Pride, Pregnancy & Protests

Queer cookbooks have been around at least since 'The Alice B. Toklas Cookbook' was published in 1954. 70 years later, there’s still an appetite for them, within and beyond the LGBTQIA+ community, as exemplified by the forthcoming 'Baking with Pride' by Great British Bake Off contestant Janusz Domagala. But what makes a cookbook queer? (Why) do we need queer cookbooks? And can pancakes be gay? Come along for an exploration of queer cookbooks and what they can tell us about queer communities, appetites, activism, and joy.

This talk looks at the stories of surveillance and policing created and spread on social media by protestors from three movements across the US in the year 2020: Black Lives Matter, Operation Gridlock, and Stop the Steal. These stories allow us to understand how new surveillance technologies such as facial recognition create conflicting emotions of security, safety and insecurity among protestors.

Giving birth is not risk free, no matter which way you choose to do it. A C-section can injure your bladder and a vaginal birth can cause serious tears; so how do you choose which to go for? To make an informed decision about anything, we need as much information as possible. These risks can be presented in different ways, but one size does not fit all! So come and explore how we can ensure people get the information they need to make the right choice for them.