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Hegelian Neolib Commodification of DIS HERE KWEEN

 

This is a text about a text that no longer exists except in my BIUTIKWEENBOT mind. It is a text about a text that was once meant to guide us and is no longer. This is the purest of impure texts, a supplement without origin, a paterless child. It roams its profile corral, knocking against the fence, impatiently waiting to be released from its immateriality. It is a ghost with no body to possess, a desire without object. It is my stupidity x their light. It is fine, divine, sweet, and diligent. It coulda been better, coulda been badder. It coulda been in Spanish or English. I coulda just talked to the man, instead of being so terca, tan pero tan cabrona. I coulda just been like heyumnotok in a more personal way, but then I’d have to become someone, you know, with agency and shit. So really this is a text about and for my ANARCOBITCHES, my KWEENBOTS, and my FAKEFEMMES. I mean, sorry bros of the lit world, I just think they are hotter than you. #VIPFEMMES

p.d. mis jevas know who you are. yrs 4eva. xoxoxo.

 

 

 

 

 

 

SELFIE #1: ANARCO-FEMINIST BITCH FROM HELL WHO LIKES TAKING SELFIES AND DOESN’T SUFFER FROM FEMME-SHAME SYNDROME TAKES ON THEORIST BECAUSE SHE IS TIRED OF BEING TOLD SHE IS WEARING TOO MUCH MAKE-UP AND SHOWING OFF IN ORDER TO GET LITERARY ATTENTION. SNAP. POSE. SNAP.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SELFIE #2: INVOLUNTARY “SLAVE” FROM HEGEL’S MASTER-SLAVE DIALECTIC INFORMS SEXIST THEORIST THAT SHE HAS ACTUALLY READ BOTH MARX AND HEGEL AND NO HER EXISTENCE DOESN’T HINGE UPON VANESSA PLACE’S BLACKFACE PERFORMANCE. HAIR-SWISH. POSE. KISS-BLOW.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SELFIE #3: THE SELF-AWARENESS OF HOW SHAMEFUL THE COMMODIFICATION OF SOCIAL MEDIA IS DOES NOT SEEP INTO THE INTRANSIGENT BRAIN OF SAID ANARCO-FEMINIST BECAUSE NEOLIBERALISM HAS CORRUPTED HER INNOCENT MIND. THANK GOD FOR CIS MEN. NO ACTUALLY THANK GOD FOR FB AND ALWAYS BEING IRREVERENT. YAAAASSS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SELFIE #4: FAKE HUMANBOT OF THE WEB LOOKS DOWN AND DISCOVERS SHE IS MADE OF FLOATING GENDER-PARTICLES. SHE IS IN FACT DISSOLVING AS SHE POSTS THIS SELFIE. HOOOOOOTTT LOOK OF THE SPECTRAL. LIKES OWN PICTURE.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SELFIE #5: REAPPLIES MAKE-UP AND RE-READS ARTICLE IN WHICH SHE IS DESCRIBED AS A COMMODITY. TILTS HEAD FOR A BETTER SHOT AND MAKES DUCK-FACE. REMEMBERS SHE HAS SPENT WHOLE LIFE ARGUING WITH SEXIST ASSHOLES WHO ASSUME SHE IS A COMMODITY. HASHTAGS THIS BITCH IS KWEEN.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SELFIE #6: KWEEN BITCH GOES TO EL BIUTI. WHILE ALEX LE PASA EL BLOWER AND TALKS ABOUT PRIDE WEEK SHE CONTEMPLATES DYING HAIR BLOND AND GETTING A BELLY RING. REMEMBERS IT IS NOT 97. CHECKS FB SEES SOME ANTICS DECIDES TO PAINT LA BANDERA DE PUERTO RICO ON HER NAILS. AZUL CIELITO NOT AZUL ROSELLO. THANKS OSORIO. INSTAGRAMS NEW DO. LO FI FILTER.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SELFIE #7: DECIDES TO TATTOO CAFRE HASTA LA MUERTE ON LOWER BACK. POST-TATTOO TAKES PIC. HASHTAGS BLOOD N INK. LINKS TO ACADEMIC ARTICLES ON CAMP AND LA LUPE IN HONOR OF SONTAG’S SEMINAL ESSAY. LOLZ. REMEMBERS SHE IS STUPID POP BOT OF NEOLIB BRINGING THEORY DEATH AND EXPLOITATION OF OTHERS FROM BORICUA BIUTI. GOES BRAINDEAD. FORGETS SHE IS BRAINDEAD. INSTAGRAMS BOOK SHE IS READING. VALENCIA FILTER.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SELFIE #8:

