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qa9's review
4.0
Only just managed to finish this collection of essays before its due date at the Marriott Library. From whence I soon will no longer be able to check out books. That's a really sad thought. I'll miss the privilege I've had the past few years.
I enjoyed many of the essays. Wendy Gay Pearson's were particular favorites, and the interview with Nalo Hopkinson gave me a new author to follow (namely, Nalo Hopkinson, whose book I happened to also have checked out from the Marriott Library...and also had to return there today, before I got to enjoy it, which hurts my soul).
De Witt Douglas Kilgore's essay I didn't like. It felt very Native American erasure-y. I was surprised by this, and spent a while trying to figure out if I'd simply misread his intent, but I'm not sure I did. Unfortunate.
The funny thing with reading all these is that, though they almost all touched on disability in some way, few did so explicitly, and fewer I'm sure were aware they did so. I stand by my belief that what queer theory and any other theory of oppression, for that matter, needs is an understanding of disability studies and the related crip theory. So much more could be discussed if those two would just get in better conversation. I'd love to be part of that dialogue. Sigh. Maybe someday? If grad school stops seeming quite so daunting?
Basically sf is awesome; queering and cripping sf would only make sf more awesome.
I enjoyed many of the essays. Wendy Gay Pearson's were particular favorites, and the interview with Nalo Hopkinson gave me a new author to follow (namely, Nalo Hopkinson, whose book I happened to also have checked out from the Marriott Library...and also had to return there today, before I got to enjoy it, which hurts my soul).
De Witt Douglas Kilgore's essay I didn't like. It felt very Native American erasure-y. I was surprised by this, and spent a while trying to figure out if I'd simply misread his intent, but I'm not sure I did. Unfortunate.
The funny thing with reading all these is that, though they almost all touched on disability in some way, few did so explicitly, and fewer I'm sure were aware they did so. I stand by my belief that what queer theory and any other theory of oppression, for that matter, needs is an understanding of disability studies and the related crip theory. So much more could be discussed if those two would just get in better conversation. I'd love to be part of that dialogue. Sigh. Maybe someday? If grad school stops seeming quite so daunting?
Basically sf is awesome; queering and cripping sf would only make sf more awesome.
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