Why Joy Is a Serious Way to Take Action | Pattie Gonia | TED

翻译人员: LI YISI 校对人员: Gentle Yang

Hi, everybody.

大家好，

My name is Pattie Gonia, and I am a drag queen.

我叫帕蒂·戈尼亚，是一个变装皇后，

But I am not the only person here in drag today.

但我不是今天唯一一个变装皇后。

You are in drag too.

你也在变装。

Yes, you are in TED drag.

是的，你在“变装TED”。

I see you, with your spunky business casual, with your glasses,

你穿着活泼的商务休闲装，戴着眼镜，

and tote bags that say "I absolutely donate to public radio."

手里拿着 “我绝对会向公共广播电台捐款”的手提袋。

Uh-huh.

嗯哼？

Oh my gosh, I even see that some of you are wearing my merch.

天啊，你们甚至还有人穿着我的产品。

Yes, Patagonia vests are indeed very TED drag.

是的，巴塔哥尼亚背心 确实非常受TED的追捧。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

You can’t ask a drag queen to give a TED Talk

你没法让做TED演讲的变装皇后

and not roast y'all a little.

不调侃一下观众。

But enough about you.

关于你们我说得够多了。

How about me and my drag?

关于我和我的变装呢？

Can we get a little commotion for the dress?

能为这套变装来一点小小的欢呼吗？

(Cheers and applause)

（欢呼声和掌声）

Thank you.

谢谢。

Thank you, thank you.

谢谢，谢谢。

It is made of upcycled and thrifted shower curtains

它由回收的旧浴帘

and pink flamingo pool floaties.

和粉红色的火烈鸟游泳圈制作而成。

Because life in plastic ...

因为生活在塑料之中...

It's not fantastic.

一点都不好。

And climate change is a drag.

气候变化可以是一种变装。

You see what I did there?

你知道我做了什么吗？

(Laughter)

（笑声）

But drag is about far more than what we wear to fit in or stand out.

变装的意义远不止我们 为了适应或出彩而穿的衣服。

Drag holds something more universal and more powerful for all of us,

变装能给予我们 更普遍和更强大的力量，

because drag is an invitation to build new futures

因为变装启迪我们

through creativity and diversity and joy,

通过创造力、多样性和欢乐 及其组合

and the combination of these things.

建设新的未来。

Drag and climate, they seem ridiculous, right?

变装和气候， 这个组合看起来很荒谬，对吧？

Well, I thought so too.

好吧，我也这么认为。

But then, six years ago,

但是，六年前，

on a backpacking trip in the middle of my quarter-life crisis,

一次在青年危机中的背包旅行的时候，

lost in the forest,

迷失在森林里的时候，

I put on a pair of six-inch high-heeled boots

我第一次穿上了一双六英寸的高跟靴，

and strutted the trails for the first time as Pattie Gonia.

第一次以帕蒂·戈尼亚的身份走上了小路。

(Cheers and applause)

（欢呼声和掌声）

Thank you so much.

非常感谢。

My ankles hurt.

我的脚踝受伤了。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

But if you would have told me then

但是如果你当时告诉我，

that six years later, I would have a community

六年后我会有一个超过一百万人的

of more than a million outdoor and climate lovers,

户外和气候爱好者社区，

and I'd be getting thousands of queer people outside every year

而且这个社区每年鼓励成千上万的酷儿

to connect to this planet,

走到户外接触大自然，

I would have told you that you are crazy.

我会怀疑你是不是个疯子。

But here we are.

但是这一切都实现了。

Drag took me in the middle of my flop era

变装将我从失意的时光中拖出来，

and showed me how I could envision a new future

让我憧憬一个崭新的未来，

and then live into it.

并为实现这个理想而努力。

And guess what else is going through a flop era

猜猜谁现在正在失意之中，

and needs to envision a new future and then live into it.

需要为一个全新的未来奋斗？

Anybody?

谁来猜一猜？

The Earth, yes.

地球，是的。

Earth, girl.

地球，姑娘。

You are in your flop era,

你正处在失意时期，

and the very thing that I think might get Earth out of this flop era ...

而我认为能从这个困境中拯救地球的

the art form of drag.

正是变装的艺术。

So, have I piqued your interest?

嗯，你是否开始觉得有趣了？

Would you like to hear and learn

你想听我讲讲并从中学习

what the climate movement might learn from the art form of drag?