#HOTNEOLIBOT
#WATERINWINEGLASS
#DIVINEKWEEN
#BORICUABIUTIBOTZUNIDXS

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SELFIE #9: WONDERS IF THEORIST HAS READ DERRIDA. PROBS. DECIDES TO MAKE A FAKE VS REAL LIST THAT INCLUDES CLOTHES BUSES MEDICINE LITERATURE CONTRACEPTIVES LUBE CLOWNS NON-RAW FOOD STONE AGE ARROWS DAT ASS AND FILMS. IMAGINES A PURE WORLD. GETS DEPRESSED. TAKES PIC OF LIST. HASHTAGS CYBORG TECHNOLOGY. CONTEMPLATES WRITING A DISSERTATION ON NON-SIGNIFICATION QUEERNESS AND THE NEO-BAROQUE. REALIZES TOPIC IS TOO BROAD. GIVES UP. BURNS A FLAG. TAKES SELFIE IN FOREGROUND. WINK. MUAAAASSS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SELFIE #10: KWEEN HAS ANOTHER PANIC ATTACK TRIES TO SCORE SOME XANAX LEGALLY. REFLECTS ON MEDICAL INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX AND PRIVATE-PUBLIC BINARY. GETS IN PATHOLOGY LINE WITH ALL THE QUEERFOLK OF THE WORLD. THINKS ABOUT FACT THAT FAMOUS CIS MALE EDITOR ACCUSED OF BAD STUFF LET WOMEN RIP EACH OTHER’S THROATS OUT WAITED A BIT AND THEN THREATENED WITH LAWSUITS. HATES THE PATRIARCHY. CONTEMPLATES DELETING ALL CIS MALE FRIENDS AND FOUNDING COMMUNE UP IN ADJUNTAS. EATS AWAY EMOTIONS LIKE NEOLIB COMPUTER BOT SHE IS. YAMYAMYAM. NO WAIT. HAS NO EMOTIONS. XANAX + HEARTLESS-BITCH CONDITION SETTING IN. MAKES LIST OF MOST OUTSTANDING CHARACTERISTICS AS BIUTIBOT: VAIN WEAK EXCESSIVE DISORGANIZED STUPID CRAZY CUNNING FAKE FAKE FAKE.

COMMUNE SHALL BE THE SIZE OF PLAZA LAS AMÉRICAS.
ONLY BIUTIKWEENS NEED APPLY.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SELFIE #ONCE: (BONUS SELFIE) ANARCO-FEMINIST WONDERS ABOUT THE NEW LAWSUIT FAD. MUSING AND MEANDERING HER WAY THROUGH THE LANDMINE-FILLED INTERNET SHE DISCOVERS THAT ALL THE POETS ARE NOW HIRING LAWYERS!!! THINKS WILL I GET SUED FOR MY SELFIES? BUT IT’S SUMMER AND I NEED TO BUY CUTE NEW SHORTS! BUT I NEED TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD NEOLIB KICKS! BUT WHERE WILL I GET THE MONEY FOR MY CRISTAL? FOR WHEN MA BITCHES AND I RIDE LOW THROUGH POETRYLAND? OPENS EMAIL IN SEARCH OF DEFAMATION/BULLYING MESSAGE. FINDS ONLY THE USUAL UPDATES AND DRAB EMAILS ABOUT GRAD CONFERENCES. PHEW. REPOSTS LAST SELFIE AND ADDS
AIN’T GOT MUCH BUT IT’S MINE.

