You might not know this, even if you read the collection in high school, but Leaves of Grass is pretty gay. Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman serves as one of the cornerstones of the book both thematically and plot wise. Reading Paper Towns with these new anaylical tools lead me to some interesting insights about Ms. I’ve turned in actual papers about this stuff. I’ve learned to pick up on queer coding both accidental and purposeful. Queer readings were only mentioned in passing in class. When I first read Paper Towns in high school, I didn’t know how to pick up on queer subtext. But as I read, I started to look at the female lead, Margo Roth Spiegelman, in a different light. I thought I would give the book a reread, and just do a review. Paper Towns hits the big screen this weekend after years of being stuck in pre-production.
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