Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore's new highly-praised book, "The Freezer Door," mourns losing "the dream of queer" that she says consumerism, technology, and gentrification are destroying. "The dream of queer is a world without borders, a world that ends all hierarchies and creates possibility for everyone on the fringe," and provides "radical alternatives to both the violence of straight normalcy and the hypocrisy of gay assimilation," Sycamore declared.
She spoke on this week's Out in the Bay podcast and radio program, where she also read passages from the book and expanded on other topics within it.
Intensely serious at times, she also laughs heartily; introduces us briefly to the ice cube, the ice cube tray and other characters; even