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Queer is by definition whatever is at odds with the normal, the legitimate, the dominant. There is nothing in particular to which it necessarily refers. It is an identity without an essence. ‘Queer’ then, demarcates not a positivity but a positionality vis-à-vis the normative.
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David Halperin (via silas-says)
fyi if he said this sentence in real life in 2011, he wouldn’t mean it in a good way :( (via besttumblr)
i don’t know about real life 2011 DH. tracking back?
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