Have You Eaten?

April 9, 2024 7:57 PM

"The thesis of HAVE YOU EATEN, at the start, was "here's how community actually works," & in the process of making this thing happen, I've felt it in my bones. We show up for each other & frustrate each other & make things together & let each other down & mend each other's hearts. We feed each other." Author Sarah Gailey wrote a 4-part novella at Reactor (fka tordotcom) about queer community in a too-possible future USA.

It seems clear that a lot of this comes from Gailey's project Personal Canons Cookbook (previously) which is also highly recommended.

posted by curious nu (6 comments total)

That was really good. Thank you.
posted by Pope Guilty at 10:47 PM on April 9

enjoyed this a lot! reminded me of margaret killjoys stuff and this naomi kritzer short story
posted by _earwig_ at 4:27 AM on April 10 [2 favorites]

> this naomi kritzer short story

story good. story so good i cry. is too early to cry? but i cry.
posted by bombastic lowercase pronouncements at 7:19 AM on April 10

I always enjoy Shing Yin Khor's illustrations. Thanks for sharing this.
posted by The Ardship of Cambry at 11:34 AM on April 10

is too early to cry?

Possible slight derail, but why would emotions have time-of-day restrictions?
posted by eviemath at 4:08 PM on April 10

That was really compelling. I loved each of them, especially Fen.

Thank you so much for posting this, curious nu - I'm really glad I got a chance to read it.
posted by kristi at 8:13 AM on April 30