Decenter Romance: Radical Friendship

📍The Tent
Language accessibility: The text is in English; the workshop will be conducted in Czech.
Reading: Sophie K. Rosa: Radical Intimacy (selected excerpts) 

Free entry
Meeting with face masks: suitable for people with weakened immune systems or those who care for them.

We want to have fulfilling relationships, but normative categories, hierarchies, and social expectations may not allow us to satisfy this natural need. They can deprive us of the information and skills needed to create and imagine caring friendships and unconventional forms of relationships. What if we were able to find support outside of a primary romantic relationship? In how many different ways can we love one another? And what kinds of commitments could allow us to build our lives differently? We’ll discuss selected excerpts from Sophie K. Rosa’s book Radical Intimacy and collectively imagine more inclusive forms of relating to one another. If you’re unable to read the text in advance, don’t worry—we’ll read it together during the session. If you have any favorite quotes, images, or memes related to the topic, feel free to bring them to contribute to our group collage. Please wear a face mask; we want to make this gathering accessible to people with compromised immune systems. Extra face masks will also be available on site.