A. Open Impromptu Event Prompts
Round 1
Speaker 1
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“Freedom is a constant struggle, not a final achievement, because systems of domination continually reinvent themselves.” — Angela Y. Davis
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“Decolonization is not a metaphor; it demands the repatriation of Indigenous land and life.” — Eve Tuck & K. Wayne Yang
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“Queerness exists for us as an ideal that helps us imagine a world beyond the present conditions of domination.” — José Esteban Muñoz
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Speaker 2
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The archive is not neutral; it reflects the power relations that determine whose lives are considered worth remembering.” — Saidiya Hartman
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“Feminism is not about making women stronger, because women are already strong; it is about changing how the world perceives that strength.” — bell hooks
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“Survival itself can be a form of resistance, especially when the world is structured against your existence.” — Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
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Speaker 3
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“The personal is political because private suffering is often the product of public structures.” — Carol Hanisch
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“Queer politics becomes conservative when it seeks acceptance without challenging the norms that produce exclusion.” — Lisa Duggan
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“There is no such thing as a single-issue struggle, because we do not live single-issue lives.” — Audre Lorde
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Speaker 4
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“Colonialism works not only through force, but through the control of knowledge and meaning.” — Frantz Fanon
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“Care can be a site of radical possibility, but it can also become a technology of exhaustion.” — Sara Ahmed
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“Black life is lived in proximity to death, yet it continually produces meaning, beauty, and thought.” — Fred Moten
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Speaker 5
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Respectability is often used as a weapon to discipline those who most need protection.” — Cathy J. Cohen
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“Indigenous knowledge systems are not relics of the past; they are living, adaptive, and theoretical in their own right.” — Linda Tuhiwai Smith
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“Visibility does not equal liberation when the systems doing the seeing remain unchanged.” — Dean Spade
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Speaker 6
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“Feminist theory must remain accountable to the material conditions of women’s lives, not just its own abstractions.” — Silvia Federici
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“Refusal is not a failure to engage; it is often a deliberate political stance.” — Tavia Nyong’o
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“Theory matters only insofar as it helps us understand how power operates and how it might be undone.” — Patricia Hill Collins
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Speaker 7
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“The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house, though they may allow us to temporarily beat him at his own game.” — Audre Lorde
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“Race is the modality through which class is lived.” — Stuart Hall
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“Gender is not a stable identity, but an ongoing set of acts that acquire meaning through repetition.” — Judith Butler
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Round 2
Speaker 1
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“I’m not here to make friends. I’m here to make a point.” - Phaedra Parks, The Traitors (US) Season 3
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“You keep saying it’s not that deep, but you keep bringing it up.” - Ariana Madix, Vanderpump Rules
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“I said what I said, and I said it on camera for a reason.” - Teresa Giudice, Real Housewives of New Jersey
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Speaker 2
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“If you have to explain your loyalty, you already lost me.” - CT Tamburello, The Challenge
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“This isn’t strategy anymore, this is just disrespect with confidence.” - Sandra Diaz-Twine, Survivor 46
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“You don’t get to rewrite the story just because you don’t like how it looks now.” - Kandi Burruss, Real Housewives of Atlanta
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Speaker 3
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“I’m calm, you’re just not used to me not backing down.” - Da’Vonne Rogers, Big Brother: Reindeer Games
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“I didn’t come all this way to be quiet now.” - RuPaul, RuPaul’s Drag Race
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“You can call it confidence if that helps you sleep.” - Bethenny Frankel, Reality Reckoning
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Speaker 4
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“I trusted you because you looked me in the eye, that was my mistake.” - Bananas (Johnny Devenanzio), The Challenge
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“This experiment only works if people are honest, and someone here is not.” - Nick Lachey, Love Is Blind
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“You don’t get a redemption arc just because you cried once.” - Lala Kent, Vanderpump Rules
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Speaker 5
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“I’m not playing dumb, I’m choosing peace.” - Nene Leakes, Real Housewives legacy appearance
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“You thought silence meant forgiveness. It didn’t.” - Queen Latifah, The Equalizer after-show
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“If this is your villain era, just say that.” - Michelle Young, Bachelor Nation
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Speaker 6
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“I’m not mad, I’m embarrassed for you.” - Gizelle Bryant, Real Housewives of Potomac
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“I clock patterns, not excuses.” - Trishelle Cannatella, The Traitors
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“This house runs on accountability, or at least it’s supposed to.” - Julie Chen Moonves, Big Brother
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Speaker 7
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“You don’t need to raise your voice when the footage exists.” - Andy Cohen, Watch What Happens Live
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“I didn’t lose, I learned who not to trust.” - Parvati Shallow, The Traitors
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“I’m not rewriting myself to be palatable on reality TV.” - Eboni K. Williams, Real Housewives
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