If we're going to consume popular culture in all its forms shouldn't we know \just what's in it? This talk is on bodies, black bodies and the minds that think they inhabit them. Discussing popular videos and sayings will reveal that everything we consume has roots in black culture and literature. Further, engaging in discussion will get us to consider if we should think more carefully about what we consume, what it says about us, about the way society treats black people, and if / how we can consume more responsibly.
Linda Chavers is a writer and teacher in Philadelphia. She teaches in the Intellectual Heritage and English departments at Temple University. Her work has been published in Gawker, Dame, The Offing and Elle.com. Her forthcoming chapbook, (This Fucking Body Is) Never Yours, will be released in February 2017 by Gazing Grain Press.