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Everything Y'all Say About Clubhouse Makes It Sound Like the 4th Ring of Hell, So Please Stop Inviting Me to It

It was 2008. I was working at Duquesne University, and one of my colleagues was telling me about Burning Man, which I’d never heard of. He was planning on attending the next year and was pitching me to come with him. At first, it sounded like something I’d maybe be into. (“It’s a yearly festival…

By

Damon Young

Published

January 12, 2021
News

Is Burning Man Just a White-People Thing?

Last year I attended Burning Man for the first time, convinced by a friend who had returned from the event in 2015 bubbling over with excitement. “You have to come with me,” she told me and another (black) friend. “We’ll make our camp the blackest one out there.” She was only kind of joking. Months…

By

Sbeasley

Published

September 23, 2017