Dr. Nicole Rawls
Anthropologist Astrologer Artist. Storyteller
~It’s time to create and tell our own stories as a way to build new worlds.
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Queering Chaos Conversations
Queering Pleasure, Play & Taboo Things
Dec 16th
7PM CST
Dorothy Downstairs
2500 W Chicago Ave
Chicago, 60622
In the third of five panelist driven conversations led by Dr. Nicole Rawls, queer folks gather to connect & share in these chaotic times.
What happens when we sideline shame to center pleasure as a way to play with taboo things? Let’s explore in the next Queering Chaos Conversation as we Queer Pleasure, Play and Taboo Things.
Join us as we bring together:
a couple who convenes Queer Play Parties that routinely center those left at the margins in the kink scene
a Black Queer woman who educates her community on the benefits of psychedelics
& a mom and her eldest child who run a monthly witch market and drag show for a conversation that conjures the futures we want by learning to play without shame.
Doors at 6pm and our conversation begins at 7pm. Dorothy remains open after the event until 11pm.
Tickets are sliding scale $10-20 in advance and $20 at the door.
Dorothy is 21+ and requires physical ID for all to enter. Dorothy is also ADA accessible with elevator access on Campbell Ave. If you are a guest who requires elevator access, please wait by the black door with our logo in the window and call our staff to assist: 773-770-3799
Please note: refund requests are only available until 24h before the event (12/15, 7pm). No other refund requests will be honored.
NOVEMBER CALENDAR OF EVENTS
It is time to tell new stories so we can create the futures we say we want. So it is a time of the storytellers and story weavers to tell and weave new stories for our humanity.
To tell new stories we need to embody our humanity and believe the reality we are in so we can dream and create the societies that can actually hold and support life.
How do we learn to embody the knowledge we have learned?
What does it mean to strategically dream as a way to world-build the societies we say we want to live in?
Can we allow ourselves to play in the dreamscape(s) and bring those dreams into reality?
If we are our ancestors’ wildest dreams, how do we dream WITH them as a liberatory practice?
These are some of the questions I explore in my Patreon, the online arm of my Embodied Futures Lab, as a way to create a space for people to imagine our world differently and then dare to bring those imaginations into reality.
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Dr. Nicole Rawls
Welcome! My name is Dr. Nicole Rawls and I am an anthropologist, astrologer, strategist, poet, writer, and storyteller.
I use my knowledge and training to deconstruct societal mindsets and imagine a world without oppressive systems governing us. I obtained my Ph.D. in Anthropology from Michigan State University in 2011, specializing in race, racism, citizenship, and the nation-state. I previously taught and worked at Michigan State University, The University of Bristol (UK), Beloit College and Brown University before leaving higher education in 2021. You can read more about me here.
My work and offerings are multifaceted.
I am the founder of the Embodied Futures Lab and Dream Praxis Studios. With a focus on creating clarity, choice, and action through a humane lens, I offer cultural and organizational strategy services to individuals and organizations/businesses alike through a process I call “ embodied strategic dreaming”. I am really interested in exploring the question: What does it mean to be human? And to answer that one must go on a ride through space and time and understand how we became a society that values dehumanization in the first place. This is where my creative work comes in. As the creator of “Embodied Strategic Dreaming” I help others learn to believe and embody their experiences and learnings and work in the dreamscapes as a way to strategically world-build the societies we say we want to fully live through my podcast, Patreon, writings, speaking, astrological analysis, creative projects, and active social media presence, where I discuss a wide range of topics including the concept of the human, ancestors, and society. My multidisciplinary approach allows me to bridge the gap between academia and spirituality, offering a unique perspective that challenges existing norms and encourages individuals to imagine a world free from oppressive systems. I am currently working on my first book, “Reclaiming My Wild: A Modern Day Marronage Folktale” (working title).
My passion lies in my commitment to social change and the belief in the transformative power of imagination and dreaming to have us come back to our humanity.
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I am doing things are little differently this week because I do not feel well and I am a bit exhausted so lets just talk. This Sagittarius New Moon - where are your beliefs systems? Where do the lie? Jupiter is retrograding in Cancer right now in a trine with Saturn in Pisces. The dissolving of boundaries around the family structure and understandings of women’s health and the body are under review.
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