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Future Present: Temporary Autonomous Zones and the Rewiring of Public Space

What happens when IRL gigs are not what they once were? Demanding audience, abolition, and decolonization through Temporary Autonomous Zones.

Andrea Abi-Karam —

Sep 3, 2020

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A graphic of a three black and white portraits of Adrian, a smiling white nonbinary person with short hair, against a bright yellow and green background. The portrait on the far right is whole, while the two graphics on the left are increasingly faded and glitched as you move left.

politics + activism

Future Present: Perfectionism Is a Trap; Embracing Messiness Lets Us Be Whole

A pandemic is a perfect time to unlearn perfectionism. We have so many chances to practice saying no. We have ongoing motivation to work on directing our anger and action…

Adrian —

Aug 20, 2020

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mental health

health

Future Present: Change Happens When We Are Embodied

I knew we all wanted justice, ease and wellbeing, and that our anger was a manifestation of our love for each other. But I also watched as my own fight…

Caroline Contillo —

Aug 13, 2020

covid-19

disability

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society + culture

Future Present: Talking with Johanna Hedva About the Luxury of Our Needs

Why do we talk about care as a scarcity model? How do you live with ~the void~? How do we adjust to changing language for identity and in movements? Is…

Rachel —

Aug 10, 2020