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Episode 558
Published 3 months, 1 week ago
Description
On abolishing queer theory.
Ran Heilbrunn talks to Lee Jones and Alex Hochuli about his chapter, "Abolish Queer Theory!" in the edited collection Inversion: Gay Life after the Homosexual.
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What is queer theory and why should it be abolished?
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What is the meaning behind the shift in terms: invert, to homosexual, to gay, to queer?
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How does queer theory politicise sex and why is this bad?
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Do our libidos care about social inclusion? Can they?
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Is identity okay but identity politics bad?
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Links:
Inversion: Gay Life after the Homosexual, Aman Namaman and Pierre d’Alancaisez (eds.), Verdurin, 2025