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Club Quarantine

When the coronavirus shut down clubs around the world, I found community in a queer dance party on Zoom.

[ELECTRONIC STATIC] [ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC] [VITAL SIGN MONITOR BEEPING] [MUSIC PLAYING IN BACKGROUND] [ELECTRONIC SOUND EFFECTS] [DEEP ELECTRONIC BASS] [DEEP ELECTRONIC BASS] [DEEP ELECTRONIC BASS] [DEEP ELECTRONIC BASS] [ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYING] Wow, wow. [KISSING] Wow. [MUSIC PLAYING] [LAUGHING] [CAMERA CLICKING] [TEXT MESSAGE ALERT] [CAMERA CLICKING] [CAMERA CLICKING] [ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYING] [DANCE MUSIC] [MUSIC – CHARLI XCX, “SHAKE IT”] “(SINGING) Work it. Oh, it’s a migraine, make that pupil dilate. Wanna watch it gyrate.” [MUSIC – KELLY CLARKSON, “BEHIND THOSE HAZEL EYES”] “(SINGING) Everything, it felt so right. Unbreakable, nothing could go wrong. Now I can’t breathe.” I also might sext someone from Berlin. Really successful Zoom call. No, no, not yet. But he was private messaging me in the Zoom. He was like, “Oh my gosh, you’re so cute, I love you, what’s your IG?” Some guy, some guy from Berlin — OK, so I’m at the Zoom party. [ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYING] [ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYING] [ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYING] [ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYING] [VITAL SIGNS MONITOR BEEPING] [INAUDIBLE INTERCOM ANNOUNCEMENT] [VITAL SIGNS MONITOR BEEPING]

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