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In the Dream House
by Carmen Maria Machado
dark
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
As it turns out, queer villains become far more interesting among other gay characters, both within a specific project or universe and the zeitgeist at large. They become one star in a larger constellation; they are put into context. And that's pretty exciting, even liberating; by expanding representation, we give space to queens to be- as characters, as real people- human beings. They don't have to be metaphors for wickedness and depravity or icons of conformity and domesticity. They can be what they are. We deserve to have our wrongdoing represented as much as our heroism, because when we refuse wrongdoing as a possibility for a group of people, we refuse their humanity. That is to say, queers- real-life ones- do not deserve representation, protection, and rights because they are morally pure or upright people. They deserve those things because they are human beings, and that is enough.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship
Moderate: Homophobia