Trans people are not the only ones who dissociate—but we tend to be good at it. We’re a kind of people who need to not be in body or world. The body feels wrong. The world treats us as wrong. Dissociation can be debilitating. And also sometimes not. I used to write a lot, in dissociated states. Then I transitioned, and couldn’t write at all. And yet still needed to dissociate. I felt better about being embodied, but the world didn’t. So—raves. And out of raves, the writing came back, slowly.
I want to recover at least some kinds of dissociation from the language of psychiatrists. I want to find ways this disability can also be enabling. A way to find out things about the world. So now I have two dissociated practices that I need to live: raving and writing. Raving got the writing going again. It’s a challenge to bring them together. It’s taking patience, and practice.
Wark, M. (2023) Raving, Durham, London, Duke University Press.
doesn't happen often but me and the wife be raving tonight, in #tilburg #afrobeat event
anyone know an afterparty to keep the beats alive until trains are running again?
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Het gebeurt niet vaak, maar mijn vrouw en ik gaan vanavond helemaal los in #Tillburg, op een #afrobeat-evenement.
Kent iemand een afterparty om de beats levend te houden totdat de treinen weer rijden?
#raving #amapiano #afterparty #dancefactory #amapianoworldwide
One cup a day keeps the doctors and all the bad vibes away! 🌞
#OnRugsVibes #DigitalArt #Acid #AcidRaves #Raving #Neverstopdancing
The Rave Is History: You tell me your best memories from raving. Could be this year or 30 years ago. I want to hear about connection on the dancefloor. Have you met people that became friends for life? Did something happen at The End that still lives rent free in your head all these years later? Did you have a memorable wardrobe malfunction? Did you accidentally propose to someone under the influence? Let me know! Your memories are incredible and they show how dance floor friends can become friends for life.