#VenCo imagines a world where a burgeoning revolution of radical Black and Indigenous queer-led women & femmes is about to (in the next 17 days) come to fruition--or fail forever.
There's quests! Magic! Road trips! Historical tie-ins! Destinations! And a crocodile!
But...I also noticed the near total erasure of extant Indigenous politics and historical tie-ins. The white supremacist suffragettes of 1913 get a shoutout, but not the Haudenosaunee (from whom those women drew heavy inspiration).
I read a new book by of my favorite authors recently: Cherie Dimaline's #VenCo.
It's about witches and femme (but mostly woman-centered) liberatory magic and politics. I can tell it's meant to be antiracist, trans affirming, queer celebratory, culturally inclusive, and sex positive.
I wanted to love this book. I wanted it to be like The Marrow Thieves.
There's a lot in there to love, but the dissonance between the book's claimed politics and its narrative choices is too loud for me.
5) Thursday, 26 January. A video today to show the wind.
Weekly thread of photos and commentary from our life.
1) Sunday, 22 January. Went down for a nice walk on this last day before term begins. It was a clear day. We had a good view of the islands, which look exceptionally tiny in this picture.
5) Bike rental kiosk. I wonder if it looks as bad on the inside as the park ranger booth did.
When we drive over to my sonβs Dr appointment in East Ventura I saw that the roads and lots were open already.
And, of course, the sky is beautiful in this photo, too. :)
4) some of the mess and the clean up machines. I do not know what the crane is for, however. The roads and parking lots look like they will be ready by the weekend. The beach will take a lot longer. And if it rains againβ¦.
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