Paülah Nurit Shabel - De niñes y mutantes (ES)

The notion of childhood as a stage of dependency and adulthood as one of autonomy is shattered in these pages—amidst face masks, cookies, math homework, laughter in the park, guarded silences, stealthy eavesdropping, fleeing the cops, and bonds forged in the heat of risk.

These essays and chronicles offer no manifesto for becoming a child; rather, they plant questions within the framework of "adultism"—that structure governing the expectations of our encounters. It is a form of "de-adulting" that moves in sync with "de-heterosexualization," cracking open age-based conventions and shaping an unprecedented event, complete with its conflicts, bewilderment, and surprises.