Canada: Events are taking place across the country as part of a National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. The day marks the 22nd anniversary of the misogynist shooting spree at the University of Montreal in 1989 that left 14 women students dead. Washington, D.C.: On Thursday, December 8, thousands of unemployed workers […]
Don’t Ms. Round-Up
Don’t Ms.: Lysistrata, Radical Women Occupying, Relationships Between White and Black Women and More
This week offers a feminist smorgasbord: You can Occupy, learn women’s health lobbying tactics, toast Courtney Martin, discuss men and feminism, or take a lesson or two from Lysistrata. Dakar, Senegal: Sponsored by a who’s who of international family-planning organizations, (including, well, WHO, as well as USAID, UNFPA and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation), […]
Don’t Ms.: Women March on Zuccotti Park, Londoners Take Back the Night, and More!
On Thanksgiving week, we typically look forward to events that involve food. And sales. And hopefully sales on food. However, this year, Black Friday shares a date with a nobler cause: International Day Against Violence Against Women. You can start celebrating by committing no violence over the last 15-dollar Blu-Ray player or microwaveable side dish […]
Don’t Ms.: Zinesters of Color, The 99 Percent, Young Feminists Occupy the Senate, and More!
This week, feminist globe-hoppers can say their farewells to Wangari Maathai, storm the U.S. Senate to demand jobs and more! Washington, D.C., San Francisco, and London: This week The Green Belt Movement is hosting three memorials for their Nobel prize-winning founder Wangari Maathai, who passed away this fall: — on Tuesday, November 15 in Washington, […]
Don’t Ms.: Chocolate Gala, Art Objectifying Men and More!
Rarely does activism get this hedonistic. This week, support women’s rights by drinking chocolate martinis, gazing at the male form or hearing from the likes of Laurie Anderson and Valerie Plame Wilson. Minneapolis: Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota’s Celebrate! gala is back for its 10th year, with radio talk show host Jearlyn Steele […]
Don’t Ms.: Gloria Steinem, Marion Jones, War Redefined and More!
After a week of serious talks and films, we’ll be ready to jet off to Brighton, U.K., for a riot grrrl-themed Halloween party. What era Kathleen Hannah will you be dressing as? Los Angeles & New York: Three women journalists who have risked their lives covering news in war-torn places have been named the International […]
Don’t Ms.: War, Peace, Humor, Suffrage, Body Love and More!
Nashville: Vanderbilt University will be hosting Shelby Knox, subject of the award-winning documentary The Education of Shelby Knox, a film that follows her advocacy for sex education and gay rights in her conservative Southern Baptist town. Her lecture is entitled Bless Her Heart: How One Good Southern Girl Changed the World. Admission is free and […]
Don’t Ms.: ERA Education Project, Milk Like Sugar, Phranc and More!
What’s better than a week of feminist comedy, plays, book-signings and music? Los Angeles: The ERA Education Project is hosting a night of comedy that asks, “Hey, WTF, don’t I get equal rights too??!” The All Girl Full Equality Tour features the likes of Emmy Award winner Beth Sherman, Last Comic Standing contestant Laurie Kilmartin, […]
Don’t Ms.: Black Lesbian Poets, Ada Lovelace Day and Much More!
Los Angeles: UCLA’s Department of Women’s Studies is hosting Joan Roughgarden’s talk, “Evolution of Social Behavior: Not the 1970s Anymore.” Hear the Stanford University professor and author of Evolution’s Rainbow: Diversity, Gender and Sexuality in Nature and in People as she discusses the way evolutionary principles shape family life and cooperation in the 21st century. […]
Don’t Ms.: Eve Ensler, JD Samson, Our Bodies, Ourselves and More!
Washington D.C.: Holly Kearl, author of Stop Street Harassment: Making Public Places Safe and Welcoming for Women and Mandy Van Deven, co-author of Hey, Shorty!: A Guide to Combating Sexual Harassment and Violence in Schools and on the Streets will be in D.C. for a discussion of their books, followed by a book signing. Monday, […]