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SIATC UPDATE MAY 2012

Posted on May 5, 2012 | Leave a comment

SIATC *UPDATE* MAY 2012

Dear Teacups,

First of all a HUGE thank you to everyone who came down to show their support at the Free Pussy Riot Fundraiser @ The Shacklewell Arms on the 23rd of April! We raised £370.00 for the Pussy Riot grrls. If you didn’t make it to our event and would like to donate to the cause please visit the Free Pussy Riot website. Storm in a Teacup, Girls Get Busy and Not So Popular are working on a collaborative zine to continue to raise funds and awareness of the Free Pussy Riot campaign. Keep your eyes peeled for more news about this soon.

Not So Popular interviewed Viv Albertine (The Slits), watch the interview here where Viv talks about Pussy Riot and Feminism.

Another great video from the event; Viv Albertine performing “Don’t Believe in Love”

We were really upset to hear that the UK’s finest Women’s archive The Women’s Library is under threat. The library, home to the largest collection of women’s writing in Europe, will see its opening hours slashed if it can’t secure extra funds by the end of the year. This could mean if they can’t rehome, find a sponsor or secure a huge amount of funding they may only be able to open one day per week from December 2012. Help save The Women’s library by spreading the word and SIGN THIS PETITION NOW!

One of our alltime favourite magaZINEs Magpie Mag Issue 5 has just become available, and it includes an interview with me, where I talk about Storm in a Teacup, folk and feminism – it’s a beautiful publication that also includes a compilation CD, to get your hands on a copy visit the Magpie Magazine website. A little quote from the interview; “People are walking up to the fact that they shouldn’t wait around for things to change or for people in power to change them, we need to stand up, speak out and make positive change happen ourselves”.

The Great East London Art Audit continues this month on Saturday 12th of May at the TATE modern! Find out how to get involved with the East London Fawcett Group’s campaign to find out the truth about representation of women in the art world. For more information please see this blog post and contact East London Fawcett Group ateastlondonfawcett@gmail.com

Please visit the Storm in a Teacup blog site to find out how to get involved in the collective and to keep up with the latest news. http://joinourteaparty.org
If you are a promoter or organiser and you would like us to list your event, project or campaign or distribute flyers or zines on our info stalls, please get in touch.
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OPEN SUBMISSIONS | GET INVOLVED

FEMINIST ACTIVISM

FREE PUSSY RIOT Support the Russian feminist punk group, who currently have 3 members in prison awaiting trial for a performance in an Orthodox Church. Find out how to support;
FOR LATEST NEWS & DONATE: http://freepussyriot.org/
BBC NEWS: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17366601

East London Fawcett Group (ELF) launched in June 2011 and are currently looking for volunteers for “Great East London Art Audit” research. For more info info please email eastlondonfawcett@gmail.com
FACEBOOK GROUP: http://www.facebook.com/groups/eastlondonfawcett/

UK Feminista London Activist Group: UK Feminista has set up a new London-based feminist activist group. Over the coming year the group will be staging a series of creative, bold actions to challenge sexism and provide visible resistance where women’s rights are under threat. The group meets on the first Monday of each month.
Email to get get involved; activist@ukfeminista.org
MORE INFO:http://ukfeminista.handsupstaging.com/take-action/uk-feminista-action-group/

ART | MUSIC | PERFORMANCE

The Girls Are… Are- Our favourite music review website -are RECRUITING; Project Manager, Camera Ops and Albums Editor (All voluntary positions)
CLOSING DATE: 8th May
MORE INFO: http://www.thegirlsare.com/2012/04/24/read-all-about-it-the-girls-are/

VV Collective Are you a female visual fine artist? Join VV members lounge, and sign up to their mailing-list to find out about open submissions for upcoming exhibitions.
MORE INFO: http://wearevv.wordpress.com/members-lounge-2/
APPLY: http://wearevv.wordpress.com

