The close listening femmes deserve.

On the heels of the 1969 Stonewall Riots, disco music and culture was a largely Black, brown, and queer-led resistance to racist, hetero-patriarchal norms.

Too often written off as frivolous hedonism at best, or tasteless kitsch at worst, we lose out on the narratives of femme resistance, ecstasy, and survival strategies that emerge when we take a moment to listen.

What can we learn about pleasure, identity, sex, and intimacy from disco femmes? What do we gain from the words, musical choices, and artistry of disco?

In this space, I invite you to listen up TO these femme foremothers.