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max theodore
is on page 253 of 512
the much ado chapter brings up good ideas but it seems so half-baked and way too short... someday i will have to write the Politically Aromantic Reading Of Much Ado paper myself
— Jul 25, 2025 05:13PM
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max theodore
is on page 244 of 512
the midsummer night's dream chapter is definitely the best in this book if only for the phrases "renaissance furry fandom" and "aristotle, the first ponyboy"
— Sep 11, 2025 08:50PM
max theodore
is on page 350 of 512
the taming of the shrew chapter is doing nothing for me but i'm just so happy that it's about latin being sexy instead of about reading kate and petruchio as bdsm that i don't even care
— Jul 15, 2025 07:57PM
max theodore
is on page 403 of 512
two gents chapter uses the phrase "a hint of lesbo possibility." really awesome
— Jun 25, 2025 06:51PM
max theodore
is on page 224 of 512
on merchant:
"If dowries, flesh, and blood are the most important markers of early modern heterosexual marriage rites and rights, then Antonio takes on heterosexual marriage at its most sacrosanct sites and proceeds to outstrip each of them... [he] shows himself welcoming in the present as opposed to some hazily undefined future the ultimate proof of the endurance of the marital bond: 'til; death do us depart.'"
— Feb 20, 2023 01:21PM
"If dowries, flesh, and blood are the most important markers of early modern heterosexual marriage rites and rights, then Antonio takes on heterosexual marriage at its most sacrosanct sites and proceeds to outstrip each of them... [he] shows himself welcoming in the present as opposed to some hazily undefined future the ultimate proof of the endurance of the marital bond: 'til; death do us depart.'"
max theodore
is on page 308 of 512
on r&j:
"In the face of every ideological apparatus... striving to inculcate a politics of reproductive futurity, Romeo and Juliet insist that there is no time; the time is now; it is sonnet/lyric time, not narrative time; there is no future. This is the... drive that drives them to their tombs."
this got my brain going but imo you could do more w the erotics of/obsession with death in this play <-- guy who's insane
— Feb 03, 2023 02:15PM
"In the face of every ideological apparatus... striving to inculcate a politics of reproductive futurity, Romeo and Juliet insist that there is no time; the time is now; it is sonnet/lyric time, not narrative time; there is no future. This is the... drive that drives them to their tombs."
this got my brain going but imo you could do more w the erotics of/obsession with death in this play <-- guy who's insane
max theodore
is on page 244 of 512
nsfw/
"Nick Bottom, artisan and amateur actor, is a Renaissance proto-furry."
there is a footnote here. that explains the word furry. in an academic manner. this article is called "shakespeare’s ass play." it concludes by drawing lines between MSND & ponyplay, which “offers an escapist release from the burdens of being simply human,” & then asserts aristotle was the first ponyboy. i hope the whole book is like this
— Jan 27, 2023 09:19PM
"Nick Bottom, artisan and amateur actor, is a Renaissance proto-furry."
there is a footnote here. that explains the word furry. in an academic manner. this article is called "shakespeare’s ass play." it concludes by drawing lines between MSND & ponyplay, which “offers an escapist release from the burdens of being simply human,” & then asserts aristotle was the first ponyboy. i hope the whole book is like this
max theodore
is on page 27 of 512
after reading the intro to this, i'm not sure i know what queer theory means at all. but i'm very excited
— Jan 21, 2023 10:11PM