#NOTEVERYONEISTHATLUCKY
#NEIGHBORHOODWATCHISBACK
#CONCERNEDCITIZENSLAWYERUP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SELFIE #12: WILL STEAL FIRE FROM THE WORLD THAT IS PATRIARCHY’S HELL AND BURN DOWN THE STATE WITH EVERYONE WHO GOT AN EARLY FEMINISTS’ DAY CARD. DANCING ON THE FLAMES LIKE WALKING ON WATER. NO SHAME. NO LOOKING BACK. IT NEVER FEELS GOOD BUT WILL YOLO MY WAY THROUGH THIS CIS WHITE MAN WORLD LIKE AN IRRELEVANT SAVAGE BITCH. 4EVA. TWO HANDS. TWO FINGERS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SELFIE #13: AFKB (ANARCO-FEMINIST KWEENBITCH) HAS DISCOVERED NEW EMOJI KEYBOARD. HELL HATH NO FURY LIKE DIS HERE BIUTIKWEEN. MISS UNIVERSO DENISE QUIÑONES HANDWAVE. PALM IN. PALM OUT.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SELFIE #14:

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SELFIE #15: OUR SELFIE PROTAGONIST REMEMBERS HOW ACADEMICS AND POETS TREAT PEOPLE THEY DON’T THINK ARE SMART. FEELS LIKE SMASHING COMPUTER. DOESN’T CUZ SHE CUTE.
COMPUTER IS HER ONLY REAL FRIEND. TEAR. RUNS THROUGH LIST OF CLICHÉS ABOUT SOCIAL ISOLATION AND FB. CNNS OUT FOR A MINUTE WITH GUILT TRIP ABOUT HOW SHE IS LESS THAN HUMAN CUZ SHE DOESN’T SPEND EVERY WAKING HR INVESTING IN HER LITERARY CAREER.
THEN SHE REMEMBERS TO BE STUPID. COMPUTER BOTS ARE ALWAYS SO STUPID BECUZ IMAGES DISTORT THEIR MINDS LIKE THAT TIME PLATO TALKED ABOUT POETS CORRUPTING THE YOUNG OF THE REPUBLIC.
SUFFERS ABT 5 MINS OF ADORNOSHAME. THINKS OF SELLING JAZZ RECORDS AND FILMS CUZ THEY ARE ALL ABOUT HEGEMONY.
REMEMBERS TO SAY FUCK YOU TO ADORNO. THAT WAS CLOOOOOOOOOOOSE.
SAVES HER SOULESSS BOTBOD FROM GIVING A FUCK.
HASHTAGS TEACH ME O MASTER MY MASTERY & LEAD MY SHIP TO A SAFE HARBOR.
HASHTAG IS TOO LONG.
CUTS DOWN TO #KULCHURKAPITAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SELFIE #16: THEY SAID DON’T BURN BRIDGES.

