‘Equitable Psychedelics,’ ‘Building an Antiracist Newsroom,’ and Other Woke Nonsense Panels Happening Now at South by Southwest

What’s the latest?South by Southwest, the radical Big Tech woke corporate propaganda, and music festival began Friday, in Austin, Texas.

The extravaganza lasts for 10 days and is described as “The Ultimate Extravaganza”. “essential destination for global professionals,” is sponsored by White Claw® Hard Seltzer, C4 Smart Energy®, Volkswagen, and Porsche, among others. Second Gentleman is one of the featured speakers. Doug EmhoffDeepak Chopra, New Age guru and actor Deepak Chopra, Robert Downey Jr., Jazzy Jeff and Gottmik, the renowned drag queen activist Gottmik.

They are saying this:: “SXSW proves that the most unexpected discoveries happen when diverse topics and people come together.” —SXSW promotional material

Take a look at all the corporate nonsense!: SXSW has a lot of fun events and panel discussions that attendees should check out. We have compiled 17 of the most bizarre examples that we could find in no particular order.

1) Building an Antiracist Newsroom—Four journalists, including NBC News correspondent and “1619 Project” Contributing writer Trymaine Le, will discuss “the fallacy of ‘objective journalism'” This “time of great racial reckoning.”

2) Menstrual Dignity – Taboos and Inequality—Enjoy an illuminating discussiOn about the impact of “menstrual poverty” on “people who menstruate.” This panel is “suitable for audiences with a focus on the [United Nations sustainable development goals] 1,3,4,5,10,11, and 12,” Whatever that means.

3) Breaking Binary: Ending Inequity with Intersex Care—Dr. Francis Grimstad is a Boston Children’s Hospital pediatrician who specializes in trans-reproductive health. He will discuss with others how to provide health care for intersex children. “a general term for a variety of conditions where a person is born with reproductive or sexual anatomy that doesn’t fit typical definitions of male or female bodies.”

4) How to Recessionproof Your Diversity Strategy—This workshop will highlight the 10 “key standards that drive diversity in the workplace.” Participants will be awarded “a score across each of the standards and an overall score to enable them to measure their DEI progress tangibly.”

5) Building an Equitable System of Psychedelic Medicines—A panel discussion about whether the increasing acceptance of psychedelic treatments will be “a force for good” Oder “entrench existing inequalities.”

6) “Mind Control for Good” Exist?—Sponsored by Edelman, the global public relations consultancy firm, this panel will discuss how to utilize Brain Computer Interface to save the world without “stripping us of our agency and humanity.”

7) Designing Equity with an Afrofuturist lens—This panel of “designers, artists, time travelers, and futurists” Will discuss how to use “speculative design to harmonize the experiences of Black people in the past, present, and future.”

8) Featured Session – Chelsea Handler & Jen Psaki—A gabfest featuring the former White House press secretary and the 48-year-old female comedian whose most recent tour was titled “Vaccinated and Horny.”

9) TV Evolution for the Queerest Generation yet—This “advanced” This question will be answered by a panel of experts at all levels.

10) Can the Union of Equity and Tech Save Marijuana?—This session will discuss how the cannabis industry’s problems can be “resolved through equity-based tech solutions.”

11) The Brown Womxn Revolution: Not Your Average Aunty—This “advanced” Velocity Global sponsored a level session and it appears to concentrate on “South Asian wom[x]n,” This is not inclusive.

12) Climate Action 101: Finding Your Climate Squad—This meet and greet will focus on the “importance of intentionally finding a climate community,” They will also examine possible strategies. “coping with eco anxiety.”

13) Hacking Beauty to Increase Accessibility—Listen to an Estée Lauder executive talk about what his company is doing to become “the most inclusive and diverse beauty company in the world.”

14) Driving Inclusion in Immersive Experience Design—Sponsored by frog, a leading global creative consultancy, this panel will help attendees learn how to “unlock the true power of shared immersive experiences” Participate in the “co-creation of unique emergent narratives.”

15) Featured Session with Chelsea Manning: The Future of Privacy Online—The former male soldier convicted on 17 charges of leaking classified information and aiding America’s enemies will discuss the future of internet privacy.

16) Live Performance In the Metaverse—Sponsored by the global accounting firm KPMG, this panel will include commentary from TFM Jonny, a “streaming celebrity, performer, and musician [who] creates hours of content every day in his anime wolf ‘boi’ persona.”