![]() "remember / all humans / are cyborgs / all cyborgs / are sharp shards of sky / wrapped in meat / be delicate / as you approach this subject / not all humans are ready / to call themselves / glass stalactites / pissing the bed / remember / they love their blood / even as they retch / at the smell of it" - "Turing Test_Love"įranny Choi is a queer, Korean-American writer with a killer voice. I'm still mulling over my thoughts on this one, but it's a strong recommend. In addition to being intimate, this chapbook does some fascinating stuff with moving from the Turing Test (machines passing for human) to the "Kyoko Assessment," so named for the Asian cyborg in Ex Machina who, unlike the white-coded, female-coded cyborg, is rendered mute to preserve company secrets. As a double fan of Donna Haraway and cyborgs, and as someone who has been thinking about gender/race and depictions of fetishized female, Asian cyborgs in films like Ex Machina and shows like Humans, I was doubly and triply enthralled when reading. I love Franny Choi's work, so I was excited to pick up this chapbook from Sibling Rivalry Press. The trolls rubbed their soft hands on their soft thighs." - "A Brief History of Cyborgs" ![]() ![]() He walked her down the aisle and said, Teach her well. "A scientist made a machine girl and wedded her to the Internet. ![]()
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