London (Brain) Fog: Long Covid and Unfeeling through Crip of Colour Critique

Xine Yao (UCL, Department of English)

Abstract: Numb, desensitized, non-reactive — in this talk Xine presents tentative work toward their new project developing the racial and sexual politics of unfeeling from their award-winning monograph DISAFFECTED as a crip of colour framework. In tandem with work by theorists like Mel Chen on brain fog, Xine draws upon their experiences as feminist theory in the flesh — as a queer person of colour with chronic illnesses and who will have had long COVID for over a year by the time of this event. Possible elements may include femme emotional labour, Leslie Feinberg’s Stone Butch Blues, the politics of citing laterally and downward, and non-Black relationships to Black studies. Join Xine trying to think through, work through, see through London (brain) fog. 

Everyone is warmly welcome.

If you cannot attend in person, please contact sprc@ucl.ac.uk for a link to join.