Critical Response V: "Rather Like a Habit".

The author presents a critical response to S. Pearl Brilmyer's essay "Queer Rigidity: Habit and the Limits of the Performativity Thesis" published in the Summer 2024 issue. Topics include the author's reflexive thoughts on the training method of kata or karate in Japan, her argument on the prismatic perspective on habit adopted by Brilmyer referencing the characters of Henry Higgins and Eliza Doolittle in the 1956 musical "My Fair Lady," and her views on the queerness of the work.