Jaimee Wriston Colbert
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Shark Girls
In her new novel\, Colbert (Dream Lives of Butterflies\, Climbing the God Tree) explores the intersections of loss and desire in a world ruled by accidents of fate. Set in Hawaii and Maine\, Shark Girls is narrated by two women unwittingly linked by a shark bite disaster\: Scat\, a recovering alcoholic and disaster photographer and Gracie\, a victim of a disfiguring accident. Interspersed with shark lore\, Shark Girls has been praised by Bobbie Ann Mason as a novel of “lively detail\, bold characterization\, and a compelling plot\,” and by Madison Smartt Bell as “a mesmerizing novel\, vibrant with eroticism\, myth\, and mystery.”
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T121423Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100207T210000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100208T000000Z UID:http://www.womenandchildrenfirst.com/event/family-women-book-group-0 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.womenandchildrenfirst.com/event/family-women-book-group-0 SUMMARY:Family of Women Book Group DESCRIPTION:This month's book is My Stroke of Insight by Jill Bolt Taylor
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Ta-Lakata\: The Tears of Africa
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Granddaughter of the Tumbaka tribe chief Mphamba of Lundazi in Zambia\, Princess Zindaba “Zindie” Nyirenda was raised in an elite and privileged environment during Zambia’s economic boom years. As a young woman\, Zindie relocated to the United States\, and then watched in horror as life in her homeland rapidly disintegrated under economic devastation and the influx of AIDS/HIV. Unwilling to sit on the sidelines\, Zindie founded a non-profit organization to equip and empower local leaders in remote areas and neglected villages of Africa. Today Princess Zindie is a graduate student at Roosevelt University and was keynote speaker at the 2007 World AIDS Day conference in Illinois.
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The Postmistress
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Two women\, an American postmistress in Franklin\, Massachusetts\, and a British radio journalist\, are entrusted to deliver information to the newlywed wife of an American doctor in London at the dawn of WWII. For different reasons both decide not to do so\, each betraying her solemn commitment to deliver news. A new novel with extraordinary relevance to the way we live now\, that is less a war novel than an examination of how people cope with the knowledge of unspeakable inhumanity in the world as they go about their daily lives. Booklist\, in a starred review\, predicted that “Blake’s emotional saga of conscience and genocide is poised to become a bestseller of the highest echelon.”
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This month's book is Mudbound by Hillary Jordan
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The Power of Half\: One Family’s Decision to Stop Taking and Start Giving Back
Co-sponsored by The Hunger Project
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The Salwens were a typical family caught up in pursuing the American Dream – providing a good life for their children\, accumulating more and more stuff\, doing their part\, but not really feeling it\, until 14-year old Hannah Salwen spotted a homeless man alongside a glistening Mercedes. Her subsequent epiphany inspired the Salwens to sell their spacious Atlanta home and donate half of the proceeds to a worthy charity. In the process\, they hoped to make the world better in some small way\, never expecting how much they would gain from the experience. This event is co-sponsored by The Hunger Project\, a global non-profit committed to the sustainable end to world hunger.
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Living Oprah\: My One-Year Experiment to Walk the Walk of the Queen of Talk
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On January 1\, 2008\, Robyn Okrant\, a 35-year-old Chicagoan\, embarked on a unique one-year mission\: to live every aspect of her life as Oprah Winfrey directed. From creating vision boards\, practicing guided meditation\, and participating in the Best Life Challenge\; to learning to live with cellulite\, de-cluttering her home\, and buying “necessities” such as leopard flats and a fire pit\, Okrant followed every piece of advice offered through The Oprah Winfrey Show\, O\: The Oprah Magazine\, and Oprah.com. Her blog tracking the project attracted more than half a million visitors\; now she’s compiled the experience in this funny\, captivating and provocative memoir.
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Featuring Ifa Bumi\, Barrie Cole and DJ SpinNikki
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$7-$10 sliding admission includes food and wine
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This month’s installment of our popular salon night for lesbians and their friends features the performance work of two outstanding queer artists. Barrie Cole\, deemed “Chicago’s Champion of Lyrical Oddness” by the Chicago Reader\, has had her plays\, monologues\, and collaborative performances staged throughout Chicago and elsewhere. Atlanta-based lesbian erotic writer\, performance poet and musician Ifa Bumi is author of the collection Liquid Toffee\, and the spoken word CD\, Museotry. She’ll be joined by a collaborative dancer. As always\, DJ SpinNikki will play us in and out of sets.
All proceeds benefit the artists and the Women’s Voices Fund.
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T121423Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100228T200000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100228T220000Z UID:http://www.womenandchildrenfirst.com/event/buffy-discussion-group URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.womenandchildrenfirst.com/event/buffy-discussion-group SUMMARY:Buffy Discussion Group DESCRIPTION:Violence as the Ultimate Trump Card\: What it means to be the Slayer
Eps to Watch\:
Prophecy Girl\, Season 1\, Episode 12
Anne\, Season 3\, Episode 1
Restless\, Season 4\, Episode 22
The Weight of the World\, Season 5\, Episode 21
Showtime\, Season 7\, Episode 11
End of Days\, Season 7\, Episode 21
Essays to read\:
"\;Feminism and the Ethics of Violence\: Why Buffy Kicks Ass"\;\, by Mimi Marinucci
found in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy\, edited by James South
"\;What would Buffy do?\: Feminist ethics and epistemic violence"\;\, by
Shannon Craigo-Snell
http\://www.ejumpcut.org/archive/jc48.2006/BuffyEthics/index.htm