The Lineup:
Body Love
Open Mic
Oct 4th, 2020
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The Body Love Open Mic
The Body Love Open Mic is an open venue for people to share art about how great bodies are.
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The open mic will run for ~90 minutes, including a brief break and concluding with a mini dance party.
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Performance slots are now full, but contact me to perform at a future one (they happen ~ 2x/year)
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Why?
We are exposed to thousands of images/ads/narratives every day, and the majority of them promote a specific body ideal: thin, hairless, white, able-bodied, cisgender, straight, euro-centric, young... with only slight variations. When we see these images everyday, it wires our brains to see that as the ideal.
Goal
As a body liberation coach, my goal is to support us to retrain our brains to let go of that messaging and learn to accept and love our bodies as they are.
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The open mic is one approach to retraining our brains and reclaiming the narrative about bodies. We'll hear a slew of pro-body messages, and leave feeling the love.
The Lineup
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Mel Saavedra
Mel is a healing justice activist, organizational development consultant, coach, certified yoga teacher and somatics practitioner who accepts individual & group coaching clients, and facilitates safe spaces for people of color and Restorative Conversations for individuals and within organizations. Reach out: melsaavy@gmaill.com.
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Your host: Talia Cooper
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Seed the Vote
Thank you to Rose Mendelsohn for sharing about Seed the Vote.
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Intermission
Take care of yourself!
And/or play a few rounds of Would You Rather. :)
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April Biggs
April Biggs is a disabled, queer, Southern dance artist & writer. She presents choreography under the moniker Biggs & Co. and is currently on the Disability+ Working Group of Creating New Futures. April teaches dance throughout the US & in academia. April is a published dance critic and poet and runs a writing
collective in Brooklyn. aprilbiggs.org. Follow April on Instagram.
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Anna Limontas-Salisbury
Poetry coming to you from New York.
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Larrie Noble
Bay Area: Larry plays at the Alameda Cinema Grill
every Friday, Saturday & Sunday. Follow him on facebook.
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Alyxander James & Ethan Lyn
Music coming to you from Chicago.
Thank you!
Huge gratitude to the Body Love Open Mic tech team:
Jess Teitelman and Ally Thurman.
The event would not be possible without their help!
Check out Jess' upcoming liberation event!