THE BIG SHE-BANG V
SATURDAY, AUGUST 14TH, 2010
11AM-10PM

@ CHURCH OF THE MESSIAH
129 RUSSELL STREET, LOWER LEVEL
GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN 11222

Please join us as we anticipate a bunch of really great participants this year, as always.

If you have yet to get in touch about doing a workshop, speaking on a panel, playing music, performing spoken word, ( Read more... )

This quote and image from Rebecca Gilbert's Verboslammed #7 reminded me of Jennie's series on pre-riot grrrl riot grrrls.


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I have been invited to participate in a one-day conference at Columbia called Archiving Women, where I'll be talking about the Barnard Library Zine Collection.

Friday, January 30, 2009
9:15-4:00
Columbia University, Low Library, Faculty Room
Free and open to the public

The day's schedule:

9:15     Coffee

9:45-11:45     Feminist Practices in the Archive ( Read more... )

Firstly, just finished the new issue of Figure 8, and it's awesome, as usual.  ("Refuse to feel shame about your body!" #4, call number D87f.  It's on the shelf.)

Secondly, I've noticed a bunch of articles dealing with women and drinking.  It starts here and the latest one I've seen is here.  Then there's the sad, kind of stupid NY Times blog about ( Read more... )

"Feminism went through the meat grinder of riot grrrl and came out the other end with butterfly glasses and crochet needles."
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We have several 1970s and 80s era lesbian and feminist magazines that are out of scope for the zine collection. BCRW and Sallie Bingham already have copies or aren't interested. Are you?

Cultural Correspondence, winter 1983
Lesbian Voice, v.2 n.2, spring 1976
Midnight Notes, 1979 (2 copies)
Midnight Notes, v.2 n.2, July 1981 (2 copies)
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What is the F-word?  well, get your mind out of the gutter!

It's this fantastic collection of interviews and essays for young feminists.

The interview with Peaches made me so super happy!

xo
Jennie

So my friends at Barnard were telling me the other day that they wanted to start a feminist club on campus because there is none at this women's school ( Read more... )

Don't be afraid of Feminism!, Meg Favreau's class project zine, is clever, concise, and smart.

So don't be afraid, pick it up!

www.stalkerdistro.com

Or come to the library.

Love,
Jennie