气候运动可能从 变装艺术中借鉴什么吗？

Would you?

你想吗？

(Cheers and applause)

（欢呼声和掌声）

That is the spirit, my nerds.

这就对了，伙伴们。

OK, class, let's start here.

好吧，各位同学，让我们开始吧。

People often think that as drag performers,

人们常常认为，作为变装表演者，

we are hiding who we are.

我们在隐瞒自己的身份。

But, babe, the one time I can't hide is when I look like this.

但是，宝贝，我唯独没法隐瞒的， 就是我穿成这样的事实。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

Drag doesn't hide who we are.

变装并不能掩盖我们的身份。

Drag reveals who we are.

相反，变装揭示了我们是谁。

And drag welcomes our diversity.

变装拥抱我们的多样性。

And more than that, drag has given me a community

更重要的是，变装提供了一个社群，

of people that I feel safe enough around to be my whole self.

在这里你能十分安心地做真实的自己。

And that is where the magic happens.

魔法在此刻发生。

That's where I can bring my creativity, and everything that I am, to the table.

在这里，我可以充分地展示我的创造力 以及我所拥有的一切。

Now look, am I suggesting that you put on as much makeup as me?

所以你看， 我是在建议你和我一样化浓妆吗？

No, you could never.

不，你永远不能。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

But I am saying that our creativity is critical

我要说的是，在气候困境中

in this climate dilemma.

我们的创造力至关重要。

And I'm also saying that diversity isn't a hindrance to this work.

我还要说，多样性并不是这项工作的障碍，

It's the very key to our best solutions.

而是最佳解决方案的关键。

I will never forget, right after Pattie was born,

我永远不会忘记，在帕蒂出现之后，

when I met a very famous environmentalist,

我遇到了一位非常著名的环保主义者，

who said to me that I should just leave

他对我说，我应该抛弃

all the gay stuff and high heels at the door,

所有的同性恋者和高跟鞋之类的东西，

and get to work for climate.

然后开始一心一意为气候工作。

Well, thank you so much, sir, because six years later,

好吧，非常感谢你，先生，因为六年后，

all that gay stuff and high heels

所有这些同性恋者和高跟鞋

has raised 2.5 million dollars for climate action.

已经为气候行动筹集了250万美元。

(Cheers and applause)

（欢呼声和掌声）

Thank you so much.

非常感谢。

Toss ... toss.

抛砖引玉。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

And y'all, I want to be real with you.

和你们说实话，

There are so many people right now, in this climate movement

在这场气候运动中，

who felt like I did.

很多人有和我一样的感觉，

Who don’t feel like they can be themselves

觉得自己无法成为真正的自己，

and therefore are holding back their best ideas.

因此无法发挥自己的最佳创意。

And I want a climate movement rooted in fertile soil

而我理想中的气候运动， 植根于肥沃土壤，

that supports all of our growth.

为我们的成长提供支持。

And as my mentor José González loves to ask,

正如我的导师 何塞·冈萨雷斯喜欢问的那样，

who here has heard the phrase

这里有谁听过这句话？

"This team is operating like a well-oiled machine"?

“这个团队就像一台运转良好的机器”

Anybody? OK, so all of us.

听过吗？所有人都听过。

What if instead I said,

如果我改为说：

"Wow, this group is thriving like a well-nurtured meadow"?

“哇，这个团队像一片养育 良好的草地一样蓬勃生长”呢？

How different does that feel?

这听起来怎么样？

Ooh, aah, uh-huh, hits different.

哦，啊，嗯嗯，十分不一样。

Maybe that's because we're not apart from nature.

也许那是因为我们与大自然关系紧密，

We are nature, and we are a meadow, not a machine.

我们属于大自然， 我们是草地而不是机器。

And a meadow knows that its diversity is its strength.

草地知道多样性就是它的力量。

Every single piece of the meadow supports the collective whole.

草地的每一株草都为集体贡献力量。

OK, class, we are doing great.

好的，同学们，我们进度不错。

A little check-in. Thumbs up in the audience.

签到一下，竖起你的大拇指。

We feeling good?

你感觉还好吗？

OK, if you're ready for a little history lesson ...

好吧，如果你准备听听历史（history）

or should I say herstory?

或者我应该说“她史”（herstory）？

Let me hear you say "Yes, mommy."

让我听到你说： “是的，妈咪。”

Audience: Yes, mommy.

