A Lesson in

Queer Studies
Lauren Zahn
 PEANUTS presents…

Fast Times at Queer Lane Elementary:

A Basic Journey through Queerdom

Charlie
Brown,
Linus, and
Snoopy
nervously
await their
journey
into the
unknown
LESSON 1: MATHEMATICS

The gang had

always been
told that 2 plus
2 is always 4.
Not at this
school. Queer
studies in math
are a “zone of
possibilities” -in
addition,
LESSON 2: GEOMETRY

Sally
encounters the
world of
shapes. Asked
to copy the
next shape in
each
sequence, she
assumes it will
be a mere
action of
LESSON 3: LANGUAGE

Snoopy must
unscramble
these words
associated with
baseball.
Without the
ordinary
constraints of
normal
thought, he is
free to throw
the words in
any direction
LESSON 4: MAKING
“FRIENDS”

Love is bound
by the plague of
heteronormativity
. Linus and
Charlie Brown
never knew their
feelings of deep
friendship was in
fact romance!
The boys gaze at
eachother in the
classroom of
Queer
Elementary..
LESSON 5: READING
IMAGERY
The gang is
hit by images
which are
completely
identical, yet are
faced with the
prospect of
finding a unique
Lucy. What
would they do?
The teacher,
observing their
confusion,
informs the class
that there can be
“no general
LESSON 6: NUMERICAL
ORDER

Connecting
the dots
presumes a
founding
principle of
numerical
logic. Here,
all logic is
thrown out
the window.
An image can
be whatever
you want it to
The bell rings as the first day at Queer Lane
Elementary School ends. The Peanuts gang
jumps with joy. Their newfound queerness
offers a “horizon of possibility.” What would
Charles Schultz say?!
 THE END

“ Charlie Brown Goes Queer” (based on Charles Schultz’ Peanuts)

Charlie Brown
Snoopy
Linus van Pelt
Lucy van Pelt
Woodstock
Sally Brown
Peppermint Patty
Schroeder
Franklin
Pig-Pen

Images provided by:

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/9509/Charlie_Brown.png
http://petcaretips.net/schulzLR.jpg

Quotes provided by:

Nikki Sullivan’s “A Critical Intro to Queer Theory”
Anne Jagose’s “Queer Theory”

Music provided by:

A-Ha “Take On Me”
Vince Gualardi Trio “A Charlie Brown Christmas”