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August 11th, 2010Blog, Call for Submissions, Paradigm Shift EventCall for guest blog, video, and graphic art submissions in preparation for Paradigm Shift’s next event:
BODY TYPED short films on perfection
Screening & Discussion Featuring
JESSE EPSTEIN, Sundance award-winning Filmmaker
BODY TYPED is a series of short films about body image, media, and cultural identity that will be combined to make a feature documentary. The films use humor to raise serious concerns about the marketplace of commercial illusion and unrealizable standards of physical perfection.
WET DREAMS AND FALSE IMAGES
When Dee-Dee the barber learns about the art of photo-retouching, he may never look at his “wall of beauty” the same way again.
Short Subject Jury Award, 2004 Sundance Film FestivalTHE GUARANTEE
A dancer’s hilarious story about his prominent nose and the effect if has on his career.
Best Short Film, 2007 Newport International Film Festival34×25×36
A look at mannequins, religion, and perfection.
SXSW, Full Frame, True/False, National PBS Broadcast on POVWEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18th at 6:30 pm
Just outside the Feminist District
The Tank- 354 West 45th Street (between 8th & 9th Ave.)
Subway: A,C,E to 42nd Street/Times SquareCost: $12 students/ pre-paid, $15 at door
BUY TICKETS NOW- LIMITED SEATING:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/117245Facebook invite: http://bit.ly/cofvXX
Submission Deadline- August 22
Use these prompts as guidelines for submissions; essays, poetry, and artwork in all forms accepted:- the effect of stereotypes on bodies
- body image and health
- expectations that friends and family have of our bodies
- how appearances intersect with gender and sexuality
- the portrayal of bodies in the media
- body empowerment
- social acceptance versus personal acceptance
Submit responses to blog@paradigmshiftnyc.com Please include how you would like to be credited (name, anonymous etc). Video submissions- please submit YouTube private link. Email subject line: Your Name- Blog post- 3/30 Event.
ParadigmShiftNYC.com content is licensed under a Creative Commons License.
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July 18th, 2010Events, Paradigm Shift Event
August 18, 2010 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm PARADIGM SHIFT: NYC’S FEMINIST COMMUNITY Proudly Presents
BODY TYPED short films on perfection
Screening & Discussion FeaturingJESSE EPSTEIN, Sundance award-winning Filmmaker
part of The Tank’s “Liberal Arts Summer School” series
BODY TYPED is a series of short films that use humor to raise serious concerns about the marketplace of commercial illusion and unrealizable standards of physical perfection.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18th at 6:30 pm
Just outside the Feminist District
The Tank- 354 West 45th Street (between 8th & 9th Ave.)
Subway: A,C,E to 42nd Street/Times SquareCost: $12 students/ pre-paid, $15 at door
BUY TICKETS NOW- LIMITED SEATING:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/117245Facebook invite: http://bit.ly/cofvXX
WET DREAMS AND FALSE IMAGES
When Dee-Dee the barber learns about the art of photo-retouching, he may never look at his “wall of beauty” the same way again.
Short Subject Jury Award, 2004 Sundance Film FestivalTHE GUARANTEE
A dancer’s hilarious story about his prominent nose and the effect if has on his career.
Best Short Film, 2007 Newport International Film Festival34×25x36
A look at mannequins, religion, and perfection.
SXSW, Full Frame, True/False, National PBS Broadcast on POVThis project is being executive produced by Judith Helfand, Wendy Ettinger, Julie Parker Benello
Produced in association with Chicken & Egg Pictures and The Fledgling FundJESSE EPSTEIN:
http://www.JesseDocs.com
http://www.newday.com/films/Body_Typed.html
Jesse grew up in Boston, Mass. She received an MA in documentary film from NYU. Jesse was recently selected for “25 New Faces of Independent Film” by Filmmaker Magazine. She distributes films through New Day Films, and edits the Shooting People daily bulletin.Legendary Women, Inc
Manhattan Young Democrats
New York Women in Film and Television
NOW NYS Young Feminist Task Force
RippleEffectArtists.org
Sideshow: The Queer Literary Carnival
Soapbox Inc.
The Women’s Mosaic
The Woodhull Institute for Ethical Leadership
Trixie Films
Women’s Caucus for Art
Women’s Media Center
Women’s Sexuality Empowerment ApprenticeshipPhotography by Amy Mittens: amittensphoto@gmail.com
PARTNERS WELCOME:
Join as a supporting organization
Subject Line: 8/18 Partner
Email: JWeis@paradigmshiftnyc.comTime Out NY’s CRITICS’ PICK!! Paradigm Shift’s 8th honor!
