“Queerness as an interpretative tool” seems to be no more than the blunt assertion that today’s questions are the only ones worth asking and today’s categories the only ones worth applying.
An octagonal mirror, some nit combs, a ring and some prayer beads: are these simply the personal effects of the poor souls who were lost on the Mary Rose or are
There is a museum in Portsmouth, England that boasts it has the “largest collection of Tudor objects in the world.”
The Tudors, as you likely know, were a line of British monarchs that rei.
A post by a curatorial intern aimed to use queerness as an interpretative tool to link objects found on Henry VIII s flagship boat to represent LGBTQ+ stories.
In a bizarre attempt at diversity, objects from the Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth have been interpreted as representing LGBTQ+ stories, including nit combs, gold rings, and octagonal mirrors.