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["MAKING THE WHOLE PLACE SHIMMER The \u201cBejeweled\u201d video you\u2019ve watched a zillion times dropped exactly 20 days after Tate posed for us in this look (*pats self on back for being trend whisperer*). We\u2019re partial to this heavily adorned version, which you can get by sticking ColourPop Neon Individual Face Jewels, $8 for 72, on your brows, cheekbones, and fingers. Versace corset top. Jenna Blake fringe earrings. Tate\u2019s own moon stud earring (worn throughout).","THESE FOR SHOPPING INFORMATION, GO TO COSMOPOLITAN.COM. PEARLS ARE COOL PEARLS Honestly, if there\u2019s one thing this look will do, it\u2019s help you not fall into the cancel-at-the-last- minute trap. Brows this chic deserve to be seen, so fill in any sparse spots with a pencil, then stick ASOS In Your Dreams Clustered Natural Pearls Face Gems, $12, all over and around them. The pearls come pre-backed with an adhesive to make it easy. De Beers Jewellers necklace and earrings. Retrouva\u00ed ring. Hair: Christopher Naselli. Makeup: Sandy Nicha. Manicure: Kayo Higuchi. 98 Cosmopolitan I S S U E 8","SOME HOLOGRAPHIC VIBES FOR YOU You know that person at the party who looks like they\u2019re having more fun than everyone else? That person is now you. Start by sweeping a purple highlighter on your brow bones, lash lines, and nose. Then comb multiple coats of About- Face Limited Edition Fractal Glitter Brow Gel in Interlude, $14, through your brows for the final pop. Sportmax jacket. Messika Paris ear cuff.","The Year of FOREWORD BY ADRIENNE MAREE BROWN Hell is no match for collective joy. Welcome to the golden age of protest partying. 100 Cosmopolitan ISSUE 8","Joyful Resistance Photograph by Zay Monae ISSUE 8 Cosmopolitan 101","How This overwhelm isn\u2019t acci- dental\u2014it\u2019s straight out of the can we think of celebrating right oppression playbook. One way now when so much of the past to control people\u2014to keep them year has pointed us toward in a scarcity mindset of desper- despair? The regressive battles ation\u2014is to deny them the power for bodily sovereignty; the wave of pleasure and the erotic. Free- of patriarchal, homophobic, and dom fighter and poet Audre transphobic policymaking; law Lorde once defined eroticism as enforcement trying to hold us a bridge between the political in obedience with escalating and the spiritual\u2014a \u201cprovoca- violence; so-called global lead- tive force,\u201d marked by an open ers who would have us deny and fearless capacity for joy, the realities of climate change that awakens our refusal to and pandemic vulnerability. In accept the current systems. light of all that, well, where is the light? Some days, numbness \u201cRecognizing the power of the and hopelessness can feel like erotic within our lives can give our only available options. us the energy to pursue genuine change within our world rather than merely settling for a shift of characters in the same weary drama,\u201d Lorde wrote. Once we reclaim our right to satisfac- tion, in other words, justice and Old institutions can disintegrate and crumble. This is a lens of possibility and of profound delight. 102 Cosmopolitan ISSUE 8","liberation can be among our Ebony Beach Club Beach Bounce most pleasurable experiences. THE CAUSE: Transforming the relationship between Black Americans In 2019, I published a book and the beach called Pleasure Activism: The THE GATHERING: September 18, Los Angeles, California Politics of Feeling Good, a series of conversations between myself \u201cBlack people have historically been barred from beaches\u2014pools too. and other movement leaders And while we carry that trauma with us, Ebony Beach Club is about who have found and generated saying, Fuck it, we\u2019re going right back to the war zone and we\u2019re going our own celebratory practices to have a blast. The first event we did in April, about 150 people came. aimed at making our necessary We started throwing one every month, and by September, 5,000 people revolutions feel irresistible. And showed up. It\u2019s self-governed, everyone doing their own thing: taking that is the lens I encourage us to surf lessons, sitting in the water, dancing, doing yoga. It\u2019s not just a hold up to this difficult moment. turnup\u2014it\u2019s tribal and electric. There\u2019s synergy in the space, connectiv- When we peer through it, we ity to the earth and each other.