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are they gay in song of achilles

Was Achill gay? Twter ers have been readg Male Miller's book 'Song of Achill' and took to the social media platform to discs the ia.

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THE PROFOUND GAY LOVE STORI OF THE OLD GUARD AND SONG OF ACHILL

Much of the ntemporary LGBTQ+ lerature we are exposed to today mak beg gay the only thg the book is about.

WAS ACHILL GAY? TWTER ERS BATE AFTER RURFACED 2011 BOOK!

Gay people didn’t jt happen to show up the past 100 years. It serv as a great example of LGBTQ+ reprentatn that approach and treats gay romance the same way straight romance would be wrten about. Surely gay upl takg on stereotypil mascule and feme rol have been over-ed throughout lerature?

Is the trope of Achill’ brazen personaly upled wh Patrocl’ soft exterr a false, ovesed fetishizatn of a gay relatnship? Whilst Miller has received praise for her cln of an openly gay relatnship, her approach to their sexual enunters has been cricised.

As a member of the muny myself, I wele healthy and accurate reprentatn, and I acknowledge that my ment on gay male relatnships is limed due to my genr, but om what I’ve seen personally on social media, the majory of fans who are obssed wh gay male relatnships are straight women. And therefore, I ask: why are straight women so obssed wh gay relatnships? NEXT POSTReview: Is The Gay Novel Dead?

WAS ACHILL GAY? WHAT WE KNOW FROM CLASSIL LERATURE

Joe and Nicky aren’t the ma protagonists director Ga Prce-Bythewood’s film, but sce the film’s release on July 10, they’re the characters who have garnered a lot of attentn bee of how rare is that gay men are featured actn movi. That The Old Guard’s Joe and Nicky are unapologetic about their love allows queer people, and gay men particular, the opportuny to see that throughout all of history, we’ve been there all along — and such a mastream, typilly heteronormative medium, no ls. At s heart is a simple msage: that straight people might not ever fully unrstand what ’s like to be gay and to fd love.

Beyond that not-great movie, Achill and Patrocl’s homosexualy has been bated over and over, ually g down to dissectg ancient Greek culture and the semantics of “gay”.

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Was Achill gay? Twter ers bate after rurfaced 2011 book! .

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