what do Monsters / the Inhuman, and their shapeshifting(s) reveal about resisting the violence of fixed and fixing notions of “the Human?" // what questions are torn open by these four (4)

sonic

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lyric

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visual

portals (below) into w[a/o]nderings of racial identification, gendered violence and victim/survivor-hood, capitalist excess and consumption, and interwoven, overlapping layers of violence; run your fingers along the seams, the limitations and points of contention/tension;;;

the hunte𝖽̶[r]

the prophet

the consume𝗋̶[d]

the hyper[in]visible

Nuance note: All of these artists are straight-sized, conventionally attractive, and lighter skinned (because the music industry specifically selects for these types of artists, and the media-industrial complex functions off of desirability politics). These artists make money off their work and also are not always consciously making a statement– and, I still think their music can provide platforms and/or reflect important sites of negotiation regarding being.