MOXIE Minutes
Thursday November 1, 2007
EVENTS:
The money for the self-defense workshop was approved however, the wrong room is booked (the conference room.) Since the instructor hasn’t responded yet, we are going to try and postpone the workshop until later in November. We could do street harassment first, then self-defense the following week.
Hollaback would be interested in speaking; sliding scale pricing.
Perhaps a two-part Event?
Could show “Warzone” (Bobst library has it.) Discussion afterwards and then a week later have Hollaback come in.
Show the movie November 15th then the week after have Hollaback speak, and the week after that have the self defense workshop. OR possibly movie and Hollaback event on same day?
Could show 15 min of “Warzone” for educational purposes. Start at 6, be out by 745. But just as it’s getting good, would it be cut short? Yet, no one is going to want to stay until 9 or 10. 2 hour time slot. Set up before 6 plus food.
NEW EVENT DATE:
Hollaback last Thursday of November (the 29th) Self defense workshop about Dec 5th.
Now in the process of raising $4,000 to get Eve Ensler to speak! Perhaps sell something at event?
Discussion:
“Every feminist hates men” “Feminazi” which led to:
How do you deal w/ ignorant comments in a nice way?
Getting angry is not effective.
Do it with a smile! Approach it like they’re five, “that’s one way of looking at it, here’s another”
We don’t come equipped w/ ways of looking at world.
Words as internalized hate. Various words–i.e. bitch =”whiny women”, feminized
Perhaps have a workshop on those words and ways of not getting angry with ignorant comments.
Reclaiming words is a personal choice. One way of doing this is by “flipping” words. Example: That is so “hetero” instead of “gay”
Women being stared at/harassed/etc — some claim it’s the way you dress–however, some studies show that this isn’t the case (by switching up the manner of dressing)
If one does the same thing to men–is this perhaps counter-intuitive? Also, doesn’t address the problem however, possibly interesting as a study case.
It’s a cultural thing, but this doesn’t justify it. Don’t have to address culture per say, rather the individual and why they’re acting out in that way.
Once you gain access to the “male world”– feel need to protect it, look down on younger girls who try to; one wants to be the one exception. Why is this the case?
Being proud of having boys’ toys. “One of the guys”, don’t want other girls in
