Michelle Lhooq, CSWR, Psychedelic Intersections: 2024 Conference Anthology
Michelle Lhooq draws from her experience as a rave organizer and journalist to deploy the concept of “cringe” as an analytical tool to identify outdated tropes in the dance music scene. In an essay that is equally practical and philosophical, Lhooq argues that cringe is a corrective to the co-optation of ecstasy and transcendence by capitalist interests and shares her attempts to reinvigorate the psychedelic rave space in light of this.