I look forward to watching Gentleman Jack, which is absolutely in my queue. And it feels like I'm always learning new extents of how our historical narrative is curated. "Lost" is right. It's certainly not accidental.
I spent some time last year looking at old issues of The Advocate from the 70's on microfilm, just for fun. It's wonderful how full and nuanced queer history looks on the pages of a newspaper; you get the politics, letter columns, entertainment reviews, travel guides, advertisements and classifieds all next to each other. I took lots of screencaps, and I've posted a few to tumblr, but I haven't figured out yet what to do with them, other than request the next reel of microfilm and read more.
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Date: 2019-05-13 09:32 pm (UTC)I spent some time last year looking at old issues of The Advocate from the 70's on microfilm, just for fun. It's wonderful how full and nuanced queer history looks on the pages of a newspaper; you get the politics, letter columns, entertainment reviews, travel guides, advertisements and classifieds all next to each other. I took lots of screencaps, and I've posted a few to tumblr, but I haven't figured out yet what to do with them, other than request the next reel of microfilm and read more.
It's also why I've been tracking down 70's TV episodes with queer characters, although the depictions have been very hit-or-miss.