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Connect with the juciness of the plant world! * We’re now taking wait-list applications for our 2021 class! * * Please fill out an application! * Our 2021 Intro to Herbal Medicine is a three-season, 125-hour weekend herbal intensive exploring health, resilience and the plant world. The program incorporates medicine making and herbal knowledge with botany and field work, all based on a foundation of social justice and decolonization. We offer some scholarship positions for people of color, indigenous people, and trans and non-binary folks. In our work as white herbalists, we strongly believe in taking steps to address the patterns of colonization and white supremacy in our herbal practices, and to help bolster the many forms of resistance to the systems and structures of oppression we live under. This includes trying to make this course more accessible to people of color and trans folks. We also offer a few work-trade positions, to allow folks to offset part of the cost of tuition. Work-trade is compensated at $15/hour. Class locations will include Pittsburgh, our farm in Butler, PA, and other wild places in the region. | || | The Wild Cherries Herbal Studies Program is led by Michelle Soto, Jocelyn Kirkwood, and Vilde Chaya Fenster-Ehrlich, herbalists and growers who have been teaching and offering herbal care in our communities for more than ten years. Cost and Schedule Tuition is $1500. This money goes towards paying lead and guest teachers, rent at class facilities, and class supplies. Students should plan for some additional costs, including gas, books, and some medicine-making materials. If cost is an obstacle, we are offering work trade and payment plans. The class will be one weekend a month from March through November, 10am – 6pm. Some classes will be held over Zoom, others in-person. Class dates are: March 13 & 14 April 24 & 25 May 22 & 23 June 19 & 20 July 17 & 18 August 21 & 22 September 18 & 19 October 9 & 10 November 6 & 7 Intro to Herbal Studies students will receive a 10% discount to all other Stonefruit courses and workshops. In 2020, we dramatically altered our class structure, to allow us to continue to spend time with the plants in a pandemic-safe way. All in-person classes were held outside, in areas that allowed us to maintain physical distance, and often in small groups. We also provided class time over zoom and through pre-recorded videos. It was a messy process, but we were all grateful to have the space to share our love of plants together, to feel connected to human and more-than-human community in a time where many of us were pretty isolated. For the time being, we’re planning to continue and improve all COVID-19 safety measures and accommodations through 2021 (though off course we’ll respond to circumstances as they arise and change). Here is a full list of our safety requirements for all students and teachers. Contact us for additional information! [email protected] • (615) 804-0064

About 25,000 people are expected to attend the expo at the Hard Rock Hotel on Paradise Road. The expo begins Wednesday and will end Saturday. Approximately 500 stars from the adult industry will participate in this year’s expo, according to show officials. The stars will take turns meeting fans, posing for photographs and signing autographs during the three-day expo. The expo will also feature 200 exhibitors showcasing their products and services and live entertainment, including a burlesque show, performances by Mistress Cyan and Lady Remedy Ann Fetish, and the X Rocks Dance Revue. Wicked Pictures will present the popular “Sex Is…” program which will take place Wednesday through Friday. Both fans and trade attendees will be able to attend the educational and entertaining dialogue about adult filmmaking, performing, sex toys, sexual education and much more. There will also be panels for the porn stars attending the expo on a variety of subjects including setting up a business, how to avoid being exploited, a non-binary panel led by queer adult performers, interracial porn, the future of porn itself and more. General admission tickets for one day start at $80. Click here for tickets. The expo leads up to the AVN Awards Show, the premier gala of adult video and recognizes titles, individuals, and companies for contributions to and excellence in the industry, on Saturday. The awards show is taking place in The Joint at the Hard Rock and tickets start at $175. In addition to the expo, there will be multiple events at the Hard Rock and around town. The 2017 AVN Novelty Expo will feature more than 40 of the biggest companies in the adult toy and novelty industry. ANE will be located in the newly expanded convention hall of the Hard Rock and will be exclusive to trade badges Jan. 18 through 20. The expo will feature adult toys, lingerie, lotions, supplements, gifts, games, sex furniture, cosmetics, condoms, aphrodisiacs, accessories and more. AVN’s official opening party will take place inside Vanity Nightclub at the Hard Rock on Jan. 18. Vanity will also host the 5th annual Adult Star White Party on Jan. 20 and the AVN Award Official After Party on Jan. 21. In addition, AVN’s Saint & Sinners Party will take place on Thursday at Culinary Dropout at the Hard Rock Hotel. All attendees to the parties at Vanity and Culinary Dropout must be 21 years of age with valid identification. The Light Nightclub at Mandalay Bay will also host an opening party on Jan. 18 with Aria Alexander, Kleio Valentien and Stella Cox and the Foundation Room will host the AVN Show Party with Tori Black & Friends on Jan. 20. Centerfolds Cabaret Las Vegas will host after parties Jan. 18 through 21. Savana Styles will party with her friends and fans on Wednesday; Inari Vachs will attend on Thursday; AVN Hall of Famers and former Playboy model Brittany Andrews aka DJ BritStar willl perform on Friday; and Bobby Dylan will be at Centerfolds on Saturday. Adult superstar Alexis Texas will host the U.S.A. Twerking Championship at Sapphire Gentleman’s Club from 6 to 9 p.m. Jan. 20. Twerkers from all over the U.S. will bounce, pop and juggle for a chance at the $3,000 cash grand prize. There will also be cash prizes for 2nd and 3rd place. General admission is $50 for spectators (includes one drink ticket). Adult film stars Katrina Jade, Anikka Albrite, Kayden Kross, Tara Lynn Fox and Alexis Monroe will dance and mingling with fans on Jan. 21 at Chateau Nightclub at Paris Las Vegas. Jade is best known her for roles in “Massage School Dropout” and most recently, “Supergirl XXX: An Axel Braun Parody.” In the last four years, Albrite has earned seven award titles for her work. Kross has captured five adult film award titles and claimed an impressive 36 nominations. Retired adult film veteran, Fox, has earned 12 nominations during her career. Monroe has been nominated for five awards including “Best New Starlet” since debuting in the industry in 2012. The adult film actresses will be joined by Los Angeles power mixer, DJ P-Jay and resident DJ Shadowred on the turn-tables. Admission to the party is priced at $20 for ladies and $30 for gentlemen.

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WAM is bringing the Girls Rock! Camp to WA Taking place mid-January of next year. All photos by Katie Dutton. Girls Rock! Camp is a week-long day camp with the very clear goal empowering young female, trans, and gender diverse people to become more active within the music industry. Already a fixture in cities all over the globe, for the first time ever it'll be trekking over to little old Western Australia thanks to WAM, from Monday 14-Saturday 19 January, 2019. Over the course of a week, campers pick an instrument, join a band with other campers and hone their craft with help from different professionals within the industry, all culminating in a huge showcase on the final day. The Perth edition will be spearheaded by local muso Em Burrows, who had this to say: "I have heard so many established female musicians saying that they wish they had something like Girls Rock! when they were starting out as song writers and performers! Girls Rock! is such a great program and a great way for Perth to nurture its next generation of musicians. It gives young people the chance to learn from experienced musicians and industry personnel in such a welcoming environment. I'm so excited to work with WAM to get this program off the ground!" The camp is open to female, trans, and non-binary people aged 11-17 with existing experience in either guitar, bass, drums or vocals, and you can register your interest HERE. Courtney Barnett at Girls Rock! Melbourne.

Glowing Glowing Gone follows The Pantone Color Institute naming Living Coral as its Color of the Year for 2019. For this new initiative, Pantone and The Ocean Agency have captured three bold hues of coral fluorescence – a phenomenon that sees coral produce brightly-coloured chemicals in response to fatally high water temperatures. ‘Only a handful of people have ever witnessed the highly visual spectacle of corals ‘glowing’ in vibrant colours in a desperate bid to survive underwater heat waves,’ explains Richard Vevers, founder of The Ocean Agency. To highlight the issue, Pantone has launched a creative brief challenging artists and designers to use the colours to produce attention-grabbing work. Selected artwork will be showcased on digital billboards in Times Square, New York City, through WeTransfer’s global wallpapers, across social media and at key climate policy events during 2019 and 2020. For more on how responsibility is being rebranded, explore our New Consciousness design direction. Wild Flower launches a genderless sex toy Enby by Wildflower Enby by Wildflower New York – The sex toy retailer has created a gender-neutral vibrator as its first original product. Enby is an evolution of Wildflower’s ongoing commitment to de-gendering sex toys and responds to the lack of genderless options on the market. By being gender-neutral in both its aesthetic and use, the product is designed to serve the needs of all bodies and identities. Further highlighting Enby’s versatility, the name references the abbreviation of non-binary (N.B.). ‘Approaching sex toys through a gender-neutral lens makes sexual exploration more imaginative for all people while making space for the queer folks, who have long been overlooked by the sex toy industry,’ explains Amy Boyajian, CEO and co-founder of Wild Flower. ‘Enby is a culmination of all that Wild Flower stands for, and it’s been incredible to finally share it with our community,’ adds COO and co-founder Nick Boyajian. In a similar vein, we ask whether brands need to move beyond gendered sex toys in our Op-Ed. Harrods unveils its phygital beauty hall London – The luxury department store has expanded its beauty hall to reflect the evolving nature of the beauty sector. Demonstrating the retailer’s aim to become one of the world’s largest beauty destinations, its revamped hall represents the first phase of a three-part, year-long store refurbishment. Spearheaded by Annalise Fard, Harrods’ director of beauty, accessories, fine jewellery and watches, the work will more than double the floorspace devoted to make-up, fragrance, skincare and specialist beauty services. In addition to products, the refreshed space includes a beauty concierge, live masterclasses with leading beauty brands and a virtual play area where customers can test products digitally using Magic Mirrors. ‘Our ambition is to offer Harrods’ clients instant access to professional insight, experienced know-how and an extraordinary array of curated products and services that can transform both how we look and, ultimately, how we feel,’ says Fard. Mastercard introduces card for trans and non-binary customers Mastercard True Name card US – Mastercard is working with banking partners to introduce a card that will bear consumers’ chosen names without requiring a legal name change. The True Name card will allow LGBTQ+ consumers to use names that reflect their true identity. Ensuring more inclusive financial products, the aim is to ease a major pain point for the transgender and non-binary community, many of whom forgo legal name changes and therefore often experience unwanted attention or discrimination when attempting to use their credit cards. According to Mastercard, 32% of individuals who have shown IDs with a name or gender that did not match their presentation reported negative experiences, including harassment. ‘We are allies of the LGBTQIA+ community, which means if we see a need or if this community is not being served in the most inclusive way, we want to be a force for change to help address and alleviate unnecessary pain points,’ says Randall Tucker, Mastercard’s chief diversity and inclusion officer. According to YouGov’s Affluent Perspective, which measures the attitudes and behaviours of wealthy consumers globally, the majority of luxury consumers are spending less. ‘The luxury market is suffering from a malaise,’ Cara David, managing partner at YouGov, tells Forbes. ‘These consumers have been [buying] luxury for a long time and are seriously questioning how much more luxury they need in their lives. They are suffering from burnout.’ While 76% say that luxury is gratifying, 83% report they are 'conserving their resources' by putting more money into savings each month. Meanwhile, nearly 80% of those surveyed are making fewer, but more meaningful purchases. Thought-starter: Will rental services transform fast fashion? Clothing rental is moving from high-end fashion to the high street, creating new paths to discovery and access for trend-conscious consumers. The provision of designer fashion rental heralded by the likes of Rent the Runway and Front Row has attracted a strong following among Millennial and Generation X consumers, focusing on the tenets of access, affordability and – in some cases – the sustainable cachet of rental over ownership of goods. Recognising an opportunity for fast fashion to tap into the rental opportunity, new digitally driven platforms are emerging that promise choice, convenience and on-trend garments, packaged up as monthly subscriptions or simple rent-and-exchange programmes. For mainstream and high street brands, the timing is crucial. As one example, American Eagle recently introduced Style Drop, a clothing rental scheme designed for Generation Z. For a monthly subscription fee, the service allows three items to be rented at any one time, with customers able to exchange garments an unlimited number of times each month using a free shipping service. Read the full Fast Fashion Rental microtrend here.

•Sam George has said Parliament will do all it can to pass a bill that criminalizes LGBTQ+ acts •The lawmaker in a tweet believes that “homosexuality is not a human right” •Contents of the 36-page bill proposal to criminalize the act have been shared with varied opinions coming through on social media Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram, Samuel Nartey George, has asserted that Parliament will do all it can to pass the controversial anti-LGBTQ+ bill to criminalise the act. This comes after portions of the 36-page proposal was shared on various social media platforms with varied sentiments already making rounds on some sections of the bill proposal. Among some of the actions contained in “The Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values, Bill 2021” proposal will see culprits face a jail term of up to ten years depending on the crime if passed in its current state. Additionally, individuals of the same sex who engage in sexual intercourse will be “liable on summary conviction to a fine of not less than seven hundred and fifty penalty units and not more than five thousand penalty units, or to a term of imprisonment of not less than three years and not more than five years or both.” This means that any person who “holds out as a lesbian, a gay, a transgender, a transsexual, a queer, a pansexual, an ally, a non-binary or any other sexual or gender identity that is contrary to the binary categories of male and female.” commits an offence. While there’s an ongoing public discourse on portions of the bill proposal, the Ningo Prampram lawmaker, Sam George has reiterated that homosexuality is “not a human right but a sexual preference” hence the need to criminalise the act. In a tweet shared on Friday, July 23, 2021, Sam George wrote, “I have been overwhelmed by the massive support even here on a very ‘liberal’ platform like Twitter for our Bill on the LGBTQI+ menace. Homosexuality is NOT a human right. It is a sexual preference. Preferences are not absolute or unregulated. We SHALL pass this Bill through” Meanwhile, Section 14 of the bill is proposing the prohibition of funding or sponsorship for LGBTQ+-related activities. This would, however, “prohibit a person who funds or sponsors an activity prohibited under the Act commits an offence and is liable, on summary conviction, to imprisonment of not less than five years and not more than ten years.” Aside from these, the Bill is also proposing the disbandment of all LGBTQ+ groups, societies, associations, clubs and organizations. All groups in existence before the Bill came into existence and are intended to promote such activities are to be disbanded among others. See Sam George’s tweet below:

