This is particularly true on-screen where, as the Production Code worked to silence queer voices, filmmakers developed sophisticated ways of coding queerness through body language. But if we examine queer sitting in film and television, new and exciting meanings emerge.įor a whole host of reasons, the body has long been a primary site of queer expression. At first glance, it’s a simple meme-observational humour based on a generalisation. Improper sitting is one of many seemingly arbitrary traits (like walking fast and being unable to drive) that the online queer community has claimed as part of queer culture.
Universally acknowledged, at least, by queer people on the internet. It is a truth universally acknowledged that queer people can’t sit properly.
