an explanation of my website.
aurabora.org is a simple website that serves as the hub for my blogposts and a collection of resources i find to be particularly useful. Its use may grow overtime so be on the lookout for changes.
I leave here informal pieces of writing that mostly exists for me to share my unfinished thoughts as I learn more.
Generally, there are two types of blogposts I tend to write:
Please keep in mind that these, at the end of the day, are informal pieces of writing, and I am not interested in treating them like academic writing.
Finally, I would like to say that my blogposts are a record of my growth and learning, and as such, I may not fully agree with everything I have written prior. This is, frankly speaking, a personal frustration of mine, but I cannot rewrite every blogpost I've ever written. I ask that you read each blogpost with a grain of salt, and, if you know me personally, perhaps talk with me about any doubts and critiques you may have.
I sometimes add any resources I found interesting that I used in my blogposts. Maybe at some point I'll expand this, but for now it's pretty limited.
I'm a college student studying anthropology, linguistics, queerness, and race, with a particular interest in trans medicine & trans sovereignty, as well as love, especially as it relates to power & liberation. I consider myself to be a highly well rounded person, however, with interests in fields across society that relate to my person and those of my friends, as well as a whole host of creative forms.
As a queer trans person (she/it pronouns), I'm naturally interested in many of these fields that have shaped my own personal identity and continue to shape my existence within society.
Above all else, the goal of my writing, and the goal of theory more broadly, is liberation. Here, that means both hermeneutical liberation (through undertanding oppression, injustice, privilege, ethics, and ontology(s)), but also building a model of practice that informs how we may structure life moving forward to create care and love in our lives.
I want us to be able to create liberation in the here and now, and my work is an attempt at furthering that. For an in-depth look at this subject, especially in regards to building our lives in these means towards these ends, I implore you to read my post on Socipolitical Creativity.
My hopes for this website are to open your mind to other possibilities in life, to broaden your understanding of who you are and the roads that have brought us here together, and to begin to help chart a path elsewhere.
a picture of a hotdog for your enjoyment
Judith Butler's theory of gender performativity, explained with cats (Source)