Glitch Feminism: A Manifesto

A New York Times Best Art Book of 2020

A new manifesto for cyberfeminism: finding liberation in the glitch between body, gender, and technology

The divide between the digital and the real world no longer exists. We are connected all the time. How do we find out who we are in this digital era? Where do we create the space to explore our identity? How can we come together in solidarity?

A glitch is normally thought of as an error, a faulty overlaying, but, as Legacy Russell shows, liberation can be found within the fissures between gender, technology, and the body. The glitch offers an opportunity for us to perform and transform ourselves in an infinite variety of identities. In Glitch Feminism, Russell makes a series of radical demands through memoir, art, and critical theory, as well as the work of contemporary artists--including Juliana Huxtable, Sondra Perry, boychild, Victoria Sin, and Kia LaBeija--who have travelled through the glitch in their work.

Timely and provocative, Glitch Feminism shows how error can lead to revolution.

Author: Legacy Russell
Publisher: Verso
Published: 09/29/2020
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 7.00h x 4.40w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781786632661

About the Author

Legacy Russell is a writer and curator. Born and raised in New York City, she is the Associate Curator of Exhibitions at The Studio Museum in Harlem. Her written work, interviews, and essays have been published internationally. She is the recipient of the Thoma Foundation 2019 Arts Writing Award in Digital Art and a 2020 Rauschenberg Residency Fellow.