Dune | Frank Herbert’s Homophobia, Baron Harkonnen, and Queer Menace

An incestuous pedophile as originally written, we explore the homophobic legacy of Dune’s queer-coded Baron Vladimir Harkonnen.
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An incestuous pedophile as originally written, we explore the homophobic legacy of Dune’s queer-coded Baron Vladimir Harkonnen.

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Lawrence Kao
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Rebecca Davis
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Ben Herbert
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Dune | Frank Herbert’s Homophobia, Baron Harkonnen, and Queer Menace
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