As a collective, we in John Q often incorporate archival materials, make the research and creative processes of our work public, and aim to frustrate the boundaries between art and scholarship. In responding to OUT/LOOK issue no. 11, we were struck by the historical proximity of OUT/LOOK – occurring within our own lives yet far enough back to be a different era. Throughout this issue – in the letters section, the editor’s introduction, and many of the articles – we see the fraught attempts by OUT/LOOK writers and readers to address problems of inclusivity and representation. Our response to the issue, which takes the form of a series of errata, is influenced by these problems across this historical proximity, even when we do not address them directly.
