#none look at how margaery or melisandre or arianne perform femininity | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

jonquilspool · 9 months

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[stands on my soapbox]

i think margaery tyrell's hyperfeminine performance (which is clearly crafted carefully to use the prejudices of the hypersexist feudal system they're in) is equally as interesting a gender performance as hypermasculine performances like brienne and daecy but is overlooked because for "some reason" hyperfemininity isn't seen as a gender performance, just as "gender."

[no one is looking. i step off my soapbox]

#my work #sorry. i was thinking abt it #how like. asoiaf is so gender. but usually only gender transgression is considered interesting #and not gender adherence or weaponization #which is sad to me bc there's so much there #even with cersei it's like 'she uses her beauty but she wants to be her father/brother to have her own agency'#none look at how margaery or melisandre or arianne perform femininity #or even how like. sandor or robb or edmure perform masculinity #idk it's interesting TO ME #and just as much of a 'performance'#honestly at times like. esp with margaery. it feels equally Transgressive #sowwy for being long now. i have to tag for real #valyrianscrolls #asoiaf #margaery tyrell #asoiaf gender fuckery

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