from Flavorwire.com, an apology of sorts:
their list:
Toni Morrison, Beloved (1987)
Khaled Husseini, The Kite Runner (2003)
Donna Tartt, The Secret History (1992)
Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale (1985)
Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go (2005)
Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things (1997)
Roberto Bolaño, 2666 (2004)
Chang-rae Lee, Native Speaker (1995)
Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis (2000)
Jeanette Winterson, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1985)
Ana Lupas
am descoperit-o pe Ana Lupas in cadrul unui curs care cartografia arta romaneasca de dinainte de 1989. Subtil provocatoare si cultivata intr-un cerc restrans ( Grupul Sigma), Ana Lupas devine promotorul unui tip de feminism ce se intrepatrunde cu preocuparile ei legate de ecologie. Desi lucrarile ei se insereaza neagresiv in mediul natural aka satul natal Badacin , ele nu sunt lipsite de nuante de manifestare a opzitiei fata de arta dictata de centru. Humid instalation din satul Margau, confera intinsului de rufe pe sarma alte conotatii. Ea reuseste sa rastalmaceasca traditionalul intr-un alt sens, total diferit de cel care se afla deja in slujba sistemului comunist.Ana are subtilitatea de a deveni o alta atunci cand situatia o impune: desi “supraveghea” tinerii artisti stagiari din cadrul atelier 35 in Transilvania, ea va deveni un factor diriguitor, un factor de destabilizare a atitudinilor artistice create de regim.
The Feminist Poster Project: A space to find + share feminist posters
The Feminist Poster Project is a new initiative to encourage designing, printing, sharing and distributing feminist posters and putting up them in public places. Sexist advertisement and misogynist media are all around us. If we want to fight this patriarchal propaganda, we have to produce our own images and messages. I would like to see feminist posters on walls, feminist signs over sexist ads, feminist stickers on street signs and feminist postcards in our letterboxes. I would like to see a change in our environments and a change in people’s minds. I hope the Feminist Poster Project can help to achieve this.Take a look at: http://feministposterproject.wordpress.com
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for once, a mainstream anti-rape campaign that in no way, shape, or form targets victims! … incredible!
(food for thought for “experts” like prof. dr. tudorel butoi)
the group that started the ad campaign: Men Can Stop Rape
An article originally published in make/shift magazine (Spring/Summer 2010):
Why Misogynists Make Great Informants: How Gender Violence on the Left Enables State Violence in Radical Movements
… Despite all that we say to the contrary, the fact is that radical social movements and organizations in the United States have refused to seriously address gender violence as a threat to the survival of our struggles. We’ve treated misogyny, homophobia, and heterosexism as lesser evils—secondary issues—that will eventually take care of themselves or fade into the background once the “real” issues—racism, the police, class inequality, U.S. wars of aggression—are resolved. There are serious consequences for choosing ignorance. Misogyny and homophobia are central to the reproduction of violence in radical activist communities. Scratch a misogynist and you’ll find a homophobe. Scratch a little deeper and you might find the makings of a future informant (or someone who just destabilizes movements like informants do).
… Dismantling misogyny cannot be work that only women do. We all must do the work because the survival of our movements depends on it. Until we make radical feminist and queer political ethics that directly challenge heteropatriarchal forms of organizing central to our political practice, radical movements will continue to be devastated by the antics of Brandon Darbys (and folks who aren’t informants but just act like them). A queer, radical, feminist ethic of accountability would challenge us to recognize how gender violence is reproduced in our communities, relationships, and organizing practices. …
As angry as gender violence on the Left makes me, I am hopeful. I believe we have the capacity to change and create more justice in our movements. We don’t have to start witch hunts to reveal misogynists and informants. They out themselves every time they refuse to apologize, take ownership of their actions, start conflicts and refuse to work them out through consensus, mistreat their compañer@s. We don’t have to look for them, but when we are presented with their destructive behaviors we have to hold them accountable. Our strategies don’t have to be punitive; people are entitled to their mistakes. But we should expect that people will own those actions and not allow them to become a pattern.
We have a right to be angry when the communities we build that are supposed to be the model for a better, more just world harbor the same kinds of antiqueer, antiwoman, racist violence that pervades society. As radical organizers we must hold each other accountable and not enable misogynists to assert so much power in these spaces. Not allow them to be the faces, voices, and leaders of these movements. …
by Courtney Desiree Morris @ INCITE! Blog!
via Living Opposed to Violence and Exploitation
Un interviu [en] cu Heather Corinna, fondatoarea site-ului Scarleteen – Sex Ed for the Real World
de Chally, cu blogul Zero at the Bone
(cartea ei S.E.X.: The All-You-Need-To-Know Progressive Sexuality Guide to Get You Through High School and College este un nou titlu care apartine mobilobibliotecii noastre – z., multumim pentru donatie!)
Simone de Beauvoir, THE TWENTIETH CENTURY’S MOST DEPRESSING RELATIONSHIP ADVICE COLUMNIST!