Tags: body image, eating disorders, jesse epstein, perfection
http://newyork.timeout.com/events/own-this-city/353910/body-typed -
June 23rd, 2010Blog, Paradigm Shift Event
By Shelby Knox
A couple of weeks ago I wrote this post soliciting advice and conversation about the request that I “dress like a feminist” for a photo spread to be featured in a mainstream women’s magazine as a representative of the next generation of feminism, or as they keep putting it, “the next Gloria Steinem.”
The shoot was last week and I took my readers’ fantastic advice – thanks for that, by the way! – and packed in my hanging bag several outfits in which I feel comfortable, happy, and most of all, me.
Yet the clothes I’d worked so hard to pick out were destined never to make it out of the bag. Instead, the fantastic stylist had gone through the mag’s generously stocked designer closet and picked out clothes for us that will be at the peak of style when the issue comes out in the fall. This, at first, was fine by me – this thrift store girl will transform into a fashion diva on your dime any day!
Let me stop here and explain something that’s not shocking at all considering I was socialized female in American society: I’ve struggled with my weight and body image issues for as long as I can remember. I went to Weight Watchers for the first time when I was 11 and tried out every fad diet I could find in my mother’s magazines. I spent many years sobbing in dressing rooms, at swimming pools and school dances and talent shows, because I could never fit into the blonde, rail-thin ideal of a pretty Texas girl.
After I got to New York and into feminist activism, I gained a perspective on beauty that eased my body hatred a bit. I realized that what’s ugly in one culture is desirable in another and vice versa and that this constant pressure – applied to women by the media, our friends, our family, random strangers on the street and online – to be unnaturally thin is another form of sexism that at best hobbles women by making us spend unnatural amounts of time concerned with our appearance and at worst, kills.
So, when I walked into that photo shoot last Wednesday, I thought I’d made a fragile peace with my size 12 body. I’d decided that I liked the young women I speak to on campuses seeing a real-looking woman speaking her truth and making waves in the world. I know in my feminist heart of hearts that my words and actions matter far more than the packaging they come in– and, by Goddess, a little extra packaging can be just as hot!
That peace started to crumble fast when all the other women profiled – an amazing cast, including a playwright, a politician, an FBI agent and a fashion designer, among others, who for some reason all happened to be thin and drop dead conventionally gorgeous – were given 7 or 8 fantastic outfits to try on. Since designers don’t usually provide size 12 samples, I got a wrap dress that made me look like a sail, a silk dress that made me look like a sail boat, and an embroidered leather jacket that, had it fit, would have been a huge break in solidarity with my allies in the animals rights movement. I pushed back tears, told that evil voice in my head saying, “disgusting cow” over and over again to shut up, and willed myself to smile and walk out of the dressing room in the “sail boat” option.
A pair of fierce, black, six inch platform boots and really awesome snake bracelets made me feel slightly better, but not for long. When we lined up for a once-over from the staff, I was transported back to Lubbock, TX and into a picture of me and a group of friends dressed in the same white dress, except mine was three sizes larger. I was then, and I realized standing in the line-up, always will be, the “smart one” or the “talented one” but never, ever the “pretty one.”
I know how it works at group photo shoots: the director pulls different people in and out of the shot to see whose outfits and look work together. Yet as I got pulled in and out of every single shot, I couldn’t help but be sure it was because of how horrible I looked. I cried in the bathroom three different times – the make-up artist loved that – and in a moment of being truly flustered, fell to the asphalt in my impossibly high heels and ripped up my legs, as you can see in the photo below.
My bruised, scraped up legs and the perpetrators, fantastically fierce black spiked heel boots.
I was eventually photographed in the last shot of the day and that part was surprisingly fine – years of posing for headshots, newspapers, and Facebook photos kicked in and I needed the least direction of anyone in my group. As I took off the dress and heels and prepared to leave in my own long, flowing skirt, I couldn’t decide if I was more pissed that I’d been made into some editor’s idea of “High Fashion Feminist Barbie” or that I’d failed so miserably in executing the role at every possible turn. The next Gloria Steinem, huh? Yeah – without the beauty or the grace!
So I signed on to spend my life fighting against the beauty myth in all its insidious forms and what did I do? Fall hopelessly prey to it, and on my face too.
Even though that evil voice in my head – which is, not coincidentally, male and hisses like Hanibal Lecter – is telling me this makes me a bad feminist, it simply means that I, like most women and some men, can still succumb to society’s false paradigm that beauty and worth are correlated. It reminded me how invaluable feminism’s campaign for real beauty standards is because I never want another woman to feel the way I did during that shoot.
