Glitch Feminism: A Manifesto by Legacy Russell (review)

Abstract

[...]Legacy Russell's Glitch Feminism: A Manifesto declares that our online self is directly tied to our offline self, and this looping connection is something we can analyze and harness to expand conversations surrounding our understanding of the body. Russell, who is the Associate Curator of Exhibitions at The Studio Museum in Harlem, also emphasizes the value of digital art and its capacity for allowing escape from gendered and racialized body expectations by incorporating images from queer artists and artists of color. According to Russell, "A glitch is an error, mistake, a failure to function . . . an indicator of something having gone wrong" (7). [...]with many universities moving to exclusively online instruction in the wake of the pandemic, Russell's artist examples show us how we might inspire our students to harness the power of the Internet to distribute messages about bodies and identity in ways that undermine society's exclusionary structures.