Southern Girl Convention 2001 Schedule

Friday
4:00 - 9:00pm Check-in - 200 floor of Foy Union (signs should point the way)
5:00 - 9:00pm Dinner - Snacky Foods
6:00 - 7:30pm Welcome & Introductions - Foy Union Ballroom
CAUCUS: Southern Women Radical History Panel
7:30 - 8:30pm Workshop Block A
  • ??? - Room 208
  • Keep Your Laws off My Body: Abortion, Birth Control & Why we Still Have to Fight! - Jessica Hermann-Wilmarth (Atlanta, GA) - Exhibit Lounge
  • Criminalizing Women - Wyndi Anderson (Washington, DC) - TV Lounge
  • Female Indie Films: "Love and Eating Disorder", "Germany", "Lesbian Movie 2000", & "A Butch in Femme Clothing" - Taren Hill (Gainesville,FL) (short videos by sts & emily kingan) - Cafeteria Balcony
  • 9:00pm Show starts, bands TBA

    Saturday
    8:00 - 9:00am Breakfast - Outside (In Ballroom in Case of Bad Weather)
    9:00 - 9:50am Workshop Block B
  • Gender Bias in Our Schools - Merissa Lulling (Dothan, AL) - Room 202
  • Prison Book & Prisoner Art Projects - Morgan & Margo (Philadelphia, PA) - Room 203
  • From Wedded Wife to Lesbian Life - Tonya (Mena, AR) - Room 208
  • Tara Dance - Sarah Thorsen (Atlanta, GA) - Quad Center (2 hours)
  • sew yer own damn clothes - cheyenne (Louisville, KY) - TV Lounge
  • holistic healing as an act of resistance - paris hatcher (Greenville, NC) - Room 246
  • big girls: big beautiful women in the adult entertainment industry (VIDEO) - sara mccool (Pittsburgh, PA) - Exhibition Room
  • 10:00- 10:50am Workshop Block C
  • DIY Pet Care - Cassidy (Gainesville, FL) - Room 202
  • Women and Entrepreneurship - Maria La France (Des Moines, IA) - Room 203
  • you want to learn the touch of death? - jennie and sonja (Auburn, AL) - Room 208
  • ecofeminism now!: theory and action - helen matthews (Boston, MA) - Exhibit Lounge
  • Racism and Heterosexism: Making Connections - Jason Mallory (Fort Worth, TX) - TV Lounge
  • Introduction to Healing Touch - Michelle Mendias (El Paso, TX) - Room 246
  • ??? - Cafeteria Balcony
  • 11:00- 12:20pm Workshop Block D
  • men's sexual health - john gerken (Little Rock, AR) - Room 202
  • wimmin of colour unite! - Asha Leong (Atlanta, GA) - Room 203
  • Organizing for Women's Human Rights - Alyson Kozma (New York) - Room 208
  • From Crap to Fertilizer: To Be a Good Artist Ya Hafta Be a Bad Student - Jenfish Superstar (Bloomington, IN) - Exhibit Lounge
  • Queer and Trans Youth in the South - Garrett Aden Boardman and Lindsey Morrison (Jacksonville, FL) - Quad Center
  • herbal health and healing - margie & alanna (Gainesville, FL) - TV Lounge
  • The Art of Women Looking: A D.I.Y. Womens Health Workshop - Megan Graham (Gainesville, FL) - Room 246
  • Internet Literacy - Michelle (Ducky) Cook (Atlanta, GA) - meets at Cafeteria Balcony then goes to the computer lab
  • 12:30 - 1:30pm Lunch - Curry Tofu Stirfry on Rice - Outside (In Ballroom in Case of Bad Weather)
    1:30 - 2:20pm Workshop Block E
  • Peer-education for Men and Ending Violence Against Women - Charles W. Johnson (Auburn, AL) - Room 202
  • Who Needs Lenses? DIY Pinhole Photography - Derrick Clevenger (Cincinnati, OH) - Room 203
  • What makes a prisoner political? - Liz Green (Birmigham, AL) - Room 208
  • Queer Politics, yesterday, today, and tomorrow; from the inside, out - Anthony R. Martinez (Opelika, AL) - Exhibit Lounge
  • @ Boy's view of "The difference gender makes". sexism and men. - Joy Toujours (Pittsburgh, PA) - Quad Center
  • Internet Organizing - Natasha Murphy & Elena Chmielewski (Athens, GA) - TV Lounge
  • Beyond Killing Us Softly: The Strength to Resist - erin (Boston, MA) - Cafeteria Balcony
  • 2:30 - 3:20pm Workshop Block F
  • sexism in the activist community- a case study - queer liberation front (Richmond, VA) - Room 202
  • Beyond Coalitions: Building Radical Cross-movement Alliances - Helen Matthews (Boston, MA) - Room 203
  • FragmentsofaDisparateMovement: Exploring"thirdwave"feministactivism - Amy Renigar (Atlanta, GA) - Room 208
  • I FEEL GOOD!! Body Image Struggles and Art as a Conversation Starter - Alicia Grogan-Brown (Takoma Park, MD) - Exhibit Lounge
  • the destructive power of girl - girl competition - kayte (Cincinnati, OH) - TV Lounge CANCELLED!!
  • Cheerleading for the Revolution - Katie O'Connell (Athens, GA) - meets in Cafeteria Lounge and then goes outside
  • Ostracization of Bleeding Women - Amy Kwasnicki (Philadelphia, PA) - Room 246
  • 3:30-4:50 Workshop Block G
  • sexism in the punk/hardcore/metal scene - davin (Eugene, OR) - Room 202
  • rural women and tranny collectives - mat defiler (Liberty, TN) - Room 203
  • "Lilith's Inviolable Purity" - ken gunther & Shaelyn Chaminade (Jupiter, FL & Section, AL) - Room 208
  • Femme-dom: how to be a radical powerhouse AND fancy at the same time. - Chacha (New Orleans, LA) - Exhibit Lounge
  • Screen Printing for the REVOLUTION, or just for fun! - Alex White (Atlanta, GA) - Quad Center
  • Anti-IMF Organizing, TV Lounge
  • Foodways and Folkways - Erin Larkin (Little Rock, AR) - meets in Cafeteria Lounge and then goes to a kitchen
  • Radical Parenting and Educating On Gender, Race, etc. - Taren Hill and Jessica Mills (FL) - Room 246
  • 5:00 - 6:15pm Keynote Speaker - Ophira Edut, former Assoc. Editor of Ms. Magazine & Author of Adios, Barbie - Foy Union Ballroom
    6:15 - 7:15pm Dinner - Fried Tofu, Mashed Potatoes, & Delicious Southern Stuff by the Foodways & Folkways Workshop - Outside (In Ballroom in Case of Bad Weather)
    8:00pm show starts (bands & location TBA)