Just a note.. Not all of our staff members provide the same offerings, and just as they are each unique, so is their individual style online and off. The ladies below have active clip stores, fan clubs, and other sites. If you’re looking for a specific staff member not listed, she may still be working on her new projects, so check back often for updates. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter for news! Be more adventurous and indulge your fetishes. We offer a myriad of opportunities to explore and expand your kink experiences. Whether you’re looking to learn, to embrace, to receive, or to grow in your personal BDSM evolution.. we have plenty to engage you. Continue on to read all about the variety of things we offer… We offer sessions from 1 hour to multiple days, extending through the full range of fantasy experiences. We prize compatibility amongst all else and will match you with the staff that best suits your interests. We are fully inclusive and intersectional, so our sessions are available to men, women, transgender, and non-binary people of all ethnicities, sexualities, and orientations. The average session length is 2-3 hours. We recommend that first-time appointments be a minimum of 1.5 hours. Staff members have different hourly rates, which you can see on their profiles or when you schedule your session online. Doubles & More Any of the staff of the Wicked Collective LOVE doing double sessions with one another. What better way to have an immersive experience than to have two, three, or more ladies directing their attention to you? When their schedules permit you can add on an additional staff member who is not in training for 40% of their normal tribute. Because our staff schedules are not always overlapping, this special applies to whom ever may be available on a certain day/time. If you have a specific staff preference for double (or triple, etc) sessions, you can request them, but you will pay full price for each staff member. Due to our dungeon’s setup, we are able to do overnight and multiple-day sessions. Whether you want to taste the reality of serving a Goddess 24/7, or you have a intense fantasy to be acted out… we are always happy to indulge. We love to explore immersive experiences. We also offer unique offerings such as sex coaching, custom videos, yoga, more in-depth aftercare, and events. Contact us for more info and bespoke pricing. Staff in Training One of the amazing things about our dungeon is our world class training program, created by Domina Alexandra Snow. Our ladies receive comprehensive training and mentorship, and when their schedules permit, can be added to your session for a discounted rate (relative to their current training level). Staff in training are not available for solo appointments unless otherwise specified. Each of our staff in training have already undergone a rigorous instruction in safety and basic skills and are simply polishing their art in addition to learning more advanced techniques. To schedule a double session, use our scheduling system to book with the staff of your choice, then select the session add on option. The tributes are clearly listed for each kind of add on. Click below for current staff in training. Whether it is training a wife to better dominate her husband, a submissive duo who wants to suffer in tandem, or an obedient girlfriend who longs to act out bisexual fantasies while her boyfriend watches.. the possibilities are endless. We specialize in providing mentoring to either party who wishes to learn specific skills or scenarios in a low-stress environment. Couples sessions follow the same appointment guidelines as solo sessions, but both parties must pay separate interview/membership fees. The initial interview is typically conducted together, but with two people, takes approximately one hour. Couples sessions are always a minimum of 2 hours, but longer is always recommended due to the dynamics of multiple people in session. Sessions for Women There has been a long-standing view that only men visit professional BDSM establishments, and that simply isn’t true. We offer the same fantasy exploration for women (including trans women and non-binary folx), in a safe and professional environment. We take great care to cater to these unique desires and needs and love to create scenes and sessions for you, regardless of sexual or power orientation. All of our staff identify as bisexual, lesbian, or queer. Contact us for recommendations on who suits you best! Do you have a desire to experience bondage, caging, or captivity where you are left to struggle or enjoy the predicament at hand? For those that long to be bound, caged, or closeted, then abandoned, there is a special, lesser tribute for the period of abandonment. Normal session tributes apply for the balance of the session. The abandonment tribute is $150/hour and can be done in half hour increments. We always remain present in the facility for your safety For sensory deprivation or immobilization bondage, the average amount is one hour. This can be broken up into pieces throughout the session. A typical abandonment session involves one or more hours of session time, followed by a period of abandonment, then ending with one or more hours of additional session time. Sessions must be 2 hours or greater in length to add abandonment time. Photos and Videos of Your Session Looking to have a personal memento of your experience? We offer filming and photography with one of our professionals. The video can be either shot via a tripod or by a videographer. You will then be provided a personal copy of your experience in full HD. Edited video provided via digital download link or Blu-Ray (for additional cost). This video is NOT for commercial use. Many of our staff also offer custom videos, where you can request specific scenarios and activities!

Midwest Mujeres is hosting a free training to become certified as a community partner. As a class we will go over the law of equal opportunities and get acquainted with the City of Madison Civil Rights Staff. We will review equal opportunities rules and how to detect job discrimination. For more information, please visit https://www.cityofmadison.com/civil-rights/programs/trainings/certified-community-partner-training. Join us for an updated training to understand how to assist in identifying situations of workplace discrimination. You will leaven how to assist community members in filing complaints of discrimination. This training is on May 19th on Zoom. From 9-11 AM you will get a certificate for attending this training. If you have taken this training prior, please sign up again as this is new 2022 information! The training is recommended for ANYONE, social workers, mothers, managers, lead workers, entry-level HR, teachers, and anyone from a group of people who have been systematically oppressed. Women, Trans people and non-binary people are encouraged to apply.

Marketing Manager - 1-BM-KMED-UK Kairos Media is a global social-first creative agency that sets the standard for brands in gaming. Founded in 2015, Kairos Media has worked with some of the biggest brands including JBL, AMD, Pizza Hut, Epic Games, Rovio and Cetaphil, delivering standout creative strategy and award-winning campaigns across gaming audiences. Operating from HQ in London with offices in New York and Manchester, Kairos Media is one of the fastest growing gaming-focused creative agencies in the world. Our growth and success is driven by a team of experts and we’re now looking for our next player. The agency is part of Kairos Group, the global gaming media group with a vision to become the go-to for connecting businesses to gamers, chosen for its agency services, intellectual property and expertise within the creator economy. Do you live and breathe social media? Do you dream of creative content that rises above the noise and gets the right people talking? Do you look at KPIs as a benchmark to exceed? Are you able to drive projects over the finish line and understand campaigns that not only make an impact but blows the competition out of the water? If yes, then we want to hear from YOU! We’re on the hunt for a marketing manager with a social-mindset to manage marketing projects and be the voice of Kairos Media. Working with a talented and award-winning team of marketing experts, you’ll take ownership of integrated marketing campaigns across Kairos Media’s marketing channels that deliver against objectives and take us to the next level. In this role you’ll: - Own Kairos Media’s channels, working with teams to deliver best-on-class content that gets noticed and keeps us at the forefront of the industry - Play a starring role in informing, devising and implementing strategic approach for the Kairos Media brand - Be the point of contact for marketing at Kairos Media, reporting directly into the MD - Develop content that presents Kairos Media as THE agency that sets the standard for brands in gaming - engaging big brand clients and the best talent in the industry - Work with stakeholders across PR, social media, creative, employer brand and digital marketing - taking the lead to ensure creative execution delivers against KPIs - Work closely with client-facing teams to showcase the agencies work across owned channels and drive award entries We’d love someone who - Has a strong understanding of the social landscape - you’ll be up on the latest trends and know how to maximize different channels and content to cut-through - Knows how to develop and build a brand’s voice within the market - as its our own, there is no boundary we are not willing to push - Thrives on creative ideation - you’ll own this for the Kairos Media brand, you’ve got the ideas and we want to hear them - Has experience of working teams and stakeholders to build impactful integrated campaigns across digital media - Is a self-starter - this is an opportunity to tear up the playbook and take a fresh approach - Is able to back-up ideas and campaigns with data - no endless reports but know the metrics that matter and how to measure them - Organized with strong project management skills - bringing together individuals to drive projects and campaigns forward - 3-4 years of experience in marketing / social media or brand role - Strong communication skills - written and verbal - Social media and creative content experience - Team player - no egos here - Experience of working within an agency environment a bonus - 36 days holiday per year, including a 10 day block "reset", Christmas closure and birthday day off. - Subsidised bespoke benefits package giving you access to benefits you want (Childcare, enhanced pension, healthcare, gym, Netflix, Deliveroo, you name it, it’s on there) - Mental Health partnership with Plumm giving you access to therapy and counseling, and your immediate family access to a huge range of resources. - Enhanced Maternity & Paternity policy as well as enhanced policies for same-sex and non-binary couples. - Enhanced compassionate leave so you can truly take the time you need. - Flexible working hours giving you an earlier start for an earlier finish or later start for a later finish. - Company away days! (Covid royally screwed this but it will return) - Community days - we give you time off to go support a cause you believe in! - Plenty of clubs/societies - and if we don’t have something that suits then you can always suggest it. - Holiday office closure & additional time off for religious holidays

The selection committee for the inaugural session of The 5th Avenue Theatre’s new musical initiative, First Draft: Raise Your Voice, has been announced. This cycle is currently soliciting submissions nation-wide from womxn, gender non-conforming and non-binary folx with a submission deadline of June 15. Comprised of a team of outstanding womxn, the selection committee includes performers, producers, directors, playwrights and thought leaders in the Seattle theater landscape: Desdemona Chiang, Lauren DuPree, Keiko Green, Allison Narver, and Sarah Porkalob, lead by The 5th’s Kelsey Thorgalsen and Bill Berry. First Draft: Raise Your Voice is designed to introduce and nurture new musical theater writers from traditionally marginalized populations into a national musical theater landscape. Across an 18 month cycle, the program will shepherd writing teams representing an intentionally targeted community from a simple concept on a page through the complete draft of a show and score with an industry reading. The first cycle will solicit submissions from womxn, gender non-conforming and non-binary folx. The teams need only submit short bios and a brief description of the concept for their show. Writers need never have written a musical before, and are encouraged to submit new and original concepts not yet in development. Submissions are open here: www.5thavenue.org/firstdraft The submissions will be reviewed by The 5th Avenue selection committee who will select 10-15 teams to be invited to The 5th for a week-long Story Summit. All submitters will receive an update on their status by July 1, 2018. During the Summit each team will work with musical theater industry leaders to develop their concept into a “pitch,” inclusive of story outline and two songs. At the end of the Summit, these pitches will be presented to a panel of established theater artists, producers and artistic directors who will select three to five teams they recommend to The 5th for a “First Draft Commission.” The 5th will work with each team over the following year to develop a first draft of a script and score. At the end of the year long process, The 5th Avenue will produce an industry reading of each of the projects in a setting accessible to producers and industry leaders at the local and national level, indicating the completion of the cycle. About the Selection Committee Desdemona Chiang is a Gregory Award-winning stage director and Co-Founder of Azeotrope (Seattle). Directing credits include Oregon Shakespeare Festival, California Shakespeare Theater, Seattle Repertory Theatre, ACT – A Contemporary Theatre, Seattle Shakespeare Company, Shotgun Players, Crowded Fire Theatre Company, Azeotrope, Impact Theatre, FringeNYC, Playwrights Foundation, Golden Thread Productions, Washington Ensemble Theatre, Ohio Northern University and University of Washington. She has received awards including: Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Theatre, SDC Sir John Gielgud Directing Fellowship, Drama League Directing Fellowship, TCG Young Leader of Color, Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab and Directors Lab West. Gregory Award Recipient for Outstanding Direction. www.desdemona.org/blog/ A proud Howard University alum, Lauren Du Pree was born and raised in Seattle, Washington. After receiving a BFA in theatre, she began her professional career on the East Coast working at theaters such as The Kennedy Center, Signature Theatre and the historic Ford’s Theatre. Since moving back to Seattle, she’s been seen onstage at The 5th Avenue Theatre (The Pajama Game, Ragtime, Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn) and Village Theatre (Dreamgirls, String). She has also been seen on the nationally syndicated PBS show, Biz Kid$. When not onstage, Lauren does film and voiceover work, writes, produces her own content manages a blog, and works as a teaching artist. www.justdupree.com/ Keiko Green is a Bainbridge Island-based playwright/performer. She was part of Seattle Rep’s 2015-2017 Writers Group and ACT’s 2016 Core Acting Company. Honors: Outstanding New Play – 2017 Gregory Awards; Honorable Mention – Kilroys List; Finalist – Many Voices and Jerome Fellowships at the Playwrights Center; Semi-Finalist – Bay Area Playwrights Foundation. As an actress, she has worked at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Seattle Rep, ACT – A Contemporary Theatre, and the National Asian American Theatre Co. Keiko is currently in the process of developing the web series Maids. BFA: NYU/Tisch. www.keikogreen.com Allison Narver is an award-winning director whose work has been seen at theaters across the country. Regional productions include Seattle Rep, ACT – A Contemporary Theatre Company, Intiman Theatre, The 5th Avenue Theatre, Book-It Repertory Theatre, New Century Theatre and The Oregon Shakespeare Festival. In New York, her work has been seen at Ars Nova, the Public Theater, the Cherry Lane Theater, New Dramatists, and the Women’s Project among others. Allison was the Resident Director for The Lion King (Director, Julie Taymor) both in London and on Broadway. Internationally she has developed new work with companies in Palestine and Nairobi. Sara Porkalob is an arts activist, playwright, performer and director. She has been featured on City Arts’ Future List, served as Intiman Theatre’s 2017 Co-Curator, and was one of the first recipients of a Village Theatre Original Writers Residency. Dragon Lady, her first full length work, garnered a Seattle Times Footlight Award and a Broadway World Award for “Best New Play” and in 2019 she will develop and perform her Dragon Cycle at American Repertory Theater. This June, she will produce a concert version of new musical The Lamplighter with collaborators Justin Huertas and Kirsten deLohr Helland. www.saraporkalob.com

