“I’m not saying we’ll live to see some sort of paradise. But just fighting for change makes you stronger. Not hoping for anything will kill you for sure.” — Stone Butch Blues
“Remember me as a revolutionary communist” were beloved author, labor organizer, and trans liberation fighter Leslie Feinberg’s final words on November 15, 2014.
You refuse to listen to anything that isn’t absolutely shrieking for your attention, so of course you’re incapable of imagining a love that grows gently, or wisdom that speaks softly, or beauty that refuses to beg.
This genealogy demonstrates the categorical instability of the corpse, despite the way in which it is framed discursively as a fixed and naturalized entity outside of social life