It was also a reminder that, even if people are calling me a role model, or perhaps especially so, I’m still very much in the process of birthing myself into the woman I want to be and stripping away the layers of myself that have been torn and scarred by sexism and oppression and personal pain. It’s an excruciating process at times, but a necessary one.
In this case, I’m vowing to do some reading on feminism and body image – suggestions in the comments appreciated! – and feed and exercise my body in a manner so that it’s healthier, if not smaller. I’m going to consciously banish that creepy, self-hating voice from my head and ask myself each time I want to succumb to it’s lull if I would say to a fellow woman such awful things.
After all, it wouldn’t do the movement any good if I or anyone else waits to do radical social justice work until we’re “feminist enough,” unblemished, for public consumption. I don’t believe my sisters will be put off by my scars and scrapes but instead will see them and be more able to see, accept, and heal their own.
Or, at the very least, they’ll see my legs and skip the six-inch heels.
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This post was originally published at The Ms. Education Of Shelby Knox, and was republished with permission. Shelby Knox can be contacted at shelbyknoxblog@gmail.com.
Meet Shelby on July 14th at 7pm in NYC! We are honored to host Shelby Knox, nationally known feminist organizer & subject of the Sundance award-winning film, “The Education of Shelby Knox” as the moderator for Paradigm Shift’s next event, “GUYLAND: THE PERILOUS WORLD WHERE BOYS BECOME MEN” a lecture and discussion featuring Dr. Michael Kimmel, PhD, Author & World-renown Sociologist. More info and Buy Tickets!
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May 20th, 2010Events, Paradigm Shift Event
July 14, 2010 7:00 pm 
PARADIGM SHIFT: NYC’S FEMINIST COMMUNITY Proudly Presents
“GUYLAND: THE PERILOUS WORLD WHERE BOYS BECOME MEN”
Lecture and Discussion featuring
DR. MICHAEL KIMMEL, PhD, Author & Sociologist, is among the leading researchers and writers on men and masculinity in the world todayModerated by SHELBY KNOX, nationally known feminist organizer & subject of the Sundance award-winning film, “The Education of Shelby Knox”
TimeOut NY Rated CRITICS’ PICK! Our 7th honor
“Michael Kimmel’s Guyland could save the humanity of many young men- and the sanity of their friends and parents- by explaining the forces behind a newly extended adolescence. With accuracy and empathy, he names the problem and offers compassionate bridges to adulthood.” — Gloria Steinem
Obsessed with never wanting to grow up, this demographic, which is 22 million strong, craves video games, sports and depersonalized sexual relationships. Kimmel offers a highly practical guide to male youth.
GUYLAND is the best-selling investigation of young people’s lives today.
BUY ONLINE DISCOUNT TICKETS NOW – LIMITED SEATING!
Network before the discussion
Catering by Tastee VeganJuly 14th, THIS WEDNESDAY
7:00-10:00 pmTheatre 80 St. Marks
80 St. Marks Place, NYC 10003
Just west of 1st Avenue
$15 students/ pre-sales till 14th 2pm, $20 at door
BUY NOW FOR DISCOUNT: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/113133Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy
Supported By (final list- updated 7/12):
AbortionGang.org, Bluestockings, CONNECT,East Side Institute, Feministing, Hollaback, IAmDrTiller.com, Manhattan Young Democrats, Men Can Stop Rape, NARAL Pro-Choice NY, New York Activist Calendar, NOW NYS Young Feminist Task Force, NYC Alliance Against Sexual Assault, Service Women’s Action Network, Soapbox Inc., Students Active For Ending Rape, The Line Campaign, The Ripple Effect, The Women’s Mosaic, The Woodhull Institute for Ethical Leadership, Trixie Films, Women’s eNews, Women Make Movies, Women’s Media Center
Photography by Amy Mitten, amittensphoto@aol.com
SPONSORS email Meredith@paradigmshiftnyc.com
DR. MICHAEL KIMMEL, PhD
http://www.guyland.net
http://www.michaelkimmel.com
Michael Kimmel is among the leading researchers and writers on men and masculinity in the world today. The author or editor of more than twenty volumes, his books include Changing Men: New Directions in Research on Men and Masculinity (1987), Men Confront Pornography (1990), The Politics of Manhood (1996), The Gender of Desire (2005) and The History of Men (2005). His documentary history, “Against the Tide: Pro-Feminist Men in the United States, 1776-1990” (Beacon, 1992), chronicled men who supported women’s equality since the founding of the country.His book, Manhood in America: A Cultural History (1996) was hailed as the definitive work on the subject. Reviewers called the book “wide-ranging, level headed, human and deeply interesting,” “superb… thorough, impressive and fascinating.” One reviewer wrote that “Kimmel’s humane, path breaking study points the way toward a redefinition of manhood that combines strength with nurturing, personal accountability, compassion and egalitarianism” while another called it “the most wide-ranging, clear-sighted, accessible book available on the mixed fortunes of masculinity in the United States.” (A 10th anniversary edition was published by Oxford University Press.)
