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Still from Sistren Theatre Collective, *Sweet Sugar Rage*, 1985, 45:00min. Courtesy of the artists and Cinenova Distribution.

Bodies of Work
  • Cameron Hurst


24 Oct 2020
Bus Projects

“Disappointment is the governing affect of feminism”, writes Andrea Long Chu. Feminism invariably lets us (lesbian/Marxist/Black/ queer/trans/Twitter feminists) down, she says, by proving time and time again its status as polymorphous fantasy in relation to whatever change we had hoped it would bring about. In this way, Bodies of Work, a film and lecture program on women and labour curated by Benison Kilby and hosted by Bus Projects throughout September, was deeply disappointing. I loved it.

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