The Michigan Womyn's Music Festival originated as a festival that served as a space for mostly queer women to gather and enjoy several nights of live music and workshops away from the iron grip of patriarchy they're forced to endure in their daily lives. However, after several years of reported incidents where attendees and the festival committee seriously endangered trans women who attended, the festival began to reveal itself to be not as "safe" as it appeared. Today we will explore why incidents like this are so pervasive in women-only spaces and clear up misconceptions on the reporting surrounding the annual festival.
Music Used:
Antigone Rising - "That Was the Whiskey"
Luar - "Fly Low"
Luar - "Ignite"
Sphäre Secs - "Meteor"
Voiceovers:
Left at London - Sarah Schulman
Goth Lipstick (Francesca Fey) - Susan Stryker
Val from Sets and the CD - Sara Ahmed
Hanna Smith - Diane Anderson-Minshall
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 Intro
1:42 Opening Credits
2:27 Chapter 1: Trouble in Utopia
4:01 Chapter 2: Alternatives to Woodstock
8:06 Chapter 3: Camp Trans
10:39 Chapter 4: Conflict is Not Abuse
16:15 Conclusion: Making Sense of It All
SOURCES:
Sarah Schulman, "Conflict is Not Abuse" (2016)
Riki Wilchins, "TRANS/gressive: How Transgender Activists Took on Gay Rights, Feminism, the Media & Congress… and Won!" (2017)
Sara Ahmed, "The Cultural Politics of Emotion" (2004)
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