His most recent book, Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men (2008) is a best-selling investigation of young people’s lives today, based on interviews with more than 400 young men, ages 16-26. Featured in major television and radio interviews, the books was widely reviewed and praised in all major media outlets. “If you’ve ever had a conversation with a teenage boy and wondered what on earth was going on…this book will serve you well.” And feminist icon Gloria Steinem said that “Michael Kimmel’s Guyland could save the humanity of many young men – and the sanity of their friends and parents.” Feature film rights were optioned to Dreamworks.
Kimmel is a Professor of Sociology at SUNY Stony Brook, and lives in Brooklyn, New York with his family.
SHELBY KNOX
Tags: Feminist Men, gender studies, guyland, masculinity, michael kimmel, shelby knox, violence
http://shelbyknox.com
Shelby Knox is nationally known as the subject of the Sundance award-winning film, The Education of Shelby Knox, a 2005 documentary chronicling her teenage activism for comprehensive sex education and gay rights in her Southern Baptist community. She has appeared on Today, the Daily Show, Hardball, and sat down with both Dr. Phil and Al Franken to discuss sex education, youth activism, and her varying states of virginity. She travels across the country as an itinerant feminist organizer, doing trainings, workshops and civil disobedience in the name of reproductive justice and sexual health. She consults for the Girls Leadership Institute, Plan B and Trojan, among others. She’s has an essay in the recently published Click: When We Knew We Were Feminists and regularly blogs for The Huffington Post and RH Reality Check. Shelby lives in New York City, where she is working on a book about the fourth wave of feminist activism and plotting the revolution via Twitter, handle @ShelbyKnox. -
May 17th, 2010Blog, Events, Paradigm Shift Event
June 4, 2010 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm June 5, 2010 10:00 am to 5:00 pm Friday Introductory Seminar: Love in a Time of Broken Heart: Combining Psychology and Spirituality to Heal the Soul
“An understanding of the transcendent and mystical that is deeply grounded in the psychological is necessary if we are not to get bogged down in the narcissism of ‘woundology,’ or swept away by an ungrounded mysticism that promises healing without struggle.”*
Despite being told that wholeness and love lie within us, in our “quick fix” society, we often look for answers outside of ourselves and remain trapped in our wounds thus hampering our spiritual growth. Using a unique blend of psychology and spirituality, Jungian psychotherapist and author Benig Mauger, drawing from her latest book, explains how true healing comes from within and how to travel into this profound terrain of the heart.
*From Love in a Time of Broken Heart: Healing From Within, by Benig Mauger
Saturday Workshop: Healing From Within™: Initiating an Inner Path to Love and Your Soul
In an increasingly fragmented world, we seek inner wholeness, spiritual purpose-and love. While wanting to progress on our spiritual path, however, we are often held back by our sense of wounding. To be truly capable of giving and receiving love, we have to embrace our essential natures and heal our emotional wounds while practicing acceptance and forgiveness. With its unique blend of psychology and spirituality, this experiential workshop is designed to guide you on your inner journey to healing.Using meditation, art, myth, poetry, movement and dream work, it will help us to examine how soul patterns transmitted to us in early life influence how we behave in our current relationships. We’ll explore how to balance our inner masculine and feminine aspects, as well as consider how heartbreak can be an initiation that leads to love and compassion.
Come discover what your own path to inner healing, wellness, and
spiritual purpose can awaken in you.A book signing will follow.
Cost: $25 - Friday Evening Introductory Lecture
$99 - Saturday WorkshopNote: The evening workshop on Friday, June 4, Love in a Time of Broken Heart, is a prerequisite for the full-day workshop.
At Transformations Holistic Learning Center
2301 Evesham Road, Suite 109
Voorhees, NJ 08043
Benig Mauger is an Ireland-based Jungian psychotherapist, writer, poet and public speaker. A pioneer in pre- and peri-natal psychology and founder of the Holistic Birth Center in London, she is the author of Songs from the Womb: Healing the Wounded Mother, Reclaiming Father: The Search for Wholeness in Men, Women and Children and, most recently, Love in a Time of Broken Heart: Healing From Within. Benig travels internationally to teach, lecture and run workshops. www.soul-connections.com -
April 28th, 2010Paradigm Shift Event
“Paradigm Shift is situated to be at the center of feminist organizing for this new era of activism. It is now the place I go for information on all things feminist in New York City.”
