[sudo-discuss] Dia de los Muertos fundraiser: is happening?

[Lesley Bell]

Marina, Matt and I have been in communication on that.  The two events
should not interfere.

Yar, I put in an application weeks ago and haven't yet gotten a decisive
yay or nay though I've gotten a lot of "sounds fun!"s.



On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 12:53 PM, Lesley Bell <zvezdalune at gmail.com> wrote:

> Does it matter that I have, in fact, helped build an ofrenda?
>
> We could change it to English, Day of the Dead, or simply...let go of the
> holidays of the past and start celebrating in advance humanity's possible
> technological end to death.  I am totally open to changing the name and
> theme to Day of the Immortals only.
>
> However, it saddens me to see the assumption thrown out that all cultural
> sharing and creative play is exploitative and disrespectful.
>
> We don't know the event's demographics because it hasn't happened yet.
> It's a sad assumption that this event is going to be attended by mostly
> whites. The purpose of this event is to bring new people into the space and
> cross-pollinate all sorts of subcultures.
>
> Humans all die, which is why almost every culture has a celebration of
> death. IMO, Dia de los Muertos has a greater emphasis on beauty and
> transcendence than does Halloween.
>
> Humans also tend to make incorrect assumptions based on things like skin
> color.  87.6% of my life has been lived in POC Hispanic-majority
> communities. I have also studied Dia de los Muertos and pre-Hispanic and
> Mexican folk traditions academically.
>
> However, I have not ever been mistaken for a POC, not even during my
> unfortunate Selena-obsessed dark lipliner teenage phase, so I have not
> lived with that kind of racial discrimination directed at me. I will defer
> to the opinions of others.
>
> So, does this mean Day of the Immortals is a go?
>
>
>
>
>
> On Oct 23, 2014 1:55 PM, "yar" <yardenack at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 12:42 PM, Lesley Bell <zvezdalune at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Hello!
>> >
>> > The Omni needs funds.  Dia de los Muertos is a thing. We would like to
>> > introduce new people to the space and expand our community.
>> >
>> > I have attached a flyer for a possible event, a funky transhumanist/Dia
>> de
>> > los Muertos themed costume ball.  Should this happen? Is there a reason
>> > anyone would like to block?
>> >
>> > Also, steampunk zombies! Mechanical corpses! Post-singularity glittery
>> > things covered in LEDs! Ordinary awesome humans!
>>
>> Looks fun! Right now the way to book events is:
>>
>> 1) check the calendar for conflicts:
>> https://omnicommons.org/wiki/Calendar
>>
>> 2) submit this form: bit.ly/omniballroom
>>
>> Full explanation and future changes to the process will go here:
>> https://omnicommons.org/wiki/How_to_book_events
>>
>


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Lesley Bell

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