Cultural Direction Setting: What We Heard
The Cultural Direction Setting initiative is in full swing and we hope you’ve read our recent update on our community ...Read More
Posts about Serious Stuff
Serious opinions on serious topics from (mostly) serious people.
Cultural Direction Setting: What’s Happened
Last fall, we launched Black Rock City Cultural Direction Setting to better understand and address the state of residential life in ...Read More
Burning Man, High Fashion, and Commodification
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
Strike a Pose
Manish Arora, six-time Burner, held a runway fashion show influenced by Burning Man during Paris Fashion Week. A good portion of ...Read More
You’ve Failed, Now Do What Feels Like Burning Man – “Too Offensive For Burning Man?” part 4
In prior posts we’ve looked at the danger of trying to make generally applicable, abstract, rules for dealing with acidic ...Read More
It’s Not About Rules, It’s About People – “Too Offensive for Burning Man?” part 3
So okay, quick recap: In part one we examined the question of whether there even is a kind of “offensive” ...Read More
Those Who Would Sacrifice Inclusion for Expression, Or Expression for Inclusion, Get Neither – “Too Offensive For Burning Man?” part 2
The second most common, and least helpful, way of looking at the question of "what to do about offensive art" ...Read More
Too “Offensive” for Burning Man? (Part 1)
By the last months of 2018, a few incidents caused organizers around the Global Network to have a series of ...Read More
I Am Not a Brand, Am I?
So, after my post about the Fyre Festival, my friend Robin Lehto — who is very active in San Francisco's underground ...Read More