Storm in a Teacup collective plan to put on some great feminist friendly art parties in 2012 so contact us if you would like to get involved or collaborate. storminateacup2009@googlemail.com
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COMING UP IN MAY 2012

3-5 May || Her Noise Archive Symposium @ Tate Modern A three day event investigating feminist discourses in sound, launching with a performance and talk by Pauline Oliveros.The event marks the donation of the Her Noise Archive to University of the Arts London Archives and Special Collections housed at London College of Communication, and is realised as a collaboration between CRiSAP (Creative Research in Sound Arts Practice), Electra and Tate.
INFO:http://www.furtherfield.org/netbehaviour/soundgenderfeminismactivism-call-contributions

5 May || NMR#15 The Sticks, Covergirl, Trash Kit @ Power Lunches, Dalston. 7pm onwards
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/272185176175273/

12 May|| East London Fawcett Gallery Tour #2 @ TATE modern gallery. From 2pm onwards. Get involved with the East London Art Audit!
MORE INFO: eastlondonfawcett@gmail.com

12 May || Where are the Women? @ Brunei Gallery SOAS “Where Are The Women?” will bring together many voices to discuss current issues that affect both students in the UK and women internationally. From the cuts to Higher Education in the UK, to international issues. Talks, debates and workshops.
MORE INFO: http://ukfeminista.org.uk/events/event/where-are-the-women-2/

12 May || Club Motherfucker @ The Shaklewell Arms. Featuring Hunx and his Punx plus Guests. £7.00. 5.30pm- 10.00pm.
FACEBOOK EVENT:http://www.facebook.com/events/281835438578188/

12th May || *Club Leslie* Launch @ Dalston Superstore. Guests include: Trust. £5.00. 9pm-3pm FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/114345138700776/

12th May || BAD REPUTATION @ Resistance Gallery. Monthly disco for queers, riot grrrls, punx, and geeks. We play bedroom dancing songs for the socially awkward and the socially awesome. We play indie punk pop riot grrrl emo hip hop dance party hits. 9pm-2am £3 entry FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/234986459949266/

15th May || Female Band, Goodbye Leopold, US Girls @ Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club. 8pm. £6.00. Presented by Upset the Rhythm
FACEBOOK EVENT:http://www.facebook.com/events/142072192583989/

17th May || Women Know Your Place @ Bush Theatre, W12 8LJ. WOMAN! know your place will be part of an exhibition about Women & Politics
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/402597263104136/

18th May || Unskinny Bop @ Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club Animal, mineral, spiritual, physical. £5 on the door (£3 with flyer / concession)
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/403237719697122/

23 May || ELF:Talks POVERTY – with Rachel Reeves MP, Liz Truss MP, Guardian journalist Zoe Williams and Katharine Sacks Jones of Crisis. 7 pm : Aubin Gallery, 64-66 Redchurch Street, Shoreditch E2 7DP
MORE INFO: http://www.facebook.com/groups/eastlondonfawcett/

25 May || The Map for Women: Politics & Media @ The Royal Academy of Arts part of the Jubilee Salons. 6.00pm. Producer Abi Morgan (The Iron Lady) and Diane Abbott MP debate the depiction of women in power in film, television, and the media.
MORE INFO: http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/events/talks/the-map-for-women-politics-and-media,2044,EV.html

26 May || All Work and Low Pay Exhibition @ The Women’s Library. FREE talk/tour. 12.00p-15.00pm.
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/349505015097888/

27 May || CLIT ROCK Episode 2 @ The Lexington An event to raise awareness and funds for Daughters Of Eve an organisation committed to preventing and ultimately eradicating Female Genital Mutilation (FGM): Bands: Throwing Up, Dana Jade, DJs, Visuals plus more! FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/307711645966488/

COMING UP IN JUNE 2012

1 June || Fanny Pack @ The Waiting Room. Time Out recommended, 90s goodness! 10.00pm-4.00am. £3 before 11, £4 after 11
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/164562343672581/

14th of June || Cycling for Women’s Suffrage @ The Women’s Library Dr. Sheila Hanlon discusses her research for the display and highlights some major issues in the gender politics of cycling past and present. Illustrated with materials from The Women’s Library collection. 7pm £8.00 or £6.00 concessions.
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/224245634346864/

Over and Out,

Verity Flecknell
Storm in a Teacup
Feminist Arts Collective

http://joinourteaparty.org

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SAVE The Women’s Library!

