Hey hey,

I'm in film school and a part of making my thesis film involves writing a theory paper that goes along with it. My film is about two Queer autistic women falling in love. For my paper I want to use Queer Marxist theory, preferably ML, that talks about the revolutionary and liberatory potential of Queer love. How Queer love, and love in general, is oppressed through the capitalist Queerphobic patriarchy as a means of control. To discourage us from forming communities and to not feel responsible for the well-beings of other. My cishet professor told me that Marxism is only class reductionism, he specially said, "class can't explain misogyny", which we Queer communists of course know is ridiculous.

I'll admit I don't know much about Queer Marxist theory or theorists, and just Googling it doesn't really yield any results except one random trot on tumblr. Do any of y'all have any good recommendations?

  • bunbun@lemmygrad.ml
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    8 months ago

    For a modern example - Cuba's family code today is one of the most progressive on the planet. It's legitimately hard to believe, especially with how broadly it defines "family"- https://nacla.org/cubas-new-family-code-window-political-ecosystem

    For a more historical view - USSR decriminalized homosexuality in 1922. Later in 1934 "sodomy" was outlawed again. Here's a letter from a british gay commie to Stalin arguing against this change, I think it's right up your alley: https://www.marxist.com/letter-to-stalin-can-a-homosexual-be-in-the-communist-party.htm