By Saadia Peerzada, Undergraduate Batch of 2022 From posters announcing events to the caperture wall in By Anjana Ashok, UG 22 Team ‘decoloniszing our bookshelves’, Vika Mujumdar, Madhushree Kulkarni, and Kimaya Kulkarni, is a collaborative community project focusing on making literature and art by authors of marginalized and intersectional identities more visible. The Elevator Pitch Vika, Madhushree and Kimaya are three friends pursuing different majors at different universities. One thing they have in common: they all wanted to read more books written by brown female authors. This brought them together for the initiative. What started as an excel sheet of books written by Indian women, women of color, indigenous women, and non-binary people slowly became a database that grew into ‘decoloniszing our bookshelves’. The project began as a small-scale one, engaging with people the team personally knew were interested in the initiative. But thanks to social media, specifically Instagram, their platform grew, and their volunteers increased, “It was really heartwarming to see so many people enquire about our work, and then volunteer, even though we weren’t offering any monetary compensation at this stage,” Vika said. Tackling The Online Realm Social media is a key factor in the extension of their initiative. They use it to talk about a variety of current issues, and they have resources about mental health, ableism, and how to be sensitive towards it. By compiling resources and having them all in one place, it is easier to educate ourselves. “It’s a great place to build a community and connect people who otherwise wouldn’t have been connected. It’s a space where these people can speak up.” they told us. But as it is with all things, there are both pros and cons to using social media to expand their platform. “Social media is also an ecosystem where the vertical hierarchy of power gets implicitly maintained. Personally, for us it was a little tough to expand our reach beyond a point. On Instagram, for example, you don’t get enough boosts unless you pay for promotions. We’ve also observed certain trends—if we post about fundraisers or charities, we don’t get much interaction on our post, but at the same time if we put out those ‘ask me anything’ questions, then we get high interaction.” Further, they realized how the algorithm can affect smaller accounts, and how they needed to even be mindful of things like which hashtags and stickers they use in order to reach a wider audience. “It’s both a two-way street, a bane and a blessing.” they said. Fortunately, they have not experienced any instances of online trolling, but they have a policy and protocol in place to use if such an event occurs. Their initiative is one which speaks about sensitive issues the volunteers may hold close. It’s important that their social media page remains a safe space and nobody gets triggered by hateful comments. “The whole point of building a community is that people can openly share and express themselves.” they said firmly. ‘decoloniszing’: A Purposeful Typo An interesting and important detail to note is the spelling of the organization’s name. Though it may not be obvious at first glance, if you look closer, you’ll realize that the word ‘decoloniszing’ is spelled with both an ‘s’ and a ‘z’! “When we were making notes to plan this out, Kimaya and Madhu used the British spelling with an s, and Vika used the American spelling with a z. So, we thought, why not use both!” they explained, “We decided to put the s and z together, because this is about creating our own language. It’s also why we don’t capitalize any letters— because no single narrative holds precedence over others.” When they say ‘decoloniszing’, they’re using the word as a broadly- they have no exact definition for it, because everyone comes with a different perspective and it’s important to focus on that. They still remember what one of our volunteers said: “You cannot define what emancipation means to someone else”. They’re trying to find different sorts of meanings in narratives, and what decolonization means for different people. Though a majority of their readers and volunteers are in the USA and India, they don’t have a specific target population. They all look at different areas and they don’t want to restrict their reach. “Everyone is welcome, and everyone can contribute. And more importantly, it’s never too late to start.” For example, Madhu, wants to focus on prompting a multiplicity of narratives- to focus on gathering information and experiences from people who have first-hand experiences, and to normalize respectfully listening to those people who have lived through narratives, though they might not have degrees. “We want to encourage people to start trusting and promoting decentralized modes of knowledge production.” In tandem to withthought, ‘decoloniszing our bookshelves’ has recently started working with another team in a partnership — an initiative called Bilori, for collating academic and non-academic information in Marathi. They believe that scholarship in regional languages should be promoted. Their initiative is a coming together with multiplicity, one that unites people from different backgrounds and provides a safe space for lesser-known literature, issues, etc. They have volunteers from varying backgrounds, who have met for this organization. It is indeed a special thing, and there are moments in which one realizes just how special it is. “We think one of those very special moments was the first time we got someone on board.” they said towards the end of the interview, “It helps to know that someone finds this labor valuable. In fact, someone texted me today and they were very supportive. When our volunteers say ‘I’m so glad you chose me’- it’s a moment you realize you’ve reached someone. While bringing people aboard, we feel very grateful for the trust they place in us.”

Interim Director of Community Health C.J. Tobe, Interim Director of Community Health, is passionate about eliminating barriers to allow everyone access to healthcare services. He started at DAP in 2015 as a medical case manager, and has steadily earned the trust of senior leadership, fulfilling roles in clinic case management, prevention programs management, and community health education and interventions management. Before coming to DAP, C.J. was a medical case manager and prevention services coordinator for Western Colorado AIDS Project in Grand Junction. He helped create and manage a state funded, legal Syringe Exchange program, and he expanded the men’s HIV prevention program. Thanks in part to his efforts, the “MPower Colorado” program expanded into three additional counties, raising public awareness about HIV prevention and linkage to care. This life-changing program was also integrated at Transcend, the area’s transgender, non-binary and cross-dressing advocacy organization. His commitment to homeless advocacy grew as he served on the board of Grand Valley Peace and Justice, a social justice and support organization serving the Grand Junction, CO area. He furthered his efforts by serving on the board of Western Slope NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness), serving the same area. Mr. Tobe holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Arizona State University, and is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership from Gonzaga University. He was born and raised in Ohio and loves calling the Coachella Valley home. He believes healthcare is a human right, and one of his favorite things about DAP is the sense of family throughout the organization.

Katy Miles-Wallace is the Mission Developer of Technicolor Ministries, a supplemental accompaniment ministry to the LGBTQIA+ community in the Southwestern Texas Synod. A woke ELCA article about white "privilege" has gotten some chastisement on their social media page. An African-American man who is an ELCA Lutheran told them he is "tired of all the hand wringing the ELCA has done over not being inclusive enough, and not being demographically correct." He goes on to say "For Pete’s sake, we’re an ethnic denomination, brought here by Germans and Scandinavians…and there’s nothing wrong with that. There are lots of ethnic denominations…Greek Orthodox, Russian Orthodox, etc, who are unapologetic about the fact that they’re ethnic." Read his comments posted below and also those of a couple other who responded to the article: Tying Jesus' transfiguration to transgender issues is a ploy of the social activists standing in pulpits. Rachel Johnson is a pastor in the ELCA. She writes on her FB page that "She is passionate about justice and dedicated to following Jesus' radical example of rabble-rousing love." Here is her attempt: Below are some additional social media post by ELCA Rev. Rachel Johnson that give you a clue into the type of pastor she is. Or see here. Rev. Dowd is a campus pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. This is what she had to say about the Bible: "When you have a friend or loved one that you really know and trust it's okay to disagree and push back... I got to know the Bible well enough that I was able to talk back to it. And I was able to say ok, I reject this part. This is oppressive. Or time to reframe this, or time to reclaim this and totally subvert it." She received her Biblical training from an ELCA seminary. Find out more about Rev. Elle Dowd here . The ELCA's Metropolitan Chicago Synod posted about the installation for Rev. Anders Nelson, and they list his pronouns as "he/they". The state of the ELCA. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America made Rev. Nadia Bolz-Weber their representative, their pastor of Public Witness. The woman who made a vigina sculpture, is a universalist, wants a sexual reformation, constantly swears, is pro abortion, pro homosexuality and transgenderism, has a low view of scripture, says Wiccan goddess is a close relative to God, etc., (see here) is the ELCA's pastor of "Public Witness." A few weeks ago she tweeted this message: Here we have another ELCA pastor, Zach Johnson, posting on social media his support of homosexuality, something that goes against what God has said. It is not loving to encourage sin. Encouraging people to turn from sin is loving. It is what Jesus did. Shame on ELCA pastors for encouraging people to be bound by sin. At the ELCA's Sierra Pacific Synod held their synod assembly May, 2021 and reported they had 7 voting members claiming to be non-binary in attendance. That is what Evangelical Lutheran Church in America pastor Julie Hutson had to say: The following are the words of Rev. Zach Johnson, a pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America: “Firstly, to declare that Christianity is the only 'true religion' is to place God in a box. Now don’t get me wrong, as a Christian I strongly believe that Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior and is the means that leads me to God, as well as the means that leads me to salvation. However, to say that this is the only way that God can bring people salvation or lead people to God would be very short sided on my part. God is far beyond my understanding or any human understanding. God can’t be placed in a box. We cannot put human limitations on God. This is really part of having faith. The mysteries of God are so beyond us that it leads us to continue to seek out God so that we can more fully understand this God who loves us beyond measure, and (from a Christian point of view) became human in order to reconcile humanity back to God. But to say that God can only save through Christ is to place a limitation on God. For me it’s a both/and understanding. God indeed saves through Christ, but perhaps God saves in other ways (and through other religions) too.” (See here) Additionally, a Facebook post by ELCA pastor Zach Johnson takes offense at the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (LCMS) resolution that affirms the Biblical account of God making all of creation in six days and at the article for not specifying in the article's title that it was a resolution by the LCMS. Pastor Johnson is correct when he says that this resolution "does not represent the beliefs or teachings of the ELCA." (see what the ELCA does believe and teach about creation here and here) Katherine Rodriguez is an ELCA pastor. Below is a tweet she wrote about God: High profile ELCA trans pastor Megan Rohrer, who is often featured in ELCA publications, held an Advent Drag Fundraiser. The faux Christian theology of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America makes this kind of sinful event permissible. ELCA New York Synod celebrates gay pride with 41 LGBT posts and videos, including gay bishop interview and drag queen story time for children (The following article, written this summer, is from Rev. Tom Brock of pastorsstudy.org. You can follow Pastor Brock on Facebook - here and Twitter - here.) Tap on this link: https://www.facebook.com/metronysynod/ and you will find at least 41 (I stopped counting) posts and videos from the Metropolitan Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America promoting LGBT pride. Included in the posts is “Queer and Faithful and Bishop”, an interview with Kevin Strickland, a homosexual ELCA bishop with a “husband”. Also posted is “Queer and Faithful and Drag Queen storytime” for children. Back in 2009 when the ELCA voted to ordain practicing homosexuals, conservatives were assured their view would also be respected. No. Not one of the above 41 posts upholds the Bible’s teaching that homosexual behavior is sinful (see my article “What does the Bible teach about homosexuality?” at pastorsstudy.org). I spent years in the ELCA before leading my congregation into a more biblical branch of Lutheranism. But i never thought the ELCA would become this perverse and radical in my lifetime. Sincerely in Christ, Pastor Tom Brock ELCA tweets "traditional Native spiritual practices are inherently Christian and are accepted forms of worship." The ELCA Young Adults in Global Mission tweeted about the ELCA American Indian/Alaska Native Lutheran Association recently. One of the missions of that group states: "Work toward unity in the community of faith by pledging ourselves to promote the understanding that many traditional Native spiritual practices are inherently Christian and are accepted forms of worship." Most Christians should be very concerned about this position. We are told in Scripture - I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed. For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ. - Galatians 1:6-10. The LGBT affirming Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary (PLTS) hosted a lecture focused on climate that called for a "radical reformation of the way we think and act in the age of a changing climate. Our hope for the future on this earth depends on it." PLTS is a seminary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Amy Current is the newly elected Bishop of the Southeastern Iowa Synod. She is an LGBTQ ally. On her social media she writes, "I believe love is love. I believe that God desires us to be fully ourselves. I have so much more to learn in order to be a better ally. Thank you for those who keep teaching me." Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago (LSTC), a school of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, published an article on one of their websites that was written by Katherine Parent, a PhD student at the school. The article contained a picture of a female Jesus on the cross. The fact that this ELCA seminary posted this blasphemous depiction of our Lord and Savior tells you a lot about the school, which is entrusted to train up pastors for the church. (See the article here) Patricia Lull is the bishop of the Saint Paul Area Synod, ELCA. She shared this advice on how to be trans-inclusive last year. Sarah Trone Garriott is a pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America who has garnered some attention by running for a seat in the Iowa state senate (read about that here). Rev. Trone Garriott is the Coordinator of Interfaith Engagement for the Des Moines Area Religious Council and is very involved in the interfaith movement, as you can see below. Pastor Sarah Trone Garriott is running as a Democrat. From her social media posts you will see she believes in a woman's "right to chose." Additionally, a few years ago Rev. Trone Garriott joined (ELCA megachurch) Lutheran Church of Hope Sr. Pastor Mike Housholder in submitting a resolution to the ELCA's Southeastern Iowa Synod Assembly seeking to bring more refugees into the United States. (see here) ELCA pastor Garroitt proclaims her identifying pronouns as "She/hers." Abortion is an important topic to this ELCA pastor. See article here. ELCA Exposed on Social Media / ELCA Wolves Blog. Go to ELCA Wolves Blog homepage here. If you have been helped and blessed by Exposing the ELCA's ministry, please help us continue to proclaim the truth of God's Word to ELCA members who need to hear it. Give online by clicking the "donate" button below:

Colburn Conservatory student Melissa Muñoz co-founded Brass Out Loud, a workshop promoting diversity in the brass community. Colburn Conservatory student Melissa Muñoz is a co-founder of Brass Out Loud, BOLD for short, a workshop created to promote diversity in brass seminars and the general brass community. After many conversations around diversity and inclusion in the brass community, co-founder Rebecca Karu said, “If we want to see this change, we need to be the change.” And the idea of a new workshop was born. Melissa writes about the path they took to realize this vision and their goals for the future. Founders Rebecca Karu, Kate Amrine, and myself began planting the seeds for this new online workshop in the summer of 2020. After four months of logistical planning, Brass Out Loud became a reality and launched in October 2020. Our mission statement is as follows: Brass Out Loud is an organization dedicated to uplifting and inspiring brass players everywhere. We are especially interested in supporting brass players who have felt underrepresented in the music world. In addition to celebrating the work of male players in our communities, we aim to elevate the work of Black, Indigenous, people of color, female, trans, and non-binary musicians. Our workshop will feature events that address the various needs and challenges faced by the brass community. The inclusive faculty and staff at Brass Out Loud will offer a new perspective on what it means to be a musician today. Since the launch of Brass Out Loud mission, we have raised over $3,500 via Kickstarter and sponsors’ donations. These funds are being utilized to run BOLD’s first online workshop and to enable our growth as an organization as we pursue our goal of becoming a nonprofit. We are excited that several of our classes have been sponsored by Yamaha, Shires and Eastman, Robinson’s Remedies, and AR Resonance. Brass Out Loud’s first virtual workshop will occur January 8–10, 2021. The workshop is designed for all brass players everywhere, with an inclusive faculty of all backgrounds, races, and genders. The classes offered range from instrument-specific performance seminars to discussion panels on how to be anti-racist in our current state as a society. These classes and panels will be led by amazing artists such as: Rodney Marsalis, Jennifer Marotta, William Purvis, Carol Jantsch, and Jeff Scott. Additionally, Colburn Horn Professor Andrew Bain will lead a warm-up class on Friday morning. We will also be offering classes that pertain to mindfulness and successful habits. Colburn alumna and BOLD faculty member Rachelle Jenkins will be presenting a class on Audition Preparation as it relates to her book, “Audition Playbook.” To view the full schedule, please visit brassoutloud.com. As a way to begin highlighting our faculty’s perspectives and experiences, Brass Out Loud started a new Facebook Live series titled, “BOLD Chats.” Each week the founders interview a different faculty member and learn about how they have persevered through social obstacles, dealt with the challenges COVID-19 has created, as well as how their ideal brass community looks and functions. Professor of Trombone at Texas State University and Brass Out Loud faculty member Martin McCain described his ideal brass community as, “being representative of the world—a rainbow of people.” Our hope is that our community will set aside any preconceived notions about a musician due to the way they look, and begin accepting each other’s different experiences to enhance our creativity and musicianship. We are fortunate to have a faculty that pushes for change and action. Legendary trumpeter Kiku Collins stated, “that’s one of the most important things whenever you get a spotlight on you—try and use it for good.” For live updates from Brass Out Loud, please follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook. More information about Brass Out Loud can be found on brassoutloud.com.

