So it started this week end the femstruation week in Edinburgh, how exciting!to view the list of the events happening during the week follow the link and hopefully see you all there!
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The collective has been hiding over the last year due to other realities
that needed to be prioritised. But it’s time to come back to the front
line to make a move for creative and thought-provoking projects.
I was in London this weekend to attend the
workshop called "The Politics of Appearance" at the Women’s Library
which is part of London’s Metropolitan University. I have been to the
library before and I would totally recommend to everybody to go down and
spend a few days looking through the amazing collection of book, journals
and magazines that they have. I wonder how long it took them to
collect all these goods, they are so many, and they are rare. Yes, some of the books you can easily find in normal University’s
library but others not so. That’s why it’s worth going there and to have
the chance to feed the mind with interesting texts. I was reading a few
books about women’s magazine, one of them was a Ph.D dissertation written in 1970 about women’s magazines from 1630 till 1938. Cool
eh? And then I was reading a book about breasts which was also cool.So,
the library is fun, the space is nice..they organise and host
different free exhibitions in the space on the groundfloor.
But, going back to the workshop that I went to. It was totally s**t. Two women were the main speakers of the workshop presenting their book
related to feminism and fashion. One of the women, a free lance
journalist and lecturer of journalism at Goldsmith University (oh my
goooddd!!) was totally out of context. She was just giving out her
opinion on feminism and fashion without any regards or any knowledge of
feminist theory. More over she was really offensive with her
statements which were for instance: ‘ I feel odd if a male wears make up";
"wearing a short skirt sends a specific message to society,you can’t
deny it!"; "women’s magazines are not a problem or a threat for young
women" and so on. Luckily some women who were attending the conference
kicked her ass, and questioned her about these statements in a challenging
way. But still it is impressive how she recognises herself as a feminist
when she is just a confident woman playing with her thoughts on the
subject and not critically analysing the field of feminism.
it is in my interest to see what is happening in the
academic world of feminist scholars and what the messages are that they
deliver towards the audience. I couldn’t personally recognise her as a
feminist because of her arrogance and lack of feminist theories. But i
believe that it is good to know your ‘enemy’ so you may challenge its
core.
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