Opinion | Burning Man Journal

My Experience as a Black Woman at Burning Man

June 22, 2020 By Guest Post

Tatiana Smith is a writer, product designer, full spectrum doula and activist living in Jersey City, New Jersey, with her daughter. They attended their first burn in 2016. Tatiana shared ...Read More

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The Revelation Will Not Be Commodified

April 3, 2019 By Stuart Mangrum

There's a growing sense of outrage in the Burning Man community that our culture is being commodified. I think it’s ...Read More

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Diversity & Radical Inclusion: Élida Bautista on Identity and How Burners Can Create Change

March 24, 2019 By Dominique Debucquoy-Dodley

Élida Bautista, PhD is the Director of Inclusion and Diversity at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. She sets school-wide ...Read More

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Cultural Direction Setting: What We Heard

March 19, 2019 By BRC Cultural Direction Setting Group

The Cultural Direction Setting initiative is in full swing and we hope you’ve read our recent update on our community ...Read More

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Cultural Direction Setting: What’s Happened

March 18, 2019 By BRC Cultural Direction Setting Group

Last fall, we launched Black Rock City Cultural Direction Setting to better understand and address the state of residential life in ...Read More

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Burning Man, High Fashion, and Commodification

March 14, 2019 By Megan Miller

Earlier this week, I was made aware of a “hip new clothing line” that debuted at this year’s Paris Fashion ...Read More

Serious Stuff, The Ten Principles

Strike a Pose

March 14, 2019 By John "Halcyon" Styn

Manish Arora, six-time Burner, held a runway fashion show influenced by Burning Man during Paris Fashion Week. A good portion of ...Read More

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You’ve Failed, Now Do What Feels Like Burning Man – “Too Offensive For Burning Man?” part 4

March 8, 2019 By Caveat Magister

In prior posts we’ve looked at the danger of trying to make generally applicable, abstract, rules for dealing with acidic ...Read More

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It’s Not About Rules, It’s About People – “Too Offensive for Burning Man?” part 3

March 6, 2019 By Caveat Magister

So okay, quick recap: In part one we examined the question of whether there even is a kind of “offensive” ...Read More

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Those Who Would Sacrifice Inclusion for Expression, Or Expression for Inclusion, Get Neither – “Too Offensive For Burning Man?” part 2

March 5, 2019 By Caveat Magister

The second most common, and least helpful, way of looking at the question of "what to do about offensive art" ...Read More