CBC Massey Lectures The Age of Insecurity
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Wednesday September 20 2023
Approximate running time: 2 hours
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These days, everyone feels insecure. We are financially precarious, overwhelmed and anxious, and worried about the future. While millions endure the stress of struggling to make ends meet, in reality, the status quo isn’t working for anyone, even the affluent and comparatively privileged; they, too, are deeply insecure.
The Age of Insecurity exposes how seemingly disparate crises — our suffering mental health and rising inequality, the ecological emergency, and the threat of fascism — are tied to the fact that our social order runs on insecurity. Across disparate sectors, from policing and the military to the wellness and beauty industries, the systems that promise us security instead actively undermine it.
The Age of Insecurity sheds new light on our contemporary predicament, exposing the psychological and political costs of the insecurity-generating status quo, while proposing ways to forge a new path forward.
ASTRA TAYLOR is a filmmaker, writer, and political organizer, born in Winnipeg, MB, and raised in Athens, GA; she currently lives in New York. Her latest book is Remake the World: Essays, Reflections, Rebellions, and her other books include the American Book Award winner The People’s Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age. She regularly writes for major publications, has directed two documentaries, toured with the band Neutral Milk Hotel, and co-founded the Debt Collective."
If you are sick or exhibiting any symptoms of COVID-19, please stay home. DO NOT attend the performance if you are ill. Please contact the Box Office at (867) 667-8574 or emailing boxoffice@yac.ca if you are unable to attend due to illness.
Ticket Pricing: (Select from price list after you select your seats)
Adult: $27.00
Senior / Elder (65 and Over): $15.00
Student: $15.00
Youth (19 and Under): $15.00
These days, everyone feels insecure. We are financially precarious, overwhelmed and anxious, and worried about the future. While millions endure the stress of struggling to make ends meet, in reality, the status quo isn’t working for anyone, even the affluent and comparatively privileged; they, too, are deeply insecure.
The Age of Insecurity exposes how seemingly disparate crises — our suffering mental health and rising inequality, the ecological emergency, and the threat of fascism — are tied to the fact that our social order runs on insecurity. Across disparate sectors, from policing and the military to the wellness and beauty industries, the systems that promise us security instead actively undermine it.
The Age of Insecurity sheds new light on our contemporary predicament, exposing the psychological and political costs of the insecurity-generating status quo, while proposing ways to forge a new path forward.
ASTRA TAYLOR is a filmmaker, writer, and political organizer, born in Winnipeg, MB, and raised in Athens, GA; she currently lives in New York. Her latest book is Remake the World: Essays, Reflections, Rebellions, and her other books include the American Book Award winner The People’s Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age. She regularly writes for major publications, has directed two documentaries, toured with the band Neutral Milk Hotel, and co-founded the Debt Collective."
If you are sick or exhibiting any symptoms of COVID-19, please stay home. DO NOT attend the performance if you are ill. Please contact the Box Office at (867) 667-8574 or emailing boxoffice@yac.ca if you are unable to attend due to illness.