Kristina Wong Sweatshop Overlord (2021)

On Day 3 of the COVID19 pandemic NYTW Usual Suspect Kristina Wong began sewing masks out of old bedsheets and bra straps on her Hello Kitty sewing machine Before long she was leading the Auntie Sewing Squad a workfromhome sweatshop of hundreds of volunteersincluding children and her own motherto fix the US public health care system while in quarantine It was a feminist care utopia forming in the midst of crisis Or was it a mutual aid doomsday cult As the demand for masks abates and we begin to return safely to space Kristina is beginning to put her life together postpandemic cult leadership With hilarity and boundless generosity she invites the audience in on her work building community in isolation while reflecting on what weve been through and imagining what we want to become