Men and Feminism
Three male professionals discuss their scholarly feminist training and how they've incorporated it into their work. The panel includes lawyer Craig S. Barnes, author of In Search of the Lost Feminine, sociologist Dr. Timothy Diamond, author of Making Gray Gold: Narratives of Nursing Home Care, and political scientist and women's studies professor Dr. Paisley Currah, author of the forthcoming book The United States of Gender: Regulating Transgender Identities. Feminist historian Debra L. Schultz moderates and launches an audience discussion. This event took place at the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art on April 9, 2011. Video courtesy Elizabeth A. Sackler Foundation.
Young Women and Feminism
Courtney Martin, co-editor of the anthology Click: When We Knew We Were Feminists, leads a panel of young women in a discussion of how they discovered feminism. Panelists include: L. Courtney Sullivan, co-editor of Click: When We Knew We Were Feminists; Miriam Perez, writer; Joshunda Sanders, journalist; Dr. Mathangi Subramanian, writer and educator. This event took place at the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art on December 11, 2010. Video courtesy Elizabeth A. Sackler Foundation.
The Art of Activism: Women Civil Rights Leaders Tell Their Stories
A panel made up of the editors of Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts by Women in SNCC discusses their book. Feminist historian Debra Schultz moderates. Panelists include: Betty Robinson, editor; Dorothy Zellner, organizer; Faith Holsaert, editor; Judy Richardson, editor; Martha Noonan, editor. This event took place at the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art on November 14, 2010. Video courtesy Elizabeth A. Sackler Foundation.
Groundbreakers and Music Makers: The First Generation of Orchestral Women
Three pioneering female classical musicians—Jacqui Danilow, bass player at the Metropolitan Opera for thirty years; Laura Flax, principal clarinetist at the New York City Opera since 1984; and Orin O'Brien, member of the New York Philharmonic since 1966—tell their stories and discuss the path of upcoming professional female musicians. Moderated by Deborah Siegel, author of Sisterhood, Interrupted: From Radical Women to Grrls Gone Wild. This event took place at the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art on June 13, 2009. Video courtesy Elizabeth A. Sackler Foundation.
Redstockings, Riot Grrls, Three Generations of Feminism in Conversation
Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards, authors of Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism, and the Future, lead a dynamic panel of feminists including Alix Kates Shulman, Farai Chideya, and Marisa Meltzer in a discussion of where feminism is today and where it needs to go in the twenty-first century. This event took place at the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art on March 20, 2010. Video courtesy Elizabeth A. Sackler Foundation.
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