It should add to my luster, and the luster of all the other ultra-outsiders. I think this interview is a great start! Also, can we make weirdness equal coolness? Can we set up some sort of scoreboard where people get geekpoints or something along those lines for every difference from the dominant paradigm? Because being counted as weird even among the weird should be like a feather in my cap. It seems like non-binary and gender-fluid folk often get left out of conversations about LGBTQIA rights (and even left out of most acronyms for the community, as evidenced right in this question!), as do queer POC, despite being at the forefront of the movement from the beginning. I’m sure there’s plenty more-I plan to keep figuring it out as I go along. I very much hope that it has helped me understand the marginalization of other identities-especially the intersections of those marginalizations. It’s also led me away from the trap of mapping the binary onto most elements in life’s literary depiction. It’s made me open to the possibilities of the many-faceted aspect of life, and the myriad ways of representing that. Since June is Pride Month, I have to ask: how has being non-binary influenced or informed your writing? I’ll be adding a series of Saturday sessions in July which are supposed to be attended by some of the participants in Clarion West’s Write-a-thon fundraiser.
Virtual presence seems to provide the right mix of community and solitude for me, and the socializing punctuates the work focus very nicely. There are two distinct groups, and we get together for two separate sessions of two hours each. Tempest Bradford, Manjula Menon, Teri Clarke, Leslie What, and Eileen Gunn.
It seems to have really helped so far-it’s keeping me going and inspiring others, too.
I’ve been meeting daily with other writers via Zoom and doing a combination of talking about craft, talking about what’s happening in the world, and writing silently. What are you doing to stay creatively motivated in these unusual times? Hi, Nisi! I hope you’re staying safe and healthy during current events.
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