had to look up what Rupert Graves’ character in Maurice actually did for a living. This charming, unwashed ignorance would … Continue reading Reasons I Would Make An Excellent Edwardian Era Under-Gamekeeper And You Should Consider Me For The Position
Here is the quote "Reader, I Married Him" from the novel Jane Eyre but the verb "married" is replaced with so many verbs you forget what words in this sequence even mean: Reader, I tinkered him Reader, I buttered him Reader, I cremated him Reader, I assembled him Reader, I roundhoused him Reader, I canoodled him … Continue reading The Quote “Reader, I Married Him” from Jane Eyre, but with Verbs Other than “Married”
10. Only mildly so, the sleeves are rolled up and the vest is rather offensive. A younger Bobby Lenz and this pose would have been dysphoria central to be sure. 9. Just ridiculous. Barely makes me long for a lost boyhood at all. 8. A little too much Disney prince and not enough all boys … Continue reading Pictures of Robert Sean Leonard Ranked in Order of How Much They Trigger My Dysphoria
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