Posted on May 5, 2012 | Leave a comment

The most extensive collection of women’s history in the UK is under threat

Katie Allenwrites;

Author, comedian and broadcaster Sandi Toksvig has spoken out about the threatened Women’s Library in east London, which is facing severe cuts.

The collection, which is based in a special building within London Metropolitan University, includes books and periodicals dating back to the 16th century, including first editions of novels by Mary Wollstonecraft, Virginia Woolf and the Bronte sisters.

Toksvig, who has given talks at the library, said: “The Women’s Library is one of the most inspiring places in Britain. The collection is irreplaceable and having access to it should be a right for all.”

The museum also hosts hundreds of other printed items, letters, textiles and other objects pertaining to women’s history, including the papers of suffragette Emily Wilding Davison, who was famous for stepping in front of the King’s horse at the Epsom Derby, dying later from her injuries.

The university’s board of governors said the library will have to cut its opening hours to one day a week instead of five if a new home is not found for the archive.

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CLIT ROCK | Episode 2 @ The Lexington

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CLIT ROCK | Episode 2

Sunday 27th May 2012
7pm @ The Lexington

FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/307711645966488/

An event to raise awareness and funds for Daughters Of Eve an organisation committed to preventing and ultimately eradicating Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)

Feel Free to contact DanaJadeMusic@gmail.com for mo’ info!
Please help us spread the word…

Live Bands:

Throwing Up
https://www.facebook.com/throwingup

Dana Jade
https://www.facebook.com/danajademusic

DJs:

Daughters of the Kaos (Club Motherfucker)
https://www.facebook.com/ClubMofo

Spoken word Artist (TBC)

Video backdrop by Kimatica
https://www.facebook.com/kimatica?ref=ts

£5 Tickets here:
http://daughtersofeveclitrockepisode2.eventbrite.com/

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Where Are the Women? Presented by SOAS @ Brunei Gallery

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Where are the Women?

12 May 2012 – 13 May 2012

10:00 AM – 5:00 PM

FREE ENTRY

Location Brunei Gallery

The UK has always been a hub for Women’s and Feminist campaigns. Recently women and men who believe in gender equality have been engaging more fully with debates on this issue, seeking solutions and taking part in activism. Such discussions have been vital in reigniting old campaigns such as Reclaim the Night, and kick starting new ones such as the recent Slutwalks. Issues once thought buried in the back of public consciousness are coming to the foreground. Students have proved vital to these campaigns but until now there has not been a space to bring together student voices in a student-led space.

On the 12th May SOAS will be hosting a cross-university, student-led Women’s conference.

“Where Are The Women?” will bring together many voices to discuss current issues that affect both students in the UK and women internationally. From the cuts to Higher Education in the UK, to international issues; to becoming aware of your surroundings and getting involved in some self-defense; to getting creative and displaying your feelings though something more hands on, “Where Are The Women?” plans to be the forum for students to voice their concerns and create debate. We hope to see you all there!

This event is FREE and open to all.

9.30am- Arrive door open, sign up for workshops and talks
10am- First talk- speakers TBC
11am- Women and the Egyptian Revolution a film by An Van Raemdonck (tbc)

11am- “Women in the media – underrepresentation and misrepresentation” Talk by and with Sofia Capel, journalist student at Kingston University (tbc)

11am- Caroline Smart “Zen Pussy Squeeze and Sound” a fun somatic workshop for all self identified women
11.50am- Break (if wanted)
12noon- John McLaverty from Oxfam talking about women in Sierra Leone Government

12noon- self protection class with Sue Frocks (finish 1.20pm)

http://www.facebook.com/events/182248115226110/

Arts, including global map with women’s stories, and stalls will be on all day. Stalls from LFN, For’em magazine, WILPF, Women for Women International, Feminist Library and Oxfam

1pm- Lunch

2pm- Poetry and debate “Where are the women?”. Representatives from different universities talking about various issues and taking your points, arguments and debates.

