Generation Rebel Talks: If You Build It, They Will Come – And Take It
Due to the COVID-19 crisis this is an online virtual event. See below to join.
Monday, July 6th from 5:30 to 6:30 PM
Cumbe Dance, GRIOT Circle, and Brooklyn Community Pride Center invite you to join us for Generation Rebel Talks, a series of intergenerational conversations Celebrating Queer Spaces as a Source of Subversion and Solidarity.
If You Build It, They Will Come
— And Take It
Madonna sang, “Strike a pose, there’s nothing to it” 30 years ago. Fast-forward to 2020 and you can watch Jameela Jamil inexplicably judge the House of St. Laurent and others as they compete for Legendary status on HBO, and dance to House Music, turned EDM, with Kylie Jenner at Coachella.
What happens when the genius of Black and Brown LGBTQ+ people gets co-opted, dragged kicking and screaming from the counterculture into the mainstream? Who benefits when beauty born of pain, rebellion, and necessity becomes “palatable”? Who loses? How do we cope with our loss?
Join this session via Zoom (Meeting ID: 852 7196 3872)
If you have any questions or need more information, please email Jako Douglas-Borren.
Photo credit: “Sticky and Sweet.” by Caito Potato is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0