Cookie Mueller: Her Stories, Her People, Her World
A new cultural course from So Textual
Writer, actress, critic, muse—Cookie Mueller lived at the intersection of art, subversion, and style. In this immersive course, we follow the arc of her chaotic brilliance: from the Dreamlanders and John Waters’ Baltimore to the bohemian downtown New York scene that surrounded Nan Goldin’s camera lens. We explore Cookie’s cult-status writing (Walking Through Clear Water in a Pool Painted Black), her performances in underground film, her friendships, her essays, her illness, her myth.
This isn’t just a retrospective—it’s an inquiry into what makes someone iconic, what it means to live an artful life, and how certain voices remain uncannily present across generations.
We’ll read, watch, and study Cookie’s work alongside that of her peers and collaborators—John Waters, Nan Goldin, Vittorio Scarpati, and more—and trace the queer, radical, messy lineage of the late 20th-century counterculture that continues to shape fashion, photography, literature, and desire today.
Whether you’re new to Cookie or already under her spell, this online course offers a space to gather, reflect, and study a woman who made living itself a work of art.
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SUNDAY, JUNE 1 at 1pm - 3pm ET
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Early Bird Pricing ENDS 6/23
(Book Club Members enjoy FREE access to this event; details will be found in Circle on our shared calendar. Email info@sotextual.com with any questions).
All sales are final. We cannot offer any refunds.
A new cultural course from So Textual
Writer, actress, critic, muse—Cookie Mueller lived at the intersection of art, subversion, and style. In this immersive course, we follow the arc of her chaotic brilliance: from the Dreamlanders and John Waters’ Baltimore to the bohemian downtown New York scene that surrounded Nan Goldin’s camera lens. We explore Cookie’s cult-status writing (Walking Through Clear Water in a Pool Painted Black), her performances in underground film, her friendships, her essays, her illness, her myth.
This isn’t just a retrospective—it’s an inquiry into what makes someone iconic, what it means to live an artful life, and how certain voices remain uncannily present across generations.
We’ll read, watch, and study Cookie’s work alongside that of her peers and collaborators—John Waters, Nan Goldin, Vittorio Scarpati, and more—and trace the queer, radical, messy lineage of the late 20th-century counterculture that continues to shape fashion, photography, literature, and desire today.
Whether you’re new to Cookie or already under her spell, this online course offers a space to gather, reflect, and study a woman who made living itself a work of art.
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SUNDAY, JUNE 1 at 1pm - 3pm ET
—
Early Bird Pricing ENDS 6/23
(Book Club Members enjoy FREE access to this event; details will be found in Circle on our shared calendar. Email info@sotextual.com with any questions).
All sales are final. We cannot offer any refunds.
A new cultural course from So Textual
Writer, actress, critic, muse—Cookie Mueller lived at the intersection of art, subversion, and style. In this immersive course, we follow the arc of her chaotic brilliance: from the Dreamlanders and John Waters’ Baltimore to the bohemian downtown New York scene that surrounded Nan Goldin’s camera lens. We explore Cookie’s cult-status writing (Walking Through Clear Water in a Pool Painted Black), her performances in underground film, her friendships, her essays, her illness, her myth.
This isn’t just a retrospective—it’s an inquiry into what makes someone iconic, what it means to live an artful life, and how certain voices remain uncannily present across generations.
We’ll read, watch, and study Cookie’s work alongside that of her peers and collaborators—John Waters, Nan Goldin, Vittorio Scarpati, and more—and trace the queer, radical, messy lineage of the late 20th-century counterculture that continues to shape fashion, photography, literature, and desire today.
Whether you’re new to Cookie or already under her spell, this online course offers a space to gather, reflect, and study a woman who made living itself a work of art.
—
SUNDAY, JUNE 1 at 1pm - 3pm ET
—
Early Bird Pricing ENDS 6/23
(Book Club Members enjoy FREE access to this event; details will be found in Circle on our shared calendar. Email info@sotextual.com with any questions).
All sales are final. We cannot offer any refunds.