Niste comentarii de la Crina pe marginea studiului “Ethnic minority and Roma women: a case study for gender equality?” [PDF] al Comisiei Europene, DG Employment Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, cu privire la femeile rome:
Nu stiu daca stiti despre acest material. Eu am auzit de el acum doar acum 2 saptamani, la intalnirea de consultare pe sanatate [a European Women’s Lobby], unde era prezentat de catre Belinda Pyke, Director Equality between Men and Women, Action against Discrimination, Civil Society [European Commission] (tipa spunea ca: “The Romani women issues wasn’t an urgent issues until now, but it’s now a priority.”; raspunsul meu a fost: I think for us, Romani women issues was always urgent, but now, we have partners. It’s a good opportunity to initiate a common strategy etc. Let’s hope that they will consult us, as well….).
Nu am apucat sa-l citesc in intregime. La prima vizualizare insa, imi dau seama ca nu evidentiaza decat ceea ce stim deja… . Legislatie, ca suntem amarate etc… .
Este minunat sa avem in aceasta perioada un studiu la nivel european referitor la femeile rome, insa din pacate, asa cum se poate vedea si din lista de experti ai materialului (in exclusiune sociala!) abordarea este dusa in alta directie.
Da, imi place ca mentioneaza de cateva ori mediatorii sanitari din romania, si ca ofera perspectiva generala a situatiei femeilor rome… insa nu este in opinia mea ceva nou pe care sa putem lucra in continuare. Tot enuntare de legislatie, tot gagii. Dupa ce il citesc, am sa fiu mai clara in opinie, este doar o senzatie ca nu e tocmai ceea ce se astepta….
Si dupa ce si voi aveti un pic timp de el, poate discutam pe marginea lui.
[…] nu tb sa justific ca nu am nimic cu lucrurile facute de gagii pentru romi sau ca este obligatoriu sa fie si o romnie pe acolo etc. … . insa […] este evident ca exista un “noi” si “ei” si ca nu suntem pe aceeasi linie. studiul asta imi pare banal si as vrea sa vad o/un rom inclus. ma irita ca “acum suntem pe agenda lor”, tot prost si stereotipal. […]
despre o zina care face parte din mobilobiblioteca fia [vom actualiza pagina in curind – o versiune mai recenta a catalogului se gaseste pe site-ul bibliotecii alternative, unde poposeste momentan mobilobiblioteca! UPDATE 19.07.2010: catalog actualizat]:
Hot Pantz begins with the sentence, “Patriarchy sucks,” and goes on to say:
It’s robbed us of our autonomy and much of our history. We believe that it’s integral for women to be aware and in control of our own bodies. The recipes we present here have been known for centuries, passed down from mother to daughter, and have survived the censorship of the witch hunts. Our intent is simple and practical: to help break away from the medical establishment’s tentacular grip on our bodies and our approaches to health and healing.
Hot Pantz provides readers with an understanding of anatomy, recipes to conquer yeast infections and hormonal imbalances, an extensive glossary of self-healing herbs, a list of aphrodisiacs, and it provides instructions on how to give foot massages that will alleviate cramps! …
Herbs predate history; women have been using herbs to treat cramps and bring on their menses for a long time. It’s no secret that natural medicine has been swept under the rug because of the pharmaceutical industry … While medical advancements have certainly provided more access to birth control and hormone therapy than ever before, I have a hard time believing the multi-billion dollar industry that creates these hormonal drugs is super concerned about women’s health. While we have access to these drugs, we do not have control over what goes into them, and pharmaceutical companies are not required to tell us. …
Perhaps part of the reason we talk so little about herbs is because we don’t want to knock drugs that have gone hand-in-hand with women’s liberation. In a recent interview with Bitch, Laura Eldridge (author of In Our Control: The Complete Guide to Contraceptive Choices for Women) spoke of how it is difficult to think critically of the Pill, especially as “acceptance of the Pill was an integral part of second wave feminism and as such allowed for many of the gains women have made.” It is indeed difficult to be critical of the Pill. It is also difficult to be taken seriously while talking about and promoting the use of herbs.
Hot Pantz makes it very clear that the zine is not intended to provide diagnosis or prescriptions. The zine is “an informative guide to help you better understand your body and your health”. They also make sure to state that if you are in doubt, you should not hesitate “to consult an herbal practitioner, naturopath, physician or gynecologist.” I also want to make it clear that I am not against the use of pharmaceuticals. They work for a lot of people. However, I do have a problem with the lack of transparency within the multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical industry that makes decisions about what is going to be available for women to put into their bodies. And I do think that herbal remedies should be more widely available and considered more seriously.
From the Bitch Library: Hot Pantz: Do It Yourself Gynecology
Angela Davis on Judith Butler’s refusal to accept Berlin CSD Civil Courage Prize.
Angela Davis was asked by a SUSPECT member to comment on Judith Butler’s refusal to accept the the Civil Courage Prize on the Berlin CSD June 19th 2010.
(Q & A after the screening of „Angela Davis: Portrait of a Revolutionary” in Berlin, June 20th 2010. The part of the german translator was not taped, thus the pauses and cuts.)