4pm- Final talk- speaker TBC

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Understanding Feminist Art in an International Frame @ The Women’s Library

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Wednesday 16 May
11am – 4pm @ The Women’s Library
£3.00

FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/283112521774363/

n.paradoxa: international feminist art journal has published more than 400 articles from women artists, writers, critics and curators from more than 50 countries around the world. The journals of n.paradoxa, are now available at The Women’s Library. This day includes a chance to browse the journals in an open reading session, and includes a chance to see 50 rare exhibition catalogues and books from around the world on feminist art. This will be followed by a talk from the editor, Katy Deepwell.

Booking Information

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Her Noise @ TATE Modern

Posted on May 3, 2012 | Leave a comment

Her Noise @ TATE Modern
3 May – 5 May 2012

Her Noise brings together performances and a talk by Pauline Oliveros; an evening orbiting the legacy of Meredith Monk; and a day of talks and discussions with contributions by Ute Meta Bauer, Nina Power, Tara Rodgers and many more.

The events are realised as a collaboration between CRiSAP, Electra and Tate.

PROGRAMME:

Artist Talk and Performance: Pauline Oliveros
Tate Modern, Starr Auditorium
Thursday 3 May 2012, 19.00 – 21.30
£12, concessions available, book here: http://beta.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/film-music-and-live-performance/film-and-performance-voice-language
Pioneering composer and performer Pauline Oliveros, who celebrates her 80th birthday this year, gives a solo performance and a talk entitled ‘Archiving the Future: The Embodiment Music of Women’, followed by a performance of her 1970 score ‘To Valerie Solanas and Marilyn Monroe in Recognition of their Desperation’ in the Turbine Hall.

Film and performance: The Voice is a Language
Tate Modern, Starr Auditorium
Friday 4 May 2012, 19.00 – 21.00
£5, book here http://beta.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/film-music-and-live-performance/film-and-performance-voice-language
This performance and screening programme orbits the legacy of avant-garde pioneer Meredith Monk. Featuring work by artists Sophie Macpherson, James Richards, Cara Tolmie and Sue Tompkins and rarely seen films by Monk – curated by Isla Leaver-Yap.

Symposium: Feminisms and the Sonic
Tate Modern, Starr Auditorium
Saturday 5 May 2012, 11.00 – 17.50
£20, concessions available, book here http://beta.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/conference/her-noise-symposium
Exploring and developing emergent feminist discourses in sound and music, whilst challenging standard readings and approaches to feminisms and the sonic, this symposium brings together contributions by musicians, artists, academics and writers, including Ute Meta Bauer, Sonia Boyce, Georgina Born, Viv Corringham, Lina Dzuverovic, Catherine Grant, Emma Hedditch, Anne Karpf, Cathy Lane, Kaffe Matthews, Anne Hilde Neset, Maggie Nichols, Nina Power, Tara Rodgers, Salomé Voegelin.

This programme marks the donation of the Her Noise Archive to the University of the Arts London Archives and Special Collections housed at London College of Communication, and is realised as a collaboration between CRiSAP (Creative Research into Sound Arts Practice), Electra and Tate. For further information about please visit the Archives and Special Collections Centre.

