Away on residency in Indonesia, w unreliable internet access, for the next 5 weeks.
Looking forward to welcoming in the return of my mind as it was in the ‘90s.
Posts by Okka (Khairani Barokka; she/her/dia)
Captioned trailer w a bit of Feb’s glorious leg of Paul Mellon Centre’s DISABLED LEGACIES fest… Join us this wkend for more, free+hybrid: www.paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk/whats-on/for...
‘I feel hopeful. I feel like that is a practice.’ Amelia Cavallo
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#DisabilityJustice
Line-up includes:
Tony Heaton, Ashokkumar Mistry, Sandie Yi, Saleem Hue Penny, Syrus Marcus Ware, Naomi Ortiz, Cat Chong, Roo Dhissou, David Johnson, Theo Jean Cuthand, Jameisha Prescod, and Pelenakeke Brown. ✨
This Thu-Sat: final events of DISABLED LEGACIES, which I’ve co-curated w Kenny Fries & Sria Chatterjee for Paul Mellon Centre.
Free, online+in-person, & I’m spking—abt the Annahs & crip ancestral-future escapes—& in convo w Keke Brown Sat Mar28, 2:15PM.
www.paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk/whats-on/for...
Yes! Have you read Anna Sulan Masing’s ‘Chinese and Any Other Asian’?
Whatever we can celebrate, fill yourself up with it.
Eid Mubarak to all. 🙏🏼🤍
Fantastic.
Join us on Saturday, March 14, for ‘an abundant international celebration’ of the anthology TENDRILS: ECOPOETICS OF COMMUNITY AND JUSTICE.
Reading alongside Bhanu Kapil, Nat Raha, Jayant Kashyap, many more.
W/ @wasafirimag.bsky.social @silver-press.bsky.social
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White tote bag (on grey carpet), with large black illustrations of writers Amrita Pritam, Kamala Surayya, and Parveen Shakir (names in text next to their faces), embroidered with red beads making an Urdu word, next to the text CREATE.
Looking at this makes me so happy.
Was gifted the best tote bag—embroidered with Urdu, and emblazoned with the faces of writers Parveen Shakir, Kamala Surayya, and Amrita Pritam. By artist Shiraz Husain’s Khwaab Tanha Collective.
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There is already documented evidence of Israel using white phosphorus over Lebanese homes
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Why I've been so reluctant to share posts that don't link to a news source. If you just post a video untethered to any sources, sorry, I don't care how viral it is, I'm not sharing until I've confirmed it's real.
If able, please support this fundraiser for poet, Jubi Arriola-Headley’s dear husband Paulo after 2 years of cancer care work and immense loss! 🙏🏾
gofund.me/0e87ca31c
Virtual Poetry Memorial to celebrate how Jubi's writing continues to impact, resonate, and change us with poet friends: bit.ly/44XrnSQ
🙏🏼🫶🏼
Working on a q&a lecture for a class today: The story of robots is always a story about slavery. The story of LLMs labeled as AI is a story about class, and which humans pay the cost, including the physical toll on their bodies/minds, and the lack of water and electricity, so data centers can exist.
Join us in honouring this badass, brilliant person who trailblazed and lifted us all up. Alice now and always.
Wouldn’t miss it for the world 🤍🤍🤍
Held by Grand Union, as part of programming for our Languages of Intimacy duo show, walkthrough here:
www.grand-union.org.uk/whats-on/bel...
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Especially if you’re Indonesian or know of someone who is, I’m holding a free, virtual, bilingual (Indonesian & English) workshop for Ngabuburit (Waiting for Fast-Breaking), based on my four KEROKAN POL shorts. 🤍✨
SAT March 7, 10AM GMT / 5PM WIB, tix at link
Excellent thread.
Photo of a screen on a wall, above a few steps, saying DISABLED LEGACIES | BEYOND ACCESS AND INCLUSION | 26-28 FEBRUARY | WHAT IS RESEARCH NOW? with blue and white-patterned illustration behind it.
Photo of seven people in bright clothing, one in a rollator, the rest standing, smiling at the camera.
So much to say abt last wkend’s first Disabled Legacies sessions w Paul Mellon Centre. In short: one of the best periods of collective crip joy I’ve ever seen. #DisabilityJustice
Registration for our March events on now, all free & hybrid:
www.paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk/whats-on/for...
Yes, imperial benevolence, reinforcing ‘aid’ tropes, and all the while…
Picture of an Asian woman in a wheelchair, speaking to a white man with cane, next to a BSL interpreter, with a large screen to her right.
Sandy Ho: ‘Repeat after me: We are the past. We are the present. We are the future. We are forever.’
Our entire programming is dedicated to Alice Wong. Tk you, Sandy.
Join in online.
#DisabledLegacies #CripArt #DisabilityJustice
“So much beautiful, profound and needed documentation and preservation of our culture, liberation movements, and lives is being done by small, community-based archives.” open.substack.com/pub/millione...
DISABLED LEGACIES: BEYOND ACCESS AND INCLUSION
Day 1 (FRI, Feb 27 Registration)
Day 2 (SAT, Feb 28 Registration)
& more, inc tix to Resting Museum’s FUNNY BONES AND GIGGLY GROANS: A CRIP HUMOUR WORKSHOP
Everything free and hybrid ✨
www.paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk/whats-on/for...
Holding memory for Nurul Amin Shah Alam.
www.paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk/whats-on/for...
The Disabled Legacies Festival begins tonight!
‘Misfits: Disability as Method through Objects' Private View & Talk on the Life and Work of Donald Rodney’, w Keith Piper and Virginia Marano.
Tix & access info at link above. #CripArt #DisabilityJustice
Nearly cried when another Javanese woman presented her copy with a million sticky notes.
Smething Okey asked last night at reading was how do you know when a book is done.
Been thinking abt it, & one answer is: when you feel you have made a full exhale, &it can hopefully breathe for other ppl too.
Picture of a smiling Indonesian woman with long hair and a blue and white shirt, holding up the lilac book ANNAH, INFINITE, next to an enby Vietnamese person with red hair and a black leather jacket. Behind us are red and grey curtains.
Southbank Centre’s inaugural Indie Night was Truly Lovely. A full house for indie pubs!
Tx hosts Okey & Eliza, fellow readers Deepa, Vigdis & Tim, access staff & Tilted Axis’ Phuong Anh (in pic).
The love ANNAH, INFINITE was shown by the audience at signings afterwards means Everything. Makasih!
🙏🏼 @hamzajahanzeb.co.uk’s recent “No, Not Even Water”:
‘It is time the UK book trade recognises Muslim employees exist beyond Ramadan & starts making meaningful accommodations for those fasting in an industry built around long lunches & after-work drinks’
hamzajahanzeb.substack.com/p/no-not-eve...
We would like to acknowledge that it is ✨ Ramadhan ✨ (sparkles for my favourite time of year) and ppl may be fasting. We have provided food, but also rooms for people to rest in and get away from the crowd. See you this wkend for crip joy!