Pagka-lesbiana writing
Creative Research as Practice (2017) by RL Skains Writing about writing Define “body of work” Autoethnomethodology Less identity (not monolothic) x identity → √ subjectivity (that evolves through time) “passing” Throw it to the River by Nice Rodriguez
Why do we hide ourselves? To write a certain way
- systemic
- to be published, to win, to advance in one’s career
hyphen in pagka-lesbiana as disruption
Nicole Brossard, Picture theory
Origami essay What can the form do to escape conventions?
Check her Palanca essay.
Collage as representation of what can’t be said. The essay can do all of it: poetry, short story, etc. “hermit crab” essay?
- Playing dress-up (when you remove essay, the original form is still there)
- Direction for my Care
- Danger: Short story in the form of affidavit
- Essay is what make us stay or stray?
Find your own way We When by Jacader Zolita
Daring kasi not part of lit system
Identity is in the resistance to boundaries that forces you to not be who you are.
Love Live Write
What makes us stronger? Is there a way to do it without being hurt?
Identity as project of becoming not being
- process is culture
Saan nakikita ang ipinagbabawal na pleasure?
Non-standard bodies and pleasures Non-standard body, pleasure, and writing
bell hooks - maintain marginality because that is where my strength resides (power could be in invisibility if there are negotiations happening)
Resistance to boundaries, always a struggle?
Tibok Woman to Woman by Aida Santos and Geane Villar
Note: Some notes are unreadable. See original diary entry at 2023-06-10.