What Does It Mean to Expand the Definition of the Body?

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i feel like in the book, there's this strong thread about not just breaking down maries, but also challenging existing expectations that exist about the body. I will say t that a lot of my thinking around this question if the body has been shaped by queer thought and black feminous thought. It is very much as an escentral question, what does it mean to be a body as well? What does it means to break what's broken? As as a goal, write as a kind of no manifesto, as a hope, as a kindof mentre and prayer for the future.

Paris Marx is joined by Legacy Russell to discuss how glitch feminism challenges existing ideas of what constitutes the body and the effects of having those conceptions embedded within our technological systems.

Legacy Russell is the associate curator of exhibitions at The Studio Museum in Harlem, and will become executive director and chief curator of The Kitchen in September. She’s the author of “Glitch Feminism: A Manifesto” and is currently writing “Black Meme.” Follow Legacy on Twitter as @LegacyRussell.

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