Official List of Spring Quarter Events

Beginning this Thursday and over the course of eight weeks, we will be exploring the answer to “What is Feminism?”
and here’s how!

(but first, join the facebook group! that’s the best way to stay updated!)

WEEK THREE, APRIL 16th– Leadership in the Bedroom: a Sexual Communication Workshop
7 PM
Harper Memorial Library Room 103
1116 E. 59th St.
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=93576837106&ref=mf

WEEK FOUR, APRIL 23rd: Alternative Menstrual Products Teach-In
7 PM
Harper Memorial Library Room 103
1116 E. 59th St.
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=92010115521

WEEK FIVE, APRIL 30th: Women’s-Interest RSO Study Break and Open Mic Night!
8:30 PM
Hutchinson Commons

WEEK SIX, MAY 7th: Feminist Art
7 PM
Location TBA

WEEK SEVEN, MAY 14th: Female Masturbation Workshop
7 PM
Harper Memorial Library Room 140

WEEK EIGHT, MAY 21st: Eating Disorder Discussion and Documentary
7 PM
Location TBD

WEEK NINE, MAY 28th: Self-Defense Workshop
8 PM 
Henry Crown

get juiced! get pumped! get excited! get involved!

please email femmajboard@lists.uchicago.edu with any questions, comments, sexy photos, advice, prose, ideas, anything!

this post will be updated and so will the facebook group,
so stay tuned!

what is feminism?

so, just a forewarnin… my G, H, apostrophe and backspace keys are sticky… so excuse any typos.

Huge List of Possible Events (from last meeting winter quarter):

• Alternative Menstrual Products Teach-In
• Subversive  Women in Academics History Class Teach-In
• Female Masturbation Workshop
• Self Defense Workshop (Jess says talk to Theta)
• Hands-on Art Making creative awesome feminist art! / feminist art teach-in
• body image something
• feminist parenting
• feminist comedian: Carrie Callahan, carriefromcleveland@gmail.com
• women’s RSO study break
• feminist open mic night
• making t-shirts/sweaters/etc
• sex work something?
• sticker campaign & button maker!
• woodlawn collaborative… feminist book/reading club?

and some more we added tonight:

• sex communication workshop
• anarchafeminism
• feminism & religion

Here’s the definitive business stuff we sorted out:

THIRD WEEK APRIL 16: sex communication workshop– point person TBD
FOURTH WEEK APRIL 23: alternative menstrual products– dana
FIFTH WEEK APRIL 30: self defense– molly
SIXTH WEEK MAY 7: women’s RSO study break & comedian– wally
SEVENTH WEEK MAY 14: masturbation workshop– eliza
EIGHTH WEEK MAY 21: OPEN– discuss at next meeting
NINTH WEEK MAY 28: OPEN

please begin making room reservations now (especially wally). here’s the online way:
https://orcsa-ems10.uchicago.edu/VirtualEMSProfessional/

also, the SEX+++ documentary film series is NOT next week, it’s the 14th. so we’ll go then.
more info: http://groups.google.com/group/sexplusplusplus         ,        http://clarissethorn.wordpress.com/2009/01/15/the-sex-positive-documentary-film-list-finally-here/

let’s get crack-a-lackin’!

-eliza.

Minutes, April 13, 2008

A Quick Summary

1. We have a name for our clump of events now; it’s Feminist Wednesdays!

a. …with the footnote that they’re not all on Wednesday.

b. Dana said she would make a Facebook group and flyers J

2. The tentative schedule for our events this quarter:

a. 4^th week: Female Masturbation Day (Becky)

b. 5^th week: Alternative Menstrual Products Day (Dana)

c. 6^th week: Women’s RSOs study break (Sravan)

d. 7^th week: Self-Defense Workshop (Audrey)

e. 8^th week: “What is Feminism?” Panel (Eliza and Erin)

3. Masturbation might not necessarily come before Menstruation; we will decide later this week.

4. Also, if anything is cancelled, or we feel like doing something in 9^th week, we will either screen the documentary Lake of Fire or re-screen Jane (which a lot of people want).

The Events

1. Female Masturbation: Becky is in touch with Early to Bed.

2. Menstrual Products: Dana is asking for free samples.

3. Women’s RSOs study break

a. Jessica Halem will do her stand-up act before we have the study break.

b. Do we want a band? Or just play ‘woman’ music? I would love some recommendations!

4. Self-Defense

a. Audrey is trying to book a room in Ratner.

b. We have Henry Crown right now, but at an inconvenient time.

5. “What is Feminism?”

a. Erin had the genius to suggest a moderated discussion amongst everyone, rather than a panel.

b. She said she would contact professors (like Trudi Langendorf, I think?) to moderate.

c. Eliza decided to take charge of T-shirts—“This is What a Feminist Looks Like.”

d. We resolved to contact the national Femmaj for some free/cheap T-shirts.

e. The idea was to have us design/paint/stamp shirts as we talked.

Other Stuff

1. This Tuesday (April 15^th): RSVP will give us a preview of their workshop and ask for our feedback.

2. The Gala organizers asked us to name the “Women and Reproductive Rights” Panel, and we decided to name it “Reproductive Rights.”

3. The RSO Fair: Erin and Eliza said it was a success.

Meeting Notes Week One

Femmaj will offer support to the fourth week feminist seder in terms of funding and participation.  Erin will find out Femmaj’s current budget and we will determine what our financial commitment can be.

Events we WILL do this quarter!

• Self-defense workshop
  • Could be outside, but we should have a backup room
  • AUDREY is the contact person for this.
• Alternative menstrual products teach-in
  • Calculation of financial savings    Parter with GAIA or ECO or GCI? Sarah and Becky will contact.
• Female masturbation day
  • Getting someone from Early to Bed
  • Technically May 7th, but we’ll do it whenever.
  • We want to have a discussion at the end about historical repression of women’s sexuality/pleasure
  • BECKY is the contact person for this.
• What is feminism?
  • ELIZA and ERIN are contacts for this.
• Jessica Halem performance? Women’s group meeting?
  • Sravan may be contacting her.
  • Reserving Hutch
  • SRAVAN is in charge of this.

Gala update!

• Working with UCDems.
• We want to be sure that the women’s panels will be responsibly designed.

Events will be Wednesday (preferably) or Thursday nights from 3rd through 8th week.

Laura will book rooms.