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Talking Happy Face (Destiny's Child), In the Wake, homeplace, and leisure in my first Substack. Welcome to Everyday Black Matter 🔬🖤

link in bio by @everydayblackmatter

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How a Durag Pulled Me Into Everyday Black Matter-ing by Dr. Chaz Barracks.

A cousin’s boyfriend. A fresh line-up. Ocean waves. And the careful tying of a durag — an initiation into ritualized Black hair and care that marked the beginning of something much larger.

From that memory, Barracks builds a theory. The durag is not just maintenance. It’s style, signal, archive, and refusal. A material object that Black femmes and queers have long inhabited — not just inherited — stretching its meaning to carve out more livable ways of being.

Moving through Tyler Mitchell, Symone’s iconic Drag Race runway, and the quiet femininity of mothers and aunties, Barracks traces what he calls “everyday Black matter”, the ordinary textures of Black life that narratives of suffering or excellence consistently leave out.

To style yourself into being is its own kind of world-making
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#BlackYouthProject #BlackQueerLife #BlackStyle #BlackCulture #Durags by @everydayblackmatter

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Rent Party x @janeese4dc by @everydayblackmatter

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Big thanks to the Raynors for inviting me to play tunes at the Rent Party supporting @janeese4dc! I'm grateful for how rooted I felt in community and family. We got to hear Janeese's story and witness history in the making right in my best friend's living room.

Rent parties have always reflected our collective power - using the home as a space to gather, organize, and imagine a world that includes making dreams possible for everyone. Wishing Janeese the best as she takes on the DC establishment and fights for working families.

You can hear part of the set on my SoundCloud. And if you're in DC, use the tunes I curated as your walk-to-the-polls soundtrack. Put the people first and make your voice heard on Tuesday, June 16. taken in Washington D. C. by @everydayblackmatter

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✨Artist Spotlight: Chaz A. Barracks, PhD✨

Chaz A. Barracks, PhD (he/they) Chaz A. Barracks, PhD (he/they) is a mixed-media scholar, filmmaker, podcast host, and educator exploring Black popular culture, Black feminist theory, and Black joy through oral history and critical media practice. Their work examines Black everyday life, queer aesthetics, and material/digital culture — from durags to digital commons — centering Black feminist/femme practices of care, pleasure, and worldmaking performance.

Known for his powerful 2020 film Everyday Black Matter, Chaz teaches and creates at the intersections of experimental media, Black popular culture, and joy and pleasure studies. His current writing project dives into the politics of deviance in everyday Black life. At Potluck, he explores “durag matter” — merging oral history, material design, and exhibition to create knowledge from everyday Black life (aka Black matter).

Catch Dr. Chaz at The Potluck on Saturday, May 23 for an interactive “durag matter” screen printing/storytelling oral history session. Bring your Durag and join in on the fun!

🗓️ Saturday May 23, 10am
🔥 Bring your durags for an interactive session with oral history collection!

📍Taking Doll Studio: 7145 E. Davison, Detroit MI

🔗Click the link in bio to register

#ThePotluckDetroit #HealingThroughArt #CommunityVibes #detroitcreatives by @everydayblackmatter

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On the @imaginingamerica Story Share pod with @sylgale talking Black joy and play, creative administration strategies for experimental learning, and doing all the things with the academia’s support. 🤓 📞🎧 by @everydayblackmatter

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"Quiet is a metaphor for inner life, and as such, enables a more nuanced understanding of black culture." -Kevin Quashie

My new chapter is out now in Communication Activities for the Classroom: Embodied Pedagogy Across the Communication Curriculum. by @everydayblackmatter

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Selections from Chaz Barracks’s 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 syllabus — texts, film, sound, and additional sources that inspired and complement the film (link in story).

“For me, both this film and the Black Matter podcast bring up questions of influence—specifically reflecting about what and who influences our media consumption and how we, Black folks, Black/queer folks often feel that our lives are [mis/under]represented or repressed by the things we watch that are [supposed to be] about us. Instead of expecting the media and other dominating institutions to see me and the humanity of those I am most nourished by in my everyday life, I believe that some of us have to make the media we want to see, and call our friends and chosen family members to participate in the show of it all. The 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 film is precisely this: it’s a glimpse of what is possible through a type of futuristic collaboration where everyone involved is invested in a blurring of the lines that often divide us or place us in boxes or containers that dictate who belongs and who does not.” @everydayblackmatter

𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 screens @vitalspacesnm Monday October 6 | 6-8PM by @everydayblackmatter

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PRROBLEM is proud to support artist and scholar Chaz Antoine Barracks in a screening and discussion of his short film 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 @vitalspacesnm on Monday October 6 | 6-8PM.

“𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 is absolutely stunning — a slow, vibrant portrayal of Black queer and trans people reclaiming urban space.” madison moore, author of 𝘍𝘢𝘣𝘶𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘴: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘌𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤

Barracks’s work unites performance, photography, visual art, filmmaking and public exhibitions exploring themes of Black queer aesthetics and placemaking. Barracks also hosts the Black Matter podcast, a platform for Black queer femmes and Black dimensionalities. He is currently visiting faculty at the University of Richmond.

Check out the 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 reading and media list (link in story) for related recommendations which include writings by Lucille Clifton, Hortense J. Spillers, and others. taken in Santa Fe, New Mexico by @everydayblackmatter

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The movie Sinners directed by Ryan Coogler and starring Michael B Jordan has taken the world by storm, and we want unpack it with you!

Join us for a powerful conversation discussing Sinners - a provocative film exploring themes of faith, shame, redemption, and identity within the Black community. This panel will delve into the emotional, cultural, and spiritual implications of the film, inviting dialogue around how Black people navigate moral complexity, healing, and belonging. Come ready to reflect, connect, and engage in meaningful conversation. by @everydayblackmatter

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Critical Kiki and transparent article writing together, with Jillian Hernandez, PhD. 😉
(Pay her all the coins: $rococolife and $chazib) taken in Syracuse, New York by @everydayblackmatter

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3 🎂 🐾 🐾. The nigga living in my house. by @everydayblackmatter

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