The dating site eharmony makes clear that it’s dedicated to marriage, but is eharmony gay friendly? And does it support the LGBTQ+ community as a whole? The online dating site has a checkered history when it comes to the issue of marriage equality. But as things stand right now, the site accepts gay and lesbian singles. The news isn’t all rosy because, while inclusion for the LGBTQ+ community on the site has improved, eharmony isn’t an entirely inclusive platform. The site continues to work on its commitment to serious relationships and on expanding the audience for those relationships. The Dating Site Used to be Exclusively for Heterosexuals In 2000, eharmony launched as an online dating website that appealed to traditionalists. The goal of the site was to bring heterosexual singles together for dating relationships that could lead to marriage. The company’s conservative Christian leadership supported heterosexual marriage by helping straight singles build strong connections online. - Over 2 million people have found love here - Users can filter their match recommendations by age or city - Compatibility Quiz identifies common interests, lifestyles, and goals The dating site’s heteronormative features very quickly drew opposition. Several lawsuits, including a discrimination case brought by the New Jersey Civil Rights Division, led to conflict within the company and the creation of a separate gay dating site called Compatible Partners. Christian theologian and eharmony Co-founder Neil Clark Warren made several public statements about his views against same-sex marriage and gay relationships, and eventually he stepped down from his role in the company. The new leadership team got to work right away to make eharmony a more welcoming dating service for gay singles and lesbian singles. Today’s eharmony is more in step with the times and provides matchmaking tools for singles seeking gay marriage and gay or lesbian relationships. Turning Over a New Leaf: eharmony Now Welcomes Gay Men After the New Jersey Civil Rights Division settlement, eharmony began offering a same-sex dating platform alongside its heterosexual system. It was called Compatible Partners, but it has since been archived and its members have joined eharmony’s main platform. Once the eharmony company changed hands, the new leadership worked toward making the online dating site and app more inclusive while keeping its focus on facilitating long-term relationships and marriages. - Has search options for same-sex relationships - An 80-question personality test available for free - Paid features include unlimited live messaging and video chat Currently, eharmony provides a reputable matchmaking service for a gay man seeking another gay man, or a lesbian woman seeking another lesbian woman. LGBTQ+ singles will get the same level of service as a person looking to become part of a heterosexual couple. You can find prospective compatible partners based on the dating site’s set dimensions and other factors. But while the new leadership at eharmony has made things more inclusive for gay people, there are still areas where the site has yet to fully develop to serve the LGBT community. Where It Still Needs Improvement: Queerness and Fluidity The LGBTQ+ community isn’t just gay and lesbian, of course. The umbrella covers a wide range of gender and sexual orientations and preferences, including bisexual, transgender, asexual and demisexual, nonbinary people, and those who identify as queer or questioning. How does eharmony serve these types of LGBTQ singles? Unfortunately, eharmony isn’t as strong as some explicitly gay dating sites or inclusive apps when it comes to representing queer and nonbinary people. The eharmony profile has two gender options and no sexuality options. Meanwhile OkCupid offers over a dozen gender and orientation options upon signup. - Gay men can express themselves in lengthy profiles - Expanded orientation options includes pansexual and demisexual men - Match lists only show guys who meet your criteria LGBT singles who don’t fall under the more straightforward or binary categories will find it more difficult to look for a committed, long-term relationship on eharmony than they would on some of the other dating sites and dating app options out there. The biggest issue is in the gender preference field. The eharmony site only allows for binary gender identification, and it doesn’t allow users to search for more than one gender at a time in their matches. But that may not always be the case. The company continues to expand the dating service, and it remains committed to becoming more inclusive of all types of love. Frequently Asked Questions If you want to know more about eharmony and online dating options for gay singles, read on to get our answers to some FAQs we see in the LGBTQ+ community. Is the eharmony Company Homophobic? No, although the history of the site has rightly caused a lot of concern in the LGBT community. The original co-founders of the site didn’t approve of homosexuality or same-sex marriage, and those controversial stances spurred several lawsuits across multiple U.S. states. Ultimately, gay activists won out. The newly updated eharmony site isn’t perfect. Over the years, the dating website has come under fire from all sides — both conservative Christians and progressive advocates — but the people running the site now are looking to redeem its checkered past. The online dating site broke with former conservative allies earlier in 2021 when eharmony ran inclusive ads featuring a lesbian couple. What’s more, the site’s leadership has publicly begun offering benefits to married same-sex couples in the organization and covers gender affirmation surgery under the company insurance. Can I Join eharmony and Identify as Bisexual? Unfortunately, there isn’t a way to do this. Not only does eharmony not actually include sexual orientation in your dating profile information, but it’s also not possible to compare matches from more than one gender at a time. As a workaround, you can switch between one gender and another by adjusting your profile settings, but that can be a hassle, and it isn’t exactly the most user-friendly swiping experience. Since eharmony is not a casual dating site, the extra effort to try and compare potential matches of different genders may be worth it to some committed singles. Or they may want to try their luck on a bisexual dating site that allows them to view both genders simultaneously. Keep an eye out, though, as eharmony’s leadership is working to make the site more inclusive. It may become easier for bisexual singles to have the same odds as lesbian singles and gay singles on the dating site. Until then, bisexual singles will need to choose one gender when creating their dating profile. Does eharmony Have Non-Binary Gender Options? Another pitfall that LGBT singles may encounter on eharmony is the fact that the only gender options are man or woman. As a nonbinary person, you can clarify in your profile if you really want to try and find your match on eharmony, but it’s not the best solution to the problem. For any LGBTQ person who doesn’t identify as a man or a woman, using eharmony could feel somewhat awkward or invalidating. Many other dating platforms are more inclusive in their gender options. Tinder has non-binary options in the dropdown menus when you build your profile. OkCupid also allows a range of gender identities, with options ranging from specific to general. There are also specifically gay dating app and gay dating site options that offer non-binary gender options. How Many Gay Men Are Active on eharmony? Among online dating apps and sites, eharmony keeps a tight rein on its user information. While it’s relatively easy to get statistics on user demographics and activity levels for some other sites and apps, eharmony only offers the most basic information, even when it comes to its straight singles. It’s safe to say that active gay men on eharmony are in the minority, for several reasons. While eharmony welcomes the opportunity to help a gay couple come together, the significant majority of straight people on the site make it a less welcoming atmosphere and safe space for gay men. Also, while eharmony allows gay men to seek out their potential match, it isn’t a dedicated gay dating website, like some competitors. At the end of the day, the problem is essentially that there aren’t many gay men active on eharmony. After all, why go where you’re less likely to find a perfect match? Is eharmony a Good Gay Dating App? While eharmony is a good dating platform overall, it’s not the best dating site for LGBTQ+ singles. It can be a good platform for mature singles who are finally ready to get into a serious relationship with a member of the opposite sex. But same-sex matchmaking isn’t its forte. Some mainstream platforms are more broadly inclusive than eharmony, and then there are dating sites dedicated specifically to help gay people find romantic partners. - Among the most popular gay social networks in the world - Men connect via private and group chats - View nearby profiles using real-time GPS data For gay men looking to connect only with other gay men, apps like Grindr are good platforms for meeting other gay men, trans men, and bisexual men, whether they’re single or in a relationship. Grindr is a swipe app that is similar to Tinder but for men only. Grindr launched in 2009 and supports a robust community with millions of users worldwide. Mainstream platforms like Match, Tinder, and OkCupid still tend to have a user base that’s mostly straight people, but offer broader options for the LGBTQ+ community, including diverse gender and sexual orientation options, and filters that help you be as broad or as selective as you want. eharmony is Striving to be Better for the Gay Community While there’s no question that eharmony has a checkered past when it comes to the LGBT community, the site’s new leadership has worked to redeem the company’s image over the past several years. It’s true that eharmony may never get the nod from “Queer Eye,” but the leadership at the online dating site is definitely trying to make eharmony gay-friendly. Our experts anticipate that eharmony will continue to expand its traditional definition of love and become a more inclusive place to find a long-term partner. If you’re a gay man or lesbian woman, you can join eharmony right now and search for compatible matches for free. Good luck out there!

Youth Newsletter August 2017 Name this newsletter contest winner! Meet Kandeel Imran, a strong youth leader from Toronto, Ontario. Kandeel is dedicated to advocating for commendable causes through her work at non-profit organizations focused towards social action for low-income youth, refugees, and women and girls – she has already accumulated over 300 volunteer hours! This fall, she is entering the Co-op Social Sciences and Humanities program at the University of Toronto, where she hopes to major in Public Policy. She chose the name “Leaders Today Canada” because she believes that young people are the leaders of today and that investing in them means a better, more sustainable future for everyone. Have your say! Canada’s energy future: What does it look like to you? Meeting our climate change goals is one of the greatest challenges of this generation. The ways we make, move and use energy will need to change. We want you to help define how. The Government of Canada is listening to Canadians from across the country and from all sectors and backgrounds about trade. A food policy for Canada The decisions we make as individuals and as a country about food have a direct impact on our health, environment, economy, and communities. When it comes to developing a Food Policy for Canada, what matters to you? Make your voice heard! Help inform a new approach to the collection, use and display of sex and gender information in federal programs and services. Send us your suggestions before August 31st of transgender, gender non-binary and two-spirit leaders we should speak with who are advocates for gender identity and gender expression rights. Consultations will begin taking place in the fall of 2017. For more Government of Canada consultations, check out Canada.ca/consultingcanadians. Did you know? Saturday, August 12, was International Youth Day. Hear what Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ms. Sophie Grégoire Trudeau had to say to commemorate the day. Watch the video here. Proposed cannabis legislation The Government of Canada committed to legalizing, strictly regulating and restricting access to cannabis. To get ready for this change, we are developing a public education campaign to ensure that you have the information you need about cannabis, from the therapeutic uses, to the dangers of drug-impaired driving. We want to make sure that the information we give you, and the way we provide it, meets your needs. Let us know what you think about planned public education activities related to cannabis. We want your opinions on web content, messages and tools that you would find useful and even what kind of videos catch your attention on YouTube. Keep your eye out this fall for your chance to get involved and make your opinion count! To learn more about cannabis, visit Canada.ca/cannabis. You’ve been celebrating Canada 150 all year long, so get out and get moving with Canada’s Play List. Try as many as you can before summer is gone! You’re already making a difference in your community, so why not show us how? Use the hashtag #LeadersToday and share your stories! What’s the Prime Minister’s Youth council up to? Since our last newsletter, the Prime Minister’s Youth Council has been involved in a number of policy briefings and discussions with the Prime Minister, ministers, and senior officials. They held their third in-person meeting in May on the role of youth in the national project of reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples – check out the highlights video. The Council has also had the chance to contribute to dialogue on issues important to them and to Canada, including discussions on creating new accessibility legislation, developing a Canadian Poverty Reduction Strategy, improving youth employment and developing Canada’s future energy policy. The Council will hold its next in-person meeting in September where members will explore issues related to young people living in rural and remote communities, including discussions on accessibility, employment and economic development. Have ideas on these issues? Follow and join the conversation using the hashtag #PMYouthCouncil. Meet Dana Kenny, one of our Youth Council members Dana Kenny hails from Charlottetown, P.E.I., where he earned a bachelor of arts in Modern Languages at the University of Prince Edward Island. He brings with him experience living abroad in Spain and France, where he’s studied and worked. While serving as President of the UPEI Student Union, he learned that grassroot approaches are best to accomplish sustainable change. Dana is passionate about democratic engagement, promoting la Francophonie, and improving supports for victims of sexual assault through policy development and education. Dana loves tossing frisbees on the beach and singing (off-key) with a group around a bonfire! Interested in applying to the Prime Minister’s Youth Council? Sign up here to be notified when the next selection process is launched! Young canadians on the world stage Canada’s youth delegate to the World Health Assembly Nicola Toffelmire of Kingston was selected to represent Canadian youth at the 70th World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva, Switzerland from May 22-31, 2017. Currently completing a Master of Public Health at Simon Fraser University, an internship at the WHO Office at the UN and serving on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research, she spoke with young people across Canada on global health issues in the months leading up to the WHA and integrated their perspectives into Canada’s positions. As a delegate in Geneva, Nicola participated in WHA sessions and side events, delivered Canada’s statement on dementia, and facilitated a meeting between Canadian youth and Minister of Health, Dr. Jane Philpott on current global health issues, including antimicrobial resistance, health emergencies, and achieving equitable health systems. Young canadians making a difference Meet Stella Bowles from Bridgewater, Nova Scotia Over the past two years, Stella’s idea for a science fair project has taken off and helped drive a campaign to get rid of 600 straight pipes that feed sewage into the LaHave River. With the help of a science mentor, Stella took water samples from four different river locations, the results of which demonstrated that bacteria levels in the river exceeded permitted guidelines. Her project has not only raised awareness about river pollution in her community but has also led to collaboration between all three levels of government on a river clean-up project that will work towards making the LaHave River straight pipe free in the not so distant future. As a result of her work, Stella has been presented with the Canadian Wildlife Federation “Wade Luzny Youth Conservation Award” which recognizes Canadian youth who have undertaken habitat conservation projects or activities. Way to go Stella! “I think we have a lot of work to do in our environment and I do believe we are the generation to make huge gains to help heal our earth, one straight pipe, river, and community at a time.” – Stella Bowles Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Canada. Privy Council Office Title in French: Infolettre jeunesse. Available also on the Internet: www.canada.ca/youth © Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, 2017. 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Look, the act of self love ain’t never been no easy thing — especially when you’re experiencing copious amounts of scarcity, shame, disenfranchisement, or loss. Otherwise, there wouldn’t be a 10 billion dollar skin-lightening industry in countries where the world’s darkest people reside. Forty-two percent of voting women wouldn’t have voted for Donald Trump (an anti-choice, anti-union, anti-poor, pro-war, sexual harassment enthusiast). And I, processing yet another anguishing break-up with someone who’s made it overtly and painfully clear that they no longer want anything to do with me, would be focusing more on healing, pursuing my goals, and moving through grief, rather than spending my days staring at his facebook page, miserably pining for his affection and attention, and desperately reaching out to him even when I know better. That’s not to say that folks who use skin bleaching cream or vote for fascists don’t feel love for themselves. And I’ll put it on all that’s holy and sacred that I love and treasure every ounce and texture of my tender, sensitive, butter-cup of a heart. But that doesn’t mean that I don’t sometimes struggle to like myself, especially when I disappoint myself. And to be clear, I am disappointed with myself. Not because of how intensely I feel grief — I think that’s a beautiful and uncomfortable part of being courageous enough to love people sometimes — but because of the choices I’ve made as a result of that grief. This current situation is nothing new. I have a history of repeatedly contacting my ex’s to work things out and try to re-establish some sort of connection, sometimes even after they have directly told me to back off and that they are happier now that things are over — like my last ex did 2 weeks before I last contacted him. That choice not only hurt me, but it’s easy to see how it’s deep in alignment with rape culture — I intruded on my ex’s personal space against his wishes and prioritized my feelings and desires while disregarding the needs and boundaries he very clearly expressed. Immediately afterwards, I was so disappointed with myself that I fell asleep that night wishing that I was someone else. Me. The person who screams self-love and radical self-acceptance all up and down the internet. It wasn’t until I stopped myself from writing a facebook status about wanting to not be me that I paused. That wasn’t the message I wanted to send into the world, it wasn’t what I wanted to internalize for myself, and it sure as hell wasn’t a viable solution to my problematic behavior. Self Love Is Not An Achievement — It’s A Practice I don’t want to be someone else; I want to be a version of myself that’s conscientious and intentional about learning from my mistakes rather than shame-spiraling into self-loathing. I want to take such good care of myself when I’m hurt, angry, or grieving, that I have a self-nurturing practice to keep me accountable when my anguish makes wisdom and integrity less accessible. I had to remind myself that the relationship that I have with myself can and will change, evolve, grow, heal and even deteriorate at times as the circumstances in my life shift. That’s ok. That’s what it means to be human, alive, not static. Self-love is not an achievement. It’s a practice. A tedious and difficult practice. It’s easy to love yourself when you’re coasting, when you’re not in emotional pain, when you’re not fucking up. It’s when we fuck up, when we’re distressed, when we experience scarcity, when things hurt so much its damn near impossible to breathe that it is most important to have a practice of self-love, of self-compassion, of nurture, of forgiveness. Those are the handlebars that help us make choices rooted in both collective and personal liberation in the first place, and that enable us to be introspective enough to take the risk of naming our wrongs and correcting them internally — and on someone else’s terms — when we mess up. It Is Critical and Revolutionary That We Talk About The Mistakes We Make Those of us committed to social justice activism, liberation, and collective love rarely, if ever, talk about our mistakes, the harms we cause, and how those harms impact people — especially people in our intimate sphere and families — publicly. That sort of radical transparency, self-reflection, and accountability, in my opinion, is what’s missing from the public arena and discourse of social and transformative justice. We celebrate the accomplishments of our movement workers. We sometimes glorify our hardships and create identity out of our pain and oppression. We laud perfectionism through call-out culture, where we’ve literally created a whole stage to heckle people’s inability to know the most up-to-date language and theory. But we rarely talk about the often painful, rugged, confusing road we took to get here. We rarely talk about the time we said that unintentionally cissexist thing to the trans or non-binary cutie we were trying to cruise, or when we made the ableist joke about ourselves and hurt our disabled co-worker, or how we got defensive after being told our respectability politics are actually internalized white supremacy. And if we can’t name the ways we perpetuate oppression, then how are we going to actually change oppression? More Radical Reads: Lovingkindness: How to Deal With Parenting Mistakes Holding Ourselves Accountable Is Difficult AF, But Self-Love Makes It A Lot Easier While I’m definitely not proud of the different microaggressions I’ve done or the harms I’ve caused, I am so grateful to all the people who have spoken up and named my behavior. I know that I wouldn’t have learned to grow or how to do better, if I let my shame keep me from really acknowledging my role in said mistakes. And I know I wouldn’t have the beautiful relationships I have now if I hadn’t done the work to hold myself accountable, apologize, and learn new behaviors. But there are a lot of folks who don’t do that work when they get called out for some mistake they’ve made or some harm they’ve caused. Some folks become so ashamed that, instead of taking the critique as an opportunity to look inward and sift through some oppressive socializations and make some different choices, they internalize it and create an identity around that mistake. Rather than doing the hard, messy work of learning to do better, they become defensive, claim we are too difficult to please, that we are snowflakes who forced people into voting for Trump. The issue is not that we’re too difficult to please, but we don’t actually have loving models of growth and redemption, of forgiveness and accountability. We rarely honor the tedious space of learning and unlearning. We want people to see us for the radical activist we are now, but not the dynamic, messy journey full of missteps it took to get here. We like to pretend that once you’re there, you’re done. But that’s simply not true. More Radical Reads: How to Make Mistakes Without Beating Yourself Up Transformative Healing Is A Lifelong Venture and Deeply Dependent on Support from Community There’s a reason why religious folks go to church every week. There’s a reason why people go to therapy more than on one occasion. And there’s a reason why people exercise or practice their passion regularly. Transformation is a lifelong process. It’s going to happen whether you are intentional or not. So we need to create the spaces and structures to support each other with that transformation, to encourage each other when we feel hopeless or stuck, and to celebrate each other for the beautiful potential that lives in every mistake we make. And for me, at least in this article, it feels most important to remind each other that we deserve to love ourselves, and to be loved by others, even in the midst of our mistakes and fouls — it’s the only thing that will help us get through the ugly parts. I can be mad at you and still love you. I can be mad at myself — as I am right now — and still love myself. That’s what makes love brilliant, it’s full of capacity. What makes love magic? Its ability to transform. For those of us committed to self and collective liberation, it is when we fuck up that we need love the most.

