A Stupid Person Believes That Memorialization Blocks Anticipation

My friend recently drafted a lengthy yet dense article about the mourning and becoming of queer identities. I want to make a point here that part of the thesis, unduly summarized in the title, is a little stupid. Jido makes a terrifyingly tangled analysis about objects that we think can be mourned and objects that we think can be desired. The outstanding citation to support this comparison is…