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SIATC, Girls Get Busy & Not So Popular present; Pussy Riot | London Fundraiser

Posted on April 14, 2012 | 1 Comment

PUSSY RIOT FUNDRAISER
Sunday 22nd of April @ The Shacklewell Arms
2.00pm – 11.00pm

Not So Popular, Girls Get Busy and Storm in a Teacup are teaming up to raise money and awareness for the Free Pussy Riot campaign: http://freepussyriot.org/

FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/147284122067968/

CONFIRMED ACTS
VIV ALBERTINE (THE SLITS) || http://www.vivalbertine.com/
ZOETROPE || https://www.facebook.com/Zoetropeband
SKINNY GIRL DIET || http://soundcloud.com/skinngirldietband
NEW NOVETA || http://soundcloud.com/new-noveta
FEMALE BAND || http://www.facebook.com/imfemaleband
HONEYSLIDE || http://honeyslide.co.uk/
UMEZ || http://umez.bandcamp.com/
KEEBO || http://www.myspace.com/keebo
WARS || http://soundcloud.com/warsband
YOUTH || http://youtu.be/KjJL0ltGEC8
GOODBYE LEOPOLD || http://www.facebook.com/pages/Goodbye-Leopold/127421070678171

CONFIRMED STALLS:
THE FEMINIST LIBRARY, FINANCIALLY HARD TIMES ZINE, GIRLS GET BUSY ZINE, SHE BANG ZINE

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS:
CHARLOTTE RICHARDSON-ANDREWS (WEARS THE TROUSERS MAGAZINE) || http://wearsthetrousers.com/
EAST LONDON FAWCETT GROUP

CATHERINE BROGAN (POET) || http://catherinebrogan.com/

SISTERS OF MIRTHY || http://sistersofmirthy.tumblr.com/

CONFIRMED CRAFTS (2.30pm – 4.30pm)

SHOREDITCH SISTERS “PUSSY PATCHING” WORKSHOP
TASMIN OMOND’S BALACLAVA MAKING WORKSHOP
“How to Make a Balaclava” with CLIMATE RUSH

DJS:
THROWING UP
JOSH HALL
GGB
NOT SO POPULAR
ZOE JENKIN

VERITY SUSMAN (ELECTRELANE)

£5.00 DONATION (ALL money donated to PUSSY RIOT)

We will have zine & comic stalls, bands, DJs and guest speakers (all TBC) all committed to spreading the word and raising money to free Maria Alekhina, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Ekaterina Samusevich.

The 22nd is sandwiched between the ACTION DAY (21st) and the RUSSIAN EMBASSY MARCH (23rd) so come down and help and have fun…

MORE INFO ABOUT PUSSY RIOT

PUSSY RIOT speak: “we realized that this country needs a militant, punk-feminist, street band that will rip through Moscow’s streets and squares, mobilize public energy against the evil crooks of the Putinist junta and enrich the Russian cultural and political opposition with themes that are important to us: gender and LGBT rights, problems of masculine conformity, absence of a daring political message on the musical and art scenes, and the domination of males in all areas of public discourse.” http://www.vice.com/read/A-Russian-Pussy-Riot

Pussy Riot blog: http://pussy-riot.livejournal.com/
Protest event: https://www.facebook.com/events/337054436346614/?ref=ts
SIATC blog post about PROTEST: http://joinourteaparty.org/2012/04/01/free-pussy-riot-protest-russian-embassy-london/
BBC coverage: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17667782
GUARDIAN article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/apr/05/amnesty-vladimir-putin-pussy-riot

NOT SO POPULAR
http://notsopopular.com/
STORM IN A TEACUP
http://joinourteaparty.org/
GIRLS GET BUSY
http://girlsgetbusyzine.tumblr.com/

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East London Fawcett Group GALLERY TOUR | ART AUDIT

Posted on April 11, 2012 | Leave a comment

GREAT EAST LONDON ART AUDIT

The mission of the Great East London Art Audit is to demonstrate and challenge the gender inequality that exists in London’s galleries and museums.

We invite you to join our campaign to calculate the ratio of male to female artists currently being exhibited in East London and further afield.

FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/293185260759353/

Details of the FREE GALLERY TOUR below:

Midday – Whitechapel Gallery
THIS PART OF THE TOUR IS FULLY BOOKED

VV Collective will host an open discussion about the Whitechapel Gallery, its current exhibition and the role it has played historically and the work it continues to do in terms of improving gender inequality in east-London’s art scene. Includes complimentary entry into the Gillian Wearing exhibition.

