#marginality

[1000rh]

We learn about worlds when they do not accommodate us. Not being accommodated can be pedagogy.

– Sara Ahmed, "An Affinity of Hammers" (2016) Link

[tjeromebaker]

Home Girls, 40th Anniversary Edition: A Black Feminist Anthology

Home Girls, the pioneering anthology of Black feminist thought, features writing by Black feminist and lesbian activists on topics both provocative and profound. Since its initial publication in 1983, it has become essential text on Black women's lives.

Home Girls, the pioneering anthology of Black feminist thought, features writing by Black feminist and lesbian activists on topics both provocative and profound. Since its initial publication in 1983, it has become an essential text on Black women’s lives and contains work by many of feminism’s foremost thinkers. This edition features an updated list of contributor biographies and an all-new…

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[ritaglietti]

bell hooks. "Marginality as a Site of Resistance", in R. Ferguson et al. (eds), Out There: Marginalization and Contemporary Cultures. Cambridge, MA: MIT, 1990: pp. 241-43.

[jazbaaati]

Bell Hooks, Marginality as a Site of Resistance.

[historia-de-un-amor]

Sueñan las pulgas con comprarse un perro y sueñan los nadies con salir de pobres, que algún mágico día llueva de pronto la buena suerte, que llueva a cántaros la buena suerte; pero la buena suerte no llueve ayer, ni hoy, ni mañana, ni nunca, ni en lloviznita cae del cielo la buena suerte, por mucho que los nadies la llamen y aunque les pique la mano izquierda, o se levanten con el pie derecho, o empiecen el año cambiando de escoba. Los nadies: los hijos de nadie, los dueños de nada. Los nadies: los ningunos, los ninguneados, corriendo la Liebre, muriendo la vida, jodidos, rejodidos: Que no son, aunque sean. Que no hablan idiomas, sino dialectos. Que no hacen arte, sino artesanía. Que no practican cultura, sino folklore. Que no son seres humanos, sino recursos humanos. Que no tienen cara, sino brazos. Que no tienen nombre, sino número. Que no figuran en la historia universal, sino en la crónica Roja de la prensa local. Los nadies, que cuestan menos que la bala que los mata.

Eduardo Galeano 

[adelardd]

ᴍᴀʀɢɪɴᴀʟ

ᴏɴᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪs ᴄᴏɴsɪᴅᴇʀᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴀᴛ ᴀ ʟᴏᴡᴇʀ ᴏʀ ᴏᴜᴛᴇʀ ʟɪᴍɪᴛ, ᴀs ᴏꜰ sᴏᴄɪᴀʟ ᴀᴄᴄᴇᴘᴛᴀʙɪʟɪᴛʏ: "ɪs ꜰᴀsᴄɪɴᴀᴛᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴍᴀʀɢɪɴᴀʟs, ʙʏ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ᴡʜᴏ ʟɪᴠᴇ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇᴅɢᴇ ᴏꜰ sᴏᴄɪᴇᴛʏ" (ᴅᴀɴ ʏᴀᴋɪʀ).

[fanhackers]

Shops like the Who Shop and Alien Entertainment use their authority as merchants to help shape the fandom, and to reinforce the feelings of alterity within fan subcultural communities through discourses of historicity and activity. Importantly, both discourses are reflective of, and appear to react to, the rise of digital technology; both the Who Shop and Alien Entertainment emphasize the importance of local, in-person events while also developing a web presence. In addition to the in-person merchandise sales, the museum, the convention, and the signings, both shops use the internet frequently to sell wares around the world. That both stores have maintained a connection to the fan base itself portends a revisitation of traditional ways of understanding fandom.

Booth, Paul J. 2018. "Framing Alterity: Reclaiming Fandom's Marginality." In "The Future of Fandom," special 10th anniversary issue, Transformative Works and Cultures, no. 28. In a time where fans and fan studies are looking at the mainstreaming of fandom with varying levels of worry, Paul Booth takes a look at how fans continue to maintain their outsider and marginal identities.