This week we’re talking about Marlowe’s Edward II, all about King Edward and his boy toy Gaveston and how trying to have your cake and eat it, too, goes very, very wrong for the ill-fated monarch. We celebrate a queer author for our Happy Hour; we re-introduce you to the very queer Christopher Marlowe in Meet the Contemporary; we read a rather progressive scene (for a 400-something year old play) for our Taste of Text; we cover the rumors and theories about the notorious manner of historical Edward II’s death; and we bring back a favorite game, Line Roulette! This play is gay AF and we LOVE IT.
Here’s what we recommended in this week’s Happy Hour feature:
What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Aubrey Gordon
Those goofy Match.com ads created by Ryan Reynolds and Taylor Swift
Blown Away on Netflix
Here’s what we featured in our ShakesBubble Gossip segments:
Hudson Strode event on March 26 (link forthcoming)
Catch RaceB4Race Education symposium all four days of speakers and question and answer sessions on YouTube!
The Bard In the Borderlands: Race, Language, and Coloniality event on February 8, 2021
