Hey hey hey!

WSAC got an awesome email from Lindsay Keating-Moore! She loved our Viva la Vulva concert, and was wondering if we had anything planned for women's history month this March. WE SHOULD COME UP WITH SOMETHING!!!
But ALSO--she told us about her awesome feminist clothing that is on etsy.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/kmstitchery

I think it's all pretty fab, and it would be awesome to support her or collab with her.

Thoughts?

I thought this was pretty freakin' cool!

It's a talk about how porn has become the precedent for all of our sexual relations and how since porn is made for men and by men, it often demeans women. However, it is not anti-porn!

http://contexts.org/socimages/2010/02/14/make-love-not-porn/

Also, the website she references:

http://www.makelovenotporn.com/main.php

Check out the cool things coming up, including: National Eating Disorder Awareness Week events, Genderheads Discussions, National Call to Action for Education Rights, Feministing, and the Hip Hop Conference!

-Finances: we will find out about the Fees Committee's ruling on 2/24

-Room Allocation: application due 2/26. We're on it.

-Thurs 2/18: First Global Women Film Series event! Co-sponsored with Amnesty. We will be viewing "Sentenced to Marriage." 6 pm, room 202. Bring friends. There will be food! If you can poster, come pick some up and hand them out!

I've been reading up more on American Apparel, and the founder/CEO Dov Charney is the one behind the advertisements. Here's what gave me the creeps about this guy:

"What makes American Apparel's female models so appealing is that most of them are not models. They are girls whom Charney meets at bars, restaurants, trade shows--pretty much anywhere." ("T(Shirts) and A" GQ)

This could be reasonable, almost nice, until...

I came across this article today and thought I would share it with everyone. Thought it would be something good to read, especially since we are co-sponsoring the Hip Hop Conference.
Enjoy! http://genderacrossborders.com/2010/02/05/my-definition-hip-hop-feminism/