Laurel Nakadate

Came across the work of Laurel Nakadate recently. At first glance I thought she was exploitative, vain and quite frankly, annoying. However the longer I stayed with the work the more it revealed itself to be innovative and fearless (I love when that happens by the way). She takes on the relations between male/female and the privileged/ marginalized in a deeply personal and absolutely shocking way. I'm still trying to wrap my mind around the work and I'm wondering what other people think about it.



http://ps1.org/exhibitions/view/321

Random thoughts for the day

A great slide-show in the NYT of yarn bombing, starting with the Rocky statue at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

A great collaborative endeavor by Jen Kennedy and Liz Linden - I'm particularly inspired by the feminist book swap...

A visual culture clash of biology and gender. Way to go, Barnes & Noble.

Why are you a feminist?

Hi Everyone,

After commenting on the Summer Reading List post, I'm thinking about what books, people, & events got me into feminism in the first place.

So, I was wondering...
What got you into feminism?
Something you read? Someone you met? A conversation you had? A piece of music?

Thought it'd be interesting to hear where everyone's coming from & how they got here.


-Lindsay

Cinco de Mayo meeting

Sam and Scott. Sam likes fluorescents even his in drinks.

Trudie and Emma- margarita time

Kim, Regina and Victoria. Good times, good times.

It was a lovely evening for some patio chicken watching and margaritas. Thank you, Marissa, for hosting! This meeting was great to get to know each other more and brainstorm ideas we want to work with. I'm posting a general list of things we talked about- if I forgot some, please add on in the comments!

1. Time of exhibition- we are thinking Jan/Feb might be too cold and too expensive with heating bills. We all seemed to agree May/June would be better.
2. Do we still want a house? Or store-front? There are pros and cons to both. Here is the Lancaster County Assessor site- you can look up who owns what building or home. One of our ongoing assignments is to check out spaces, take pictures, do some research, call people, etc. Don't be afraid to initiate if you find something you think would be perfect!
3. Grants. Hixson-Lied Undergrad deadline is Oct 1, Graduate is Dec 1. There are also numerous other grants we need to look into over the summer.
4. The success of Ying's recent call for a sewing circle got many of us thinking. What was an overwhelming task (covering a room with tiny paper towel pillows) was made possible-- and perhaps more enjoyable-- with extra hands.
5. This led to ideas such as covering the Great Plains Art Museum's statue with clothing, yarn-bombing, clean graffiti and guerilla gardening.

6. Then we had to bring it back... what issues do we want to discuss? Why are we here? How are we engaging in feminist dialog? Who do we want to talk to?

And that's what we talked about for the remaining time. What our beef is with the world and why we want to change things. We don't have an official meeting time for June but Wendy has offered to teach us crocheting which is very exciting- thank you!

Until then, consider posting on the blog as your "assignment." 
-Victoria