Look, Don't Touch: Reflections on the Freedom to Feel

by Layla-Roxanne Hill, Francesca Sobande

What does the command "look, don't touch" suggest about the (lack of) freedom to feel in society?

layla-roxanne hill and Francesca Sobande reflect on society's nurturing and obstructing of emotional expression, physical touch, and connectedness between different species and spaces.

Through the music of feeling across genres from nu-metal to hip-hop, the spectacle of "self-help" social media content, and powerful pop culture portrayals of (im)mortality and "monsters", Look, Don't Touch moves beyond the language of "being okay". It embraces tenderness, dreaming, love, solidarity, messiness, release, and ultimately, feeling.

126 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 20, 2025

Reviews

[Mabel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reading the book with a suggested playlist is pretty fun, I like the play element to the experience, it also makes some interesting points although the references are a bit obscure