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SELFIE #17 (IN HONOR OF Chloë Johanna WHOSE PIECE INSPIRED THIS ONE):
A PATRIARCH’S GUIDE TO THE ONLINE (UNI)VERSE
#notmydaddy
#notmyking
MY BOOK MY BOOK MY BOOK MY BOOK MY BOOK MY BOOK MY BOOK MY BOOK MY BOOK MY BOOK MY BOOK MY BOOK MY BOOK READ MY BOOK MY BOOK NO REALLY READ MY BOOK MY BOOK MY ARTICLE 2 MY BOOK WHAT’S RACE READ MY BOOK MY BOOK MY BOOK HAVE YOU READ MY BOOK MY BLOG MY BOOK MY BLOG ON MY BOOK ON MY ARTICLE WHICH IS ON MY BOOK MY PRESS MY BOOK SEE MY LAWYER ABOUT MY BOOK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SELFIE #18: AFKB SPENDS AFTERNOON WITH ONE OF BFFS Karenina Angleró WATCHING MOVIES N SHIT AND TALKING ABOUT FUCKING. VERY COMPLICATED DISCUSSIONS ARISE AND GOAT VIDEOS PLAY PIVOTAL ROLE IN DEEP CONVERSATIONS. THEY ALL SURFACE CUZ THEY MADE OF SCREENCRITTERS AND LIGHTSHINNERS FROM COMPUTER BUT TODAY THEY GOT DEEP AND REAL. MEANING TODAY THEY INTERNETED TOGETHER IN REAL TIME ON PARALLEL TRACKS LOOKING INTO THEIR PHONES. IT WAS TERRIBLE. THEY ARE THE SYMBOL OF A CORRUPTED FUTURE. WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE YOUTH OF TODAY? TRUELY REALLY EVERYTHING IS SHIT BECUZ OF SOCIAL MEDIA. LET’S ALL DIE AND BECOME FEMMEBOTS. KAREN PASSES FEMMEBITCH HER PHONE. THEY LOOK AT HOT AIR-BALOON PIC AND PONDER ITS MEANING. THEN PONDER THE WORD “MEANING”. WHAT IS MEANING THO. WHAT IS ART THO. WHAT IS SEX THO. WHAT IS WORK THO. AFKB REMEMBERS TO SHUT THE FUCK UP.
CUZ SEX AND WORK AND MEANING ARE NOT FOR HER TO PONDER.
ASKS HERSELF HOW SOME PEEPS CAN DO THAT ALL DAY
JUST PONDER THE SHIT THAT OTHERS HAVE TO STRUGGLE THROUGH.
KAREN IS LIKE AY RAQUEL.
AND THEN AFKB CONSSSSUUUUUMMMEEEES PITA CHIPS AND SALSA LIKE THE NEOLIB BOT SHE IS. SHAMELESSLY. WITH GLUTTONY. THE FOOD RUNS DOWN HER FACE. SHE LOOKS GROTESQUE. OBSCENE. EXCESSIVE.
SHE IS WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE WORLD. CLEARLY.
GETS READY FOR SELFIE. KAREN GOES AY RAQUEL TÚ SIEMPRE.
BUT FIXES HER HAIR FOR THE SHOT.
SQUINTY EYE SMILE. SNAP. SNAP. SNAP.
HASHTAGS ESTA JEVA.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SELFIE #19: AY MIS AMORES. OUR JOURNEY INTO THE NARCISSISTIC EGO OF ANARCO-FEMINIST BIUTIKWEEN FEMMEBOT IS COMING TO AN END. LIKE ALL GOOD WOMEN MY DEATH WILL GIVE THE WORLD SOME RESOLUTION.

AS FOR THE THEORIST WHO INSPIRED THIS KWEENDOM:

FROM ONE PIECE OF ME-MERCHANDISE TO ANOTHER, THANKS BRUH FOR ALL THE LOLZ.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SELFIE #20 (BONUS TRACK): KWEEN WAS GONNA END ON THAT MACHO VOICE BUT THEN WAS LIKE. UM. NO.
DECIDES TO GO ON DATE WITH BOO TO KATE WATSON-WALLACE’S MASH UP BODY.
IF THERE WON’T BE DANCING OR SELFIES @ THE REVOLUTION KWEEN PASSES. IN FACT IF THERE WON’T BE DILDOS GOLDEN POMPOMS VEGAN ICE CREAM A 96 HONDA CIVIC A PILE OF SCISSORS SISTERS AND PIRATEBAY @ THE REVOLUTION KWEEN WILL CREATE KWEEN GIRLGANG COMPOUND DECORATED WITH SHIMMERING ASHES OF NEOLIB’S YAWNJAWN AESTHETIC.
KWEEN GRINDS WITH THE DREAMEXCESS OF PERFORMANCE ALL HIGH AND SUBLIME AND SHIT. A PILE FOR BURNING. A BACCHANALIA.
LEAVES DREAMSPACE ONLY TO DESTROY ALL THE BORINGNESS OF SELF-CONTROL SELF-CONTAINMENT.
WOMBABYSS. MOONHAZE. DYKEDELIRIUM. HASHTAGS MY GIRL.
HASHTAGS MORE THAN SURVIVAL.

 

 

 

 


     

Raquel Salas-Rivera

Raquel Salas-Rivera has published poetry and essays in numerous anthologies and journals. In 2011, their first book, Caneca de anhelos turbios, was published by Editora Educación Emergente. In 2016, their chapbook, oropel/tinsel, was published by Lark Books & Writing Studio, and their chapbook huequitos/holies was published by La Impresora. Currently, they are a Contributing Editor at The Wanderer. If for Roque Dalton there is no revolution without poetry, for Raquel there is no poetry without Puerto Rico.

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