This week, the editors revisit writer Sarah Nicole Prickett’s “Serious Sex Battle,” published in February 2018.“A preference for death over captivity spurs radical movement,” Prickett declares in her virtuosic, gimlet-eyed essay on a woman of inordinate strength. “Serious Sex Battle” is a feminist genealogy, but it’s also a strong theory for how to outmaneuver reactionaries. Legerity is essential; so is an alert refusal of your enemy’s terms. As Prickett argues, “The heroine we need is against the hero. The antagonist. She remains outside.” David VelascoONE A WOMAN OF INORDINATE STRENGTHBeyoncé
Isthmus Picks for Feb. 10-17 includes a Valentine s Makers Market and Madison Shakespeare Company s annual "A Valentine s Affair" production; a downtown celebration of Lunar New Year; concerts, comedy and more.