Hundreds lined the streets for Leeds’ first Trans Pride March this lunchtime. Despite the rain, there was a huge march through the city centre which started at Leeds Art Gallery. There were leaders from the trans and non-binary community giving talks to the crowd which was made up of people young and old. There were lots of banners while the group sang a serious of songs during the march. They included ‘Whose street? our street’ and ‘When trans rights are under attack what do we do? Fight back’. Jamie Fletcher, one of the event's organisers, said: "This year Trans Day of Visibility coincided with the first ever Trans Pride Leeds and to mark this momentous occasion we gathered together 200 plus trans and non-binary people & allies to march through our city streets. I’m so proud of our communities." The event wanted to show the important role the trans and binary community play in Leeds. Visit the LeedsLive homepage for more of the main headlines from across Leeds. LeedsLive has also launched a WhatsApp group to help you keep up to date with the latest news. If you'd like to receive one message daily with the main headlines, as well as breaking news alerts, text NEWS to 07786 313491. Then add the number to your phone contacts book as LeedsLive (case sensitive, no space). Your phone number won't be shared with other members of the group.

TIDES: contemporary rites of passage in New Zealand 'Every human being is driven towards metamorphosis' For over fifteen years, teenagers from all over New Zealand have been initiated into adulthood during rites of passage programs Tracks & Tides in Golden Bay. When a large flock of teenagers was present in Tui community Jim Horton, who had been involved in men's work for years, felt inspired to start working with boys. Two years later his partner Suzi Jessie became co-founder of Tides, the program for girls. I sit with her and program director Gabby Hollis. 'The ultimate goal for us is to become superfluous as a program because rites of passage has become part of a natural community flow again.' You're both in the business of rites of passage. For a lot of people that brings up tribal images from way back with painted faces and wild animals, things that don't have anything to do with their lives. Could you share something about the relevance of rites of passage in the world we are living in today? G: The relevance is the same as it always has been: to provide young people and their communities a moment to acknowledge where their futures are and to give them a solid ground to push off from. It is about finding the deeper resources of their being and their understanding of themselves. S: Regardless of time, we are always moving from one place to another. In this case we are marking the transition from childhood into adulthood, and regardless of the context, that is something that has happened for eons. It is really wonderful and important to mark these moments. It is quite fundamental to acknowledge a shift is happening because by doing it in a conscious way it is informing the child that there is a process and informing the community that there is someone who is making the step. G: It is also important because every human being is biologically driven towards some form of metamorphosis, especially in that phase of life. There is no other time of life where we go through such a tremendous level of transformation on so many levels; physically, emotionally, chemically. That's a biological essence to our make-up and that is gonna happen regardless of whether you offer rites of passage or not. If the shift isn't guided then we are gonna test out those changes anyway, sometimes more successfully than others. How hard is it to find appropriate challenges today to initiate teens into adulthood? G: When you say appropriate for me there is a couple of levels to that. It is not only about the practicalities of taking risk factors into account but about the spiritual application as well. I always consider it a curse and a blessing that we are not a culture that steeps in hundreds of years of tradition. We don't have a map or an elder saying how we should do it. That means we had to experiment and make something that not only works on a practical level but that makes sense for the young people that are engaging with the process. The key of rites of passage to me is that there is some relationship to the otherness of life, outside of me as a human being. Outside of my consciousness there is a field beyond what I know and see and can understand on an everyday basis. A rite of passage has to engage with that in some way; questioning where I sit in the picture of life. That piece is the trickiest bit, to offer some tangibility within a modern context because it is not based on a religion or a thousand year old tradition. It's about making the intangible tangible without it becoming some weird thing that the teens can't relate to. The program has been running for fifteen years. Have you seen a shift in the themes and struggles the teens bring and what would be the most significant ones you've observed? G: Technology and gender. Technology in the last ten years, gender and sexuality more recently. When it comes to technology there is more engagement with it than ever and a parental generation that doesn't know what to do with that and how to create boundaries around it. Around sexuality there are a lot more questions for young people about what their sexual slant is in relationship and in the last two years there are also a lot of questions around gender. How have you been dealing with that as a facilitator? G: The last years I have noticed that sometimes the use of words like 'becoming a woman', 'womanhood', 'feminine', 'masculine' is inappropriate in the context that we're working with. I am questioning more what I am saying. For example, to me it makes more sense to use the word 'adulthood' rather than 'womanhood'. I don't like to get into the semantics of it either. We are now at a point in the world where the ideal is to be gender-neutral and non-binary but the reality of it is going to take a lot longer. It requires so much more unfolding, conversation and living it than just having these ideals and thinking that we are really open. The young people on our programs are at an age where their sexual and gender awareness is still so young and they can be easily influenced by how gender and sexuality is so out there in the public forum, rather than going 'I am just me living my life and I express myself how I wanna express myself'. Actually they are a young person unfolding in the same way that every young person has been unfolding for the last billions of years. We try to let a young person stand there with or without any of those labels and help them to find their own sense of safety and belonging. A third thing that has been coming up more is stuff like self-harming, anxieties and panic disorder. I would say it has been more prevalent in the last five to seven years. Teen suicide rates in New Zealand are the highest in the developed world. What is going on? G: Good question. It's baffling and really tragic. There are a lot of under recognized mental health issues. It would be interesting to look at the demographics of those statistics to see whether it is a high number of Maori and Pacific island people or whether it is pakeha (non-Maori). ('According to the most recent data of 2014, the suicide rate among Maori men across all age groups is 1.4 times that of the non-Maori', BBC) There are a lot of factors such as isolation, lack of sense of community, huge socio-economic inequality. S: New Zealand also has a cultural habit of not really revealing what's happening. G: She’ll be right, mate! S: There isn't a culture of sharing what's happening. People hide that rather than putting it out there in the open. I think that could be changing, or maybe it is just changing in my field. G: Chief science advisor Peter Gluckman was asked by the prime minister to do a study on why teen suicide rate so high. One of his conclusions was it is connected to the early childhood education system. Child development expert Nathan Mikaere-Wallis also had the theory we send our children to school too early, at age five. He looked at the influence of age zero to three on the teenage brain. The synaptic pathways in the brain aren't ready for aspects of the curriculums that are on offer. It inhibits that aspect of learning and other synaptic pathways to develop because they don't get the time to. When the teenage brain is getting active along with all the hormones and chemicals that causes issues. TEEN IN THE FIFTIES I am very curious about your own rites of passage into adulthood. Did you get a formal or informal one? Or did you come up with some kind of self-initiation? What was it like for you to be a teenager? S: I didn't find it easy. I was a teenager in the fifties in Wellington. I felt awkward and big at fourteen. I was overweight. I started bleeding and wearing a bra at eleven and I got teased by other girls in my class because of this. I separated myself; I spent a lot of time by myself reading and being a bit grumpy and eating too much as a way to move through my emotions. It was only around seventeen that changed a bit. I didn't have anything official. One of the marks of womanhood is starting to bleed but my mum called it the curse. It wasn't like a wonderful celebration. I do remember my excitement being able to drive when I was seventeen. I loved getting in the car and driving around town. That for me was really important, the access to freedom it brought. I was lucky my parents gave me a lot of freedom to get out. They knew if they said no I would do it anyway. Were there any adults around at all in that period that had the role of a mentor for you? S: I didn't have one but the way that my family worked was that a lot of their friends were my friends as well. These people were concerned about me and would check in with me. So it wasn't like I felt adults were weird and I didn't have a relationship with them. If I would have been offered a camp – because that is what a rites of passage program would have been called back then – I would have found it weird. What would have supported you more? S: I never spoke to anyone who outlined for me what is was to be a woman. What that change involves. That bleeding was all natural. I knew the whole biological thing around it, it wasn't a great mystery from the practical side of it, but from the emotional side it would have been wonderful to have somebody who walked me through. Particularly around sexuality because that's where I let myself down hugely. I lost my virginity at fourteen in a really gross way and that was through my own feeling that I had to do it to be grown up because the people I was hanging out with had already. It would have been helpful to have somebody there to guide me and tell me I didn't have to do that yet to be a woman. I carried quite some shame around it afterwards for giving it away so easily. Suzi was a teen in the fifties, what about you Gabby? G: I was a teenager in the late eighties, early nineties. Definitely self-initiated, I didn't have a structured rite of passage in any way. I self-initiated for about ten years: I drank a lot in my teen years, smoked pot, and took LSD regularly, had multiple car accidents, an unwanted pregnancy and had an eating disorder. I kept unconsciously exploring boundaries and taking myself to edges. It was the pregnancy that pulled on the handbrake. I realized I really wanted to have children one day and I wanted to be sane. So some kind of conscious initiation would have been really helpful. At the same time, it has really given me experience into the other way and the real dangers of that kind of intense risk-taking. I made really bad choices over and over again. In my late teens and early twenties, I did have mentors: people that I found interesting and I felt I could learn from. But in the real crunch years from fourteen to seventeen, I don't really remember there being adults around who could actually explain the difference between being a child and an adult. Me and my friends had ways of keeping our distance from the adults in our lives. Going for a 'sleep-over' actually meant sneaking out a window late at night and going to a nightclub with a fake ID sometimes. I had, and still do have, very loving and supporting parents but in those years they were just trying to get through, maintaining their jobs and relationships, lifestyles and relationships, doing the recipe that was expected of them. A PLACE TO STAND I really like how there is a parallel program for the mothers at Tides. Can you share a bit more about the journey they are going through? G: It's about learning how to back off. In our society we've become so scared of any child abuse that we've created helicopter parenting communities in which the parent is always there, always there, always there. One of the major challenges for our mums is to stop asking their kids all of those questions like 'are you warm?' and allowing them to go into the earth and get dirty and sweaty. To say, 'this is yours, I can't hold your hand anymore'. S: Most mums are surprised. They think they come to support their daughter, maybe come for a relaxing holiday. But we throw them right in at the beginning of the program and let them know it is not the time to worry about their daughter because everyone is looking after her. It is time for them to be with themselves. G: All of a sudden their role is taken away: 'Who am I if I'm not being a caretaker?' That's quite a fundamental necessity to a rite; to understand they are also a person and can put time and energy into that. That's the shift they are making. S: When a child is moving into adulthood they are wanting more space and for their parents to trust they are gonna be okay out there. If I speak for myself as a parent it is me stepping back and allowing them to go and experiment, and also letting them know that when they need me I'm here. G: That's the other important piece: the rite of passage isn't just about the girl and her crossing a threshold. I've heard a lot of mums say after the main transition 'I feel okay about getting older now'. They see where their child is and understand what that means about where they are as a mother. Her daughter can't be there if she as a mother is not okay with being here. That is also why it is so important that a rite of passage is community-led because it is the whole community moving through. The elders and the younger ones are also moving through another doorway. It's like a series of waves, one brings in the next. Then of course there are the girls themselves turning into young women over the week. What are the biggest changes you observe in them as they go through their initiation? G: Posture. Face. They hold themselves differently, they look more open. S: I am amazed at how someone who might not get up to speak in the first circles and is very shy and tentative just stands there at the end of the week speaking words. That's awesome. It really blows me away sometimes. G: There is a Maori term called turangawaewae which means 'a place to stand'. For me that's the biggest shift I see in the young people. Of course they are in this grand unknown when they arrive on the first day and they don't know anyone – which is another key aspect of rites of passage; separation and being away from what's familiar. Then you see a sense of landing and an acceptance of who they are. It naturally changes through the course of the week as they get to know people and feel more comfortable but it is also the physicality of the challenge and an environment where there is very little judgement going on that allows them to actually be seen and see who they are. You already mentioned the importance of the community being involved. The fathers are around at the beginning and the end, there are the young leaders, girls who went through their rite and return, and there is the role of the extended community. Why is that so key? G: It's about shared experience. If they have some revelation about something in their life that has to change they are generally gonna need some support with that. There are lots of things that can take them off their course again. That is the importance of the threshold at the end where they have the opportunity to say what they are bringing back with their father and friends at the other side listening. So they have spoken the words and the words have been heard. If they don't speak them they can keep them to themselves and just carry on in the same old way as they've always done. S: It is the community witnessing the young person bringing something back. Because actually it is the young people who keep the community going. Here is someone they feel confident will be able to carry this life, this journey we're on. G: There is this aspect to a rite of passage of entering non-ordinary states of reality during the physical challenge, where they learn something different about who they are and their place in the world. Then the threshold is bringing those spiritual gifts back to their community. They are actually a person in the community now who has got something to offer. They are not just a person who has always been given stuff to, this is their gift that they're bringing back. You have been interviewed for the Why Wild blog. What does it mean to be wild to you? S: What I love is being in a close connection with nature where I feel completely at one with everything. Wildness is bringing that back to being in relationship with human beings and my life, which is nature as well. We used to have some wildness, didn't we Gab? We always used to end up in hysterics on the kitchen floor. Everything would just get so intense that it was this emotional release. Something small and absurd would get us rolling around. G: Yes, usually after the main challenge. I've got different quite visceral reactions to that question. I think of the insane consciousness wildness can bring. But ultimately, in a more healthy way, wildness is the freedom to express the being and body that I've been born with, within my current culture. That wildness has a right to be cultivated. 15 year old LULA (left) went to Tides as a new girl and came out as a young woman. Was it how you expected it to be? The rites of passage weren’t what I expected but at the same time what I expected, there was a sacred side to everything we did but it was also a really relaxed open vibe which made fitting in and feeling comfortable much easier. What did you get out of it now you look back at it? I feel more confident in myself and who I am and want to become as a woman, I have met some strong women who inspired me to trust myself. Would you recommend it to other teens? Yes, I would. I have told a few of my close friends about it and they say they are interested. My relationship with not only my mum and family but also myself is so much happier.