观众：是的，妈咪。

Pattie Gonia: TED, you’re being silly today, I like it.

TED，你今天太傻了，我喜欢。

(Laughs)

（笑声）

Since the birth of the queer rights movement,

自酷儿权利运动诞生以来，

drag performers and trans people

变装者和跨性别者一直站在

have always been on the forefront of organizing and protesting,

组织活动、抗议集会

and community building.

以及社群建设的最前沿。

When queer people were beaten in their homes,

当酷儿们在家中遭受殴打，

put in jail just for existing,

仅仅因为酷儿的身份 被关进监狱的时候，

when we had the statistics and the facts

当我们掌握了数百万酷儿

on the millions of queer people dying of AIDS,

死于艾滋病的数据和事实的时候，

yet no one was joining our fight,

没有人加入我们的斗争，

drag performers turned pain into joy,

于是变装皇后们只好将痛苦变成快乐，

and in doing so, welcomed millions more people to fight with us.

以此来邀请数百万人 与我们一起反抗。

Because the problem in the climate movement

现在气候运动的关键问题

isn't just the abundance of carbon,

不仅仅是二氧化碳的高排放量，

it is the lack of joy.

还在于欢乐的匮乏。

The scientific facts, the doom and gloom,

科学事实，厄运与忧郁，

they scare people, they wake them up.

它们恐吓人们，唤醒人们，

But joy is what will get people out of bed every day

但是欢乐将使人们每天从懒惰中走出来

to take more action.

并采取更多行动。

And if there's one thing I have learned from the art form of drag,

如果说我从变装中学到了一件事，

it's that you can take fighting for something seriously

那就是你可以认真对待为某件事而战，

without taking yourself too seriously.

而不必给自己太大的压力。

Joy is a serious way to take action.

欢乐是一种认真的行动方式。

Joy is strategic,

欢乐是一种战略，

because joy inspires momentum.

因为欢乐会激发动力。

And joy is an inside job.

而快乐源自我们的内心。

So what can we do to create joy?

那么我们能做些什么来创造快乐呢？

We can get outside and encourage other people to come outside with us

我们可以走到户外，鼓励其他人一起

and fall in love with nature,

和自然接触，爱上自然，

because we fight for what we love.

因为我们为自己爱的事物而战斗。

In other words, if you feel dead inside,

换句话说，如果你觉得太绝望的话，

get the hell outside.

立刻从这里滚出去看看。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

We can also connect people in this movement.

我们还可以在这场运动中团结人们。

Because we all know that silos suck

因为我们都知道孤军奋战很辛苦，

and there is joy in collaboration,

而团队协作会带来更多乐趣，

and so many ... emails.

还有很多，呃，电子邮件。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

You're laughing because it's true.

你笑是因为这是真的。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

And we can also celebrate climate movement.

我们还可以庆祝气候运动，

We have to party,

我们必须开派对，

because celebrating and acknowledging all the work that we have done

因为庆祝和认可我们所做的事情

will inspire the next steps of action.

将激励下一步的行动。

Joy provides an unbelievable opportunity

欢乐能难以置信地

to make the climate movement irresistible.

让气候运动变得不可抗拒。

Do not underestimate the power of joy.

不要低估欢乐的力量。

We deserve more than doom and gloom,

我们理应得到的不仅仅是厄运和忧郁，

because this is the only planet with a Beyoncé on it.

因为这是唯一一个有碧昂斯生活的星球。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

[*we couldn't get Beyoncé to sign the release form, so this will have to do]

[*我们无法让碧昂斯签署肖像权声明， 所以只好这么做]

Facts are facts, TED.

面对事实，TED。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

So, class, at the end of the day,

最后，同学们，总结一下今天的课堂：

what I am saying, what drag can teach us,

变装告诉我们

is that creativity and diversity and joy

创造力、多样性和欢乐

are tools to build the best climate movement we can.

是我们尽力发起最佳气候运动的工具。

And let's not forget -- let me pull this little thing out --

而且我们不要忘记—— 让我把这个小东西拿出来——

that climate change ...

「气候变化...

is not a drag.

并不是一个阻力」。

There, that's better.

这样看起来更好。

Thank you so much, my nerds.

非常感谢，亲爱的伙伴们。

(Cheers and applause)

（欢呼声和掌声）

Thank you.

谢谢。

(Cheers and applause)

（欢呼声和掌声）