As a Performance Studies scholar, nothing gets under my skin faster than people talking about “performative activism” on social media. Take for example, this article from the satirical feminist website, Reductress. In this context, individuals use the term “performative” to mean that something is fake, inauthentic, or only for show. That anyone posting about social […]
Your Stories Matter
This was originally performed at Greetings, from Queer Mountain on February 24, 2016 What I know is that the stories we tell matter. The stories we tell ourselves, the stories we tell each other, and the stories our culture tells us. But what I mean by that might not make sense to you if you […]