Streaming Now: Postcards from Pandemica

Streaming Now: Postcards from the Thing That Is Happening is a collection of hybrid feminist narratives that capture the many paradoxes of the COVID-19 pandemic, contrasting the public catastrophes with the isolated lives we carried out in private. Stone, a lifelong feminist and contributor to the Village Voice and NPR's Fresh Air, unapologetically observes the evolution of feminism, gendered sexual politics, and the way we pot and maintain our plants amidst the broken narrative of our world's future.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 200 pages
Publication date: 14 July 2022
Publisher: Dottir Press

Streaming Now: Postcards from the Thing That Is Happening is a captivating collection of hybrid feminist narratives that expertly captures the myriad paradoxes of the COVID-19 pandemic. It juxtaposes the seemingly endless public catastrophes we collectively endured with the isolated lives we led in private.

Longlisted for the 2023 PEN Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay, Stone seamlessly weaves together social commentary, memoir, historical glimpses, and fictional threads. With unwavering honesty, she observes the evolution of feminism over the years, delves into the gendered sexual politics underlying Jeffrey Toobin's public disgrace, expresses outrage and hope in the wake of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg's passing, and explores how we continue to nurture and care for our plants amidst the fragmented narrative of our world's future. Stone aptly remarks, "It's good this narrative has been broken." In the broken narrative, people often overlooked the fact that many of the things they desired required the suffering of others.

In a period when isolation seemed to dominate our lives, Streaming Now: Postcards from the Thing That Is Happening serves as a retroactive yet incredibly relevant reminder that we were not as alone in our thoughts as we may have believed. Stone's writing offers a profound exploration of the human experience, challenging us to reflect on our collective past and present while also providing a glimmer of hope for a brighter future.

Weight: 198g
Dimension: 127 x 177 x 15 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781948340526