- Michael Kimmel, PhD: Sociologist, Author, Lecturer, and Paradigm Shift’s “Feminist Men: Increasing Visibility” panelist. Michael Kimmel is among the leading researchers and writers on men and masculinity in the world today. www.michaelkimmel.com“An excellent way to be heard and meet other people interested in making a difference.”
- Christina Berkley, Paradigm Shift community member“Good for the feminist soul.”
- Laura Joy, Paradigm Shift community member & featured musician turned staff volunteer“Thank you so much for having this event. I found it intriguing, touching, and I thoroughly enjoyed being surrounded by such informed, knowledgeable, talented, and creative human beings. You where all amazing and beautiful……….unique, courageous.”
- Kris, attendee- Artist Showcase: Celebrating the Work of Feminist Artists 4/21/10“Absolutely wonderful. The talent was so great and my hope is that their voices get heard by broader and broader audiences. Thanks for putting this together!!”
- Lauren, attendee- Artist Showcase: Celebrating the Work of Feminist Artists 4/21/10“The energy in that room was amazing! Definitely an event I will remember.”
- Jennifer Ortiz, attendee- Artist Showcase: Celebrating the Work of Feminist Artists 4/21/10“I had an awesome time… thanks again for having me! it felt amazing to be able to perform in such a warm atmosphere, and glad to have met some new friends :)”
- Chantilly Waryck, Paradigm Shift featured musician- Artist Showcase: Celebrating the Work of Feminist Artists 4/21/10“Outstanding meetup. I was really, really impressed by all the speakers. I would say that the openness and compassion that ran through the views presented in this meetup were wholly feminist.”
-Ayres Terry, attendee- Sex Work & Human Rights: Feminist Advocacy Strategies 3/30/10“This talk was awesome! Great job!”
- Lisa Fabrega, attendee- ‘The Purity Myth: How America’s Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women’ a Discussion with Jessica Valenti, Author & Feministing.com Founder/Editor 2/23/10“This event was excellent! Kudos to Paradigm Shift and Jessica”
- David Benzaquen, attendee- ‘The Purity Myth: How America’s Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women’ a Discussion with Jessica Valenti, Author & Feministing.comFounder/Editor 2/23/10“A thought provoking and vulnerable film followed by a panel of powerhouses. A great experience.”
- Christina Berkley, attendee- Sex. Consent. Power. Pleasure. ”The Line” film screening & panel 12/1/09“Met some really nice people…had some, INTERESTING conversations!”
- Colleen O’Leary, attendee- Progressive Single Mingle: A Cocktail Party for the Left-Leaning 11/19/09“It was a great panel and an awesome way to be in the company of like-minded people. It can be hard to meet up with others for the sake of discussing feminism, let alone feminist men, and this was really great. I look forward to the next event.”
- Aviva Jaye Mitchell, attendee- Feminist Men: Increasing Visibility 8/19/09“Fantastic!” - Sally, attendee- “The Sari Soldiers” Documentary Screening & Discussion with Filmmaker Julie Bridgham 7/22/09
“This was a wonderful event- a nice discussion and respectful atmosphere.”
- Erin Byrnes, Paradigm Shift community member turned volunteer staffer after attending Roe vs. Wade Anniversary “I Had An Abortion” Documentary Screening & Discussion with Filmmakers Jennifer Baumgardner, Gillian Aldrich 1/21/09“Really an inspiring/inspired evening - I’m very glad I found this group
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- K Peaceweaver, attendee- Feminist Entrepreneurship: No Glass Ceiling to Smash and Open Mic 1/25/08EVENT PROGRAMMING MARCH 2007- PRESENT:
• 4/21/10- Artist Showcase: Celebrating the Work of Feminist Artists hosted by Laura Joy, Acoustic Folk Pop & Membership Coordinator, Paradigm Shift. Featuring, Bastet “Belly Dance For Change”,Experimental belly dance troupe; Barnacle Bill, Folk / Soul / Reggae; Chantilly, Singer-Songwriter; Jennifer Ortiz, Spoken Word Poet; Julia Weldon, Folk Indie Rock; Katina Douveas, Spoken Word Poet; Ms.India.M, R&B, Soul / Jazz / Alternative; Twilight of The Idle, Queer Cabaret Wordrock; Amy Mitten Photography. Sold out house.
