Noise over substance
The fictional universe of "Soul Mate" is, by deliberate contrivance, inhospitable to those affections which wander from the procreative norm. Here, gay characters are made to wither in silence. To them is denied the light of joy, or the warmth of intimacy. And such is the cost of upholding a doctrine that reckons human worth by the measure of offspring alone
Time, that most precious of commodities, ought not be squandered upon so homophobic a spectacle. It would be wiser to turn our eyes elsewhere, to a narrative that honours the full complexity of same-sex unions
Time, that most precious of commodities, ought not be squandered upon so homophobic a spectacle. It would be wiser to turn our eyes elsewhere, to a narrative that honours the full complexity of same-sex unions
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