Publishing → When I Grow Up, I Want To Be A Lesbian
2024
When I Grow Up, I Want To Be A Lesbian explores language, identity, and memory as it related to sexuality and the label of “lesbian.”
Held by the Appalachian Artists Collection at Appalachian State University and a private collector with the University of South Carolina.
Edition Size
2
Format
152mm x 152mm x 12mm
Materials
Risograph with Aqua and HD Black, French Paper text weight, bookcloth
Method
Interleave structure with pages that fold-out in four directions; housed in folding hard-case binding
Emerging from an auto-ethnographic writings exploring shifting relationships with my body, my gender, and my relationships, this project unfurls into a puzzling and conflicted self-portrait.
Reflecting on deeper lineages of lesbian struggle and queer self-identification, the book seeks to situate my journey with sexuality into a broader constellation of discovery, discourse, and community.
Please click the above image to see the book-handled by the artist
Housed in a custom folding enclosure, the book may be read in any order and its pages are re-arranged upon each reading. My intention is to create a reading experience that is both broken and cyclical, non-linear and repeating.