\u201d can feel our aliveness begin to pour through. Old institutions \u2014Brick Howze, founder can disintegrate and crumble. This is a lens of possibility and Photographs by Zay Monae of profound delight. Here, you\u2019ll find radiant evidence of communities across the U.S. resisting socialized despair this year through cele- bration, creativity, music, and dance. These gatherings look like parties because they are. It is in the bleakest landscapes of oppression that our pleasure practices are most needed, to signal what we are moving toward. They are purposeful in collectivizing access to good lives, community care, shared abundance, and safety. These photos prove how inter- connected and miraculous we really are. They are more than a look back\u2014they\u2019re an open invitation to practice a future worth surviving into. ADRIENNE MAREE BROWN is a writer, activist, musician, and doula. She is the author or editor of several published texts and the founder of the Emergent Strategy Ideation Institute, where she is the writer in residence. ISSUE 8 Cosmopolitan 103","1 1. Abortion Shower. 2 2. Star Garden Stripper Strike Fundraiser. 3. froSkate Meetup. 2 2 Star Garden Stripper Strike Fundraiser Abortion Shower froSkate Meetup THE CAUSE: Raising money for dancers strik- THE CAUSE: Organizing for repro rights and THE CAUSE: Building BIPOC community ing for safer work conditions and job security fundraising for abortion patients through skateboarding THE GATHERING: May 30, North Hollywood, THE GATHERING: August 27, Tucson, Arizona THE GATHERING: June 4, Chicago, Illinois California \u201cCulturally, we honor people who have \u201cOur froSkate meetups exist to center BIPOC \u201cAs strippers, we hear that sexual assault and babies, showering them with gifts and love. joy in a world where we\u2019re constantly getting manhandling just come with the territory. Col- So we wanted to create a safe place where beat down. You\u2019re not really thinking about lectively, we\u2019ve had enough. This spring and people could share abortion resources and much else when you\u2019re on your board\u2014you\u2019re summer, my fellow dancers and I went on joy. Everyone really threw down. We had a just trying to land this trick, or maybe you\u2019re strike. During that time, we held pop-up strip- cake printed with the SCOTUS justices\u2019 just cruising, thinking about how beautiful your show fundraisers to help striking strippers images, and my friend who\u2019s a burlesque surroundings are and how the wind feels on who were sacrificing income for the cause. dancer sat on their faces. We put together your face. Skating creates a feeling of eupho- We also picketed: The goal was to limit the abortion care packages with medical ria that needs nothing else, a feeling I think amount of money the club took in by enticing supplies and things that make people feel everyone, but especially Black and brown customers to chill with us outside instead. We good: a spa certificate, a joint, my homie\u2019s people, cherishes because we need those used our skills to create a fun party environ- mixtape. This event raised $3,200, which radical moments of joy. I\u2019m a strong believer ment and entertain everyone\u2014and it worked. we\u2019ll put toward future organizing and in abolition as well as transformative and Now, we\u2019re taking steps toward unionizing with support efforts. Mutual aid can be fun and restorative justice. With froSkate, I am able to Actors\u2019 Equity Association. It\u2019s not over, but sexy. We know what\u2019s best for each other.\u201d actively practice that.\u201d we\u2019re getting close!\u201d \u2014Alejandra Pablos, creator and community \u2014Karlie Thornton, founder \u2014Lilith, lead organizer justice organizer Photograph by Norma Ibarra Lapiro Photographs by Alyson Alliano Photographs by Jessica Blanco 104 Cosmopolitan ISSUE 8","3 ISSUE 8 Cosmopolitan 105","4 5 6 REPORTING BY MELANIE CURRY, ELIZABETH KIEFER, OLIVIA LAPEYROLERIE, ERIN QUINLAN, AND ASHLYN ROBINETTE 106 Cosmopolitan ISSUE 8","4. Arm the Girls Stun Gun Kiki Ball. 5. Resistance Revival Chorus Juneteenth Weekend Celebration. 7 6. Vote! Daylong Concert and Art Market. 7. Clown Music Parade. Clown Music Parade THE CAUSE: Counterprotest against an all- men\u2019s anti-abortion march THE GATHERING: October 15, Boston, Massachusetts \u201cWe heard there was going to be a men\u2019s- only protest to abolish abortion\u2014a \u2018somber march\u2019 where they would be dressed in suits, like they\u2019re concerned protectors of the com- munity. Someone on Reddit made a joke about dressing up as clowns and following them. Within a week, a few of us organized it. I bought makeup, wigs, and red noses; peo- ple brought instruments. We ended up with a marching band of clowns counterprotest- ing along the entire route, playing \u2018Entry of the Gladiators\u2019 and \u2018Pop! Goes the Weasel.\u2019 This was about using comedy as a tactic and purposefully having fun. Now I want to have musical clownings everywhere this men\u2019s group shows up.