It may sound ‘woke’ but this document has always been contested People are easily polarised by birth certificates. In Pink News, an LGBT website, the headline over a resolution made by the American Medical Association at its annual meeting is: “Right-wing cranks rage at sound, rational plan to drop ‘sex’ from birth certificates”. In the Daily Signal, a conservative site, the corresponding headline is: “American Medical Association, Descending Into Wokeness, Calls for Eliminating Sex on Birth Certificates”. What actually happened? The AMA passed a resolution calling for “the removal of sex as a legal designation on the public portion of the birth certificate”. Birth certificates have two sections – public and statistical. Leaving the public part blank would allow individuals to self-determine their gender. However, the government would still collect information about sex “through the U.S. Standard Certificate of Live Birth form for medical, public health, and statistical use only”. “Designating sex on birth certificates as male or female, and making that information available on the public portion, perpetuates a view that sex designation is permanent and fails to recognize the medical spectrum of gender identity. This type of categorization system also risks stifling an individual’s self-expression and self-identification and contributes to marginalization and mineralization,” said AMA Board Chair-Elect Sandra Adamson Fryhofer. This may sound “woke”, but as a memo prepared for members pointed out, birth certificates have always been contested documents. Historically, birth certificates which listed the race of the parents have been exploited “to discriminate, promote racial hierarchies, and prohibit miscegenation”. Nowadays race is no longer listed on the public part of birth certificates. For intersex, transgender or non-binary individuals, as the memo explains, “having a gender identity that does not match the sex designation on their birth certificate can result in confusion, possible discrimination, harassment and violence whenever their birth certificate is requested.” Complete rubbish, commented a contributor to The Federalist: “Nothing about the American Medical Association’s advocacy is medical. It’s just the next step in the dangerous transformation of health care into a science-devoid cesspool of social justice.” Michael Cook is editor of BioEdge - How long can you put off seeing the doctor because of lockdowns? - December 3, 2021 - House of Lords debates assisted suicide—again - October 28, 2021 - Spanish government tries to restrict conscientious objection - October 28, 2021

MADISON – Today, Governor Tony Evers proclaimed March 31, 2021, as International Transgender Day of Visibility in Wisconsin. Rep. Lee Snodgrass (D-Appleton), Rep. Marisabel Cabrera (D-Milwaukee), Sen. Tim Carpenter (D-Milwaukee), Rep. Greta Neubauer (D-Racine), and Rep. Mark Spreitzer (D-Beloit) issued the following statement in response to this proclamation: “It is with great pride and gratitude that we share that for the first time, the State of Wisconsin has recognized International Transgender Day of Visibility. Our caucus worked closely with Governor Evers on this proclamation, and we are proud to join with the Governor in celebrating our transgender and non-binary friends, family, and neighbors. “International Transgender Day of Visibility, observed annually on March 31, celebrates transgender and non-binary people in our state and across the world. In Wisconsin, our transgender and non-binary neighbors are leaders, artists, veterans, activists, advocates, and essential members of our community — empowering others to explore and embrace their full selves, even in the face of discouragement and discrimination. By celebrating today, we acknowledge and honor their contributions to our state and nation. “We hope that Wisconsinites will join us in celebrating our transgender and non-binary neighbors, friends, and family members. We also recognize that there is still work to be done to make our state and country places where transgender and non-binary people are welcome, supported, and have the opportunity to thrive. Today and every day, let’s work together to make Wisconsin a place where all of us can thrive and be our authentic selves.”

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Period underpants come in 3 types. - Leakproof – Underpants with a leakproof lining to prevent leaks through to your clothing – designed to be worn with an additional menstrual product. - Absorbent – Underpants with absorbency (and usually waterproofing) sewn in that is designed to be used instead of wearing an additional menstrual product. - Pad Holding Underpants – These have some way to hold a removable pad (disposable or reusable) in place. The absorbent styles can be useful for times when you would like a reusable menstrual product, but don’t want to wear pads or cups. Cycling or other sporting activities may be more comfortable with period underpants than with a pad snapped into regular underpants for example. The pad holding styles offer a similar advantage, with the added benefit of being able to remove the absorbent pad part, either to replace it with a new one, or to simply make washing/drying quicker. Generally speaking the absorbent forms of period underwear are best used for spotting or light to regular flow, as they often aren’t absorbent enough for a heavier flow, but it does depend on your flow. There is also the issue of changing – as you would need to change the underwear as regularly as you would change a pad (recommended every few hours), which may be less convenient than changing a pad. Leakproof underpants could be beneficial at night if you regularly leak up off the back of the pad, or if you prefer to wear reusable pads without waterproofing in them. Period underwear may be a good choice for transgender or non-binary people who don’t like the idea of wearing a pad or internal product, but need some form of menstrual protection. Thinx and Lunapads make boxer short and unisex styles of underpants. There are several different brands on the market. Prices vary a lot brand-to-brand, but the composition does also. So when shopping for period underwear, check what they do and maybe try one pair at first to see how they work before ordering more. I’ll list a few examples for each type, but a google search may bring up other options. Some cloth pad makers also make period underpants. Leakproof Only Underwear - www.myadira.com – Comes in normal styled underwear with leakproof layer, and also a boxer shorts style that has an inner holder to wrap the wings of a disposable pad around. - www.anigan.com – These are normal styled underpants with a built in moisture-proof layer. - www.dearkates.com – Normal styled underpants with built-in moisture-proof layer. Several styles. - www.fannypants.com – The period styles are just waterproofed with no absorbency. Absorbent period Underwear - www.modibodi.com.au – Advertises a slight amount of absorbency, so would be suitable only for spotting or very light flow. - facebook.com/Padkix – At time of writing seemed to be just starting out and only available from their indiegogo page. Only 2 print options but claims to be able to hold 3x what a disposable pad can hold. - www.shethinx.com – Offers many different styles of underpants and specifically includes styles (and imagery) suitable for transgender/non-binary people. Heavy absorbency underwear claims to absorb 2 full tampons worth (about 10mls), although some reviews dispute that. Nice that their models often include body hair and appear not to be photoshop retouched, however also be aware of some issues with the company regarding working conditions link & link) Pad-Holding Period Underwear - www.begirl.org – Underwear with a mesh gusset that you can slide a reusable pad into. Pad may be able to be changed while leaving the same underpants on, however the mesh layer covers the pad while being worn, so it will have some blood contact, but not as much as if it was made with solid fabric. - www.fannypants.com – The period styles are just waterproofed with no absorbency, however they do sell incontinence underpants that have a special gusset that allows you to attach their reusable absorbent pads. - www.lunapads.com – “Maia” and “Boxer” style underwear has a similar strap holder like their pads do. Which allows you to use their absorbent inserts/liners with these styles of underpants, leaving the same underpants on, while changing liners. - www.pantyprop.com – Underwear with an elastic mesh holder in the crotch, designed to fit most regular disposable pads, should fit a similar sized reusable pad. Pads can be changed while leaving the same underpants on as the absorbent surface of the pad is exposed. This site has a useful list and reviews of several kinds of period underwear – http://menstrualcupreviews.net/best-period-panties-reviews Though many of the pairs listed in the second half of the article (eg MFrannie/Promithi/Yoyi etc.) appear to be the same ones. There are brandless ones like these available on ebay (for cheaper), and those Amazon listings may be the same products given different names. So do shop around!

Recently, we have seen a lot of presence of gender fluid fashion in well-known ceremonies such as the Oscars, the MET Gala or even the VMAs, where celebrities like Billy Porter, Harry Styles or Jonathan Van Ness wore non-binary outfits. Female artists like Billie Eilish have also adopted a neutral style by wearing baggy streetwear pieces. This may be a reflection of where the fashion industry is going when it comes to gender, but is the world actually ready for gender fluid fashion? It is important to know when this change started. In ancient times, the Greek used to wear clothes which could not be easily attributed any feminine nor masculine qualities. However, this changed throughout history. In fact, in decades such as the 50s, the limitations on what a man or a woman could wear were very rigid. As an opposition to this, androgynous fashion made its appearance in the 60s/70s. One of the most important figures was David Bowie, who “would use music and fashion as a means of self-expression through his personas like Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane and the Thin White Duke”, according to The Business of Fashion. Designers started to blurry the boundaries between femininity and masculinity too. For example, Saint Laurent introduced a tuxedo for women, which “was not an exact copy of the men’s tuxedo. He used the same codes but adapted it to the female body”. Even though neutral fashion has mainly focused on adapting menswear to women, designers such as Jean Paul Gaultier tried to break the rules in the opposite direction. With his collection When God Created Man, he presented a series of tailored skirts for men. Society, however, did not widely incorporate these changes into the style of the time. At least that was not the case for men, who have always been afraid of losing their masculinity when adding typically feminine pieces of clothing to their wardrobes. Nowadays, society is different to what it used to be. A whole new spectrum of identities is now more visible, including transgender and non-binary people. These identities rely on fashion in order to show who they are and create their own personal image. As a consequence, “the world’s more forward thinking fashion brands have become increasingly eager to attract a new, young audience which views gender with more fluidity than generations prior”, wrote Zak Maoui for British GQ. For example, Alessandro Michele has created several collections for Gucci that mix traditionally perceived feminine and masculine features. A more recent campaign also introduced Gucci’s Mémoire d’une Odeur, described as “a perfume not assigned to a gender or a time”. Louis Vuitton’s SS19 women’s collection by Nicolas Ghesquière is an example of this as well. Similarly, Virgil Abloh, creative director of LV’s menswear, has dressed some female celebrities such as the Kardashians. This shows an on-going change in how fashion is conceived with regard to gender. New designers are also experimenting with gender fluid fashion. Harris Reed, student at Central Saint Martins, “dresses himself to invite the looks and stares, to blur the preconceived fault-lines people have about gender and sexuality”, as stated in his website. His designs, which are highly inspired by society and politics, have caught the attention of Harry Styles and Alessandro Michele among others. Harris’s creations could be considered a beautiful mixture of romanticism and glam rock. In Spain, one of the main labels to incorporate fluidity is Palomo Spain, founded by Alejandro Gómez Palomo. The pieces he creates are defined on his website as “a fusion of men’s tailoring techniques and feminine lines”, which shows Alejandro’s view of what masculinity is. The brand gained popularity when Beyoncé announced her newborn twins wearing one of his dresses. Since then, his work has been presented in cities like Madrid, New York and Paris, where it has been widely acclaimed. High street brands have given gender fluid fashion a go several times. In 2018, ASOS presented a new unisex brand called Collusion. Its six collaborators create clothes that can be worn by everyone, no matter what gender or size. Zara and H&M also tried to implement fluidity into their collections by presenting Ungendered and their collaboration with Eytys, respectively. Even though the effort these brands are making could be a way of benefitting from an increasing market opportunity, they are still making gender fluid fashion more affordable for everyone. Unfortunately, the problem is not completely solved, as these collections are available only in either the men’s or women’s section of their stores. This way, consumers still need to make a choice between one or the other despite their non-binary identity. Gender fluid identities have been introduced in new TV shows recently. For example, Lachlan Watson is a non-binary actor who plays a non-binary character in The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. Euphoria, available on HBO, is a TV show that represents quite accurately today’s queer society. Among their characters we can find Jules, a transsexual person played by Hunter Schafer, and Rue, who is played by Zendaya and tends to wear clothes that would typically be considered menswear. In one of the episodes, fluidity is represented thanks to Rue since she wears more feminine clothes to a party, even though she might not feel as comfortable as usual. Going back to the question at the beginning of this article, it is probably sensible to say that society is ready for the change, although some stigmas should still be broken. Gender fluid fashion is probably helping new non-binary identities be more comfortable with what they are, how they feel and how they showcase it. In any case, there is a lot of room for improvement in terms of how brands present their fluid collections. It will be interesting to see how everything evolves in the future, especially in the fashion industry.

