The Binding of the Moon
This is a queer flash fiction creation myth by Amanda Rodriguez published in 2020 in PANK Magazine as part of their Latinx Lit Celebration. Written in the style of a fable or a bedtime story to children, this tale blends myth-making and scientific fact to explain gravity, eclipses, and the phases of the moon. This wholly original feminist myth encourages the reader to recognize each individual’s complicity in patriarchal systems of oppression.
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I’m going to tell you a story that not many know or have heard before. I warn you, you may wish later that I hadn’t. Go your own way now if you wish to keep your illusions untarnished by truth.
The Binding of the Moon