Mastodon. You ready for a long #queerecology thread? I saw someone justifying #queerness as a "natural" thing because we see it in other #organisms. I often challenge the rhetoric of there being "queer", "trans", or "gay" animals. But that's because "queerness" needs challenging. It needs it bc it is inherently #anthropocentric, and also #eurocentric as a #system of identification, even if the #interactions themselves are sourced in every #human system on the planet from years before #whiteness.

We're pretty sure everything that surrounds us is queer, and so are the contributors of this breathtaking collection we just got in all the way from Switzerland

God is trans and mesmerizing monsters abound in these essays, poetry, and stunning photographs exploring the unmistakable queerness of the natural world. We have a limited number, so snag a copy for the ecology lover in your life before they get gone! "Pretty Sure This Plant Is Queer" is available from our co-op at https://firestorm.coop/products/22066-pretty-sure-this-plant-is-queer.html.

#QueerEcology #GodIsTrans #QueerBookstore #CoopsNotCops #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (-Esmé)

According to the state’s National Park Services, queer ecology is “the series of practices that reimagine how people think about nature. It studies gender, sexuality, and behavior in the natural world.”
https://medium.com/prismnpen/how-to-put-queer-ecology-into-practice-91c12c825b8d?sk=274c93e2c840e274b3a1d9bf6d075040
#LGBTQ #Ecology #Queer #QueerEcology #Nature

Since I realised I was autistic just over a year ago, I’ve been reflecting on what relationship autism has with my practice as an artist working with people/places.

As part of a thread of #NeuroqueerEcology research on Neurodivergent people’s experiences of place/ecology, I wrote this post y’day on collecting.

I’d be grateful if you could have a read and add your comments

#ActuallyAutistic #neurodivergent #Neuroqueer #ArtistsResearch #ArtAndEcology #QueerEcology

https://queerriver.com/2023/05/04/why-collect/

An #introduction… I’m James Aldridge, an artist based in the UK working with people and places to research the value of artful, situated and embodied ways of knowing self/world, with benefits for ecological/individual wellbeing.

Very interested in rivers, #bluehealth and #queerecology, with #QueerRiver research project shared via www.queerriver.com

Husband to my Husband, Dad to our son, cuddler and walker of River the #borderterrier

call-and-response time

#environmentalhumanities
#interdisciplinarysocialscience
#ecocriticism
#landethics
#queerecology
#queerecologies
#queernature
#queertheory