\u201d \u2014K*, organizer Photograph by Tom McLaughlin Arm the Girls Stun Gun Kiki Ball Resistance Revival Chorus Juneteenth Vote! Daylong Concert and THE CAUSE: Fundraising and self-defense for Weekend Celebration Art Market trans and queer femmes THE GATHERING: June 17, New York, New York THE CAUSE: Breathing joy into protest by THE CAUSE: Registering new voters and uplifting women and non-binary singers increasing turnout at the polls \u201cWe\u2019re a DJ collective. Our original idea for THE GATHERING: June 18, Kingston, New York THE GATHERING: October 2, San Antonio, Texas Arm the Girls was to change the narrative about trans life, violence, and death, to show \u201cThis was the second performance our cho- \u201cIn San Antonio, our voter turnout numbers that we can be our own source of power. It rus has done for Juneteenth. It was in a his- aren\u2019t good. So our goal was to throw an event started as a photo project but turned into a toric church, in this really profound, beautiful that felt very spirited. People were excited to self-defense program, mutual-aid resource, space. The sound was echoing off the wood have resources available to them in a festive and nightlife series. Ballroom is an under- as we sang \u2018Ain\u2019t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me environment. It was definitely a party.\u201d ground scene\u2014one of the only safe spaces Around.\u2019 And you could just feel the energy many Black and brown queer and trans peo- coming back from the crowd. Music inspires; \u2014Ann Enzminger, organizer ple have to feel authentic and empowered. it brings hope. It reminds people what joy feels This kiki ball raised about $10,000 to help like and what it sounds like. We need that so \u201cI wanted to be a part of this specifically support community members, and we gave people can get up the next morning and feel because of everything that\u2019s going on with out 300 stun guns and pepper sprays. It was lit, like they can fight another day.\u201d women\u2019s rights\u2014to go up there onstage and but as an organizer, I\u2019m also interested in the be a strong female presence and tell people long-term impacts: safety for our community \u2014Zakiyah Ansari, chorus member to get out there and vote. We have this punk on a comprehensive level.\u201d song called \u2018Bad News.\u2019 It sounds angry, but Photograph courtesy Resistance Revival Chorus it\u2019s actually about how we\u2019re all in this together \u2014DJ Guardian Guerrilla Pump, lead organizer and and we\u2019re only going to get out of it if we unite.\u201d cofounder, We Are the Ones We\u2019ve Been Waiting For \u2014Bridgette Norris-Sanchez, lead vocalist, Photograph by Ramie Ahmed HoneyBunny Photographs by Shaun Alvarado *Name omitted for anonymity. ISSUE 8 Cosmopolitan 107","The Last Page You + What You\u2019re Celebrating So it turns out y\u2019all love a good time. BY ANNABEL IWEGBUE Are you a big holiday- What about weddings? Who\u2019s at your ideal party person? 6 5% I\u2019ll pull up to (and party? 5 3% Hell yes to all of them! enjoy) the important ones. 36% They can get over- 30% I am basically a pro- 62% My close friends plus whelming, but I oblige. fessional guest at this point. their other friends. 11% Nah, not my thing. 5% I stay sending that respectful \u201cNo\u201d RSVP. 28% Just my besties. Which of these are you celebrating? (Check all Anything else? 10% Literally, the more that apply.) \u201cMy dog\u2019s birthday\u201d randoms, the better. 8 5% My birthday \u201cFriendsgiving\u201d 76% An engagement \u201cDiwali\u201d 6 3% A big move \u201cJuneteenth\u201d 4 8% Fridays \u201cSummer solstice\u201d 45% A new job \u201cThe Met Gala\u201d 13% A new relationship \u201cTaylor Swift album releases\u201d Are you still down for What\u2019s your celebration GETTY IMAGES (2). ULAS & MERVE\/STOCKSY UNITED. a virtual fete? personality? 61% In a word, no. 57% One and done. I\u2019ll go hard for a single 31% They\u2019re not ideal, but event, but that\u2019s it. sometimes helpful? 3 5% Why end a good 8% Love! Super convenient time? Give me birthday and a great way for people weekends and from all over to join. multiday festivals. Team House Party or Also: Team Planner or What are you normally 8% TBH, it\u2019s a miracle Team Event Venue? Team Attendee? toasting with? if I make it through even one party. 52% Either\/or, depending 5 0% Consider me loyal 22% Wine 9% Gin on the theme. to the attendee life. 22% Cham- 4% Rum 40% House parties always. 34% Oh, I definitely like to pagne 4% Whiskey They\u2019re more intimate, with be in the driver\u2019s seat. 4% Beer better conversations. 20% Tequila 16% I mean, I will plan\u2014 8% I like to step out at a but I won\u2019t love it. 15% Vodka club or venue. 108 Cosmopolitan ISSUE 8 Dig even deeper into this issue right here:","PROMOTION Cosmo\u2019s EIC Jessica Giles and cover star Laura Harrier. Step Inside the CosmoTrips Launch Party Your fave celebs and TikTokers showed up and showed OUT at our CosmoTrips launch party at West Hollywood\u2019s Mondrian Hotel. Between the drinks and the vibes this was truly an evening to celebrate. Guests Chandler Kinney, Paravi Das and YDE. Bailee Madison and Jordan Turpin at the COVERGIRL touch-up station. 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