the appeal of "Hamilton" for geek feminists

[brainwane]

Posted on Geek Feminism and of interest to you if you are like "so why are we so into this thing?!"

Comments

[sasha_feather]

Great, comprehensive post!

Maybe I have my crabby pants on today (likeLy) but I find the "queer almost-representation" bit to be annoying. I don't think we should give LMM cookies for one tiny line that leaves Hamilton in the textual closet, and once again leaves it up to fans to explore and represent queerness in the life of someone who was very likely actually bisexual.

I'd be interested to hear other opinions.

[brainwane]

Glad you like the post!

I am a straight cis ally here so I don't want to speak for QUILTBAG folks, but yeah, I am also a little peeved that "Hamilton" features queer ALMOST-representation in sort of a Dumbledore-esque way; I enjoy and love "Hamilton" a lot, but I agree with you on this. And I too would like to hear other opinions.

[jesse_the_k]

That is a wonderful post. Thank you!