Queer

The Future is Kid’s Stuff — Lee Edelman

Noah Terrell

20 April, 2017

The Future is Kid Stuff: Queer Theory, Disidentification, and The Death Drive, Lee Edelman

Analysis

The Unimaginable Possibilities of (Queer) Time

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