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Tuesday, May 20, 2025

El Club MEG: La Mama Goes Post-Postmodern  by Emma King

The vibe was very: here we are in the midst of a fascist coup, what is left to fear? Lots, obviously. But the old obsessions with boundaries and criticism are too much to carry now.

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Thursday, April 24, 2025

On This Turnless Page: LOVE ALONE ANTHOLOGY PROJECT at La Mama by Emma King

Before seeing this performance, I had never heard of gay writer and AIDS activist Paul Monette. Despite living through the AIDS crisis, choreographer Keith A. Thompson hadn’t heard of him …

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 10:54AM
Friday, March 7, 2025

In ANGEL VISITS Worship and Communion Traverse The Divine by Emma King

If we are to honestly appraise the people’s history (those we refer to when we shout “power to the people!”), we must acknowledge the unceasing, if ever-evolving, presence of violence.…

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Thursday, February 13, 2025

“hope organ” takes on politicizing shame and dance synesthesia  by Emma King

Which I think says something meaningful about fantasy; materials become less messy and people become more one-dimensional and places become infinitely reachable and the perfect temperature i…

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 05:54PM