Tara in Whiter-land: adventures of a brown girl who can't get her head out white theatre's twat

About this Blog: In considering complaints regarding my Blog Post #3, I have several thoughts: 1.         What I have to write is COMPLETELY DEPENDENT upon describing how my experiences created my point of view, and so it is difficult to universally navigate this territory and honor all parties who read it.  I am trying to do right by my own experience, but also by my friends for whom these experiences are related to their experiences, where we intersect.  While I will always keep anonymity for the folks of whom I write, I will also employ the following rule when writing my blog:  if a friend, (not someone who does not identify as friend,) feels that I have inappropriately represented them, I will change the blog.  If non-friends have complaints, they can talk to me about their concerns, but I do not reflexively promise to change what was written.  Articulating my experience is not more important than the people whom I lo...

WE’RE ALL HYPOCRITES, MOVE ALONG June 8 th , 2020 ----------------------  I love Hypocrites. Dear White Theatre, I love hypocrites.   And you do too. I am a hypocrite. I am a freedom-fighter who wants to cultivate the “gap” between my thighs.   I’m the brown artist who leads introductions by mentioning my very privileged very expensive education.   I’m brown, but damn if I don’t keep realizing that I am completely white too!   Sadly, In my life, I have found that I will never be white enough, though, and I really, really tried.   I bet you did too, theatre companies.   So let’s talk about that.   ---------------------------------------   Beautifully chosen racial armor I know this is hard to talk about, white theatre companies.   And I really do feel for you.   It’s not your fault that you didn’t realize that including Black, Indiginous and People of Color voices in your COMPANY AND OR BOARD was actual...

Clown Theory:  An Introduction to this Blog Series Hi!  Thanks for joining me for this post, the first one in my new blog series, "Tara in Whiter-land".    I was inspired by countless years of failure to write this heart-wrenchingly true series of blog posts about how I completely and utterly suck.   Essentially, as a brown, fat, queer woman, I have found that I have never been white enough. Not that I haven't tried! There's always someone whiter than me, damnit, and they show me up, again and again, reinforcing better than I ever could the standards by which folks should laugh, cry, and organize together. As a treat for you, and because I frankly have trouble sleeping at night as a result of these failures, I am going to write about them. As a kind of penance. Nameless (for your safety), context-less (for mine), and completely satirical. Welcome to Tara in Whiter-land, The real life, out-of-context adventures of a brown girl who can't get her head out of t...