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1587327 No.1587327 [Reply] [Original]

Protip: Walt Whitman was gay.

>> No.1587332

OH GOD NO

ALL MY DREAMS, RUINED

>> No.1587331

He was such a bear.

>> No.1587351

Yeah.

J. K. Rowling said Dumbedore was gay at least two years ago, man. Where have you been?

>> No.1587357

Imagine his beard tangling with the stringy hairs on your nutsack

>> No.1587363

is that why he died?|

>> No.1587371

>>1587351
really? I wonder what the new critics have to say about that..

>> No.1587384

>>1587363
he was old as fuck for that day and age

>> No.1588488
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1588488

he kinda had that telltale twinkle in his eyes

good news for anyone who ever worried their gaydar would be rendered useless if they ever fell through a time tunnel into olden times

>> No.1588500

We have as much evidence to prove Whitman was gay as we have to prove Lewis Carroll was a pedophile.

That is, none.

>> No.1588558

>>1588500
c'mon, son

>> No.1588565
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1588565

Well, yeah. I honestly don't see how anyone can read through any selection of Whitman poems without realizing he liked dudes. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

The only thing I've ever read that was more blatantly gay is pic related.

>> No.1588589

Twenty-eight young men bathe by the shore,
Twenty-eight young men, and all so friendly,
Twenty-eight years of womanly life, and all so lonesome.

She owns the fine house by the rise of the bank,
She hides handsome and richly drest aft the blinds of the window.

Which of the young men does she like the best?
Ah the homeliest of them is beautiful to her.

Where are you off to, lady? for I see you,
You splash in the water there, yet stay stock still in your room.

Dancing and laughing along the beach came the twenty- ninth bather,
The rest did not see her, but she saw them and loved them.

The beards of the young men glistened with wet, it ran from their long hair,
Little streams passed all over their bodies.

An unseen hand also passed over their bodies,
It descended tremblingly from their temples and ribs.

The young men float on their backs, their white bellies swell to the sun . . . . they do
not ask who seizes fast to them,
They do not know who puffs and declines with pendant and bending arch,
They do not think whom they souse with spray.

>> No.1588594
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>>1588500

He had a boyfriend whom he loved deeply, described as the love of his life, named Peter Doyle. Pic related.

>> No.1588600

>>1588500
I thought everyone knew. the thing I saw on PBS said he used to ride the trolley cruising for dudes. I assume they're sources are reputable

>> No.1588617

So, /lit/, since we've established we're in agreement with the OP, WHITMAN GENERAL!

Long linesan
Male lovan
Celebratan

What's your favorite Whitman poem? HARD MODE: Favorite edition of Leaves of Grass?

>> No.1588627

Everyone who lived before now is gay, including all the Presidents before Theodore Roosevelt. That's what the media says.

>> No.1588638

>>1588600

That documentary was actually very good. I was surprised, too, because most of the others in that series (it's called American Experience or something, right?) are terrible. The one about the history of religion made me laugh out loud between the ridiculous cinematography, the terrible reenactments, and the idiotic narrative framework of the whole thing.

>> No.1588640

P.S. Here's a link: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/whitman/program/

>> No.1588643

Whitman was an awesome shameless self promoter.

Shit I wouldn't be surprised if he was literally samefagging this thread.

>> No.1588650

>>1588627
>That's what the media says.
shoot yourself dumbass

>> No.1588686
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1588686

He was bisexual. He had to be. Read his poetry-- he was so fucking full of himself, more than anybody ever, that he became some sort of transcendent being-- so in love with himself-- himself as a man, a spirit, and a human being-- he was probably in love with everyone, no matter what their gender.

>> No.1588689

>>1588638
>narrative

Continental philosophers, always a breath away from talking about meta-narratives.

>> No.1588696

>>1588689

By "idiotic narrative framework," I mean choosing three (or however many they picked, as I stopped watching after that guy from Lost with the weird face stopped reenacting) stories intended to illustrate some sort of tortured point about the value of religious tolerance or something.

>> No.1588726

>>1588488
Hologram eyes!!

>> No.1588735

Even if he wasn't gay, there's enough gay in his work and enough of his followers assumed that he was for it to not matter.

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1588738

I like the first edition.

http://www.whitmanarchive.org/published/LG/1855/images/leaf010r.html

>> No.1588751

>>1588686
>>no matter what their gender.

Yeah, too bad that it did matter their age, because he wasnt in love with a child.

>> No.1588767

Why did someone post that they liked the first edition with a link to the Whitman Archive then delete their post?

>> No.1588883

and?

>> No.1588890

>>1588617

fav edition is the 1865 edition

>> No.1588902

NAMBLA loves Walt Whitman.

He was a good poet, anyway.

>> No.1588928

>>1588902
nambla probably loves pizza too