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An Unnatural History of the Sexes. Originally published in the Baroque (Summer 1998) issue of Tessera, this text-based performance piece was later printed as an issue of Stanzas (above/ground press).

"Stone's 'An Unnatural History of the Sexes' explores the complexities of subjection and resistance. Shifting among present, imperfect and future (perfect) tenses, the text blurs the difference between what is happening, what has happened repeatedly in the past (and continues to happen), and what the speaker projects, fantasizes will happen. Framed in this way, scenes between the Baron and the woman lover or between the two women have the quality of performances repeated so often that their modes of coercion can be predicted ('As meat loves salt, I'll answer, because that is how he will have taught me to answer') and, at the same time, of performances yet to be staged in which the speaker will undermine expectations ..."

Tessera (Summer 1998)