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Join us for the final episode of Motherfocl\xf3ir, live on Zoom tonight: https://www.patreon.com/posts/55377967\n\n---\n\nEvery artistic/visual representation of C\xfachulainn presents him as a hulking, ultra-masculine figure. But is this interpretation justified by the text? In the T\xe1in, C\xfachulainn is frequently described as a small lad, girly in some ways, a person who has to change his appearance to present as a "normal man" but does not wear this disguise when he does not have to.\xa0\n\n\nIn today's episode of Motherfocl\xf3ir, Darach talks to Masters student Finn Longman about queer readings of the T\xe1in. Once we suspend assumptions about binary genders when considering a work of literature that predates this construction, we are free to engage with the deeper meanings of the T\xe1in. Why is the "pillow talk*chapter only in one version of the T\xe1in? What is the significance of C\xfachulainn's relationships with Ferdiad and Laeg? And why does this Irish legend talk about bodies and feelings so much?\xa0\n\n---\n\n\nGet Kirsten Shiel art prints here: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/kirstenshiel/\xa0\n\n\n---\n\n\nContact the show:\n\n\nwhatsapp - +353894784713\n\n\n\ntwitter - @motherfocloir and @theirishfor\n\n\nemail - motherfocloir@headstuff.org\n\n\n\n---\n\n\nWant to record your own podcast?\xa0\n\n\nCheck out our studios at https://thepodcaststudios.ie\n\n\n\nOr do it online at https://remotely.fm/?coddle\xa0\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices