REMINDER: Stop Porn Culture Conference! Three Anti-Porn Feminist Activist Events – July 9 to 13 in Boston!
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This summer, Wheelock College, together with Stop Porn Culture, is offering a Media Institute, an anti-pornography training, and a one-day feminist teach-in. Below are details and a link to registration. You can register for any or all of the events. Scholarships are available for low income people.
Event 1 – July 9 – 12
Media Institute:
Media Madness: The Impact of Sex, Violence and Commercial Culture on Children, Adults and Society
Faculty: Dr. Gail Dines and Dr. Diane Levin
Participants interested in taking this as a 3 credit graduate course or for PDFs should contact Gail Dines at gdines@wheelock.edu)
Some of the topics we cover:
* How media violence affects behavior and contributes to violence in society
* Growing up with Beyonce, Katy, Kim, Lindsay, Rihanna and so on …
* How media images perpetuate and legitimize sexism, racism, consumerism and economic inequality
* The role of hypersexualization and pornography in perpetuating sexism and violence against women and children
* How media affects children’s ideas, learning, behavior and relationships
* How to critically deconstruct media images and develop media literacy skills
* How to become active in advocacy, community building, and grass roots organizing
* How to work with children, families, schools, and the wider society to counteract the harm being caused
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Event 2 – July 11 – 12
Stop Porn Culture Anti-Pornography Activist Training
Trainers: SPC Board
Running concurrently with the second half of the media institute is a training that provides participants with the experience, knowledge, and confidence to talk publicly against pornography in their communities. The training will include in-depth presentations on:
· How porn shapes our attitudes, identities, behaviors and sexuality
· Background on the economics of this global industry
· First Amendment and other free speech issues
· Women in the industry
· Racism in porn
· The question of “alternative” images
· How to organize in your community
We will also have a long session of practicing Q&As in small groups. The training will end with a session on self-care for presenters and activists, since this work can be grueling.
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Event 3 – July 13
Feminist Teach-In
Facilitators: SPC board and members
This feminist teach-in will provide participants with an opportunity to participate in in-depth discussions with leading feminist activists/academics from across the country, and also in small group discussions, to explore issues such as:
* History of debates within feminist thinking and activism
* The porning of women’s and men’s sexuality
* The sexual politics of hook-up culture
* The history of race and racism in feminism
* Men in feminism
* Stopping prostitution and trafficking
* Capitalism, patriarchy and environmental justice
* Feminist blogging/writing as resistance
. . . AND: how to become a joyful, energized and effective feminist activist!
To register for any of the events go to:
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