• 3/30/10- Sex Work & Human Rights: Feminist Advocacy Strategies. Panel Discussion and Screening. TimeOut NY Critics’ Pick (our 6th time!) featuring: Sienna Baskin, Esq., Staff Attorney, Sex Workers Project at the Urban Justice Center; Christina Cicchelli, Columnist, $pread magazine; Maryse Mitchell-Brody, Co-Founder, Sex Workers Action New York (SWANK); Audacia Ray, International Women’s Health Coalition & co-founder of Sex Work Awareness; Will Rockwell, Editor, $pread magazine; Screening of “Sangram: Sex Worker Organizing In India” a collaboration between the International Women’s Health Coalition and SANGRAM; moderated by Melissa Gira Grant, External Relations Officer, Third Wave Foundation & freelance writer. Portion of the proceeds donated to Sex Workers Project. Over 53 attended.
• 2/23/10- “The Purity Myth: How Americaʼs Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young
Women” A Discussion with Jessica Valenti, Author & Feministing.com Founder and
Editor. TimeOut NY Criticsʼ Pick (our 5th time!). Portion of proceeds donated to Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls. Over 110 attended- sold out.• 12/1/09- Sex. Consent. Power. Pleasure. “The Line” Documentary Screening & Panel discussion. TimeOutNY Critics’ Pick. Featuring: Nancy Schwartzman, Filmmaker, Erin Burrows, Students Active For Ending Rape, Joseph Samalin, Men Can Stop Rape, Campus Strength Coordinator, Ignacio Rivera, Sex educator, Organizer & Performance Artist. Portion of the proceeds donated to The Line Campaign and SAFER. Over 85 attended.
• 11/19/09- Progressive Single Mingle: A Cocktail Party for the Left-Leaning. TimeOutNY Critics’ Pick. Raffle Sponsors include: Rubin Museum, Jivamukti Yoga school, Brooklyn Museum, Bluestockings,Tastee Vegan. Supported by the Planned Parenthood of New York City Activist Council, NARAL Pro-Choice NY, NOW NYS Young Feminist Task Force, The Woodhull Institute for Ethical Leadership. Over 30 attended.
• 11/2/09- NARAL’s Pro-Choice Election Phone Banks- Co-sponsored by Paradigm Shift
• 10/29/09- “Amelia” Film Screening & Discussion
• 10/11/09- National Equality March for LGBTQ rights in Washington, DC. Paradigm Shift was a part of the NYC National Equality March Mobilization Coalition.
• 9/23/09- “Fight for Your Reproductive Rights: How You Can Help Pass the Reproductive Health Act” co-sponsored by NYCLU, featuring Corinne Carey, Interim director, Reproductive Rights Project, New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), Rev. Matthew Westfox, National Coordinator for Field Services at Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice & Associate, Pastor at All Souls Bethlehem Church, Dr. Carol Roye, EdD, RN, CPNP, researcher in reproductive health, Jenn Proulx, Filmmaker of “Another New Yorker for the Reproductive Health Act”. 25 attended.
• 8/19/09- “Feminist Men: Increasing Visibility”. TimeOutNY’s Critics’ Pick. Featuring Dr. Michael Kimmel, one of the leading researchers and writers on men and masculinity, Vinnie Angel, purveyor of social justice consumer products, Robert Brannon, Co- Founder NOMAS, Jerin Alam, NOW NYS YFTF,Ben Siegel, former VP Hunter Women’s Rights Coalition. Over 80 attended.
• 7/22/09- “The Sari Soldiers” documentary screening & discussion with Julie Bridgham, Filmmaker. Portion of proceeds to Sari Soldiers Outreach Fund
• 6/17/09- Paradigm Shift TV & Blog Launch & LGBTQ Pride Party featuring Rickie Gal, Jennifer Friedman, Inky Glass, and Phoenix
• 4/1/09- Women & Religious Equality with Leora Tanenbaum, Author “Taking Back God: American Women Rising Up for Religious Equality”- lecture and discussion. Portion of proceeds to Women’s Alliance for Theology, Ethics and Ritual. 22 attended.
• 3/7/09- MichFest Half-way Soiree, a benefit for Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival featuring local and internationally renown talent such as singer/songwriter Pamela Means, Amber Darland, and Juliana Marx.
• 1/21/09- Roe vs. Wade Anniversary documentary screening of “I Had An Abortion” and discussion with Jennifer Baumgardner, Activist, Author, Filmmaker, Gillian Aldrich, Filmmaker, and women featured in the film. Portion of proceeds to NY Abortion Access Fund. 74 attended.
