Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Summer 2021
Publication Title
Visual Arts Research
Abstract
This is an experimental text of creative nonfiction. Radical love is defined, and its trivariate dimensions are illustrated—(re)memory, ritual, and (re)imagination— through the lived and imagined experiences of the author. She engages in the genre of biomythography through the speculative mediums of letter writing, memoir, and journaling. She attempts to expand the category of Blackgirlhood and Blackgirls’ subsequent sacred pursuits of healing. This work may be used as an intervention in a wide variety of capacities, but it stands, first and foremost, as a mirror for Blackgirls to bear witness to themselves being centered, as well as another opportunity for them to also see other Blackgirls who love them. This writing is constructed for their utility.
Keywords
Biomythography, (re)memory, ritual, (re)imagination, temporalities
Volume
47
Issue
1
First Page
89
Last Page
100
Rights
© 2021 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
Recommended Citation
Cahill, Loren, "Radical Love Unlimited: A Biomythography" (2021). School for Social Work: Faculty Publications, Smith College, Northampton, MA.
https://scholarworks.smith.edu/ssw_facpubs/22
Comments
Archived as published. Open access article.