Need opinions of Black (queer?) ppl if possible! | Using "no justice, no peace" in my thesis?
I'm (white/22/enby) currently writing my thesis, and I'm doing an analysis of the Grendel episode in Beowulf from a queer perspective.
Grendel's queerness is relative to the homosocial norms of the world of Heorot, rather than in relation to the cis-heteronormativity we might think of today.
So like, Grendel being queer doesn't mean that he's necessarily LGBTQ+ in this context, he could be a racial minority, or a person with a disability, etc.
Looking at Fulk's and Heaney's translations made me think of the BLM movement's slogan "no justice, no peace", and I think it is an incredibly interesting analogue to Grendel's desires and actions.
He's a figure that has been cast out, his Otherness is 'naturalised', and he's doomed to suffer on the periphery just for being born as a descendent of Cain. So he wreaks havoc on the people of Heorot in retaliation, refusing to "parley or make peace with any Dane" (Heaney's translation, ll. 155).
TLDR; Basically what I'm wondering is whether using a comparison to the BLM slogan is in bad taste? I don't want to accidentally appropriate the slogan, even if I explicitly write that it is a BLM one.
I'd appreciate any thoughts from queer Black people in particular!! Thank you sm!!
