Non-Binary Joan Of Arc To Use They/Them Pronouns In New Theater Production
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August 15, 2022
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August 15, 2022In an incredibly audacious and hubristic move, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London has announced a new play called “I, Joan,” in which they will represent Joan of Arc as “a legendary leader who uses the pronouns ‘they/them.'”
Their announcement is hilariously defensive. They obviously knew people would be upset by this representation, so they felt obligated to assure the public that they “are not the first to present Joan in this way, and we will not be the last.” As though that makes it any better.
I mean, come on. If they’re going to try to queerwash history, they could at least create and insert a fictional character that fits their radical narrative. Why do they feel like they can just assume the non-binary gender identity of one of the very few iconic female historical figures? And isn’t it kind of bigoted of them to assume her gender identity based entirely on her non-conformity to traditional gender roles of the time?
Women have been fighting for centuries to be valued as equals, and we’ve made so much “progress” that now we’re literally erasing the womanhood of iconic female historical figures. Because women apparently can’t have a powerful, fierce, religiously devoted woman hero who also doesn’t conform to traditional gender roles. She was an incredible woman. Not a man. Not trans. There’s no historical basis for this bizarre transgender representation of this iconic historical woman. In fact, the scholarly conversation regarding Joan of Arc seems to indicate the opposite. Their erasure of her womanhood is pure fiction, which the Theater admits when they say, “Theaters do not deal with ‘historical reality.’ Theatres produce plays, and in plays, anything can be possible.”
If you’ve suddenly become interested in Joan of Arc, here’s a very interesting thread by a scholar Dr. Alaric Naudé, a professor and linguist whose work “draws heavily on sociolinguistic, historical and biological axioms in order to produce a functional understanding of social, linguistic and biological phenomena through an integrated approach.” It’s long, but he gives some interesting historical information regarding this incredible WOMAN.
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Jeanne d’Arc is also the patron Saint of France. During her trial they tried to accuse her of witchcraft because she wore men’s’ clothes but multiple exams proved she was a virgin (witchcraft included being promiscuous to them.) When in prison, her jailers made her wear women’s clothes to prove she wasn’t trying to be a man, and she did…but switched back to the men’s’ clothing when the guards tried to rape her (which would have also conveniently removed her virgin status as part of her defense.) But the corrupt court had her burned to death anyways. I wish France would put up a fuss over this mis-portrayal of an icon in French history but I somehow doubt that.
What’s next…England’s patron, St. George (of killing the dragon fame,) is recast as a woman by the Globe?
The Left actively erasing women from history. How exactly is it the Right wing are the misogynists?