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Vote for National Conference for Media Reform Panel: Beyond Pronouns

The National Conference for Media Reform is asking folks to vote for their favorite panels to decide what will make the final cut.

After participating in a panel at the Women Action and Media Conference two years ago about Gender, Non-conformity and the Media that was really well received, Jaclyn from WAM and Kate Bovitch decided to recreate that panel for NCMR this spring, with a tweaked agenda and speaker list. If we get chosen, I’ll be participating in it once again. In the broader context of media reform, it’s really crucial to talk about the trans and gender non-conforming community and how we can improve media representation and participation.

Beyond Pronouns: Representing Trans and Gender Non-Conforming ...

The National Conference for Media Reform is asking folks to vote for their favorite panels to decide what will make the final cut.

After participating in a panel at the Women Action and Media Conference ...

By Chloe Angyal • 13 years ago

The SPARK blogtour starts here!

Last week, Courtney mentioned the SPARK Summit, which is happening in NYC on October 22nd. SPARK stands for Sexualization Protest: Action, Resistance, Knowledge. SPARK is both a Summit and a Movement designed to push back against the increasingly sexualized images of girlhood in the media and create room for whole girls and healthy sexuality. SPARK will engage teen girls to be part of the solution rather than to protect them from the problem.

The Summit is focused on working with girl leaders and activists to jump start an intergenerational movement. Attendees will be girls (ages 14-22) and those working closely with them. There will also be a virtual Summit so that girls and adults who can’t make it to New ...

By Miriam • 13 years ago

Netroots Nation 2010: Wrap-up

I attended the fifth annual Netroots Nation Conference last week in Las Vegas Nevada. I didn’t do any liveblogging because I didn’t think anything in particular would be interesting to you all, but I did do a few video interviews that I will be posting eventually (after I edit and make transcripts!).

I wanted to at least share a few of my thoughts about the conference. This was the first time I’ve ever attended, but Feministing folks have gone before.

Netroots Nation, despite their efforts to promote diversity, is still a majority straight white male blogger space. I don’t know if that will ever change, unless the demographics of the political blogosphere change radically.

But, like Samhita, I was able ...

By Samhita • 13 years ago

USSF 2010: Using New Media to Win Racial and Gender Justice.

I am so excited to be at the United States Social Forum in Detroit this week, I have already had the pleasure of reconnecting with old activist friends and meeting some new ones.
I will be on a panel today with Jorge Rivas from Racewire (Colorlines/ARC) at 1pm. Please come by and say hello!

New media and technology are having an impact on the politics of race and gender. With corporate control and concentration of mainstream media, it’s imperative for social justice activists and organizations to dramatically raise media production capacity so that alternative messages–especially stories that expose racism and sexism and propose equitable solutions–can reach wide audiences. What’s hot, what’s next on the horizon and how can we ...

I am so excited to be at the United States Social Forum in Detroit this week, I have already had the pleasure of reconnecting with old activist friends and meeting some new ones.
I will be ...

By Samhita • 13 years ago

USSF 2010: recLAmation: A Film by Hilary Goldberg

I am heading to Detroit for the US Social Forum and I am super excited. This year we have featured a series of blog posts from the Gender Justice Working Group and now we are going to feature some of the female musicians and artists that are going to be at the forum. Check out this trailer for recLAmation, a film by Hilary Goldberg.
Also, except some live-blogging depending on how much internet access I have. Is there anything in particular folks want me to cover? Shoot me an email or leave a comment.
Detroit here I come!

I am heading to Detroit for the US Social Forum and I am super excited. This year we have featured a series of blog posts from the Gender Justice Working Group and now we ...

By Samhita • 13 years ago

Following Gender Justice to the U.S. Social Forum

Guest Post from Corinna Yazbek and Katie McKay Bryson members of the Gender Justice Working Group of the US Social Forum.
We’re going to the U.S. Social Forum (USSF), and hope to see you there!
That Detroit is hosting a massive convergence around people’s solutions to economic, ecological and social justice issues won’t come as a surprise to Feministing readers. What may be news is how affordable it can be to attend! People are walking, rolling, flying, biking, and driving from around the country to come together between Tuesday, June 22 and Saturday, June 26. Registration is still open for tent city camping and other spaces to sleep are available at varying ...

By Samhita • 13 years ago

Events, Tents, and Assemblies: Promoting Gender Justice at the US Social Forum

Guest Post by Marina Karides, member of the Gender Justice Working Group. This is the second in a series of pieces on the US Social Forum and the activities of the Gender Justice Working Group at the forum.
For anyone remotely interested in grassroots activism and promoting social justice internationally, transnationally, nationally, and locally the US Social Forum is the event for you. To be held in Detroit, MI June 22-26th, the US Social Forum will highlight the economic troubles of Detroit following its long history of capitalist greed that used Detroit workers as cheaply as possible and then left them high and dry for even cheaper labor in the Global South.
And the Global South is where the ...

By Samhita • 13 years ago

Countdown to the US Social Forum 2010: Another World is Possible

So you have probably heard us yammering on about the USSF before at Feministing. We did a “Voices of” series (back before the community site!) and have bigged it up a few times. Well now is our last push. If you are interested in meeting, collaborating, building and strategizing the future with the best organizers in the country to push a new, more radical progressive agenda, US Social Forum is for you. Register today.

Also, I will be on a panel with the awesome Jorge Rivas from Racewire about how to win racial and gender justice using new media.

So you have probably heard us yammering on about the USSF before at Feministing. We did a “Voices of” series (back before the community site!) and have bigged it up a few times. Well now ...