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Love & Lightning: A Collection of Queer-Feminist Manifestos

Writer

Sarah van Binsbergen

Editors

Jessica Baldanza, Sara Kaaman, and Liz Allan

Designer

Lotte Lara Schröder

Price

$49.00

Date

2026

Publisher

Valiz

Format

Monographs

ISBN

9789493246478

Size

17.2 × 22.9 cm

Genre

Manifesto, Queer Art & Artists, Feminist Theory, Monograph

A selection of queer-feminist manifestos from the last century showcasing the many forms the medium can take.

This volume is a thematically ordered, inconclusive collection of queer, feminist and queer-feminist manifestos. Girls Like Us Magazine and author Sarah van Binsbergen have composed a publication showcasing the different forms a manifesto might take, from classical, activist formats to more poetic, associative texts. The manifestos highlighted in this book cross borders, forms and disciplines, refuse binary logics, transcend our concepts of time and space, and surpass neoliberal logic. Love and Lightning does not claim to be a complete index of all queer-feminist manifestos, but rather aims to show the myriad of ways in which such manifestos can be composed, and what their lasting legacy is. The book includes a selection of manifestos from 1913 until now, presented across 11 thematic chapters, introduced within their socio-historical and geographical contexts, with many from Asia, Africa and Latin America. Not only does this publication give new insight into the style of the manifesto, it also aims to emancipate the reader to propose their own revolution, whether big or small.