BOOKING IS NOT REQUIRED FOR THE REST OF THE TOUR

2pm – Long White Cloud, 151 Hackney Road

The East London Fawcett (‘ELF’) Art Audit team will lead an open discussion about the Audit, focusing on why the campaign is necessary, how it will happen and what we hope to achieve.

Gemma Rolls-Bentley, curator of Long White Cloud’s current exhibition Facing You and Arts and Culture Director of ELF, will then give a brief introduction to the exhibition.

3.15pm – White Cube, Hoxton Square

Whilst viewing the current exhibition and conducting the audit, there we will be a short discussion about the current exhibition and the artists that the gallery represents.
N.B. If anybody would like to volunteer to lead this part of the tour please do get in touch, otherwise this will be lead by the Audit team.

3.45pm – INIVA, 1 Rivington Place

Tara Brown, an associate of the gallery, will be giving some context to the current exhibition and the work that the gallery does.

4.30pm – Local Pub – Debrief and open discussion.

This tour has been curated by Gemma Rolls-Bentley in association with VV Art Collective, Storm in a Teacup, Enemies of Good Art and Eight & Four, suppported by the Whitechapel Gallery.

For a comprehensive guide and maps to east-London’s galleries please visit: http://www.firstthursdays.co.uk/

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SIATC UPDATE APRIL 2012

Posted on April 10, 2012 | Leave a comment

SIATC *UPDATE* APRIL 2012

Dear Teacups,

This month Storm in a Teacup are involved in helping raise awareness of the Russian Feminist Punk group: Pussy Riot. Three members of Pussy Riot are in jail awaiting trial with the possibility of 7 years in prison for performing their punk protest songs in an Orthodox Church. Feminist and Riot girl groups across the world are organising protests and fundraisers in support of Pussy Riot. Only last month St Petersburg passed new legislation to ban “homosexual propaganda” in a massive u-turn for gay rights in Russia. Would we be silenced if we happened to have been born Russian? Stand up in solidarity for Pussy Riot. Grab a balaclava, your electric guitar and meet us outside the Russian Embassy on 23rd of April!

Storm in a Teacup, Girls Get Busy and Not So Popular have joined together to organise a Free Pussy Riot fundraiser on Sunday 22nd of April at The Shaklewell Arms, Dalston. An all-dayer of bands, workshops, speakers, djs, zines and loads of lovely things. Keep your eyes out for the full line up to be announced soon!

The next wave of The Great East London Art Audit is about to begin! Find out how to get involved with the East London Fawcett Group’s campaign to find out the truth about representation of women in the art world. For more information please see this blog post and contact East London Fawcett Group at eastlondonfawcett@gmail.com

Please visit the Storm in a Teacup blog site to find out how to get involved in the collective and to keep up with the latest news. http://joinourteaparty.org

If you are a promoter or organiser and you would like us to list your event, project or campaign or distribute flyers or zines on our info stalls, please get in touch.

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OPEN SUBMISSIONS | GET INVOLVED

FEMINIST ACTIVISM

FREE PUSSY RIOT Support the Russian feminist punk group, who currently have 3 members in prison awaiting trial for a performance in an Orthodox Church. Find out how to support;
FOR LATEST NEWS: http://freepussyriot.org/
BBC NEWS: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17366601
LONDON PROTEST: http://www.facebook.com/events/337054436346614/
LONDON FUNDRAISER: http://www.facebook.com/events/147284122067968/

East London Fawcett Group (ELF) launched in June 2011 and are currently looking for volunteers for “Great East London Art Audit” research. For more info info please email eastlondonfawcett@gmail.com
FACEBOOK GROUP: http://www.facebook.com/groups/eastlondonfawcett/

