A review by agraceh13
On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint by Maggie Nelson

3.0

I think this is a good intro to a lot of ideas/theory, especially if you’re just dipping into queer theory or art criticism or thinking about abolition. I actually appreciated what she wrote in the afterword—this was a process of thinking aloud. That feels correct, it feels like watching someone put pieces together and connect other writers. I also think the writing itself is mostly just fine. I wanted it to be prettier and more relevant—it’s a loooot of theory and criticism and very little practice. I also think I hated the drug fugue chapter? 

Overall, I think it’s worth reading, but if I wish I had had people reading it with me to discuss and debate. I took a lot from the endnotes and want to read a bunch of the works cited.