Lindsay's Week 4 Post

    Donna Haraway’s A Cyborg Manifesto uses the idea of a cyborg—a mix of human and machine—to challenge strict categories like male/female and human/machine. She critiques essentialist feminism, arguing that identities should be fluid and politically constructed rather than fixed. Haraway believes technology can be both a problem and a tool for freedom, so feminists should engage with it rather than reject it. By rejecting absolute categories, the cyborg becomes a symbol of resistance against capitalist and patriarchal structures, offering a new way to think about identity. While her writing can be hard to read, her ideas push important conversations about identity and oppression forward, which I appreciate, especially in today's current political climate. I think of how topics like OnlyFans modeling and posting pictures for money works into this equation and how Haraway would express her opinion of using technology in this way, whether it is a tool for freedom or not. 

I explored Entre Villa. I really liked the poem you could read and scroll through. It was a beautiful and interesting read with lines like, "sticky arms flung open-/ imploring, a heat-rashed prayer." The poem revolves around a city apartment, the narrator's Greek old lady neighbors, and the heat of a summer's day. There is a drawing beside it of an apartment with interactive windows and doors. When you hover over them, they change to be filled with color as opposed to just drawn with pencil on white paper. When you click on a window or door, it brings you to a new tab with a video and collage like decor. I enjoyed the simplicity of the work and liked interacting with each piece it had to offer.