Introductory Facts:
1) Wednesday night, Erin and Amy are getting PUMPED UP for this discussion by watching the TOTALLY EXCELLENT AND RELEVANT film "Gypsy." Also the lyrics are by Sondheim, but THAT'S NOT IMPORTANT. What's important is the JUSTICE. Anyway. If you're big into musicals, email us like woah and we'll make enough popcorn for you. Join us. Come to second level. If you want.
2) Flamingo Fundraiser!
So there's an initiative by Columbia Montessori to provide discounted daycare to low-income families, especially those living in the first ward. They're meeting Monday, June 8th, from 3:30-4:30 at the Daniel Boone Library, in conference room A, to talk about a fundraiser they'd like to do to raise money towards what I think we can all agree is a nifty goal.
The idea is: plonk a flamingo in a yard from a list we'll be given by the organizers. The unsuspecting victim will pay a donation to rid their yard of the tackiness and sentence a 'friend' to similar avian horrors/charitable contributions. While you don't have to play, if you'd like to help distribute these, this fundraiser will run from June 10th through July 15th.
So if you'd like to attend the Monday meeting or aid in the migration/enjoy minor night-time vandalism of stranger's yards, send us a message via carrier pigeon. Or hit reply. It's up to y'all, but if you could re-breed an extinct species (the carrier pigeon) just for this, I'd be totes impressed.
As per usual, please check out at least 2-3 of the following and meet us in Kaldis at 7 on Thursday night.
Sex Work in America:
Wired's Rundown of the Suicide Girls Controversy
http://www.wired.com/culture/
Porn actress Sasha Grey on the adult film industry
http://web.ebscohost.com/
Feminist approaches to pornography and sexwork:
http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/
Sex Workers' Perspectives:
Peruse Spread Magazine, a publication for and by sex workers:
http://www.spreadmagazine.org/
(with articles like 'tips on clients with disabilities,' and Ask a Ho: Should I tell my parents?)
Wikipedia's summary of Sex Worker Rights issues
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Sex Trafficking and Tourism:
check out "Why Hiring a Sex Worker is Like Sunning on the Beach: A Defense of Sex Tourism in Thailand" (http://www.spreadmagazine.org/sextourism4.2.html) from Spread versus
http://www.humantrafficking.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/
Other cultural perspectives:
Japan's Sex Industry
on the book Pink Box--bouncy, encyclopediac pictorial guide:
http://www.straight.com/
http://www.pinkboxjapan.com/
the Darker Side:
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/
Sex and Taboos in the Islamic World
http://www.spiegel.de/
"a look (at) how the modern gay rights movement in Cuba is interwoven with the rise in sex workers and why this communist country just may grant same-sex marriage rights before the United States in order to demonstrate their commitment to human rights." PODCAST
http://www.feastoffools.net/
"Risk exposure and risk management strategies among gay male sex workers in Germany"
http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/
Holland: Tempting the Tourist With Hookers and Hookahs
http://europeforvisitors.com/
Nabihah is adding the following articles to our Thursday discussion on Sex Work and Pornography:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.pivotlegal.org/Publications/reportsvfd.htm
http://www.pivotlegal.org/Publications/reportsbd.htm