This week, I've been thinking a lot about how works use multiplicity of the mind and body as a metaphor for a fractured or conglomerated identity. In Shelley Jackson's Patchwork Girl, the Patchwork Girl ("Herself") is composed (or "re-composed") of many, many parts. As I touched on last week, each of those parts come from different… Continue reading Multiplicity of the Mind & Body
Visiting the Tufts University Art Gallery's States of Freedom: The Figure in Flux exhibition after exploring Shelley Jackson's Patchwork Girl (1995) was deeply illuminating. Thus far, I've explored the graveyard and journal sections of Patchwork Girl, though it is often difficult to tell where I am within the hypertext! I find myself eager to make sure I don't… Continue reading Patchwork Girl & States of Freedom
Feminist Science Fictions 