ICA is closed from the 30 May – 3 June inclusive.
Over six sessions, academics and writers Sita Balani and Bryony White lead a series of close readings and discussions centered on key texts in contemporary literature and culture. It’s advisable, but not mandatory, to have read the texts prior to the session. Participants are encouraged to share thoughts and feelings.
Recommended reading, listening and watching:
‘Hot Money, Episode 8: Inside porn's star chamber’, Financial Times, 29 July 2022 Listen
The New York Times, ‘Inside the Daily Life of a Live Streaming Star in China’, YouTube, 30 April 2021 Watch
Charlotte Shane, ‘OnlyFans Isn’t Just Porn ;)’, The New York Times Magazine, 28 September 2021 Read
The White Lotus, ‘Italian Dream’, Season 2, Episode 2 Watch
Previous reading groups:
Bryony White is a writer and is currently Assistant Professor of Theatre and Performance studies at the University of Warwick. She has published in LA Review of Books, Elephant, frieze, TLS and The White Review.
Sita Balani is a writer and teacher living in London. She is the co-author of Empire’s Endgame: Racism and the British State (Pluto Books, 2021). Her book Deadly and Slick: Sexual Modernity and the Making of Race is forthcoming with Verso in 2023. She has published in Open Democracy, Vice, Novara Media, Five Dials and The White Review.
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