11 Glitch Is Remix, in Glitch Feminism: A Manifesto, Legacy Russell
If we see culture, society, and, by extension, gender as material to remix, we can acknowledge these things as "original recordings" that were not created to liberate us. Still, they are materials that can be reclaimed, rearranged, repurposed, and rebirthed toward an emancipatory enterprise, creating new "records" through radical action. Remixing is an act of self-determination; it is a technology of survival.
11 Glitch Is Remix, in Glitch Feminism: A Manifesto, Legacy Russell In mobilizing, we remain fugitive: we stand on the outside, not to look in, but, stateless, to occupy and grow with intention. This mobility is gorgeous, slippery, keyed up, catastrophic. It is the thing that keeps us blurry and unbound, pushing back against hegemony.
10 Glitch Mobilizes, in Glitch Feminism: A Manifesto, Legacy Russell In our daily life when confronted with a computer that shuts down unexpectedly or takes ages to reboot as a result of machinic failure, our reaction is to get up and move. We change course when confronted with systems that refuse to perform.
09 Glitch Is Virus, in Glitch Feminism: A Manifesto, Legacy Russell Embracing the plausibility of range -- that is, fantasizing, playing, experimenting by donning different "skins" -- becomes an act of empowerment, self-discovery, even self-care.
08 Glitch Is Skin, in Glitch Feminism: A Manifesto, Legacy Russell Glitches gesture toward the artifice of social and cultural systems, revealing the fissures in a reality we assume to be seamless.
07 Glitch Is Anti-body, in Glitch Feminism: A Manifesto, Legacy Russell |
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