#The compulsory system which in normal circumstances wud be what theyd have 2 survive

[hemi-demi-semiquaver]

Head full of gender

#Was reading gender troubles by judith butler. I wanted to explore try n explore the portrayal silence's gender and gender performity but #It's kinda fked up n idk how to apply gender performity to that. Which gender r they rly performing??? Can we call it expression instead ?? #CAN WEEEE ? #What else was there #We can say it's a strategy for survival fo sho as butler says but r silence's circumstances different since theyre essentially going against #The compulsory system which in normal circumstances wud be what theyd have 2 survive #And despite the tug of war between nature and nurture for dominion over silence's gender or whatever doesn't this all lowkey serve as a #Critique of gender essentialism #I think i can talk about catholicism and gender here bc it's a big theme in the poem n also in medieval french society #Idk what the author thot theyvwas doin but i dnt think it was this 😩😭 #Smn smn smn just planning my project in the notes <3 #le roman de silence