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are we more like lichen than we think?

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Only ask questions

What is individual?

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are we lichen?

For more info on this see this essay: Queer Theory for Lichens by David Griffiths

Queer Theory for Lichens

Where does lichen come from?

What does lichen need to grow?

Is spelling important?

Why does it look like that?

What do the different colours signify?

Does it help us?

How does it work?

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do lichen have feelings?

“Non-human social and sexual behaviour are often used to explain and support normative ideas about human sociality and sexuality.”

Who is a person?

Make it grow

Is lichen similar to mould?

Can queerness be a practice?

“Queer theory for lichens suggests that we have never been individuals”

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Why should it?

Does queer simply mean different or does it explicitly have to be about sexuality?

Some quotes from it:

Why is it spelt that way?

What is queer?

is being queer defining for all living organisms?

Is lichen related to coral?

Does it choose?

“If heteronormativity and sexual reproduction no longer de-fine the frame through which nature is viewed, then this will have an effect on the definition of some social and cultural practices as “natural.””

Connect it to another question

how fluid / rigid is my identity and does it change over time?

Here’s my website www.phoebewagner.com?hidden=true

What is lichen?