THERE BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOTH Twenty-five women and non-binary creators from the worlds of Horror Fiction and Illustration coalesce into an unholy union and drag the blackened heart of Classic Gothic Horror into modern daylight. In the process, they have sculpted an altogether sleeker, more feral beast. In the hands of Mary Shelley, Daphne Du Maurier and Shirley Jackson, Gothic Horror explored the bleak shadows of our homes; the darkest corners of the human mind; madness, personal transformation, the occult. IN SOMNIO recasts the legacy of the original Gothmothers in a chilling contemporary light. Within the walls of an arcane modern art gallery; upon the shores of a hostile but compelling sea; into the blackest burrows of the animal kingdom; tableside at the world's last restaurant on the eve of the apocalypse; from the deep deep South to a Lovecraftian Steampunk theatre, a cornucopia of disturbing vignettes await you. Fans of twisted takes on the classics such as Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters; Netflix's The Haunting of Hill House/Bly Manor; moody, secretive novels like Night Film and A House at the Bottom of the Lake; and traditional Gothic Horror and ghost stories will all find something to chill their bones in IN SOMNIO. This collection features eighteen vibrant, unique stories ranging from deeply intimate one-room settings to sprawling fantasy worlds; from the depths of darkness to comedy and adventure. Each story brings a new perspective to our inherent love of Gothic Horror and what those vital elements of terror still have to say today. Edited by Alex Woodroe.

Happy LGBTQ+ History Month guys! To celebrate, we’ve been thinking about who our favourite artists in the community are, and compiled a list for you! These inspiring musicians will definitely be making their way onto your playlists. Speaking of playlists, we’ve thrown together one of our own on Spotify, ‘Celebrating LGBTQ+ Musicians’ . Link here to listen along while you read! Soul and R&B singer-songwriter Shea Diamond has been on loop for us recently! Diamond is a transgender rights activist, and was signed after getting noticed for singing her song ‘I Am Her’ a-cappella at a Trans Lives Matter rally (we love this track! Listen here). Her powerful vocals, moving and uplifting lyrics really inspired us. Identifying as a gender nonconforming man, you may recognise actor and musician Alex Newell from his roles in Glee and Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist. Newell’s musical career is just as impressive, creating bubbly dance floor fillers that will get even the most reluctant dancer’s foot tapping. ‘Alex Newell is so inspiring and just radiates confidence!’ - Hollr reader. From putting out homemade videos of her music on Youtube to headlining some of the world’s largest festivals, non-binary producer and musician Tash Sultana certainly has come far. Talented in playing a massive array of instruments and armed with a voice that you can’t help but fall in love with, Tash’s music has been on the radar of many. If you enjoy Tash’s music, keep an eye out for their new album released soon! With achingly honest lyrics and music that would fit perfectly into your fave coming-of-age film, pop artist Emily Burns expresses through her songs the beauty and struggles of same-sex love. From her ‘dance around your bedroom’ pop songs to heartbreaking ballads like ‘Is It Just Me’, we love it! One third of pop trio Years & Years, Olly Alexander is making headlines recently for his role in the critically acclaimed series It’s a Sin - depicting life for the LGBTQ+ in the 80s. Alexander has always been open about his own struggles with sexuality and mental health and encouraged the discussion. He has used his platform to promote HIV screening and ideas about safer sex, as well as anti-LGBT bullying initiatives. Years & Years have been creating head bopping tracks for, well, years and years, and hearing such an inspiring voice in the music has us cranking the speakers up that bit further, ‘He’s such a role model for young LGBTQIA+ people’ - Hollr reader GIRLI’s explosive tracks - addressing sexuality, mental health and feminism - have been making waves, and we can see why. Openly pansexual, GIRLI has been using her music to shake up social order and talk about issues often neglected in the music industry. Her powerful vocals and rapping over gritty instrumentals really make an impact; we’ve had Friday Night Big Screen on repeat.

Student Learning Supports & Disability Resources Whether you need guidance with study skills and test-taking, or if you identify as a student with a disability, the Manager of Student Learning Supports and Disability Resources is happy to meet with you to provide information, and resources at the JIBC. While the Manager of Student Learning Supports and Disability Resources is located on the New Westminster campus, support services are available to students at all JIBC campuses JIBC is committed to providing a safe, inclusive and accessible environment for students with disabilities. A disability may include any long-term or recurring mobility, hearing, visual, learning disability, or a mental and physical health condition which affects learning. Disability Services works with faculty and staff to remove structural and attitudinal barriers in order to ensure that students with disabilities have access to resources and opportunities, allowing them to pursue educational goals with dignity, independence and full participation within the JIBC community. Check out our Disability Services page. Mental Health and wellness are incredibly important pieces in your career as a first responder. The rates of PTSD, and suicide are higher in the first responder population than in many other professions. Despite the higher prevalence of mental health issues such as PTSD and depression among first responders, many say they still feel that there is a negative stigma when it comes to talking openly with their peers and superiors about their mental health concerns. Many first responder units are developing peer support programs to address the need for a decreased negative stigma and the overall need for mental health support. Times are changing, and first responders are talking about these issues more freely. And they’ve found that they feel better when they do Read our Mental Health and Wellness page. Students often face challenges managing the workload in the postsecondary setting. They often have difficulty with time management, procrastination, study skills, reading, note-taking, and memorization. Students also run into challenges with test-taking particularly multiple choice tests and test anxiety. Check out our Learning Resources page for tips on how to make the most of your study session and your exams. Building gender-inclusive campuses is a priority for JIBC which is in keeping with our vision of safer communities and a more just society. Carrying out this vision begins with the environment we create and provide to students, staff, faculty, and visitors to our campuses. Increasingly, we are aware of transgender (T), non-binary (NB) and two-spirit (TS) students enrolled within our programs. JIBC has a long history of working with and supporting diversity and we hope to further build on this foundation. Check out our Gender & Inclusion page. Last updated November 29, 2017

Two York University researchers earn major SSHRC Partnership Grants Professors Tamara Daly, Faculty of Health, and Janine Marchessault, School of Art, Media, Performance & Design, have been successful in their applications for Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Partnership Grants. Both projects are groundbreaking and highly collaborative with partners spanning across the globe. “York University is delighted to see Professors Daly and Marchessault receive Partnership Grants. Their projects will advance knowledge and understanding on critical issues of intellectual, social, economic and cultural significance,” said Vice-President Research & Innovation Robert Haché. “Winning these two grants signal York University’s strong research leadership in this area,” he added. Daly’s project will transform fears about an aging population Daly is an associate professor in the School of Health Policy and Management and director of the York University Centre for Aging Research and Education (YU-CARE), which promotes innovative research, education and advocacy on aging issues, and contributes to improving health outcomes for seniors in Canada and around the world. She is a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Research Chair in Gender, Care Work and Health. Daly’s winning project, “Imagining Age-Friendly ‘Communities within Communities:’ International Promising Practices,” was awarded $2.5 million dollars over seven years. It will unfold over this time in urban communities in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Norway and Taiwan. A very large and highly collaborative project, it draws together international scholars and partners from a variety of disciplinary and sectoral perspectives to address the complexities of aging practices and policies to support it. It has 28 co-applicants and collaborators, including four from York. It also has 16 partner organizations from across Canada and globally. Canadian academic partners include the York University Centre for Aging Research and Education, Carleton University; Trent University; the Trent Centre for Aging and Society; the University of Lethbridge, the University of Montreal International Centre for Comparative Criminology, and St. Paul’s University. This project is built around a central question: How can age-friendliness support conditions in which all senior citizens not only maintain healthy active lives, but can participate and create meaning in later life? It will transform fears about an aging population into conversations and practices that address both the complexities and possibilities inherent in a world that welcomes the meaning that old age brings to life. The team will pay special attention to gender as it looks at how inequalities and differences between and among women, men and non-binary people play out in seniors’ lives and policy assumptions. Furthermore, the researchers will investigate what makes age-friendly communities promising places with “promising practices” for women, men and non-binary people; those living in poverty; LGBTIQ2S, ethno-racial, indigenous, disability and Dementia communities; families who require specific supports and services; and those who support seniors, especially migrants and domestic careers, who are aging on the job. The partnership is committed to advancing the World Health Organization’s call for new research and understanding about age-friendly cities. This focus aligns with two of York’s compelling areas for strategic research development: Healthy Individuals, Healthy Communities and Global Health and Scholarship of Socially Engaged Research (Strategic Research Plan, 2013-2018). Marchessault’s project promises to redress the unevenness of Canadian preservation efforts Marchessault was the co-founder of the Future Cinema Lab and the inaugural director of Sensorium: Centre for Digital Arts and Technology Research at York. Marchessault’s winning project, “Archive/Counter-Archive: Activating Canada’s Moving Image Heritage,” was awarded $2.499 million over six years. It involved 43 co-applicants and collaborators from across Canada and globally, nine from York across a wide variety of Faculties. It also involved 24 partner organizations from across Canada. This partnership will focus on the new theoretical questions, and the methodological challenges, that attend the changing nature and political realities of visual media archives. It seeks to redress the unevenness of Canadian preservation efforts thus far by emphasizing Canada’s most vulnerable moving image heritage – women’s media; Indigenous media arts; films and media from the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, two-spirited and queer (LGBT2Q) community; and archives from Canada’s immigrant communities. Working collaboratively, four universities (York, Ryerson, Queen’s, Concordia), numerous archival organizations and policy advocates will advance counter-archival approaches to achieve four objectives: - Create new, practice-based knowledge and methodologies through seven case studies of community and/or independent archives in Canada; - Train and mentor the next generation of curators, archivists, cultural activists, scholars, digital humanists, artists, highly qualified personnel, cultural policy and intellectual property (IP) specialists to advance Canadian moving image heritage preservation, accessibility, and presentation; - Build a sustainable multilingual digital archive, an open access, 3D digital platform, where visitors can encounter, interact with and travel through different archival case studies; and - Foster an audiovisual archive network in Canada, linking community archives to citizens, researchers and policy-makers. Importantly, this partnership project will be buoyed by its affiliation with Sensorium: the Centre for Digital Arts & Technology. It will also draw from the expertise of IP Osgoode, which is the law school’s IP and technology clinic, as well as the library, which has extensive experience in the areas of digital platform development, digital asset management and related IP policy issues. The partnership advances York’s historical strengths in Analyzing Cultures and Mobilizing Creativity and contributes to the expansion of Digital Cultures research (Strategic Research Plan, 2013-2018). To learn more, visit the SSHRC Partnership Grant website.

By Hannah Dee, Aberystwyth University On the 21 and 22 September I went to London for STEM Gamechangers at the Alan Turing Institute, which is in the British Library. The aim of the day was to try and build initiatives which could push forward the problem of diversity in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths), and I was there representing Aberystwyth University and BCSWomen. We BCSWomen work with other organisations in tech and with other women’s groups, but we don’t talk as much to other disciplines (e.g. Physics), or to organisations dealing with other aspects of diversity. Which is a shame because a lot of our problems are shared. The two-day event featured a mix of networking, inspirational keynotes, and some brainstorming and solution inventing; it concluded with a pitch to some judges about the solutions we’d brainstormed. The Alan Turing institute, as a venue, is very cool. For example, in the large meeting room (called Enigma) there was a set of Paolozzi prints on loan from Dame Stephanie Shirley. The big themes coming out of the event were nearly all to do with . This is the way that people often don’t just have one protected characteristic, and the way in which these different characteristics can complement or exacerbate the experiences of individuals. Diversity and inclusion needs to be able to deal with not just women and men, but non-binary people, gay people, trans people, disabled people, old and young people, people with mental health problems and any combination of these. The pitch my group ended up developing involved building a more caring STEM profession. We all have different experiences and bring different things to the table, and we also have different roles at different times in our lives, we might be fine now but develop a disibility, or caring responsibilities, for example. It’s not possible to assume that everyone’s able to be the “ideal scientist” working 70 hours a week and devoted to the cause of science. This applies to students as well as researchers and professors. Our idea was to share experiences, (“the bad bits, the best bits and the ways to be better”) so we can help people to be more kind. We built a little prototype mock-up of how the system would look, and thought through the semantic structure and organisation (largely tag-based) and structure, with plans for content and review. It could be really nice. We didn’t win any funding but I am not sure that’s going to stop us. The rest of this blogpost has summaries of the keynote speakers: Tabitha Goldstaub, Emma Chapman, Ozak Esu and Alfredo Carpineti: The first keynote was from Tabitha Goldstaub of CognitionX. Her talk looked at artificial intelligence and ethics, which fitted really well with a lot of work that BCSWomen have been doing with our AI Accelerator program. Ethically there are some big issues, and these are linked to two underlying problems. Garbage-in-garbage-out (if you have biased training data you’re going to learn those biases), and the problem of monocultural teams. We need to ask the questions: - Where’s the data coming from? - Who’s in the room? The second keynote came from Emma Chapman, and was a mix of the personal and political. As a 2nd year PhD student, she was told that if she wants kids it’s going to be a problem. Later, when she was on maternity leave, she was shut out of the library. Then she was involved in a sexual harassment incident, followed by what sounds like a long, horrible and drawn out sexual harassment case. To realise she’s dealt with all of this and more and reached the heights she has (Royal Astronomical Society Fellow!) is a truly amazing. The best bit of Emma’s talk was her 7 point advice for changing things… - Be polite. Don’t get your guns out straight away. - Separate policies from people. - Start small. Go for the little fish then shame the bigger fish into following. Institutions are terrified of shame. - Find Allies. Reform is a relay race. - Be forgiving. Us v them allows everyone down - Love the small victories. Change is incremental. You changed something, Eat CAKE - Walk away. Take time out when you need to. Put your oxygen mask on first. - Sometimes, you have to Get Angry. Yes I realise that’s 8 points, but I like number 8. Ozak Esu was keynote number 3, and she won the IET Young Women Engineer award in 2017. Her talk was another mixture of personal story and tips. Diversity is about the mix. Coming to the UK from Nigeria, race was a new one for her as in Nigeria “hello we are all black“. In the UK she found that this could shrink you in a way. As the only black person a conference of 800, she got asked “Where’s the coffee?”. Turning this around in a laugh-out-loud moment for the whole audience, she advised us: Always wear black to conferences, you can then guilt trip people into coming to your presentation when they mistake you for serving staff. Her advice to us all was to pay it forward, mentors and role models helped us, so we need to send the elevator back down and take the time to mentor. The final keynote we had was Dr Alfredo Carpineti, founder of Pride in Stem, and a staff writer on IFL Science. In his own words, an astrophysicist, journalist, raging homosexual. Why raging? Well he says if you’re not raging, you’re not looking hard enough. People keep saying that science only cares about science itself : this is just not true. LGBTQ+ people are recipients of more harassment, have to hide their private life, and are expected to act “less gay”. This is worse for our trans sisters and brothers. Alfredo showed us some frankly alarming statistics about the experiences of LGBTQ+ staff working in STEM, however when we look at the experience of students it’s just as bad. Sexual minority status implies 9% less likely to complete a stem degree. I think it’s apt to finish on a quote from Alfredo: “Some science happens in a physical vacuum. No science happens in an historical vacuum.”

