"Instinct"

Title"Instinct"
Year for Search2006
AuthorsParks, Joy
Secondary AuthorsLabonté, Richard, and Schimel, Lawrence(b. 1971)
Secondary TitleThe Future Is Queer
Pagination45-70
Date Published2006
PublisherArsenal Pulp Press
Place PublishedVancouver, BC, Canada
KeywordsFemale author
Annotation

Flawed eutopia. Problems with the eutopia of complete gender freedom and the ability to change gender at will. Domed communities in which freedom becomes restricting. Lesbian viewpoint. Isolated communities outside the domes established representing different periods of the past to allow people to choose their own eutopia. Lesbian viewpoint.

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2006 Parks, Joy. “Instinct.” The Future Is Queer. Ed. Richard Labonté and Lawrence Schimel (Vancouver, BC, Canada: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2006), 45-70. PSt

A eutopia has complete gender freedom and the ability to change gender at will, but in the domed communities where most people live the freedom becomes restricting. Isolated communities outside the domes are established representing different periods of the past to allow people to choose their own eutopia. Lesbian viewpoint. Female author.