#klinger paper stuff

[radarsmenagerie]

ok my Klinger essay got graded so I can give it to the mash community now 🥰

👗👒read here👠💅

Abstract (taken from the essay):

Klinger’s cross-dressing functions in two distinct ways: as a stance of military dissent within the world of the show; and as a portrayal of cross-dressing in mainstream media. This paper will analyze the character of Klinger and his use of cross-dressing as personal preference and political dissent; drawing on the relevant histories of drag in the military and media of the 20th century.

Note: there was so much more i wanted to add to this essay but my word limit was 2.5k (evilly small) and so my wings were clipped. I am going to try and work on this over the summer to talk about the things that I left out so my professors would not have me committed. (but obvs i did slip a liiiitle bit of Hawkeye is gay in this). So pleaseee don't call me out for specific beliefs in this because i had to water down/not talk about trans Klinger or the paper would be like 100k....

[radarsmenagerie]

I finished my Klinger Essay! I don't want to post it online until it gets graded so it doesn't get liked flagged as plagiarism or something? Idk how technology works. But if you want to read now I can send it! I'm going to tag the people who responded to my post with suggestions:

@mikanis @angsty-violet

[[Abstract:

Klinger’s cross-dressing functions in two distinct ways: as a stance of military dissent within the world of the show; and as a portrayal of cross-dressing in mainstream media. This paper will analyze the character of Klinger and his use of cross-dressing as personal preference and political dissent; drawing on the relevant histories of drag in the military and media of the 20th century.]]

[radarsmenagerie]

ok so i conned my way into writing one of my uni essays about klinger (looking at him and applying relevant histories of cross-dressing in the 1950s military and 1970s civilian respectively) so now mashgender is literal source material for me fkjgskfl if anyone has any specific fav episodes that work well with this/best outfits to highlight hmu!!!

[radarsmenagerie]

why did you not want to put more theory into your paper? it's a good way to up your grade!

because 1. I was already over word count and I hate when they tell you to do more in feedback as if you aren't given a strict word limit

2. applying queer/gender theory from the 90s/2000s to a show from the 70s is not the point of my essay (and if you read my disclaimer i explain I want to expand on those aspects on my own without the constraints of uni wordcount

3. philosophy is literally just people's opinions that academics decide to treat as fact until a new opinion drops that they like better and judith butler is a terribly inaccessible writer who can suck my balls