“Through wide-ranging examples of media artworks, in situ cases, and chemical disruptions to the body, and within a framework of queer affordances that is less emphatic about non-reproductivity and extinction, [Davis] demonstrates that there can be, and most certainty still is, beauty, curiosity, new lifeforms, and queer kin among the toxicity that teach us much about facing a future filled with suffering, death, decline, joy, survival, flourishing, and hope.”

- Emily Collins, ISLE

“<i>Plastic Matter </i>is a stellar addition to the Duke Elements series and a must-read for anyone engaging with contemporary conversations about material responsibilities in a world where contamination cannot be escaped. . . . For contemporary theory, the writing is equal parts beautiful and accessible, with Davis generously explaining adopted concepts in her own words rather than alienating with jargon. This clarity means her exemplary theoretical contributions are at the same time very readable.”

- Kim De Wolff, H-Sci-Med-Tech, H-Net Reviews

"<i>Plastic Matter</i> is convincing in putting forth its arguments because first and foremost, it is an engaged and involved scholarly work. . . . Acknowledging the harm and violence caused by plastic while simultaneously proposing a type of kinship both with plastic and plastic-eating bacteria and fungi is a difficult split that Davis nonetheless manages gracefully."

- Svenja Engelmann-Kewitz, Edge Effects

"Unwrapping <i>Plastic Matter </i>thus invited me to reevaluate my own molds, including my morning routine. Scholars across the fields of queer theory, media studies, environmental political theory, and new materialisms will find Davis’s <i>Plastic Matter</i> similarly inviting and challenging."

- Chayne Wild, Lateral