A. Novice Impromptu Event Prompts

Round 1

  1. Speaker 1


    1. “Freedom is a constant struggle, not a final achievement, because systems of domination continually reinvent themselves.” — Angela Y. Davis

    2. “Decolonization is not a metaphor; it demands the repatriation of Indigenous land and life.” — Eve Tuck & K. Wayne Yang

    3. “Queerness exists for us as an ideal that helps us imagine a world beyond the present conditions of domination.” — José Esteban Muñoz

  2. Speaker 2


    1. The archive is not neutral; it reflects the power relations that determine whose lives are considered worth remembering.” — Saidiya Hartman

    2. “Feminism is not about making women stronger, because women are already strong; it is about changing how the world perceives that strength.” — bell hooks

    3. “Survival itself can be a form of resistance, especially when the world is structured against your existence.” — Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

  3. Speaker 3


    1. “The personal is political because private suffering is often the product of public structures.” — Carol Hanisch

    2. “Queer politics becomes conservative when it seeks acceptance without challenging the norms that produce exclusion.” — Lisa Duggan

    3. “There is no such thing as a single-issue struggle, because we do not live single-issue lives.” — Audre Lorde

  4. Speaker 4


    1. “Colonialism works not only through force, but through the control of knowledge and meaning.” — Frantz Fanon

    2. “Care can be a site of radical possibility, but it can also become a technology of exhaustion.” — Sara Ahmed

    3. “Black life is lived in proximity to death, yet it continually produces meaning, beauty, and thought.” — Fred Moten

  5. Speaker 5


    1. Respectability is often used as a weapon to discipline those who most need protection.” — Cathy J. Cohen

    2. “Indigenous knowledge systems are not relics of the past; they are living, adaptive, and theoretical in their own right.” — Linda Tuhiwai Smith

    3. “Visibility does not equal liberation when the systems doing the seeing remain unchanged.” — Dean Spade

  6. Speaker 6


    1. “Feminist theory must remain accountable to the material conditions of women’s lives, not just its own abstractions.” — Silvia Federici

    2. “Refusal is not a failure to engage; it is often a deliberate political stance.” — Tavia Nyong’o

    3. “Theory matters only insofar as it helps us understand how power operates and how it might be undone.” — Patricia Hill Collins

  7. Speaker 7


    1. “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

    2. “Race is the modality through which class is lived.” — Stuart Hall

    3. “Gender is not a stable identity, but an ongoing set of acts that acquire meaning through repetition.” — Judith Butler

Round 2

  1. Speaker 1


    1. “I’m not here to make friends. I’m here to make a point.” - Phaedra Parks, The Traitors (US) Season 3

    2. “You keep saying it’s not that deep, but you keep bringing it up.” - Ariana Madix, Vanderpump Rules

    3. “I said what I said, and I said it on camera for a reason.” -  Teresa Giudice, Real Housewives of New Jersey

  2. Speaker 2


    1. “If you have to explain your loyalty, you already lost me.” -  CT Tamburello, The Challenge

    2. “This isn’t strategy anymore, this is just disrespect with confidence.” - Sandra Diaz-Twine, Survivor 46

    3. “You don’t get to rewrite the story just because you don’t like how it looks now.” -  Kandi Burruss, Real Housewives of Atlanta

  3. Speaker 3


    1. “I’m calm, you’re just not used to me not backing down.” - Da’Vonne Rogers, Big Brother: Reindeer Games 

    2. “I didn’t come all this way to be quiet now.” -  RuPaul, RuPaul’s Drag Race

    3. “You can call it confidence if that helps you sleep.” - Bethenny Frankel, Reality Reckoning

  4. Speaker 4


    1. “I trusted you because you looked me in the eye,  that was my mistake.” - Bananas (Johnny Devenanzio), The Challenge

    2. “This experiment only works if people are honest, and someone here is not.” - Nick Lachey, Love Is Blind

    3. “You don’t get a redemption arc just because you cried once.” -  Lala Kent, Vanderpump Rules

  5. Speaker 5


    1. “I’m not playing dumb,  I’m choosing peace.” - Nene Leakes, Real Housewives legacy appearance

    2. “You thought silence meant forgiveness. It didn’t.” - Queen Latifah, The Equalizer after-show

    3. “If this is your villain era, just say that.” - Michelle Young, Bachelor Nation

  6. Speaker 6


    1. “I’m not mad, I’m embarrassed for you.” - Gizelle Bryant, Real Housewives of Potomac

    2. “I clock patterns, not excuses.” - Trishelle Cannatella, The Traitors

    3. “This house runs on accountability,  or at least it’s supposed to.” - Julie Chen Moonves, Big Brother

  7. Speaker 7


    1. “You don’t need to raise your voice when the footage exists.” - Andy Cohen, Watch What Happens Live

    2. “I didn’t lose, I learned who not to trust.” - Parvati Shallow, The Traitors

    3. “I’m not rewriting myself to be palatable on reality TV.” - Eboni K. Williams, Real Housewives