I’ve just discovered the WINGS (women’s international news gathering service) Audio Archive. It contains lots of audio programmes on feminist topics.
Don’t miss out the last addition, titled “The Pornification of Culture”, featuring speakers from the Australian conference on The Pornification of Culture, including Sheila Jeffreys and Meghan Tyler. It is a rerun from 2007, but it’s still very much up to date.
Hat tip to The F Word Media Collective.
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Birkenstock mini festival 4pm this Sunday 7th August at Gwdihw Cafe Bar in Cardiff
A night of music, art and poetry to celebrate the achievements of women
Free entry, but we will be passing around the hat to raise funds for Cardiff Feminist Network
If you’re a member of Cardiff Feminist Network on Facebook, the Yahoo group or email list, please take part in this survey for a group member who’s conducting research into the demographic composition of CFN.
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Guess what. I’ve just found the archive for The F Word’s radio shows on Co Op Radio. (That’s the the F Word Media Collective, in Vancouver, BC.)
Their last show is all about the waves. And it features an interview with Dr. Sunera Thobani. Here’s my favourite part of the interview.
The individualism that lies at the heart of western feminism also lies at the heart of neoliberalism. The whole corporate agenda is being driven in the name of free choice, individual responsibility, and feminists actually further that discourse, and so in many ways feminists are furthering a neoconservative ideological position. Individualism, of course, lies at the heart of capitalism. And feminists continue to further an ideology which I think is really very detrimental to the interests of most women who live on the planet because it is collective interests and it’s social interests and social well being that should be at the centre of our politics. Not individualism, individualism individual choice actually furthers what the current system is based on.
Word.
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The Container tells the story of five migrants – two Afghans, two Somalis and a Turkish Kurd –seeking a new life in the UK. The play deals with asylum, racial and religious persecution, and is staged in an actual container lorry, with the audiences shut inside the enclosed space for the performance. Here’s a review by The Guardian.
It was staged at the Edinburgh festival in 2007, where it won Amnesty International 2007 Freedom of Expression Award and a Fringe First award.
It is being staged at Chapter, produced by the Welsh Refugee Council as part of Wales Refugee Week. You can find out more and buy the tickets for it here.
Hat tip to Rachel.
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If anyone feels like commenting about the walk, here’s a space to do so.
Here are some photos link and link. If you have any more, leave them in comments.
And I believe the Post SlutWalk discussion will be taking place at…
Milgi’s 8th of June 6:30 PM
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This talk will be placed against the background of the escalating global environmental crisis that includes destruction/degradation of key ecosystems essential for planetary health an d associated syndromes such as climate change. I will address some of these questions:
* What happens at the intersection of feminisms and environmentalisms?
* How does the feminist critique of neoliberal forms of development around the world link to sustainability commitments and movements?
* Do (some) feminisms have specific things to offer our understanding of this crisis and ways to develop solutions?
* What does ecofeminism have to offer the sustainability movement?
Ecofeminists have made strong connections between the neglect of ecological life support systems and the neglect of caring and community maintenance activities. Ecofeminists have also sought to connect women in the ‘developing world’ and women in the ‘developed’ world. In this process they have aroused sometimes fierce criticism from other feminists – largely on the theme of alleged ‘essentialism’. This talk will attempt to show how these issues are related and will particularly consider the development of an ecofeminist ethic of care that can guide development of practices valuing life-support systems of all kinds. This links to recycling as one manifestation of an ethic of care and the refusal to uncritically accept categories of ‘waste’. From one ecofeminist perspective many kinds of ‘waste’ are a pathological aspect of growth society, but the way we treat ‘waste’ also reflects attempts to airbrush out embodiment in the world and everything that goes with it.
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Friday 11th March
“A Shot in the Dark” Live Music and Performances
9pm – Shot in the Dark , 12 City Road, Cardiff. 02920 472300
An exciting night of live music and performances by women, aswell as an open mike session, is taking place at Shot in The Dark Cafe, Friday 11th March, starting at 9pm.
Confirmed playing on the night are Lou Noble , Rachel Taylor- Beales , Molly Zacharias and Sian Evans (of Kosheen ).
Looks like it’s going to be a great evening!
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