I mistakenly bought this book because I was in a rush and thought it was by Donna Harraway (who wrote the foreword). But I am happy I did because it was a really interesting read. It talks about decolonising through story telling.  It stresses the importance of narrative, how that relates to truth and in turn the status quo. She exposes narrative, by nature, as nonhierarchical and subjective. She basically argues that the most powerful way to proclaim truth is to have an engaging story. Linking this to ‘primitive’ techniques of women gatherers in comparison to men hunters; saying imbalance was brought through more thrilling stories of 'men hunters'. The binary feel a bit archaic. But I think her point about subjective narrative highlights the fiction that is gender and in turn destructs meta narratives? The carrier bag is highlighted as the most important technological device and is a metaphor for thoughts or objects in the brain or the body. ps you can find the whole essay here

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It makes me think of the importance of hyperstitions, the role this plays in the current rise of facsism as a product of right-wing accelerationism.