SILENT BARN PUBLIC MEETING X: Safer Spaces

I'll be moderating this panel at Silent Barn tomorrow night at 7pm. I've written some questions to guide the discussion but you're welcome to reply here or contact me if there's anything in particular you'd like to ensure we cover. The second half of the panel will be a Q&A.

More info & RSVP: http://on.fb.me/GWRa0C

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Public Meeting X

What is a safer space? How can we create inclusive spaces that promote a culture of respect and accountability? How do safer space policies work; how are they negotiated; how are they implemented? What are the benefits of implementing a safer space policy? What are the possible disadvantages or fallouts? Can any space truly be considered "safer"?

PANELISTS:
░ Sky (Bluestockings) ░
░ Spencer (ABC No Rio) ░
░ Suzy (Shady Hawkins) ░
░ Leah (Support NY) ░
░ Megan (Lazurite) ░

MODERATOR:
░ Kate Wadkins (International Girl Gang Underground) ░

stay after for the show! music TBA

Zine table courtesy of DiTKO! Zine Library!

≡ FREE ≡
≡ ALL AGES ≡

≡ DOORS at 7 ≡
≡ PANEL at 8 ≡
≡ MUSIC at 10 ≡

Silent Barn
603 Bushwick Ave
J M Z to Myrtle/Bway
L to Jefferson
No BYOB, no drinking in the yard
No mean players

BRASS IN POCKET OPENS TONIGHT @ BOOKLYN

BRASS IN POCKET

curated by Aimee Lusty + Kate Wadkins

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2013 - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2013

OPENING TONIGHT, FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 13, 6-10PM

coinciding with Greenpoint Gallery Night.

Susan Fang

Liz Linden

Lynnette Miranda

Caroline Paquita

Catherine Stack

Tamara Waite-Santibanez

The Booklyn Art Gallery is pleased to present BRASS IN POCKET, a group exhibition featuring work by Susan Fang, Liz Linden, Lynnette Miranda, Caroline Paquita, Catherine Stack, and Tamara Waite-Santibanez, and Book Swap… a collaborative project by Liz Linden and Jen Kennedy.

We approached this show with the desire to represent contemporary feminist artists working in different media with the commonality of transcending subject matter and traditional techniques in print, collage, drawing and sculpture. Instead, BRASS IN POCKET is a group of New York-based women artists who are doing just that, but whose work may not necessarily be described as “feminist art.”

What we discovered through this process is that it is less of a “feminist” concern to narrowly define this work as “feminist art.” It is more important to bring the work, the pushing of boundaries and mediums, to light. Throughout our studio visits feminist themes emerged. While often not the forefront of the artist’s subject matter, each artist still faces a sexist power structure within the art world, and within her everyday life... [read more]

Curated by Aimee Lusty & Kate Wadkins. For more information please contact aimee@booklyn.org

Gallery Hours: Thursday-Tuesday, 12pm-5pm.

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In addition to the exhibition, Aimee and I are soliciting contributions to a feminist art zine, to be published at the closing of BRASS IN POCKET. Deadline for submissions is October 13th, for more info visit us at brassinpocket-booklyn.tumblr.com.

FEMINIST SUMMER ROLL CALL

I drew this cute thing for For the Birds' feminist summer roll call, read Kathleen's post about it here!

HERSTORY REPEATS

photo by You Don't Dream

[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

Kathleen Hanna recently did a presentation called Herstory Repeats at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA.  She used the term "feminist continuum" to discuss where she sees herself in feminist history, which is obviously exciting to me; but perhaps even more exciting, is that she mentioned the International Girl Gang Underground zine.

Thankfully, someone who was at the presentation grabbed a snapshot of Ms. Hanna and some audio of the lecture and their great Q&A section.

…They started this thing called the International Girl Gang Underground. They just put out this fanzine, I just got it last week, and it has sections like 'histories and critiques.' But what they're doing is they're looking through the stuff that we did and they're analyzing it. They're saying what they think sucks about it and what they think is cool. They're trying to take over what we did and make it make sense to them, and that just makes me feel, even when they say I'm a jerk, it makes me feel totally loved and respected to not just have people collect the CDs or stickers or something like that, but to actually participate in the work, and take it into the future and make it into something much better than it was.

I am endlessly grateful.

>> photo and audio from You Don't Dream on tumblr <<

4/5/2011: A video of the talk has surfaced, courtesy of TheLOUniverse on YouTube.

Queering Categories, Bringing Wreck

My review of (personal fave) Mimi Nguyen's panel, "Aesthetics, Access, Intimacy" or "Race, Riot Grrrl, Bad Feelings" at the Sarah Lawrence 12th Annual Women's History Conference is up at the Sarah Lawrence website now, included in our annual WH newsletter!

Nguyen’s comment about “quitting punk” illustrated the way many marginalized people feel within white dominated movements. Women, people of color, and queer folks alike have written extensively about how punk rock can be completely isolating to them. On the other hand, with its do-it-yourself ethos, punk rock offers the tools for positive things like grassroots organizing and creative self-expression. The potential for social change within punk and riot grrrl creates a tension: the simultaneous acceptance of marginalized folks within the subculture versus its constant re-creation of social hierarchies.

Read the full review here.

For more on how much I loved Mimi's panel, click here.

LADY ZINE PARTY

or "Thoughts on riot grrrl, feminisms, & race at the Lady Zine Party"

My friends Sheela and Julie hosted a "LADY ZINE PARTY" on the rainiest Saturday in recent memory. We met at Julie's apartment, and after homemade pizza and alcoholic Shirley Temples, we did a go-around and introduced ourselves.

One of the highlights was that a lot of people at the zine party weren't necessarily influenced by riot grrrl or had never done a zine. At least one person wasn't from the U.S., and everyone else seemed to grow up all over the country. There was a reality TV contest winner, folks who work at various nonprofits for the advancement of women, lots of grad school students, and some of my best friends. In the go-around, there were some tense discussions about why some young girls are so averse to the term "feminist". We talked about how the term "feminist" can sometimes be a misnomer and generally not conducive for communities of color and/or working class women. We also talked about how for youth, the "F" word can be a scary thing.