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Sydette Harry: “So Do You Want To Fight or Nah?”—Identity Rage, Performance, and the Shaky Ground Keynote

CW: Sexism, racism, trauma and corresponding discussion of lived experiences

  1. This is a livetweet from Affect Conf 2017, Day 1.
  2. For more information about this talk and others, check out my full Day 1 writeup on Medium.
  3. dmurring
    Diane was@AffectConf@dmurring
    Started with a fab dramatic performance. Love the multimedia approach; seems very appropriate for a talk on coping, performance & identity
    3 months ago
  4. dmurring
    Diane was@AffectConf@dmurring
    Talks about a lot of emotional labor done trying to figure out which identity is causing you to be marginalized in a specific circumstance.
    3 months ago
  5. dmurring
    Diane was@AffectConf@dmurring
    Speech as a performance or "speech act" when it creates a material change. Both confirmations of marriage and deportation are performative.
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  6. dmurring
    Diane was@AffectConf@dmurring
    Invites the question: who is this for?
    3 months ago
  7. dmurring
    Diane was@AffectConf@dmurring
    Um, look up Saint Thomas the Builder and the time he built a king a castle in the kingdom of heaven.
    3 months ago
  8. dmurring
    Diane was@AffectConf@dmurring
    Anyway: consider what is going to be at the end of this fight. Consider the audience in that context.
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  9. dmurring
    Diane was@AffectConf@dmurring
    Discussing how identity is cobbled together from performance.
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  10. dmurring
    Diane was@AffectConf@dmurring
    We replicate toxic social structures in our groups. Example: "We're all into resistance, but don't punch a nazi."
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  11. dmurring
    Diane was@AffectConf@dmurring
    Things going great until the black woman asks, "What about me? How am I being protected?" Folks start umming and ahhing & don't have answers
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  12. dmurring
    Diane was@AffectConf@dmurring
    How you get through is how you get through. It's different for everybody and it's important.
    3 months ago
  13. dmurring
    Diane was@AffectConf@dmurring
    List of media used in @Blackamazon's #affectcon presentation can be found here:  https://www.patreon.com/posts/preparation-and-14192214?utm_campaign=postshare&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter …
    3 months ago
  14. dmurring
    Diane was@AffectConf@dmurring
    Support Sydette on Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Blackamazon  #affectconf
    3 months ago

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