((in)ter)dependence/Borderlands and Monsters

Monsters:

A monster occurs when an object refuses to be naturalized (Haraway 1992)

I'm struck by this sentence, because:
A monster could be:

• a plant brought into a region it is not native or indigenous to. And this plant cannot co-exist with the other plants, it either takes up all the resources or grows uncontrollably, or just refuses to grow. When it spreads around and was brought by humans intentionally, it becomes naturalized.

introduced species, alien species, exotic species, adventive species, immigrant species, foreign species, non-indigenous species, or non-native species...

• a person who asks a lot of questions when encountering how things are done here, and refuses to just accept the how but asks the why
• an immigrant living in this country for 5 years, who has in slight yet persistent ways, refused assimilation and the next step naturalization. Not learning the language, not participating in the culture, carving out a space for themself where your own culture could exist.

Borderlands:

a borderland occurs when two communities of practice coexist in one person (Anzaldúa 1987)

• When you have to code-switch
• When you use an entirely different language depending on the context you're in
• When you're split between what your day job needing you to use adobe while still trying to use free software in your downtime
• When you live on the hopscotch your way between on the border, between the lands, practices, communities and people who create them.