LeBel Sabine
Department of Culture and Media Studies, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada.
J Lesbian Stud. 2022;26(2):159-173. doi: 10.1080/10894160.2021.2000560. Epub 2021 Dec 13.
This essay responds to the current moment when two seemingly disconnected issues are happening contemporaneously: the climate crisis and what seems to be a turning away from lesbian identity. Processing has been central to lesbian identity since the 1970s, partly as an inside joke but seriously as well. In art and activism, a focus on process can be a way of centering ethical ways of relating: a good process considers feelings, power dynamics, and who gets paid. Process is as important as the final outcome. Queer environmental futurity draws on our histories of art, activism, and resilience, to confront the "unthinkable futures" of climate change. Drawing on Allyson Mitchell and Deirdre Logue's massive interactive installation, , this essay argues that the particularities of lesbian processing might inform how to deal with climate change.
气候危机以及似乎对女同性恋身份的背离。自20世纪70年代以来，“处理过程”一直是女同性恋身份认同的核心，部分是作为一个内部笑话，但也是严肃认真的。在艺术和行动主义中，关注过程可以是一种将伦理关系方式置于中心的方法：一个好的过程会考虑感受、权力动态以及谁获得报酬。过程与最终结果同样重要。酷儿环境未来主义借鉴了我们在艺术、行动主义和复原力方面的历史，以应对气候变化的“难以想象的未来”。借鉴艾莉森·米切尔和迪尔德丽·洛格的大型互动装置作品，本文认为女同性恋处理过程的特殊性可能会为应对气候变化提供思路。
