queer theory
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For Shame! Part 3: A Shameful (Erotic?) Theology?
“Shame need not crouch, in such an Earth as Ours; Shame—stand erect—the Universe is yours!” – Emily Dickinson, #1304, 1874 “It would not be an overstatement to say that Christianity literally had its birth on the altar of shame.” –… Continue reading
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For Shame? Part 2 (of 3): Queer(-ing) Shame? (Or, Defining Shame, Queer Redux: The Affect & Its Effects)
“The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers—stern and wild ones—and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.” – Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet… Continue reading
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For Shame? Part 1 (of 3): An Introduction (On the Psychological & Popular Literature… and, on My Shame)
“Shame is the intensely painful feeling or experience of believing we are flawed and therefore unworthy of love and belonging.” – Brené Brown, Daring Greatly “ Merely to write the words ‘my shame’ is to perform a subtly transgressive act, albeit… Continue reading