Reappropriating language
 

Brossard: "Since in principle language belongs to everyone, we are entitled to reappropriate it by taking the initiative to intervene when it gives the impression of closing itself off, and when our desire clashes with common usage."
 
compare against Delany's "inadequate language," another note also taken today

> from Conversations with Samuel R. Delany (2009), Carl Freedman, ed.

> tagged with #resistance, #desire, #appropriation, #language

> created Feb 7, 2025 at 8:29:25 AM


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