tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568548679414256493.post8812875282684944971..comments2023-09-03T06:12:43.896-04:00Comments on Love's Labors Lost: QBWL poiesis: creating spaceRVCBardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06481089855894764409noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568548679414256493.post-19286133857912120622011-09-11T03:33:49.800-04:002011-09-11T03:33:49.800-04:00@Neo:
One of the reasons why space has been on my...@Neo:<br /><br />One of the reasons why space has been on my mind so much is because I notice how power dynamics can be so easily understood in terms of space. How we create and occupy space plays a huge part in how power dynamics reveal themselves. It also taps into the reason why separate spaces for marginalized people remain necessary. As marginalized people, we need to take up space in order to heal ourselves and work toward real change. Unfortunately, people privileged by systemic oppression simply take up too much space to allow that to happen in "mixed" company.RVCBardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06481089855894764409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568548679414256493.post-57898448065619653862011-09-11T03:24:43.761-04:002011-09-11T03:24:43.761-04:00@Aaron: I just read up on "khora" in wik...@Aaron: I just read up on "khora" in wikipedia, and this is more or less exactly what I was looking for. Thanks! I came across Julia Kristeva through the wikipedia entry. Although what I read was a bit Freudian for my tastes, it does expand on the concept of creating/creative space in ways that are very much compatible with what I'm doing here.RVCBardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06481089855894764409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568548679414256493.post-18397702970580960402011-09-11T00:03:00.904-04:002011-09-11T00:03:00.904-04:00"This does not allow, say, a Skeeter to swoop..."This does not allow, say, a Skeeter to swoop in, take our stories, and use them primarily for her own gain. It does not allow someone who is not a queer Black woman to set the agenda, determine the terms of engagement, or control the process. Yet, it encourages self-examination. It encourages intimacy. It encourages solidarity. But it must be free of the taint of domination in order for us to find our own voices and realize our own potential for freedom."<br /><br />And we've seen this too often with the Help Fail as well as m/m fiction. Appropriating the other's culture which ultimately stems back to white privilege. Because only white privilege allows whites to believe that they are entitled to the other's space, identity, resources.<br /><br />I know when I wrote Hollowstone, I struggled with how much did I want to share in regards to tackling racism as a black man in the south or homophobia. Do I dip my toe in or do I go balls out and tell the business. And then you have to think about the repercussions because what happens when you share these truths.<br /><br />We've seen what happens when marginalized people share inconvenient truths.<br /><br />I think what's worked for me is tell the story that needs to be told and don't apologize for sharing your truth.<br /><br />Famous last words.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568548679414256493.post-6139809986254802592011-09-10T21:20:24.828-04:002011-09-10T21:20:24.828-04:00Yeah, it definitely does make sense, at least in m...Yeah, it definitely does make sense, at least in my context in which I read this.<br /><br />As to that context, it sounds to me like there are some common elements between this space you need to create and what Christians call a state of grace. And by that, I don't mean grace to be forgiven for flaws, I mean grace to be in communion with the Divine. The way I understand that as a Christian, it requires a lot of self-acceptance.<br /><br />I'm also reminded of Jacques Derrida's attempts to define khora, the space or interval between things, thoughts, intentions, actions & etcetera, as a place that is radically Other, and is the most fertile space for creation and birth. It is ungovernable, unmasterable, and completely rich and generous. But Derrida's khora is utterly without identity, so the parallel begins to break down.<br /><br />Still, I am feeling this.Aaron Andersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05387322295466947969noreply@blogger.com