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Como chamar facatanto aquelaenfiada na frutaquanto aquelaenfiada no peito?como chamar frutatanto o sol polpudo da laranjaquanto a lua doce da lichia?como chamar peitotanto o peso oco do meu coraçãoquanto o peso oco do seu coração? (p. 152)
La ciencia ficción travesti entrega elementos para distinguir la mirada sobre nosotras mismas de las miradas que nos fueron impuestas, violentándonos. La ciencia ficción travesti no impone, no cancela, no grita, no dice qué hacer (p. 16).
Like Wendy in Peter Pan, people find new walls springing up (...): every encounter (…) erects new closets whose fraught and characteristic laws of optics and physics exact from at least gay people new surveys, new calculations, new draughts and requisitions of secrecy or disclosure (p. 10).
The question of the most appropriate strategy for a feminist writing practice cannot be determined a priori, in relation to a concept of the "feminine" text, but instead requires a theoretical approach which can address the social meanings and functions of literature in relation to woman writers and readers.