• 1/14/09- Are You Financially Secure: Women & Finances Workshop by Tanya Osborne, Independent Financial Services Professional at Primerica Financial Services
• 11/19/08- Feminism & Motherhood with Amy Richards, Activist & Author “Opting In: Having a Child Without Losing Yourself”, lecture and discussion. Portion of proceeds to New Space for Women’s Health. Over 25 attended
• 9/23/08- Open Mic & Special Guest Pauline Delage, French Feminist Scholar
• 8/1/08- “Feminazi” Off-Broadway One Women Comedy by Suzanne Willett & Panel discussion featuring S. Willett, Alexandra Zimmermann and Nichole Casamento of Younger Women’s Task Force- NYC Chapter, & PShift Co-Founder, Meredith Villano
• 5/29/08- The Real Sex In the City: Sexuality Workshop by Ducky Doolittle, Author & Sexual Health Advocate
• 5/8/08- Ecofeminism with Marti Kheel Ph.D.., Author “Nature Ethics: An Ecofeminist Perspective”& Scholar- lecture and discussion
• 3/28/08- From Violence to Empowerment featuring NYC’s Radical Cheerleaders
• 3/1/08- MichFest Half-way Soiree, a benefit for Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival. TimeOutNY’s Critics’ Pick. Featuring local and internationally renown talent such as singer/songwriter Nedra Johnson, poet Staceyann Chin, Filthy, and Laura Joy. 110 attended.
• 1/25/08- Feminist Entrepreneurship: No Glass Ceiling to Smash featuring Annmarie Agosta, MSW specializing in Holistic Psychotherapy and LGBT issues.
• 12/7/07- Abortion Speak Out and Open Mic
• 6/07- Bushwick Artist Open Studios- Open Mic
• 3/07- Paradigm Shift LAUNCH EVENT- Body Image/ Self-Love- Open Mic
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April 5th, 2010Events, Paradigm Shift Event
April 21, 2010 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm PARADIGM SHIFT: NYC’S FEMINIST COMMUNITY Proudly Presents
ARTIST SHOWCASE
Celebrating the Work of Feminist Artists
Music * Dance * Spoken Word * PhotographyHosted by LAURA JOY, Singer-Songwriter, Acoustic Folk Pop & Membership Coord., Paradigm Shift
FeaturingBASTET “Belly Dance For Change”, Experimental belly dance troupe
BARNACLE BILL, Folk / Soul / Reggae
CHANTILLY, Singer-Songwriter
JENNIFER ORTIZ, Spoken Word Poet
JULIA WELDON, Folk Indie Rock
KATINA DOUVEAS, Spoken Word Poet
MS. INDIA.M, R&B, Soul / Jazz / Alternative
TWILIGHT OF THE IDLE, Queer Cabaret Wordrock
AMY MITTEN PHOTOGRAPHY amittensphoto@aol.comWhen: WED, April 21st
Time: 7:30 pm
Where: In the heart of the Feminist District
China 1 50 Avenue B (bet 3rd & 4th), NYC
Subway: F, V to 2nd Ave or N, W, 6 to Astor Place
Cost: $10 at door or pay online/ donations accepted- PRE-SALES END 4pm todayPARTNERS INCLUDE:
The Woodhull Institute for Ethical Leadership
Planned Parenthood of New York City Activist Council
Manhattan Young Democrats
NARAL Pro-Choice New York
Women’s Media CenterPARTICIPATE & CO-SPONSOR!
Cross-marketing opportunity for progressive orgs
Email: JWeis@paradigmshiftnyc.com
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March 12th, 2010Blog, Call for Submissions, Events, Paradigm Shift Event
March 28, 2010 Call for guest blog, video, and graphic art submissions in preparation for Paradigm Shift’s next event:
“SEX WORK AND HUMAN RIGHTS: FEMINIST ADVOCACY STRATEGIES”
Panel Discussion & Screening Featuring:
SIENNA BASKIN, Esq., Staff Attorney, Sex Workers Project at the Urban Justice Center
CHRISTINA CICCHELLI, Columnist, $pread magazine
MARYSE MITCHELL-BRODY, Co-Founder, Sex Workers Action New York
AUDACIA RAY, International Women’s Health Coalition & co-founder of Sex Work Awareness
WILL ROCKWELL, Editor, $pread magazineScreening of “Sangram: Sex Worker Organizing In India” a collaboration between the International Women’s Health Coalition and SANGRAM
When: TUES, March 30th
Time: 7:00-10:00 pm
Buy tickets here!Submission Deadline- March 28
Use these prompts as guidelines for submissions; essays, poetry, and artwork in all forms accepted:- Discuss the empowering and/or disempowering aspects of sex work
- Positive or negative experiences as a sex worker or with sex workers
- The media’s image of sex workers
- The issue of choice and agency when performing sex work
- Human Rights issues of sex work and sex trafficking in poorer countries
- The pornography industry and its impact on women
- Feminist porn
- Response to books/media by sex workers
- Sex work and health
- Sex work & the lawSubmit responses to blog@paradigmshiftnyc.com Please include how you would like to be credited (name, anonymous etc). Video submissions- please submit YouTube private link. Email subject line: Your Name- Blog post- 3/30 Event.
