hi, i’m lawrence
pronouns: he/they
i’m a writer, scholar, facilitator, and folklorist exploring the intersection of sports & physical culture with race, gender, sexuality, ability, and ideas of citizenship/nation.
editor of deconstructing the industrial fitness-complex: how to resist, disrupt, and reclaim what it means to be fit in american culture (may 2023)
thesis work — explorations in the inclusive fitness movement: community voices & visions (2021); original interview recordings can be found here.
want to collaborate?
available for collaborations approaching sports imaginatively and critically.
this includes lecturing, moderating and facilitating events, interviews, writing (copy, fiction, non-fiction), content editing and production, and projects in arts, culture, and archival-based work.