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SUMMARY:Comedy Against Work: M.E. O'Brien in conversation with Madeline Lane-McKinley (in person event & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:Work is a joke. Laughing at it is political.  \nHumor\, Groucho Marx asserted\, is “reason gone mad.” For Walter Benjamin\, laughter was “the most revolutionary emotion.” In a moment when great numbers of people are reevaluating their commitment to the hellscape we call “work\,” what does it mean to take comedy seriously—and to turn it against work?  \nBoth philosophically brilliant and deeply personal\, Comedy Against Work demonstrates how laughing about work can puncture the pretensions of tyrannical bosses while uniting us around a commitment to radically new ways of making the world together. At the same time\, Lane-McKinley exposes a war at the heart of contemporary comedy between those who see comedy as a weapon for punching down and those whose laughter points to social transformation. From stand-up to sitcoms\, podcasts to late night\, comedy reveals our longing to subvert power\, escape the prison of work\, and envision the joys of a liberated world. \nCopies of Madeline Lane-McKinley’s Comedy Against Work (Common Notions\, 2022\, paperback\, $20) as well as M.E. O’Brien and Eman Abelhadi’s Everything for Everyone (Common Notions\, 2022\, paperback\, $18) are available at the Bureau’s physical and online stores. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nCopies of both books will be available for purchase at the event. \nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \nThis event will take place in person at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division\, on the second floor (room 210) of The LGBT Community Center\, 208 W. 13th St.\, NYC\, 10011. \nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served.\nAlso live-streaming at YouTube.com/@bgsqd \n  \nSuggested donation $10 to benefit the Bureau’s work. \nAll are welcome to attend\, with or without donation. \nWe will pass a bag for donations at the start of the event\, but we can also take credit card donations at the register or on Venmo @bgsqd. \n  \nMadeline Lane-McKinley is a writer\, professor\, and Marxist-feminist with a PhD in Literature from the University of California\, Santa Cruz. She is a founding member of Blind Field: A Journal of Cultural Inquiry. Her writing has appeared in publications such as Los Angeles Review of Books\, Boston Review\, The New Inquiry\, Entropy\, GUTS\, and Cultural Politics. She is also the author of the chapbook Dear Z and a contributor to The Museum of Capitalism. \n  \nM. E. O’Brien writes on gender freedom and communist theory. She co-edits two magazines: Pinko\, on gay communism\, and Parapraxis\, on psychoanalytic theory and politics. Her work on family abolition has been translated into Chinese\, German\, Greek\, French\, Spanish\, and Turkish. Previously\, she coordinated the New York City Trans Oral History Project\, and worked in HIV and AIDS activism and services. She completed a PhD at New York University\, where she wrote on how capitalism shaped New York City LGBTQ social movements. She is currently in training to be a psychoanalyst\, and works as a therapist. has headlined all across the country\, including Los Angeles\, Chicago\, Denver\, St. Louis\, New Haven\, and Baltimore\, just to name a few. \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/comedy-against-work-m-e-obrien-in-conversation-w-madeline-lane-mckinley/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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