    Sunday
    10:00 - 11:00am BRUNCH - Tofu Scrambler
    11:30 - 12:15pm CAUCUS - Regional Organizing (Break Up By Region to Network & Plot) - Meet in Ballroom, then split up by region
    12:30 - 1:20pm Workshop Block H
  • Pry Your Security Deposit Money Out of Your Stingy Landlord's Hands"? - Jennifer Joy - Room 208
  • Radical, Southern, and All Fired Up- Where Do We Go From Here? - Robin (Memphis, TN) - Exhibit Lounge
  • Bicycle Survival - Naron Mccormick (Baltimore, MD) - TV Lounge
  • rocking the costume tip: camouflage, gender killing, i'm a monster!, the element of surprise. - rita (Kansas City, MO) - Room 203
  • 1:30 pm - 2:20pm Workshop Block I
  • Young Feminist Organizing - Corey Crowe (Tampa, FL) - Room 208
  • Networking for Reproductive Health & Responsible Choices Action Network AL - Sheila Sutton (Louisville, KY) & Chris Snead (Birmingham, AL) - Exhibit Lounge
  • How to put on shows or events in YOUR town - Georgie (New Orleans, LA) - TV Lounge
  • Marginalization and Tokenization within the Grrrl Movement - Angelina Price (Hampton, VA) - Room 203
  • "Even My Mama Writes a Zine..." - ailecia (lawrence, ks) - Cafeteria Balcony
  • 2:30 pm - 3:20pm Workshop Block J
  • Healing after the assault - Cate Reuss (Auburn, AL) - Room 208
  • Building Solidarity Across Lines of Race, Sexuality, Age, & Class - chella courington (Montgomery, AL) - Exhibit Lounge
  • The Portland Girl Convention 1996 (VIDEO) - Taren Hill (Gainesville, FL) (video by: Emily Kingan) - TV Lounge
  • 3:30 pm - 4:50pm Workshop Block K
  • riot grrrl - jessika & chrysi (Detroit) - Room 208
  • Street Harassment: Women taking back public spaces - Laura (New York) - Exhibit Lounge
  • Reexamining Relationships: Monogamy and its Discontents - Claire & Jason (Auburn, AL & Ohio) - Room 203
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