Artist Series - Local Author Kate Flannery and Film Maker Andrew van Baal

Name: Artist Series - Local Author Kate Flannery and Film Maker Andrew van Baal
Start: 2024-06-01T11:00:00-07:00
End: 2024-06-01T16:00:00-07:00
Location: 2 Main Street 1601, Bisbee, AZ, United States, Arizona 85603

Schedule

Sat Jun 01 2024 at 11:00 am to 04:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

2 Main Street 1601, Bisbee, AZ, United States, Arizona 85603 | Bisbee, AZ

Please join us as we welcome local author Kate Flannery and Los Angeles and Bisbee-based filmmaker Andrew van Baal to our Bisbee Artist Series.
Kate was born and raised in Northeastern Pennsylvania. She holds a BA in Creative Writing from Bryn Mawr College and currently works for the Emmy Award-winning RuPaul’s Drag Race. She is the lead singer and frontwoman for LA’s premier Little Richard tribute band, Big Dick and currently writes from Bisbee, Arizona. "Strip Tees" is her first book.
Andrew is a Los Angeles and Bisbee-based filmmaker known for his work with critically acclaimed artists and entertainers. As a writer, director and editor he’s committed to telling unique stories with a distinctive, eclectic style that spans (and sometimes combines) narrative, documentary, and music video forms.
Kate will be signing her first book: "Strip Tees"
Strip Tees is a fever dream of a memoir—Hunter S. Thompson meets Gloria Steinem—about a recent college graduate and what happens when her feminist ideals meet the real world.
At the turn of the new millennium, LA is the place to be. “Hipster” is a new word on the scene. Lauren Conrad is living her Cinderella story in the “Hills” on millions of television sets across the country. Paris Hilton tells us “That’s hot” from behind the biggest sunglasses imaginable, while beautiful teenagers fight and fall in love on The O.C.
Into this most glittering of supposed utopias, Kate Flannery arrives with a Seven Sisters diploma in hand and a new job at an upstart clothing company called American Apparel. Kate throws herself into the work, determined to climb the corporate fashion ladder. Having a job at American Apparel also means being a part of the advertising campaigns themselves, stripping down in the name of feminism.
She slowly begins to lose herself in a landscape of rowdy sex-positivity, racy photo shoots, and a cultlike devotion to the unorthodox CEO and founder of the brand. The line between sexual liberation and exploitation quickly grows hazy, leading Kate to question the company’s ethics and wrestle with her own.