{"id":826,"date":"2022-09-29T12:27:01","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T16:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/?p=826"},"modified":"2022-09-29T12:27:01","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T16:27:01","slug":"radical-queerness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/2022\/09\/29\/radical-queerness\/","title":{"rendered":"Radical Queerness"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a passage on page 172 from This Bridge Called My Back<\/em> by Gloria Anzald\u00faa, the author claims that, through both writing and queerness, one must challenge the heteronormative ideals held by society.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Anzald\u00faa first puts her emphasis on writing; \u201cShock yourself into new ways of perceiving the world, shock your readers into the same\u201d (172). The word \u201cshock\u201d conveys a feeling of urgency and extremity. This makes readers feel motivated to write, while also providing encouragement that they can make an impact.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Anzald\u00faa then writes, \u201cIf you are going to spit in the eye of the world, make sure your back is to the wind\u201d (172). She utilizes this idiom to illustrate the existence of queer people in society. The act of simply being queer is a disregard of societal norms; therefore, it is to \u201cspit in the eye of the world\u201d. Anzald\u00faa continues this thought with the claim that the world will retaliate against this queerness. By explaining that the opposition will travel back to you (\u201c… make sure your back is to the wind\u201d), she is explaining how the world believes being queer is an act of violence.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Overall, I think this passage, and most of Anzald\u00faa\u2019s essay, are showing how queerness is inherently radical. One cannot be queer without being radical, and therefore, she wants readers to utilize their queerness to create change in the world. She does this through writing, but the concepts are applicable to all forms of activism. Because, standing idly while your community suffers, is a waste of your voice. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a passage on page 172 from This Bridge Called My Back by Gloria Anzald\u00faa, the author claims that, through both writing and queerness, one must challenge the heteronormative ideals held by society.\u00a0 Anzald\u00faa first puts her emphasis on writing; \u201cShock yourself into new ways of perceiving the world, shock your readers into the same\u201d … Continue reading Radical Queerness<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4986,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[344620],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fall-2022"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4986"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}