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the general sense of destabilisation

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Nisus and Euryalus!

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The unbearable whiteness of the entire field, and many of the voices leading "queer classics"

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The unbearable whiteness of the entire field, and many of the voices leading "queer classics"

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A better future, esp. given the outsized role that classical antiquity plays in modern understandings of queerness

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A better future, esp. given the outsized role that classical antiquity plays in modern understandings of queerness

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The pushback from straight/non-queer/traditional scholars against queer classics, unhistoricism, and any challenge to the heteronormative assumptions that have been upheld in classical scholarship while other disciplines (e.g. literature studies) have exhibited greater openness to queer theory

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The pushback from straight/non-queer/traditional scholars against queer classics, unhistoricism, and any challenge to the heteronormative assumptions that have been upheld in classical scholarship while other disciplines (e.g. literature studies) have exhibited greater openness to queer theory

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Creative texts as well as academic papers that give me a sense of belonging and community

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Creative texts as well as academic papers that give me a sense of belonging and community

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Maybe the very apolitical nature, which relates to the whiteness and straightness of the field.

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Maybe the very apolitical nature, which relates to the whiteness and straightness of the field.

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The self-righteousness of queer theorists who refuse to engage with or provide any empathy for cultures that have not had much exposure to queer discourse - this is unhelpful.

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The self-righteousness of queer theorists who refuse to engage with or provide any empathy for cultures that have not had much exposure to queer discourse - this is unhelpful.

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turning the world upside down so we can see it differently

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turning the world upside down so we can see it differently

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Understanding and integration of my discipline and myself

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Understanding and integration of my discipline and myself

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A better understanding of "the lineaments of gratified desire" (Blake). Or maybe just desire. 

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A better understanding of "the lineaments of gratified desire" (Blake). Or maybe just desire. 

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A means of bringing Classics into the modern world, helping to engage more people 

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A means of bringing Classics into the modern world, helping to engage more people 

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An alternative perspective on queerness outside of modern thinking

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An alternative perspective on queerness outside of modern thinking

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Interesting people talking about things that relate to me 

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Interesting people talking about things that relate to me 

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the text that isn't there (a voiceless anonymity/a destroyed 'non-normative' view/a loss)

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the text that isn't there (a voiceless anonymity/a destroyed 'non-normative' view/a loss)

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The impossibility of entering into dialogue with the field without an expert knowledge of Greek/Latin

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The impossibility of entering into dialogue with the field without an expert knowledge of Greek/Latin

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A way to connect queer history with present-day queer experiences

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A way to connect queer history with present-day queer experiences

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As a librarian, I am concerned about the dilemma that in order for materials to be catalogued, classified and findable, we have to put identities into boxes, etc., assigning specific terms to concepts that would best be left fluid

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As a librarian, I am concerned about the dilemma that in order for materials to be catalogued, classified and findable, we have to put identities into boxes, etc., assigning specific terms to concepts that would best be left fluid

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something intellectually exciting and productive, something that challenges the rut of historicist 'separation'

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something intellectually exciting and productive, something that challenges the rut of historicist 'separation'

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The Aeneid - Dido is everything and also Book VI, and the Nisus & Euryalus of it all 

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The Aeneid - Dido is everything and also Book VI, and the Nisus & Euryalus of it all 

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Filling the gendered gaps of sociocultural history

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Filling the gendered gaps of sociocultural history

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Can we disturb the binary between what is 'queer' and what is 'normative' whilst ensuring that 'queerness' maintains a distinct meaning? How much does and should fall under the umbrella heading of 'queerness'? How do theoretical definitions of 'queerness' interact with lived experience as a queer individual?

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Can we disturb the binary between what is 'queer' and what is 'normative' whilst ensuring that 'queerness' maintains a distinct meaning? How much does and should fall under the umbrella heading of 'queerness'? How do theoretical definitions of 'queerness' interact with lived experience as a queer individual?

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Queer theorists having a stagnant idea of the ways in which antiquity was queer

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Queer theorists having a stagnant idea of the ways in which antiquity was queer

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The potential for those with uncomfortable agendas to use queer classics for those agendas

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The potential for those with uncomfortable agendas to use queer classics for those agendas

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A way of looking at the ancient world that breaks away from the Dead White European Males approach that dominates an inherently conservative discipline.

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A way of looking at the ancient world that breaks away from the Dead White European Males approach that dominates an inherently conservative discipline.

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The inability to escape Foucault - I sometimes wonder whether his influence is holding us back from making new readings and interpretations

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The inability to escape Foucault - I sometimes wonder whether his influence is holding us back from making new readings and interpretations

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It always seems to be bound up in citing queer theory and doing authoritative readings of texts in a way that is so removed from REAL life, not to mention the elitism that seems inherent (class-ism, misogyny, transphobia, racism)

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Understanding constructions of antiquity and identity 

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Understanding constructions of antiquity and identity 

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it needs to engage with the mainstream somehow or it will just be seen as an option and not taken seriously

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it needs to engage with the mainstream somehow or it will just be seen as an option and not taken seriously

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My studies have focused on queer male relationships, and male authors writing about queer women

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My studies have focused on queer male relationships, and male authors writing about queer women

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A way of engaging with more people across disciplines. Addressing structural societal issues in today's world

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A way of engaging with more people across disciplines. Addressing structural societal issues in today's world

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Relatability to the past. To know that im not alone and a part of a larger queer history. 

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Relatability to the past. To know that im not alone and a part of a larger queer history. 

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Creating a sense of exclusivity or inaccessibility 

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Creating a sense of exclusivity or inaccessibility 

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new ways of reading and understanding ancient texts

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new ways of reading and understanding ancient texts