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Chandler J. Birch
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practicing fantasist (https://t.co/UI4OPC0ReS). he/him
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really, a lady-knight might be anything—a propaganda poster, a radical mascot, a sacrificial symbol, a queer saint—the somewhat fervid fantasy of an awkward twelve-year-old—except a living woman. this is, more broadly, how the medieval past works in the popular imagination: not as actual history, but as a series of symbols which might be manipulated into whatever narrative serves you best. it's a vocabulary inclined naturally toward the authoritarian, i think—all those rightful kings and grateful peasants, holy quests and virtuous wars. what is a knight, other than the fiction that there’s a throne worth kneeling to and a state worth killing for? what is a lady-knight, other than a sort of cringe lean-in feminism?? girlboss, gatekeep, god save the queen! still: i circled back to her. i was always going to.
May 15, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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The guy-in-hot-dog-suit “we’re all trying to find out who did this” meme with the text “this is because of DEI.”
January 30, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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November 27, 2024 at 7:12 PM