"Closet Cases: Queers on What We Wear" Launches Today
Megan Volpert launches “Closet Cases: Queers on What We Wear,” a collection of personal stories, poems, and photos by queer people about the clothing we wear. The book is on sale now at Et Alia Press and provides an in-depth look at the emotional and cultural components that impact what we put on our bodies.
Image from “Closet Cases”
Image from “Closet Cases”
About Closet Cases:
As a verb, "fashion" is exceedingly queer. Our queer community learns to fashion its identity out of the clothes we wear, the costumes we choose, the fabrics we desire--and the statements these make. No other community of people allows clothing to serve as such a primary, dominant marker of subjectivity, both individually and collectively. And we don't simply permit it; we rely upon it. Queers communicate through what we put on our bodies.
So this is not merely a "fashion book." It's a collection of artifacts that testify to the power of fashion as a verb, to the complex and lovely strategies that govern what we do in the LGBTQ+ community to build authentic selves that are both comfortable and seen.
Image from “Closet Cases”
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