Brave Space Forum: "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)"
Community Care & COVID, Spring 2021 Brave Space Forums
Location
Online
Brave Space Forum: "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" – Online Event
Date & Time
March 25, 2021, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Description
Take a deep dive into intersectional feminist topics with the Women’s Center's Brave Space Forums!
This year, our Brave Space Forums are an examination of the ways in which COVID has impacted our social spheres. For our spring semester we will focus in on the concept of "community care" and how it has helped many of us survive this pandemic.
March Topic: "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)": Toxic Positivity in a Pandemic
During this pandemic (and the overwhelming general chaos of 2020), positive stories and uplifting moments have often been hard to come by. With everything going on, many of us are working through higher levels of stress, depression, anxiety, anger, and loneliness. In answer to these "negative emotional/mental states," some are pushing for us to think on the bright side and embrace positivity at all costs. We've all seen it happen: our aunt or uncle chastises us for complaining because "everything is going to be fine" or our boss is determined to maintain the same pre-pandemic goals, because "we will push through this pandemic no matter what!" Often, these well-meaning positivity pushers don't realize that they're enforcing something pervasively toxic. Enter: "toxic positivity," a social phenomenon wherein one compulsively pushes happiness and denies/minimizes/invalidates any negative or uncomfortable feeling. For this Brave Space Forum, we will deconstruct toxic positivity and why it's okay to not be okay!We will be meeting via Blackboard Collaborate. The link to this event can be accessed in the event information above.
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