Category Archives: Dickens(Queer/gay)

GAY/QUEER HERMENEUTICS. BARRIERS AND TRANSFORMATIONS.META-COUNTER-JOURNALISM.WHAT IS FACT?SOME “FACTS” ARE CULTURALLY RELATIVISTIC. BY STEVEN BENSON.

Posted on September 29, 2017 by decayetude

“hermeneutics are a branch of knowledge that deals with interpretation{eg of texts}” “hermeneutics are a method or theory of interpretation” STRAY THOUGHTS A VERY vexed field, SOLELY because societal homophobia/heterosexism/heteronormativity has MADE it so. Reflects each lgbtq person’s (self) positionality … Continue reading →

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ARCHIVING(CONTINUED); RADICAL RANDOMNESS. BY STEVEN BENSON.

Posted on September 22, 2017 by decayetude

When Chris and I archived for the second time, I had the (random) idea to  pick out, randomly- and hopefully serendipitously and pertinently- groups of 5 “naughty” (please read for that: thinking outside the hegemonic/heteronormative box) books, especially books that … Continue reading →

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THE TANGLED SKEIN OF MEMORY. MY LIFE AND “DAVID COPPERFIELD”. BY STEVEN BENSON.

Posted on July 4, 2017 by decayetude

“When I think of it, the picture always rises in my mind…”(“David Copperfield”) Memory is fleeting glimpses of the past(in picture form); memory is, also, elongated and long travails through the past. Dickens deals with both, in “David Copperfield”. Proust … Continue reading →

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