there& #39;s some texts which i cannot wait to become a high school English teacher to teach. Here& #39;s a few of the most queer ones, some paired with shorter theoretical and poetic texts that shed light on them: #pairedtexts 1/4

N.K. Jemisin& #39;s The Effluent Engine, with Hartman& #39;s Intro to Wayward Lives Beautiful Experiments: how many Black queer women& #39;s innovations were effectively erased from history by the archive? these two texts try to reimagine history through the eyes of these women 2/4

Bechdel& #39;s Fun Home, paired with the poems of Adrienne Rich: How do queer people learn to exist and love each other when they live in the shadow of death? These two texts can provide students with a space to grapple with these questions from two very different angles. 3/4

Kamatani& #39;s Our Dreams at Dusk, w/ Serano& #39;s Whipping Girl: growing up, i couldn& #39;t have imagined seeing trans characters depicted in a manga with such care. in convo w/ Serano& #39;s theory of transmisogyny, ODAD could help kids build liberatory knowledge about gender & identity. 4/4