Cyborgs are not reverent; they do not re-member the cosmos. They are wary of holism, but needy for connection- they seem to have a natural feel for united front politics, but without the vanguard party. The main trouble with cyborgs, of course, is that they are the illegitimate offspring of militarism and patriarchal capitalism, not to mention state socialism. But illegitimate offspring are often exceedingly unfaithful to their origins.

Why should our bodies end at the skin, or include at best other beings encapsulated by skin?

Feminist objectivity means quite simply situated knowledges

Consciousness of exclusion through naming is acute. Identities seem contradictory, partial, and strategic.

The boundary between science fiction and social reality is an optical illusion

I’d rather be a cyborg than a goddess.

From this point of view, science - the real game in town - is rhetoric, a series of efforts to persuade relevant social actors that one's manufactured knowledge is a route to a desired form of very objective power.