one awesome woman taking on fundamentalist, conservative patriarchs:
“under no circumstances am i prepared to allow my identity to be obliterated” – “who are these people who wish to decide for me how i should behave?” – “why is there always a male voice deciding how i should behave?” – “i know what i am doing, and i know how to maintain my honor.” – “yes, sir, we are being brainwashed on a daily basis…” HA!
fwd from the AGITATE list:
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Von: Gloria W
/etc interested | international
Hi everyone,
I was asked by several sources to write an article about how to make tech environments more female friendly. The finished product even shocked me, I had no idea all of the info was stored in the recesses of my brain. I was also asked to talk about it in Linz [@ next /etc]. …
“Let’s All Evolve Past This: The Barriers Women Face in Tech Communities”
I’d like to hear your experiences from other countries …
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(one can leave comments for the author by following the article link)
si ca tot am amintit din nou “ziua barbatului”, eu ma gindeam s-o sarbatoresc azi. de ce azi? hm, dar de ce nu?
deci cu ocazia acestei zile, cintece feministe de trupele mele preferate de tipi feministi:
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A group of women wearing white dresses splashed in fake blood, proclaiming themselves Miss Juarez, Miss Atenco and Miss Michoacan in reference to places in Mexico where women have been raped or killed protest beside the stage where the Miss Universe’s native dress fashion show was held in Mexico City, Sunday, May 20, 2007.
Justice for the Women of Juárez and Chihuahua, more background
“Basescu n-a catadicsit sa-si ceara scuze personal ziaristei talharite si insultate”
de fapt, n-a catadicsit sa-si ceara scuze deloc:
„Nu-mi place cand sunt jignit gratuit si uneori izbucnesc. Si nu imi place cand se intra in intimitatea vietii mele. Ca, de exemplu, sa profiti de o discutie pe care o ai cu sotia, in masina, dupa care, ca pe vremea Securitatii, sa fii judecat pentru ce ai gandit nepublic sau pentru o apreciere nepublica”.
minunat. victima si cel jignit in toata povestea e basescu. apelativele de genul “mai, pasarica” pentru o femeie sint doar “izbucniri” firesti in fata unor “jigniri gratuite” ale jurnalistelor care, ca niste “tiganci imputite si agresive”, il filmeaza cind n-are chef. cit despre folosirea “aprecierilor” de genul “tiganca imputita si agresiva”, asta este prerogativul oricarui cetatean in conversatii private cu sotia. iar, pentru basescu, critica publica a atitudinilor sexiste si rasiste, cind ele au fost “nepublice”, e “ca pe vremea securitatii” – o incalcare de drepturi.
eu banuiesc ca basescu confunda “oficial” cu “public” dinadins, ca sa para cit de cit logic cind spune “ca pe vremea securitatii”.
toata reactia/anti-cererea-de-iertare imi suna ca o versiune neironica a parodiei sexiste/rasiste cu “ziua barbatului alb” pe care o asteptam.
23 mai – Decizia CNCD: sexismul e ok (7 voturi pro si 2 contra), iar rasismul nu e complet ok (pedepesindu-se, din cite inteleg, cu un fel de incruntare din partea membrilor cncd). bine ca exista cncd sa lamureasca treburile astea si sa faca dreptate! nu stiu de ce nu ma surprinde decizia.
biblio for workshop:
– announcement via chaosXgrrlz zine –
Grrrlz and boyz!
On 19th of May we organize first zine symposium in Warsaw, and we wanna invite you for that event.
Basically, a zine (pronounced “zeen”) is a publication that is created by someone – or a group of like-minded people – who wants to express themselves in a cheap, personal, DIY format. As a zine editor (or “zinester”), you have complete control over the production, design, and content of your zine. It’s pretty fun. It may surprise you, but in Poland zine culture is quite strong, and the symposium will be a great chance to get know about it a little bit more.
On the whole world there are regular meetings of zine makers and zine lovers. Our zine symposium will be a party by which we wanna present the zine culture, independent book and comic publishings, distributions and zine makers and other paper-art creators. Also it which be a chance to get to know lots of independent initiatives and political, non commercial ideas.
We plan a whole day, free entrance party, during which there will be some workshops, lectures, presentations, as well as exhibitions, film presentations, freeshop, zine reading room and, last but maybe most important, zine and book fair
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