PositiveThe Brooklyn RailIn her inspired and dense manifesto, Legacy Russell deploys an array of strategies that allow for a different, shifting self, one that is centered around the notion of glitch feminism ... To my mind, a significant virtue of the book is Russell’s exposition of the vanishing divide between \'real\' and virtual life. The Internet has become a tool for marginalized people, including those who live away from urban centers, to reinvent themselves ... Another virtue of Russell’s manifesto is its discourse away from ontology. It avoids talking about fixed essences and definitions, affirming instead the fluidity of gender ... As reactionary political and social forces encourage inertia, or even try to undo the dreams of change, this manifesto is a voice for hope; hope that comes from Black and Queer communities that have been sidelined for too long but are now rising. Legacy Russell enjoins us to know our radical selves, not to shy away from complex issues, from our dreams and aspirations: from the possibility that our imagination could give us the tools to envisage a different reality, the possibility of a more fluid, liminal, and ultimately expanded, self.
