Qwo-Li Driskill

This was a very informative, in-depth collection of writing about current conversations going on in the queer indigenous studies field, in the United States and Canada. It is a little theory jargon heavy, but it's a great primer for readers unfamiliar with issues such as the meaning of the term Two-Spirit and the indigenous/non-indigenous divide in the wider queer community. There is a very good work cited section at the end for further reading, and I hope to pick up some of these referenced titles before too long.… (mehr)

This was really incredible--it was so accessible while also being theoretically rich, and Driskill manages to be both tribally specific with hir framework and also provide opportunities for other Two-Spirit people in other nations to find ways to use hir framework for themselves. It also clearly does incredible work in pushing forward Two-Spirit critique, and situating that as a huge addition to queer studies and queer of color critique, which so infrequently address settler colonialism.

The second chapter will almost definitely be on a syllabus of mine in the future, and is just incredible historical work interwoven with Driskill's personal narrative. S/he manages to do so much here, in such a relatively small and accessible space.… (mehr)