Club Commons: Moving Bodies to Grow Movements in Queer Nightlife & Beyond

As queer nightlife moves from the margins to the mainstream, what have we lost – and what can we still gain? Part cultural history, part manifesto, Club Commons: Moving Bodies to Grow Movements in Queer Nightlife & Beyond explores the power of the dancefloor. A call to protect what we’ve built, and reimagine what’s still possible.

“When Anjali shines her perceptive light on dancefloor culture, everything is  better illuminated. I can’t wait to read this book. It’s one we need.” 
– Emma Warren (author of Dance Your Way Home/Up the Youth Club)

“Anjali’s one of the most exciting and insightful voices writing about dance  music today, bringing fresh perspectives, intellectual rigour and emotive power to a conversation that’s too often homogenous, superficial or cynically commercial. Club Commons promises to be an essential and overdue book: a  chance to reexamine the queer history of club culture, celebrate and critique its present, and map out radical possibilities for its future.”
– Ed Gillett (author of Party Lines)

“Beautifully written and unique, Anjali Prashar-Savoie’s behind-the-scenes journey through queer nightlife is as thorough as it is fascinating. Documenting a world that commercial interests are rapidly destroying, Club Commons is proof that queer culture holds the key to a better future for the dancefloor and beyond.”
– Professor Sam Parsley (author of Minor Keys, coach, DJ and founder of In the Key, a directory and platform championing the careers of women, trans and non-binary electronic music producers)

“Club Commons: Moving Bodies to Grow Movements in Queer Nightlife & Beyond is a vital reminder of how important the dance floor is to connect, unfurl and envision new futures. The text highlights the historic and existing care work entangled with the club space, particularly in providing temporary sites of refuge and embodied joy for Black and LGBTQIA+ communities. This is juxtaposed with research on the corporate and carceral commodification of nightlife in recent years, which exposes the false premise that club spaces are always radical. This book affirms my belief that the non-commercial nightlife ecosystem is an essential part of our social change infrastructure, rather than a luxury. Club Commons is a call to action to reclaim this space on our own terms and revive the underground.”
– Camille Sapara Barton, (author of Tending Grief: An Embodied Guide to Being with Grief Individually and in Community)