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What about my body? Protection of trans bodies in performance art

Ed. note: This post was originally published on the Community site.

In recent years it’s started to look like trans issues are gradually moving up the agenda. Increasingly many people, both within and outside of LGBT+ communities, see themselves as trans allies and take an interest in the existence of trans people. Whether it’s following Laverne Cox on Twitter, or even turning up to see a trans person of colour tell and perform their story, to cheer them on and show support and appreciation in person, we all couldn’t be happier to show the world that we recognize the humanity of trans people and their struggle.

Ed. note: This post was originally published on the Community site.

In recent years it’s started to look like trans issues are gradually moving up the agenda. Increasingly many people, both within and outside of LGBT+ ...

By Katie Halper • 9 years ago

“Asking For It”: A one-woman comedy show that skewers rape culture

Did you hear the one about the dancer/performance-artist/comedian who did a funny one-woman show about rape?

By Suzanna Bobadilla • 9 years ago

The Feministing Five: Creatrix Tiara

For this week’s Feministing Five, we spoke with Creatrix Tiara, who is a producer, writer, and performer of “Yoni Ki Baat,” an original series of stories by women from the South Asian Diaspora.

By Sesali B. • 10 years ago

SOLHOT’s Black Girl Genius Week

Last week, while many of you were working, going to school, or visiting and following the polls for midterm elections, something amazing was happening in a small college town in central Illinois.

By Sesali B. • 10 years ago

How Bring It! is changing our perception of Black girls and performance

With another season of Lifetime’s show Bring It! behind us, I can’t help but reflect on all the ways in which the show adds nuance to media portrayal of Black girls. The fairly new reality show follows the competition season of a black majorette/dance team — the Dancing Dolls from Jackson, Mississippi. An alternative to the popular show Dance Moms, which focuses on the early careers of individual dancers and the moms who push them, Bring It! highlights the commitment that Black girls have made to dance as a hobby (and in some cases as a career) via the Dancing Dolls. The stories of the dancers, the coach Ms. Diana, and select ...

With another season of Lifetime’s show Bring It! behind us, I can’t help but reflect on all the ways in which the show adds nuance to media portrayal of ...

By Suzanna Bobadilla • 10 years ago

The Feministing Five: Emma Sulkowicz

Emma Sulkowicz is my new favorite feminist artist, having displaced Frida and Queen Bey. This past week, Emma debuted her senior art thesis, “Mattress Performance: Carry That Weight,” in the midst of her first week of her senior year at Columbia University in New York. For those of you who need a refresher, Emma has created a performance work where she will carry a mattress with her across campus unless her rapist is forced out of school or leaves campus. Her initial announcement was met with much attention across the national media. Here at Feministing, we have continued to cover her debut, as well as concurrent student protests against Columbia’s inefficient sexual assault policies.

To ...

By Maya Dusenbery • 10 years ago

Columbia University student will carry her mattress everywhere as long as her rapist remains on campus

Columbia University student Emma Sulkowicz was raped in her dorm bed at the beginning of her junior year. Now, for her senior visual arts thesis, Sulkowicz is carrying her mattress with her everywhere she goes as long as she attends the same school as her rapist.

As she explains in the video about her project above, “The piece could potentially take a day, or it could go on until I graduate. For me, it’s an endurance performance arts piece.”

By Sesali B. • 10 years ago

“Twerk It Girl” examines twerking for autonomy and resistance

Twerk It Girl from Irma L. Garcia on Vimeo.

Everything I’ve ever wanted to say in defense of twerking has been compiled into a 5-minute documentary entitled Twerk It Girl by self-proclaimed “twerk scholar” at the University of Texas Kimari Brand. Utilizing multiple experiences — including a course on performance, feminism and social justice, a trip abroad to study Afro-Caribbean culture and politics, and her experiences as a Black girl at an institution of higher education that prioritizes white supremacist “credibility and status” — Brand has reframed the dialogue about twerking.

Twerk It Girl from Irma L. Garcia on Vimeo.

Everything I’ve ever wanted to say in defense of twerking has been compiled into a 5-minute documentary entitled Twerk It Girl by self-proclaimed “twerk scholar” at ...