I, Monster Mine
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3633787 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Susy Shock, Joseph M Pierce, Mayra Bottaro, Julia Martínez (0000-0002-6775-0418), Juliana Martínez (0000-0003-3496-1961) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 345-347 |
| Publication date | 2021-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | GLQ A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1064-2684 • E-ISSN: 1527-9375 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/10642684-8994056 |
| OpenAlex | W3168857479 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
I, mere mortal,equidistant from everythingI, ID 20.598.061I, firstborn son of the mother I later wasI, old pupilin this school of torments.Amazon of my desire.I, bitch in heat for my red dream.I claim my right to be a monster.Neither man nor woman.neither XXY nor H2O.I, monster of my desire,flesh of each of my brushstrokes,blue canvas of my bodypainter of my stride.I want no more taxing titles.I want no more positions to bear or boxes to squareor even the precise name bestowed by science.I, butterfly alien to modernity, to postmodernity to normality.Oblique,cockeyed,feral,handmade.Poet of barbarismwith the clay of my song,with the rainbow of my song,with my flutter:I claim: my right to be a monster.Let others be Normal!The Vatican: Normal.The I-believe-in-God and the virginal Virgin Normal.The shepherds of Normal with their flock.The Honorable Congress of laws of the Normal.The old Larousse of Normal.I only got my spark,the features of my gaze,the texture of what I've heard and the wasp sting of my kiss.And on my waist I will carry the bitchiest moon's obscene titand the precocious slut larks’ engorged prick.And 7 moles,77 moles,What am I saying! 777 moles of my beastly mark of creatingmy beautiful monstrosity,my craft as inventor,as a pigeon-house whore.My being me among so much sameness,among so much tameness,among so many square pegs tucked in round holes.Another new title to bear:The Restroom:Ladies or Gentlemen?or new corners to invent.I, trans . . . pired,wet, nauseated, seed of the enchanted dawn,she who no longer asks for permissionand is rabid with Mayan lights,epic lights,outcast lights,Bizarre Menstruals, Marlenes, Sacayans.1No Bibles,no gridsno geographiesno nothing.Only my vital right to be a monsteror whatever I call myselfor whatever I come up with,whatever my pinche desire fucking feels like.My right to explore myselfto reinvent myself.To make of my mutation a noble exercise.Summering, Autumning, Wintering:my hormones,my ideas,my ass cheeks,and all my soulAmen
Art · Art history · KISS (TNC · Literature · Monster · Psychoanalysis · Queer · Philosophy · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |