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"In the shadow of structural abandonment, political alienation, family rejection, chronic illness, state violence, and medical neglect, queer friendship saves us. Queer friendship — that thing that is sometimes called mutual aid, solidarity, disability justice, care, organizing, abolition, or maybe just love — is what raised me..." (From the introduction, page XVI, by Morgan Bassichis)
— Dec 16, 2023 11:28PM
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It's really interesting reading this and "Cruising the Dead River" by Fiona Anderson at the same time, since this was written in the place and the era (and the radical queer milieu) Anderson is documenting. Lots of conversation happening between these books.
— Dec 19, 2023 11:36PM
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"Our glamour is not superfluous to changing the current order, it is instrumental. Our glamour, our joy, our magic, are not commodities to be ripped off and sold back to us by corporations, they are ours. When they try to steal our essence, we slip away like snakes and leave them only the shedded skin." (From the preface, page X, by Tourmaline)
— Dec 15, 2023 07:06PM
