Comments on: The Case of the Androgynous Pharaoh http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/05/the-case-of-the-androgynous-pharaoh.html thoughts, questions, original art and content and links to stuff we think is of interest; a group blog dedicated to pretty much everything. by people you would like to meet at a party; proof of intelligent life on the planet; inhabited by Internet hunter gatherers in the pre-apocalyptic realm; a destination that offers constellations of stimulating links to popular (and not so popular) culture; a group blog dedicated to culture: art, design, music, food, architecture, science, travel, movies, books, typography, politics, etc.; inclusive of geezers!; a delightful mixture of orange words and pictures of well, the insides of a stuffed animal–delightful all the same; the social network I never thought I’d join. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:31:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sheila Ryan http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/05/the-case-of-the-androgynous-pharaoh.html/comment-page-1#comment-108566 Sheila Ryan Sat, 03 May 2008 20:31:20 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=10171#comment-108566 I think it may in fact have been the <em>contrapposto</em> that signaled 'gayish' to the kid. That plus the hat and the boots. Or maybe it was a moment in sociocultural time (1991, I believe). I think it may in fact have been the contrapposto that signaled ‘gayish’ to the kid. That plus the hat and the boots. Or maybe it was a moment in sociocultural time (1991, I believe).

]]> By: Alek Lindus http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/05/the-case-of-the-androgynous-pharaoh.html/comment-page-1#comment-108538 Alek Lindus Sat, 03 May 2008 19:01:36 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=10171#comment-108538 David: contrapposto, naked vulnerability and monumental stature = gayish... ? hmmm... changing values David: contrapposto, naked vulnerability and monumental stature = gayish… ? hmmm… changing values

]]> By: The Androgynous Pharaoh « memoirs on a rainy day http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/05/the-case-of-the-androgynous-pharaoh.html/comment-page-1#comment-108466 The Androgynous Pharaoh « memoirs on a rainy day Sat, 03 May 2008 17:02:50 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=10171#comment-108466 [...] The Androgynous Pharaoh Published May 4, 2008 asides , education , news , science Tags: anthropology, asides, Clusterflock, education, Egypt, Irwin Braverman, news, pharaoh, science, social, Yahoo Dr. Irwin Braverman, a Yale University physician who analyzed images of Akhenaten, has a new theory on why Akhenaten wasn’t the most manly pharaoh, even though he fathered at least a half-dozen children. (via cf) [...] [...] The Androgynous Pharaoh Published May 4, 2008 asides , education , news , science Tags: anthropology, asides, Clusterflock, education, Egypt, Irwin Braverman, news, pharaoh, science, social, Yahoo Dr. Irwin Braverman, a Yale University physician who analyzed images of Akhenaten, has a new theory on why Akhenaten wasn’t the most manly pharaoh, even though he fathered at least a half-dozen children. (via cf) [...]

]]> By: Deron Bauman http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/05/the-case-of-the-androgynous-pharaoh.html/comment-page-1#comment-108421 Deron Bauman Sat, 03 May 2008 16:09:07 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=10171#comment-108421 he totally does. he totally does.

]]> By: Sheila Ryan http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/05/the-case-of-the-androgynous-pharaoh.html/comment-page-1#comment-108420 Sheila Ryan Sat, 03 May 2008 15:56:38 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=10171#comment-108420 Recollection (tangential): The <a href="http://www.firenzemusei.it/00_english/bargello/index.html" rel="nofollow">Museo Nazionale del Bargello</a> in Florence. Field trip. A group of preadolescent students from a school for American children. Donatello's famous David. A question from the teacher, followed by a silence, then a tentative response from one of the boys: "Um, he looks kind of . . . gayish." Recollection (tangential): The Museo Nazionale del Bargello in Florence. Field trip. A group of preadolescent students from a school for American children. Donatello’s famous David. A question from the teacher, followed by a silence, then a tentative response from one of the boys:

“Um, he looks kind of . . . gayish.”

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