Last weekend I saw this really cool one woman show entitled "White Feminist." It was basically a satire of a lady's news show where she talks about building a school in Africa on her most recent "voluntourism" trip and drinks wine and complains. And of course it involves a healthy dose of making fun of the audience and the things we do under the guise of "activism" like texting RESIST to a robot and calling it a day.
I thought it was an incredible show, it walks a fine line between making you uncomfortable and also making you laugh. The main character/host of the show is so incredibly annoying and oblivious, but you feel sympathetic to her and want her to succeed with her show. And by choosing to highlight what we have done in response to the political climate rather than offer concrete answers about what we should do, it highlights the issues without taking on a more moralizing burden.
If you've heard of the show, definitely go see it. It's important to see our flaws and not take ourselves too seriously. But also to start thinking of how we can improve.
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