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brigid

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

I pick up my sword I lift up my shield And I stay ready for war Because now I live ready for a whole lot more ~June Jordan

My Interests

Dans une société qui a aboli toute aventure, la seule aventure qui reste est celle d‘abolir la société.feminism,scabbing up knees, dancing, toilet papering, bike riding, going to dog parks, sneaking into gymnasiums and bouncing in the ball pits, spitting on friends, kick ball.

I'd like to meet:

people who dance. people who read. people who care about revolution. feminists. not in that particular order.

Music:

le tigre, sleater-kinney, at the drive in, cat power, notwist, jawbreaker, the organ, bikini kill, blood brothers, cinema eye, red light sting, j.r.ewing, refused, tracy and the plastics, death from above 1979, semiautomatics, propaghandi, milemarker, p.j.harvey, bjork

Movies:

labyrinth, fire, all over me, reality bites, little darlings, singles, dumb n' dumber, notorious c.h.o., wet hot american summer, freaks n' geeks dvd, my so-called-life dvd

Books:

fighting words: black women and the search for justice,home girls, burst of light, skin:sex, class, and literature, gender trouble, female masculinity, yellow girls, the straight mind, revolution of poetic language, pretty in punk:girl's resistance to a male subculture, valencia, race and representation

Heroes:

assata shakur; june jordan; dorothy allison; mary wollstonecraft; bell hooks; rebecca walker; deepa mehta; patricia hill collins; wilma mankiller; staceyann chin

My Blog

Movement for Justice in El Barrio Launches International Campaign in Defense of El Barrio

On Sunday April 6th, Movement for Justice in El Barrio took the struggle against gentrification in NYC to an international level. Through the new International Campaign in Defense of El Barrio, Move...
Posted by brigid on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 04:34:00 PST

4/19 Los Angeles, Movie at the Garment Worker Center

The Garment Worker Center invites you to join us at the Center for a fundraiser screening of Made in L.A.  Come enjoy a great documentary filmed while following Garment Worker Center workers a...
Posted by brigid on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:40:00 PST

April 16th, NYC: Using Hip-Hop Fiction to Incite Social Change

Conscious Women Rock the Page: Using Hip-Hop Fiction to Incite Social Change Created by: Black Artemis, E-Fierce, Jlove and Marcella Wednesday, April 16, 6:00-9:00 PM The Center for Multicultural Ed...
Posted by brigid on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:31:00 PST

Two events with Dylcia Pagan, Puerto Rican former PP/ POW

The two events are being held on:Saturday, April 5 at Southern CA Library, 2-5pmSunday, April 6 at Venice United Methodist Church Events will include Dylcia, a video she has done about Carlos Albert...
Posted by brigid on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:57:00 PST

March 22nd - Global Economy, a Zapatista Coffee project

A documentary film exploring the paradox of the rising profits to multinational corporations involved in the international trade in coffee and the increasingly impoverished communities that produce th...
Posted by brigid on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:35:00 PST

The Sista-2-Sista Youth Summit: Get Lifted!

The Sista-2-Sista Youth Summit: Get Lifted! Saturday, March 8th, 9am  9pm St. Francis College (180 Remsen Street, Brooklyn, NY) FOR HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS IN NYC!!!   The Youth Summit will emp...
Posted by brigid on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:33:00 PST

New Curriculum That Uses Feminist Hip Hop Fiction to Promote Social Justice

     Conscious Women Rock the Page: Activists Team Up to Publish Curriculum that Uses Hip Hop Fiction to Explore Social Issues and Promote Political Action WHAT: To support educat...
Posted by brigid on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:52:00 PST

Help Organize the Anarchist People of Color Conference

Proposal for National/Inter-Regional Anarchist People of Color Conference and Gathering A couple of individuals from New York, Philadelphia and Los Angeles met informally and wanted to propose a nat...
Posted by brigid on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 09:56:00 PST

The Green Scare is Far From Over

Around 11:30pm last night (2/7/08) Local Cincinnati,> OH Earth First> organizer Marie Mason was terrorized by local police> after her 16 year old> daughter discovered a plainclothes pig fumbling> unde...
Posted by brigid on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:16:00 PST

January 29: Defend Amber Abreu!

In Massachusetts, young immigrant woman faces up to 7 years in prison forattempted abortion . . .We Must Stop This Outrage!Protest: 8:30 a.m., Tuesday, Jan. 29(Amber's next hearing)Salem Superior Cour...
Posted by brigid on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:31:00 PST