SAFE, Shimmy, Slam: An Eruption of Prose, Poetry, and Performance

Date & time: February 3, 2012 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Location: Segal Theatre, CUNY Graduate Center

In celebration of the publication of Safe: WSQ Volume 39, Nos. 1&2, Spring/Summer 2011
Edited by Alyson Cole & Kyoo Lee.

Co-sponsored by The Center for Humanities, The Center for the Study of Women and Society, and the Feminist Press.

The MTA’s public safety campaign, “If You See Something, Say Something. Call: 1-888-NYC-SAFE,” is now so ubiquitous that we seem no longer to see it. And yet, ten years after 9/11, this posture of heightened scrutiny and perpetual estrangement as an expression of our continued concern with matters of safety and securitization remains. Come join us for decidedly unconventional gathering, resembling more a poetry slam than an academic panel, where a variety of artists, activists and scholars will reflect on what they have seen and “say something” in return. The prose and poetry will be followed by interpretative neo-burlesque performances.

Slammers/Performers include: Linda Alcoff (CUNY), Patricia Clough (CUNY), Hamid Dabashi (Columbia U), Elena Glasberg (NYU), Brenda Iijima (Poet), Delores Jones-Brown (CUNY), Jasbir Puar (Rutgers U), Avital Ronell (NYU), Ann Snitow (NSSR), Jack Tchen (NYU), and The Lady Aye (Performer), Nasty Canasta (Performer).

Check out: Safe