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April 12, 2007 / 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Blue Stockings, 172 Allen Street between Stanton and Rivington,
New York, NY

From Bluestockings:

Offering a bimonthly dose of fiction and poetry from both established and freshly minted authors, it’s local and it’s word-of-mouth. Tonight, come out and hear from Amy King, Matt Everett, Alexandra Grace and Siobhan Ciminera. Please visit wordofmouth for more details.

April 11, 2007 / 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Blue Stockings, 172 Allen Street between Stanton and Rivington,
New York, NY

From Bluestockings:

Yup, we got hot tales of lubed pistons, tight rear spoilers, and women who rev each other’s engines. Pole Sitter’s Sacchi Green and Rakelle Valencia will be joined by fast-in-the-curves Rachel Kramer Bussell, Chuck Fellows, Debra Hyde, Val Murphy and Jake Rich.

April 9, 2007 / 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Blue Stockings, 172 Allen Street between Stanton and Rivington,
New York, NY

From Bluestockings:

Join preacher, author, and founder of the Church of Stop Shopping for a bit of the good word from “What Would Jesus Buy?” WWJB inspires the reverent to increase their neighborly connections, contribute to their communities and commons, and to recycle their consumerism into a love-filled gift economy.

April 8, 2007 / 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm

Blue Stockings, 172 Allen Street between Stanton and Rivington,
New York, NY

From Bluestockings:

Bluestockings’ Radical Teacher’s Discussion Group is an opportunity for educators to broaden their knowledge of radical pedagogy, as well as a space to share teaching experiences and to troubleshoot challenges. Let’s help each other navigate our respective educational systems and develop new strategies to promote positive social change. This month’s reading (available at Bluestockings) is “Discipline and Punish” by Michel Foucault. Please contact jessielenore@yahoo.com for more information.

April 7, 2007 / 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Blue Stockings, 172 Allen Street between Stanton and Rivington,
New York, NY

From Bluestockings:

“Unruly Immigrants: Rights, Activism, and Transnational South Asian Politics in the United States” documents the strategies that South Asian feminist, queer and labor organizations in the United States have developed to establish rights for immigrants without the security of citizenship. Importantly, Das Gupta documents challenges to the view of South Asians as ‘model minorities’ from both within and outside their communities.

April 6, 2007 / 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Blue Stockings, 172 Allen Street between Stanton and Rivington,
New York, NY

From Bluestockings:

Join Bluestockings and WBAI’s Deepa Fernandes for the release of “Targeted: National Security and the Business of Immigration.” In “Targeted,” Fernandes provides historical, economic and political analysis of immigration to our land-o-the-free, as well as Kafkaesque first-person narratives of those caught by U.S. Homeland Security. Fernandes is regular the host of the WBAI’s Wakeup Call.

April 5, 2007 / 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Blue Stockings, 172 Allen Street between Stanton and Rivington,
New York, NY

From Bluestockings:

For acclaimed author and activist Jennifer Baumgardner, bisexuality has always been more than the sexual non-preference of the 1990’s. In her new book “Look Both Ways,” Baumgardner takes a close look at the growing visibility of queer and bisexual characters on the national cultural stage. Baumgardner is the co-author of “Manifesta” and “Grassroots”.

April 4, 2007 / 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Blue Stockings, 172 Allen Street between Stanton and Rivington,
New York, NY

From Bluestockings:

Join award-winning author and activist Alix Kates Shulman in celebrating the new, 35th Anniversary edition of “Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen.” a million-copy bestseller and called “the first important novel to emerge from the women’s liberation movement, the book sardonically looks at the double-binds of growing up female and sexy in middle-class America.

April 3, 2007 / 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Blue Stockings, 172 Allen Street between Stanton and Rivington,
New York, NY

From Bluestockings:

In “A Bush & Botox World: Travels Through Bush’s America,” Saul Landau visits contemporary ironies where science has mastered the physics of instant global communication technology while talkers to Christ advocate medieval crusades. Landau intersects stories of stressed California business-types and of the temples of Angkor Wat while musing these stumpy and sordid times.