UK Feminista London Activist Group: UK Feminista has set up a new London-based feminist activist group. Over the coming year the group will be staging a series of creative, bold actions to challenge sexism and provide visible resistance where women’s rights are under threat. The group meets on the first Monday of each month.
Email to get get involved; activist@ukfeminista.org
MORE INFO:http://ukfeminista.handsupstaging.com/take-action/uk-feminista-action-group/

ART | MUSIC | PERFORMANCE

Homotopia Arts Friday 4th May 2012 is the deadline for this years call for artists, producers, theatre-makers, promoters for the annual Homotopia Arts festival in Liverpool in November.
MORE INFO: http://www.homotopia.net/?p=1819

VV Collective Are you a female visual fine artist? Join VV members lounge, and sign up to their mailing-list to find out about open submissions for upcoming exhibitions.
MORE INFO: http://wearevv.wordpress.com/members-lounge-2/
APPLY: http://wearevv.wordpress.com

Storm in a Teacup collective plan to put on some great feminist friendly art parties in 2012 so contact us if you would like to get involved or collaborate. storminateacup2009@googlemail.com

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COMING UP IN APRIL 2012

April 11 || Progress! A all-female comedy lineup @ Vauxhall Tavern. From 7.00pm
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/242730945816755/

April 12 – 15 || Fringe! Gay Film Fest @ Various venues across East London.
FACEBOOK PAGE: http://www.facebook.com/fringefest
WEBSITE: http://fringefilmfest.com/

April 13 || Fanny Pack | Adventures in Neon @ The Waiting Room, Stoke Newington. From 10.00pm – 4.00am. DJs B-LOW and G-CHILD (the girls are, Girl Germs, spit., She Runs With Wolves, Ladyfest Ten, Now That’s What I Call A Clubnight)
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/277884668956605/

April 13 – 21 || Facing You Exhibition part of Fringe! Film Fest. Facing You brings together five London-based photographers whose work exploresthe notion of queer alongside gender in terms of identity and lifestyle
Opening Times: 7am – 6pm
Private View: 12th April 7pm
Panel Discussion: 15th April 5.30 – 7pm
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/271890402889780/

April 14 || The Most Cake & London Roller Girls present; Girl Gang Trilogy – Fringe! Film Fest @ Hackney Picturehouse Put your warpaint on and join us for a screening of Katrina Del Mar’s explosive Gang Girls Trilogy, preceded by an exclusive Q&A with the London Rollergirls and screenings of heavy metal fuelled bout footage alongside the 27,000+ hit YouTube sensation, ‘Shit London Rollergirls Say’. 10.30pm -1.00am
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/296894580380782/

April 14 || Bad Reputation @ Resistance Gallery. Monthly disco for queers, riot grrrls, punx, and geeks. We play bedroom dancing songs for the socially awkward and the socially awesome. We play indie punk pop riot grrrl emo hip hop dance party hits. 9pm-2am £3 entry
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/330848060298225/

April 14 || Dick & Fanny Official Fringe! Festival Party @ CAMP Basement. DJs: LAUREN FLAX (CREEP, NYC), JOSH SPARBER (NYC), BRIGHT LIGHT BRIGHT LIGHT (DJ SET) and SUDHA (FAITHLESS). As usual they’ll be supplying you with a tasty mix of classic house and techno, hi-NRG, disco and a healthy helping of 90s dance hits. With live visuals supplied on the night by Luke Warda. £7, £6 b4 10pm, £5 for ticketholders of late night Saturday night Fringe! screenings at Rio Dalston and Hackney Picturehouse
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/280734188670069/

April 21 || East London Fawcett Gallery Tour #1 Facing You Exhibition @ Long White Cloud Cafe, E2 8JL. From 2pm onwards
MORE INFO: eastlondonfawcett@gmail.com

April 22 || PUSSY RIOT FUNDRAISER | Girls Get Busy, Not So Popular & Storm in a Teacup present an ALL-DAYER @ The Shacklewell Arms. With bands, DJs, Zines, Workshops. Lineup TBA. £5.00 2.00pm- 12.00pm
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/147284122067968/

