I did that (w/Autumn Breon) I Episode 275

This week on Bad Queers, we've got company! Welcome Autumn Breon, multidisciplinary artist, abolitionist, and all-around visionary. Autumn uses performance, sculpture, and installation to explore Black queer feminist liberation, Diasporic memory, and the systems we’re ready to leave behind.

In this episode we discuss:
– Autumn’s journey from studying aeronautics at Stanford to becoming a queer Black feminist artist
– How Diasporic memory, history, and imagination shape her creative process
– Her performance piece Dignity Denied and what it means to use the body as an altar
– Why queerness is not a hall pass for misogyny (and other Bad Queer Opinions)

Plus: guilty pleasure crushes, Beyoncé queers being the best queers, and the rituals that fuel Autumn's art.

Shoutouts: 

Kris: LaDarrion Williams is a Los Angeles based-playwright, filmmaker, author, and screenwriter and author of Blood at the Root and Bones at the Crossroads. This book series follows a Black teenager, Malik, who gets accepted into a magical HBCU and he goes there to learn about his ancestral magic and uncover dark secrets surrounding his mother’s mysterious disappearance. The books are available to purchase now, you can follow LaDarrion on IG @itsladarrion

Shana: Bliss Sundays – Global ecosystem for queer women 25+ based out of Houston. They host a range of events from mixers that center queer women from all different spectrums. Recess events to parties and networking. Follow and support @blissxsundays 

Autumn: Repro Uncensored: A group at the intersection of art and technology who are fighting censorship. Follow @reprouncensored

Episode Notes: 

1:00 – Queer Urban Dictionary

3:20 – Autumn Breon Introduction

4:30 – Autumn Breon Interview 

51:23 – Bad Queer Opinions

1:03:56 – Shoutouts

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