Viral Eve – scraps for an ecofeminist compost ethic & transpecies reproductive justice 

Eva Virale picture

“Eva virale – La vita oltre i confini di genere, specie e nazione” by Angela Balzano is written across genres, mingling feminist critical theory with case studies, essay-form writing with activist accounts. (…) her writings begin by being positioned in Italy, specifically the South, and don’t assume universality even when making big arguments, such as those for making posthuman kin instead of reproducing the nuclear, white, human family.

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Dark & Cold Water Worlds – The Deep & Blackfish City

The Deep & Blackfish City + coffee

I’m still softened by just having finished “The Deep” by Rivers Solomon, listening to Drexciya and trying to gather my thoughts, waving like seagrass. Just a few days ago I also finished “Blackfish City” by Sam J. Miller, which is why I’m writing about both of them now, still fresh in my mind. They both embody worlds of water, one colder than the other.

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A vegan view of Yellowjackets – Meat, Power and Belief

Yellowjackets tv series cover with masked antler queen.

From the very start, we know where the show is heading, and we are left to answer the question of “How”. Just like in other tales, fictional or real, about cannibalism, it is the most interesting question: how did they get there? Below, I’ll unfold some of my thoughts on the symbolism of “meat” in Yellowjackets.

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