Queer CUNY Conference, This Saturday!

I hope that all of you in New York City (and perhaps readers outside as well?) will be interested in attending the Queer CUNY conference this Saturday starting at 10 a.m. at Hunter College. I will be representing riffrag on a panel about Visual Pleasure and I am really looking forward to it! I admit that I'm a little intimidated about speaking at an academic conference when I've been out of academic and in the art world trenches for a few years, but I'm excited to share my ideas about why I think riffrag is so queer with the art and artists we showcase and what that means for my understanding of queerness in general. I'm also excited to hear what my co-panelists, Morty Diamond, Director of Trannyfags and Trans Entities, A Personal Look Into One Transman's Journey Into Erotic Arts, and Jon Freeman, Tufts University, Dancing to Disidentify: Voguing, Queer of Color Critique, and Neoliberalism, have to say. I think something that will make this conference so special and exciting is that it's not just about academia. Conference director Taylor Black has been working really steadily to include many different community voices and I think this will make for a lively and practical debate. The Visual Pleasure panel is at 11 a.m., so please join us bright and early!