Simone de Beauvoir said One is not born but rather becomes a woman. The glitch announces:
iOne is not born but rather becomes a body. i The divide between the digital and the real
world no longer exists: we are connected all the time. What must we do to work out who we are
and where we belong? How do we find the space to grow unite and confront the systems of
oppression? This conflict can be found in the fissures between the body gender and identity.
Too often the glitch is considered a mistake a faulty overlaying a bug in the system in
contrast Russell compels us to find liberation here. In a radical call to arms Legacy Russell
argues that we need to embrace the glitch in order to break down the binaries and limitations
that define gender race sexuality. iGlitch Feminism i is a vital new chapter in cyberfeminism
one that explores the relationship between gender technology and identity. In an urgent
manifesto Russell reveals the many ways that the Glitch performs and transforms: how it
refuses throws shade ghosts errs encrypts mobilizes and survives. Developing the argument
through memoir art and critical theory Russell also looks at the work of contemporary artists
who travel through the glitch in their work. Timely and provocative iGlitch Feminism i shows
how the error can be a revolution.
