I'm not a dance scholar but my jaw is still on the floor since watching this video. I don't know wtf this is but this is definitely a good example of how UC women use all the right words to say the wrongest things possible. If you're a scholar... https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=288447129048467
researching into how brahmins respond to #cancelculture, critique, and identity politics, this right here is gold. I was merely amused when they quoted Spivak at one point but nearly fell off my chair when they brought up Audre Lorde. AUDRE LORDE y'all.
They talk a lot about the English language and it's all quite funny but don't let that deter you. Please watch till the end because that's also where some of the meat is. They talk about why statues should not have been removed during the protests. Nope, not giving you spoilers.
Freedom to giggle + social media snowflakes + “can the Brahmin speak?”
Identity politics is chi chi
The final bomb about pulling down statues and cancel culture. You’re welcome.
In the spirit of sharing, here’s another bomb I received on WhatsApp, where Swapnasundari is responding to SGanesh’s “small” question. I’d like to title it ‘when appropriation is a necessity’
For a longer and a more torturous context, see here:
Brahmins bring our art, our issues, and our lives to the forefront. Poor us, what we do without them?!
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