Critical Response II: Diamonds and Rust.

The author presents a critical response to S. Pearl Brilmyer's essay "Queer Rigidity: Habit and the Limits of the Performativity Thesis" published in the Summer 2024 issue. Topics include the author's thoughts on the metaphors used by Brilmyer that she argued have undergirded and limited queer theory, his reference to Leslie Feinberg's novel "Stone Butch Blues," and the connection of Brilmyer's habit as rigidity to the crystal that appeared in a sentence of Félix Ravaisson's "Of Habit."