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March 11th, 2010Blog, Paradigm Shift Event
Come think and discuss at Paradigm Shift’s event on March 30th:
SEX WORK & HUMAN RIGHTS: FEMINIST ADVOCACY STRATEGIES
Panel Discussion & Screening featuring:SIENNA BASKIN, Esq.
Staff Attorney, Sex Workers Project at the Urban Justice Center
CHRISTINA CICCHELLI
Columnist, $pread magazine
MARYSE MITCHELL-BRODY
NYC Anti-Violence Project & Founding Member at Sex Workers Action New York
AUDACIA RAY
International Women’s Health Coalition & co-founder of Sex Work Awareness
WILL ROCKWELL
Editor, $pread magazine
Screening of “Sangram: Sex Worker Organizing In India” a collaboration between the International Women’s Health Coalition and SANGRAMmoderated by Melissa Gira Grant, External Relations Officer, Third Wave Foundation & freelance writer
Portion of the proceeds donated to Sex Workers’ Project
Buy Tickets Now- Limited Seating- This will sell-out- CLICK HERE
Network with your community before & after discussionWhen: TUES, March 30th
Time: 7:00-10:00 pm
Where: In the heart of the Feminist District
The Tank- 354 West 45th Street (between 8th and 9th Ave.)
Subway directions: Take the A,C,E to 42nd Street/Time Square. Walk WestCost: $7 students/pre-paid, $10 at door
Tags: feminism, human rights, sex work
But Tickets Now- CLICK HERE- Limited Seating
OR Call The Tank directly for tx 212.563.6269 -
March 4th, 2010Events, Paradigm Shift Event
March 30, 2010 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm PARADIGM SHIFT: NYC’S FEMINIST COMMUNITY Proudly Presents
SEX WORK & HUMAN RIGHTS: FEMINIST ADVOCACY STRATEGIES
Panel Discussion & Screening Featuring:
SIENNA BASKIN, Esq.
Staff Attorney, Sex Workers Project at the Urban Justice Center
CHRISTINA CICCHELLI
Columnist, $pread magazine
MARYSE MITCHELL-BRODY
Co-Founder, Sex Workers Action New York (SWANK)
AUDACIA RAY
International Women’s Health Coalition & co-founder of Sex Work Awareness
WILL ROCKWELL
Editor, $pread magazine
Screening of “Sangram: Sex Worker Organizing In India” a collaboration between the International Women’s Health Coalition and SANGRAMmoderated by Melissa Gira Grant, External Relations Officer, Third Wave Foundation & freelance writer
Portion of the proceeds donated to Sex Workers’ Project
Buy Tickets Now- Limited Seating- This will sell-out- CLICK HERE
Network with your community before & after discussionWhen: TUES, March 30th
Time: 7:00-10:00 pm
Where: In the heart of the Feminist District
The Tank- 354 West 45th Street (between 8th and 9th Ave.)
Subway directions: Take the A,C,E to 42nd Street/Time Square. Walk WestCost: $7 students/pre-paid, $10 at door
But Tickets Now- CLICK HERE- Limited Seating
OR Call The Tank directly for tx 212.563.6269PARTNERS INCLUDE:
The Woodhull Institute for Ethical Leadership
Sex Workers’ Project
Manhattan Young Democrats
The Women’s Mosaic
NOW NYS Young Feminist Task Force
NARAL Pro-Choice New York
Bluestockings
The Line Campaign
Feministing.com
NYCLU Reproductive Rights Project
Women’s Media Center
Alex Mateo- PhotograperABOUT
SIENNA BASKIN & SEX WORKERS’ PROJECT: http://www.sexworkersproject.org
Tags: human rights, sex work
CHRISTINA CICCHELLI, WILL ROCKWELL & $PREAD MAGAZINE: http://www.spreadmagazine.org
MARYSE MITCHELL-BRODY & Sex Workers Action NY: http://swop-nyc.org
AUDACIA RAY, IWHC & SWA: http://www.audaciaray.com, http://www.iwhc.org
MELISSA GIRA GRANT: http://www.melissagira.com
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