Interesting feminist slant on the Guardian's 'CiF' section

This link is to a range of views on conflicts within feminism , very appropriate given the I.H.S.S.R 5th March event. I liked it and I think you gals will as well...http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/07/international-womens-day-defence-feminist-dissent-argued-priorities

Meeting in March

An interesting article at this link about calling women in the media 'feminists'. If it doesn't work for you let me know at strapping6footer@yahoo.co.uk and I  will send it as an attachment. [ I would tweet it but I have a habit of tweeting too many articles , one I am trying to curb.]

http://www.newrepublic.com/article/116114/beyonce-lorde-bettie-page-are-feminists-really

Meeting in January

Hi All to follow up from Diane's blog post here are the details of the next meeting in January. See you at the next meeting.

Here's a link to the reading http://tinyurl.com/despentes-kingkongtheory

Text for January session

From Diane Ofili, the newest member  [ and by the looks of it the biggest gobshite]

Hello, this is the link to the next reading session in January 2014 : bit.ly/1c5pbro .It should lead an excerpt of  'The King Kong Theory' by Virginie DesPentes. The phrase that hits home  is 'I am more King Kong than Kate Moss'. It resonates with me as I have always taken pride in certain traits , like my directness and tallness, that are not necessarily 'feminine'. It in no way makes me value my womanhood any less , in spite of the bullshit  others have tried to brainwash me with.Can masculine and feminine identities happily co-exist within the same person ? Does accepting our manly sides [should we have any ] mean relinquishing our more girly ones or do they in fact compliment each other ?

Just out of interest have any of you heard of a book called 'Is there anything good about men ?' by Roy Baumeister . It would be interesting to see how male-centric texts or points of view intersect with the discussions of the group. Anyway I hope you enjoy the excerpt., I look forward to seeing you gals early next year !


All the best
Diane

CINZIA ARRUZZA - In Manchester

DANGEROUS LIAISONS!

THE MARRIAGES AND DIVORCES OF MARXISM AND FEMINISM

Wednesday 29 January 2014, 6pm

Friends Meeting House,
6 Mount St, Manchester M2 5NS

CINZIA ARRUZZA

Cinzia Arruzza, Italian revolutionary socialist feminist, activist and academic, member of the Fourth International, currently at the New School for Social Research in New York, is author of the 2013 book Dangerous Liaisons: The Marriages and Divorces of Marxism and Feminism. The book runs through debates over links between Marxism and feminism ranging from the Russian and Chinese revolutions and the rise of Stalinism to the second wave feminist conceptualisation of gender as class relation and then to recognition-based politics and queer theory.

This meeting is co-sponsored by organisations working together in Manchester: Socialist Resistance, AntiCapitalist Initiative, and International Socialist Network. It continues an urgent debate within the revolutionary left at the Beyond the Fragments event in Manchester about the role of feminism in our politics.

There will be a reading group focussing on the four chapters of the book in the lead up to Cinzia’s visit. To be involved in that reading group, and to get the book for £7.00, contact Ian at discourseunit@gmail.com

19th November Meeting - Sara Ahmed