[genderstudies] Fwd: BLUESTOCKINGS DECEMBER EVENTS

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*BLUESTOCKINGS DECEMBER EVENTS*
172 Allen Street @ Stanton (in the Lower East Side)
We host events nearly every night and you will not be turned away from an
event at Bluestockings for lack of money.
bluestockings.com / @bluestockings <http://twitter.com/bluestockings> /
facebook <http://facebook.com/bluestockingsnyc>
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Saturday, December 1st @ 7PM – Free
Reading: Silvia Federici “Revolution at Point Zero”*
“Revolution at Point Zero” collects forty years of research and theorizing
on the nature of housework, social reproduction, and women’s struggles on
this terrain—to escape it, to better its conditions, to reconstruct it in
ways that provide an alternative to capitalist relations. Beginning with
the Wages for Housework movement, Silvia’s work unravels the power and
politics of a number of issues related to feminist politics and
anti-capitalism on a planetary scale. In 1972, author Silvia Federici was
one of the co-founders of the International Feminist Collective, the
organization that launched the international campaign for Wages For
Housework.
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*Sunday, December 2nd @ 2:30PM – Free
Feminist Book Club: Winterson’s “Why Be Happy When You Can Be Normal”*
The Feminist Book Club reads and discusses feminism. We make no claims to
any particular feminist platform. We read theoretical texts, literature and
primary works. All are welcome regardless of gender, political persuasion,
and familiarity. We meet on the first Sunday each month. For more
information, email feministbookclubnyc at gmail.com. This month’s book,
available at Bluestockings, is “Why Be Happy When You Can Be Normal” by
Jeanette Winterson.
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*Monday, December 3rd @ 7PM – $5 Suggested
Reading: “Spit And Passion”
Featuring Cristy C. Road and Friends*
At its core, “Spit and Passion” is about the transformative moment when
music crashes into a stifling adolescent bedroom and saves you. Suddenly,
you belong. At twelve years old, Cristy C. Road was struggling to balance
tradition in a Cuban Catholic family with her newfound queer identity, and
began a chronic obsession with the punk band Green Day. In this graphic
biography, Road renders the clash between her rick inner world of fantasy
and the numbing suburban conformity she is surrounded by. She finds solace
in the closet—where she lets her deep excitement about punk rock foment,
and finds in that angst and euphoria a path to self-acceptance. Cristy C.
Road is the author of “Bad Habit” and “Indestructible,” and tours
nationally and internationally with Sister Spit, with her band, The
Homewreckers, and on her own.
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*Tuesday, December 4th @ 7PM – $5 Suggested
Reading: T Cooper “Real Man Adventures”*
“Real Man Adventures” is T Cooper’s exploration of the paradoxes and
pleasures of masculinity. He takes us through his transition into
identifying as male, and how he went on to marry his wife and become an
adoring stepfather of two children. Join us for an evening that will also
feature music performances inspired by the book from Soce the Elemental
Wizard and Rocco Katastrophe. T Cooper is the author of three novels,
including “The Beaufort Diaries” and “Lipshitz Six, or Two Angry Blondes.”
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*Wednesday, December 5th @ 7PM – Free
MULTIPLES: Radical Printmaking Art Opening*
A night of art, music, and performance celebrating the opening of
“Multiples”, a group show of radical printmaking organized by Janelle
Kilmer and Lucy Valkury. Participating Artists include Alejandro Acierto,
Ian Cozzens, Margaret Craig, Lauren Denitzio, Noel’le Longhaul, Josh
MacPhee & members of the Just Seeds Collective, Cristy C. Road, Meredith
Stern and many more! Tonight will also feature musical performances by
Glittered and Mauled, Lior Hadar, and Rachel Easterly. Prints will be
available for purchase at Bluestockings through the duration of the show,
until Jan 7th.
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*Thursday, December 6th @ 7PM – $5 Suggested
Discussion: Local Conditions and Global Movements – Direct Action,
Creativity and Strategy
Featuring: Benjamin Shepard, Marina Sitrin, and Lesley Wood*
What are the conditions that allow local organizers to build off of protest
in other cities and places? How do local histories, successes and patterns
of communication affect our ability to incorporate new ideas? How can we
create opportunities to be more open, creative and strategic in our
movements? These questions will launch a conversation with Marina Sitrin,
Ben Shepard and Lesley Wood.

Benjamin Shepard is the author and editor of six books including “Queer
Politics and Political Performance: Play, Pleasure, and Social Movement,”
“White Nights and Ascending Shadows: An Oral History of the San Francisco
AIDS Epidemic,” “From ACT UP to the WTO: Urban Protest and Community
Building in the Era of Globalization.” Marina Sitrin is the author of
“Everyday Revolutions: Horizontalism and Autonomy in Argentina” and
“Occupying Language” in the Occupied Media Pamphlet Series. Lesley Wood is
the author of “Direct Action, Deliberation and Diffusion: Collective Action
After the WTO Protests in Seattle.”
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*Bluestockings will be taking a break from nightly events for the holiday
season, beginning Friday, December 7th. We’ll see you starting January 6th!*
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*Sunday, December 9th @ 12:30PM – Free
Radical Educators Meetup: Nolan’s “Police in the Hallways”*
Join a group of educators engaged in inquiry of critical texts for a meetup
and collaborative discussion of pedagogical values and practices. Please
bring an article or an excerpt to contribute. This month, we’ll be
continuing Kathleen Nolan’s “Police in the Hallways,” focusing on pages 95
– 183. Please contact bluestockingsraded at gmail.com for more information.
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*Sunday, December 16th @ 4PM – Free
Knitting: Dyke Knitting Circle*
Come in and knit, make new friends, drink some tea, and learn a craft at a
self-help and member-led group. The Dyke Knitting Circle is open to all
levels of queer experience and all levels of knitting proficiency. Bring
yarn and needles. Join us any third Sunday of the month.
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*Tuesday, December 18th @ 7PM – $5 Suggested
Women’s / Trans’ Poetry Jam & Open Mike*
Hosted by Vittoria Repetto – the hardest working guinea butch dyke poet on
the Lower East Side – the jam has showcased the famous, the infamous, the
unknown for over a decade. Come out and deliver (up to) 8 minutes of your
poetry, prose, songs and spoken word. Visit
vittoriarepetto.wordpress.comfor more.
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