April 23 || FREE PUSSY RIOT PROTEST @ The Russian Embassy, London. Pull on your neon balaclava, pick up an electric guitar, get yourself down to the RUSSIAN EMBASSY to protest with these women. Meet at 6pm. Pussy Riot at 6.30pm. On the evening before their trial we will make sure that PUTIN knows women around the world are watching him. In solidarity with PUSSY RIOT. FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/337054436346614/

April 28 || STAV’Bs East London Fawcett Fundraiser From 6.30pm til late @ Fabrica, E8 4AH. Stav B’s liquor bar is delighted to announce the second installment ELF fundraiser aiming to increase awareness within gender equality and raising money for women’s charities. Donation starting from £3. tailor made cocktails, music, performances and other treats, screenings, hair salon/ cuts and styles
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/347987135242162/

April 28 || Too Cute to Puke – Female Fronted Bands – Launch Night! @ The Baby Bathouse, Stoke Newington. Chasing Girls and Too Tough! So Cute DJs. 9.00pm- 3.00am £3.00
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/389741891045449/

April 29 || The Voice of Protest – Spokenword benefit for Slutwalk London @ The Shacklewell Arms. Over 15 spoken-word artists. £5.00 from 7.00pm
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/310074289057862/

COMING UP IN MAY 2012

3-5 May || Her Noise Archive Symposium @ Tate Modern A three day event investigating feminist discourses in sound, launching with a performance and talk by Pauline Oliveros.The event marks the donation of the Her Noise Archive to University of the Arts London Archives and Special Collections housed at London College of Communication, and is realised as a collaboration between CRiSAP (Creative Research in Sound Arts Practice), Electra and Tate. INFO:http://www.furtherfield.org/netbehaviour/soundgenderfeminismactivism-call-contributions

5 May || NMR#15 The Sticks, Covergirl, Chasing Girls @ Power Lunches, Dalston. 7pm onwards
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/272185176175273/

Over and Out,

Verity Flecknell
Storm in a Teacup
Feminist Arts Collective
http://joinourteaparty.org

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Fringe! Gay Film Fest | 12-15 April 2012

Posted on April 10, 2012 | Leave a comment

FRINGE! IS BACK 12TH – 15TH APRIL 2012

After last year’s storming success, East London’s spunky alternative film festival isback!

Four days of over 30 films, events, art and parties Fringe! is excited to showcase this year’s ‘confetti burst’ of queer culture – with many events free!

Highlights include the first ever screening of Travis Mathew’s hotly tipped I Want Your Love– UK premieres of army cadet love story Private Romeo plus docs (A)sexual, Audre Lorde: The Berlin Years and Short & experimental film hosted by cult les mag Girls Like Us. Plus the Little Joe Clubhouse from the creators of Little Joe magazine which will host screenings, discussions and a library and act as a meeting point during the festival.

They’re revamping classics with specially enhanced screenings of classic films, including:

Brooklyn attitude and motorbike epic Gang Girls Trilogy – presented by the London Rollergirls. A dress up and dance in aisles screening of In Bed with Madonna hosted by East End drag legend Holestar and a New Queer Cinema retrospective, celebrating the 20th anniversary of the movement that iconised queer outsiders featuring: High Art, Young Soul Rebels AND Swoon!

Queer erotica spreads eastwards– with hot curated film, performance and talks including Wakefield Poole’s classic Bijou, cult doc In their Room Berlin, the sexy, funny, weird and perverse Community Action Centre, a lesbian darkroom haunt, plus the Tate gallery’s Stuart Comer talks secret codes and shameless exhibitionism in Caught in the Act

Art goes large at Fringe! this year with Facing You A photo-exhibition exploring the notion of queer. The Cruising - an interactive iphone app charting east London’s gay geography, Artifacts and filmic memories in After Louie. Aerobics meets performance art in Dragercise, and for night owls Tweet the Dawn a 4am interactive twitter performance event, 50 meters up.

Make sure you make it down to our four day east London extravaganza!