Opinion | Burning Man Journal

Why Does Burning Man Matter?

November 7, 2024 By Erica Blair

At first glance, Burning Man looks like a kaleidoscope of contradictions: an experiment in Radical Self-reliance built on a bedrock of collaboration and Communal Effort; a decommodified endeavor that takes ...Read More

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Media Mecca Musing From the Master of Flack

July 15, 2020 By Dennis Hinkamp a.k.a. Flackmaster

I know that millions of words have already been thrown like MOOPy glitter at the subject of Uncle Larry’s Family ...Read More

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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 ...Read More

Serious Stuff, The Ten Principles

What the Fuck Do We Do Now?

June 19, 2020 By Caveat Magister

The part of Burning Man culture represented by Burners Without Borders is having no trouble knowing what to do in ...Read More

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A Letter to the Burning Man Community from a Black Man

June 18, 2020 By Guest Post

Rob Smith, aka Black Rock Smitty, is a filmmaker from New York. He shared this perspective on social media and ...Read More

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Gatekeeping at Black Rock City and Beyond

June 4, 2020 By JR "Nexus" Russ

From Nexus: This piece was written before COVID-19 became a pandemic and the subsequent announcement about Black Rock City going ...Read More

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Diversity & Radical Inclusion: Black Lives Matter

June 2, 2020 By Dominique Debucquoy-Dodley

My earliest memory of the police killing an unarmed black man is from February 1999. Amadou Diallo, a young, highly ...Read More

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Diversity & Radical Inclusion: Yodassa Williams on Being a Black Femme Burner

May 19, 2020 By Dominique Debucquoy-Dodley

Yodassa Williams is an accomplished storyteller and writer in the Bay Area. She is an alumna of The Ohio State ...Read More

Community During COVID, Serious Stuff

Creating Burning Man Experiences Online — a Grand Unified Theory

May 4, 2020 By Caveat Magister

Some of the best experiences I've had in quarantine have been art experiences, held over conference call software, which felt ...Read More

Serious Stuff, The Ten Principles

Creating Art Experiences in a Plague World — We Can Do This

April 17, 2020 By Caveat Magister

This past week I have attended a virtual quiz show, a virtual tarot reading, a virtual Big Art Event, and ...Read More