(On art and sexuality, rather than language.) I start with Jeune Homme Assis au Bord de la Mer (Young Man Sitting by the Seashore) by Jean Hippolyte Flandrin (1836), which has become something of an icon of homoerotic art (though that was probably not Flandrin’s intention): Discussion on John Coulthart’s blog, here, and my X blog, here (the … Continue reading Another Flandrin pose