MONDAY 4th OF MAY
10-11am: Radical Cross Stitch
All materials provided
Meeting Room 1, SUB
12pm: International Women's Lunch
All international women students are welcome to come along for a lunch, with guest speaker VUWSA President Jasmine Freemantle.
Meeting Room 1, SUB
3-4pm: Women in Science Panel Discussion
Featuring a selection of maths and science academics discussing the under-representation of women in these disciplines, and what can be done about it.
Meeting Room 1, SUB
7pm Feminism Worldwide -Clitfest Fundraiser Film Night
Featuring:
An Evergreen Island - The story of the Bougainville people's resistance told by the island's women.
Upfront - Three Palestinian women tell their stories.
Girls Rock! - What happens when girls are given a temporary reprieve from being sexualised, analysed and pressured to conform is truly moving and revolutionary.
128 Abel Smith St, Te Aro $5 entry.
TUESDAY 5th OF MAY
10-11am: Fanvids Screening
Vidding is a female-dominated remix art. Source footage - whether from Battlestar Galactica or Bones - is set it to music, in order to critique, reinterpret or simply retell a story. In this session we will show vids from a variety of source fandoms for discussion.
Meeting Room 1, SUB
12pm: Debate!
Featuring the VUW Debating Society, Green MP Catherine Delahunty and Co-President of UniQ Rachael Wright, for a debate on the topic of pornography and whether it is an affront to feminism.
Meeting Room 1, SUB
WEDNESDAY 6th OF MAY: NO DIET DAY!
10-11am: BodySense Workshop
Nutritionist Tania Coombes is presenting a version of her BodySense course, which is about developing a new relationship between food and eating for women.
Meeting Room 1, SUB
12pm: No Diet Day Stall in the Quad!
6pm: Feminist Quiz!
Mount St Bar
Note: Anti-Fashion show has been cancelled due to lack of contributions, but is a possible event for later in the year!
THURSDAY 7th OF MAY
10-11am: Car Maintenance Workshop
Learn the basics of car maintenance in a friendly environment!
Meet in the foyer outside VUWSA on the ground floor, SUB
12-1pm: Lesbian Lunch
All queer women (and their friends) welcome for lunch and discussion.
Meeting Room 1, SUB
7pm: Gig at Hole in the Wall
Vivian St. $5 entry fee.
FRIDAY 8th of MAY
12-1pm: Feminist Activism Workshop
Combines stencil-making, activism and reclaiming public spaces for wimmin!
Meeting Room 3, SUB
SATURDAY 9th of MAY
11am onwards: Clitfest Fundraiser Garage Sale
Outside 128 Abel Smith Street.
SUB = Student Union Building, Victoria University of Wellington
VUWSA Women's Group
 | Currently listening:
Watershed
By K.D. Lang
Release date: 2008-02-05 |
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