Jun 24, 2021
This week, we're joined by our favorite Derek Tran once again to chat about the state of COVID, rainbow-washing, performative allyship, and showing up authentically.
In this episode we talk about:
- Derek's Tinder profile. Yes. Really.
- COVID mask mandates going down in many parts of America
- Rainbow-washing and performative allyship from companies
- Goods Unite Us revealing of where corporate sponsorship is going toward
- The capital reason why it's valuable to rainbow-wash and market pride
- Why we all still need to support pride as a protest
- The shift away from hiring police at pride
- Why everyone needs to stop eating at the evil chicken shop
- Showing up authentically yourself this pride season
- Speaking with our action vs. performance
References
You can find Derek at:
- Instagram: @findyourfearless
You can follow me at:
- Instagram: @stevenwakabayashi
- YouTube: @stevenwakabayashi
- Weekly Newsletter: mindfulmoments.substack.com