VIDEO: The Silicone Diaries’ Nina Arsenault at IdeaCity

As tonight is the first night of the remounting of Nina Arsenault’s The Silicone Diaries at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre in Toronto, it’s a good opportunity to revisit Arsenault’s gripping talk at IdeaCity this year.

At one point, Arsenault speaks to the significance of social networking to her work:

“As someone who has been discriminated against sexually, the democratization of social networking sites has been invaluable for me to disseminate my ideas and art.”

Watch the whole presentation below:

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