I was sent a letter from a group of concerned parents, teachers, educators, and other stakeholders. It is timely in that It relates to some things that have been on my mind for a while lately. Protests and counter-protests. Information and misinformation. Helpful or harmful public commentary. Pro-SOGI / Anti-SOGI. The entirety of the letter is shared below. It is perhaps a fitting complement to an article I authored that appears in the Summer edition of Education Magazine, a Gender and Sexuality themed issue. https://www.edcan.ca/articles/how-young-can-sogi-go/ The letter is in response to Anti-SOGI speakers, touring around the province making claims that are harmful to LGBTQ+ youth. There are claims using loaded words like “brain-washing” and indoctrination when talking about how Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) are being addressed in classrooms. If you’ve had the opportunity to read some of my previous blog posts about SOGI, you’ll recognize that I’ve attempted to address some of the misinformation that has been spread about what SOGI is, and what it looks like in schools. I’m an educator, and I find it disturbing that someone who is not involved in SOGI professional development opportunities or in implementing curriculum, is passing themselves off as having an expertise as to what is going on in schools. I find it problematic that one person, with a unique set of experiences, seems to declare to speak on behalf of an entire community. It saddens me that families are being subjected to false information that creates fear, and mistrust in communities. I’m disappointed that not all people are approaching the information being received with a critical mind, and applying logic to evaluate the messages. I have been confronted with ridiculous claims about what SOGI is and how it unfolds in schools, including that our entire objective is to make all kids gender fluid. Absolutely not the truth. What we do, as educators is make safe, inclusive spaces, so that students who have different experiences of gender are able to learn in an environment where they are not harassed, ridiculed or shamed for who they are, or for who the members of their families are. At its core, that’s what SOGI is. I am further saddened by the burden that we place on members of our communities that are already marginalized. Trans and non-binary youth are some of our most marginalized, and perhaps the least understood members of our communities. I continue to have difficulty understanding why we can’t make space and accommodate them, and why we routinely put them in positions where they have to justify and explain their experiences. This is an unfair and unjustified emotional toll that we demand of them and their families. Thankfully, I’ve met some trans youth and been amazed at the clarity they have with regard to their identities. I’m further impressed with their ability to navigate a world that can be hostile and unaccepting, and to do so with agency, grace, humility, and the ability to advocate for themselves. I’ve met with families of gender-creative, gender non-conforming, gender variant, transgender, or non-binary youth (depending on which vocabulary you apply). You might be surprised how informed, thoughtful, articulate, and genuinely concerned these parents are, and the most important thing they want to know is that their child is going to be safe at school. Similarly to the parent who wants to know that their child with anaphylaxis isn’t going to be deliberately exposed to an allergen, and the parent whose child may have mobility issues wants to know that their child will be able to navigate the school and its facilities. Can we stop making parents of vulnerable youth do extra work to create safe spaces for their kids when we already know what needs to be done for these spaces to exist? Addressing the unique needs of specific children isn’t endangering other kids in the ways that some people would like you to believe they are. There has been a narrative perpetuated that Pro-SOGI advocates are “oppressing Freedom of Expression” of these self-proclaimed speakers. It saddens me that the dialogue, which is typically phrased as “Freedom of Speech,” consistently revolves around whether or not people are free to communicate messages they’d like to disseminate, but the conversation rarely focusses around responsibilities they ought to have in exercising said freedoms. As an advocate and an ally, I’m not sure how best to respond to these scenarios. Do we show up and protest and allow the speakers to frame a false narrative about our intentions? Do we sit passively at home to avoid giving them any attention, allowing them to deliver whatever message they want without any challenge? It’s hard to know what to do, but I do think that this letter is a really good start. And you may notice that my perspective is offered freely, with no expectation of donation, and no link to a Go Fund Me (or other revenue generating platform) page. Here is the letter from concerned community members: In response to anti-SOGI activist Jenn Smith’s presentation in Surrey tonight, called “The Erosion of Freedom: How transgender politics in school and society is undermining our freedom and harming women and children” (https://transanityca.wordpress.com).The following letter was written in collaboration with parents, guardians, grandparents, & step-parents, of LGBTQ2+ kids, including teachers and educators.We are the parents, step-parents, guardians, grand parents, teachers and educators of LGBTQ2+ kids. We juggle family life the same as everyone else. We help our kids with homework; chauffer them to their sports and activities; encourage them to chase their dreams; and wipe their tears when they’re hurt. We all want the best for our kids, and that’s what being a parent is all about.What makes us different is that our children are under unrelenting public scrutiny, and their very existence continues to be questioned by anti-SOGI activist, Jenn Smith. Jenn Smith has taken it upon himself (Jenn uses male pronouns) to organize public speaking events, where he goes from one community to the next, sharing his presentation to the public. The content of his presentation is misinformation, debunked pseudo-science, conspiracy theories, and a few of his own personal life experiences. Those of us who have LGBTQ2+ children and families consider his presentation dangerous because it incites hate, targeted at our kids and our families.Our position is not about Jenn’s “freedom of expression”. It is about protecting the defenceless, vulnerable kids and youth being targeted and shamed. Jenn refuses to recognize that his presentations are hateful.Please remember that this is about our kids, and their right to not be shamed and ridiculed for who they are. This is about our kids’ right to attend safe, inclusive schools where who they are is reflected within our education system. This is about our kids’ right to be confident and live happy, normal lives.We don’t enjoy having to shield our kids from constant hateful rhetoric. We don’t enjoy having to publicly defend our kids, or debate their rights. We don’t enjoy our kids’ healthcare options being questioned or debated on social media. Nobody wants to constantly be on the defence because groups and individuals are relentlessly targeting our children. We would much rather spend our time doing regular things with our families and loved ones.Statistically speaking, most of you reading this don’t or won’t have an LGBTQ2+ child. That said, we welcome your allyship, and sincerely hope that you will stand up against the spread of any type of hate that targets minorities or marginalized groups of people.We have a number of people willing to share stories that elaborate on LGBTQ+ experiences and identities. Here are their stories…“Presentations that aim to challenge human rights are particularly damaging to LGBTQ2+ youth. As a high school teacher and GSA sponsor and ally, I can confirm that representation matters. SOGI has helped build a bridge between acceptance and celebration, and presentations that diminish these goals are harmful. Every second of every one of these hateful chats chips away at the safety our kids deserve. Hate should not be given a platform, and as adults, it is our duty to stand up for youth. We must continue building our bridge of love. Each new stone has immense power – building a foundation of support. In the distance, a rainbow of celebration lights the pathway for our kids. There may always be monsters underneath the bridge, but our light is too bright for them to surface. As fierce allies, we will always light the pathway of hope.”– K. F., teacher / educator“I’ve known who I am since before I had the words to describe it. I have never been “confused”, even as a child. And yet I didn’t fully come out until recently, in my 30’s, because I didn’t want to face hate and discrimination. If SOGI123 had existed when I was in school, maybe I wouldn’t have been afraid to be myself because my peers would have been more understanding and accepting. Maybe I wouldn’t have self-harmed and considered suicide from a young age. Not being able to be your true self is a huge emotional weight for a child (or adult) to bear and since coming out that weight has been lifted. I only wish I could go back and lift it for my young self. SOGI123 doesn’t make kids LGBTQ+, it makes LGBTQ+ kids safer.”– Langley Resident, Anonymous“I see the impact. I see the impact of those continuously fighting against the existence of the LGBTQ+ communities, against the science that confirms our individualities, against the safeguards and education that needs to happen for acceptance and self-worth to breed. As I work alongside foster parents, I see those youth who have been kicked out of their homes for not being who their parents wanted them to be, who have not found a safe place to exist within their own families, and whose whole lives have come crashing down due to the very nature of their beings. I see them in hospital beds after suicide attempts and I see their anguish as parents continue to deny them access to the assessments and guidance they desperately need through their journey. This must stop! The damage of those spreading misinformation and faulty beliefs is killing our young people. I hope for a day when acceptance and inclusivity reigns supreme!! – J. H., Foster Parent Support Counsellor“I am writing this as the parent of a transgender youth. There are so many things in this big wide world that concern me but this specific topic burns my soul to the ground. Jenn Smith has a concerning amount of time on his hands to try and destroy the progress that the LGBTQ community is making, and specifically he is targeting transgender children and youth. Regardless of how Jenn identifies, he does not speak on behalf of parents, educators, medical professionals and least of all the youth and children he targets. This type of hate speech, misinformation and denial of factual evidence is causing harm to our children. It doesn’t get any more personal and not once have I questioned my “parental rights”. I advocate for my sons health and well being and this, “Erosion of freedom” tour that Jenn is doing WILL NOT support the well being of any transgender children/youth.”– Heather, parent from Langley“We are the proud, loving parents of a transgender son. He began his social transition in grade 8. Fortunately for him, he attends an inclusive school that supports SOGI 123, and the teachers and staff have been nothing short of amazing! His friends were all immediately accepting of who he is, as was his entire family.Our son is now in grade 12, preparing to graduate from high school. He has a steady girlfriend, and they’re both excited about university in the fall. Over the past 5 years, we’ve watched our son grow into a handsome, compassionate, intelligent, caring young man. We’re proud of him, for what he’s accomplished throughout his high school years. As parents, we all want our kids to do well at whatever they put their minds to, and to be sincerely happy. Despite all the odds against our son, he is one of the lucky ones.Sadly, there is a person by the name of Jenn Smith, who trying to undo everything we have worked so hard to accomplish for our son. Jenn Smith has produced a presentation, entitled “The Erosion of Freedom: How transgender politics in school and society is undermining our freedom and harming women and children”, and he shares this publicly in communities around B.C. When we heard about this, we immediately looked into what was being shared. What we found out was shocking and disturbing. Much of his presentation is a deliberate attack on our son and his identity, which has put him at greater risk of emotional and physical abuse in our community. When someone purposefully sets out to spread harmful lies about trans kids with people in our community, and shares misinformation with our neighbours and parents of our son’s classmates, it is abusive, irresponsible, hateful, and cruel.Make no mistake about it… this has nothing to do with an attack on “freedom of speech”, as Jenn is trying to portray. Jenn is not the victim, but rather the abuser. Jenn is nothing more than an adult bully, who’s chosen to target kids like ours, and families like ours. My sincere plea is that anyone who reads our story will chose to not attend any type of event that is designed to spread hate. Families like ours simply want to live normal lives, the same as everyone else. People like Jenn Smith make that impossible.”– Loving, proud parents of our transgender son – Anonymous from Fort Langley“The transition between elementary and secondary school is never easy, but without a supportive environment and staff who adhere to SOGI best practices, high school is torture for the gender nonconforming. For a transgender or nonbinary youth, it can be fraught with intense bullying by both students and staff affected by the intolerant rhetoric of Jenn Smith and his group of uninformed hatemongers. My child went from a happy, conscientious, “A” student in Grade 7 to an extremely isolated, bullied, and suicidal shell of a human being in a matter of a few months because of narrow-minded prejudice. Imagine what it is like to see your child endure hatred from strangers, from teachers who openly mock LGBTQ+ students, and staff who show disdain from anything slightly outside of their heteronormative environment. Just try to picture how challenging it is to be confronted by those who would rather you didn’t exist, no matter what the cost to society. It is extremely painful to watch my child suffer from the result of anti-LGBTQ+ hatred. I sincerely wish Jenn Smith et al could see how their views differ so drastically from the fundamental Golden Rule of Christianity.”– Langley Parent, Anonymous“I’d love to say that people like Jenn Smith have no impact on how I live my life, or more specifically how my grandson lives his life, but I’d be lying. People that hold the paradigm that Jenn Smith holds make life infinitely more dangerous for my grandson and ultimately exceptionally stressful for me, his grandmother. Our names will be changed obviously for safety reasons.My grandson Kody came out to us as a family in 2011, as transgender. When he disclosed, all the round pegs dropped into the round holes and all the square pegs dropped into the square holes. We worried about his safety then because he was so young, just 14 and quite petite and feminine looking. His transition was remarkable and since then he has had two surgeries and has been on testosterone, has a beard and his voice is quite deep, definitely masculine sounding.However, he is still short and not very muscled as some other young men are. His anxiety disorder often bullies him into not venturing far from home, in fact he seldom ever goes out in public without a family member accompanying him, for obvious reasons of safety. There are certain areas in our city that he avoids like the plague, it is just too dangerous. Among his peer group, of whom the greater majority have accepted him as just one of the guys, there is one in the group however that has made life dangerous for my grandson and of course this friend happens to be Christian, the same sort of Christian that Jenn spends a lot of time having ‘info-sessions’ at their churches.When he wants to hang with his friends, I drive him to the destination. He seldom ever takes the bus, it just isn’t safe for him to do so, at least not without a group of friends along for the ride. Subsequently I drive him everywhere and I pick him up as well. I don’t drink ever because I never know when I may need to rush to get him from a potentially dangerous situation. In order to keep him safe from people like Jenn Smith and some ‘red-neck’ bullies that could potentially harm him, I remain sober and vigilant, make sure to always have gas in the tank and am prepared to be called at any moment to rush off to collect him. Consequently, his friends’ group is small and unfortunately not all of them live nearby, so I tend to spend a bit of time travelling. I don’t mind though, at least he gets to hang out with his friends now and again. Sometimes they come to visit him at our home, which I prefer as it allows me some stress relief in not having to worry if he’s going to be accosted by some bully while out with friends.We shouldn’t have to live this way, but because of people that hold a narrow paradigm on how young men like my grandson ‘should’ live their lives or simply not exist, life will be what it is, immensely stressful. In essence, we are bullied continually without even a word being uttered as the paradigm is set by those like Jenn Smith that fuel the fires of hatred and intolerance against anyone that isn’t cis gendered or straight, the only ‘normal’ they can accept.”– Phoebe Kenny, Grandmother to Kody Kenny.“I am a parent of a high schooler who also happens to be transgender, I am former Chair of the PAC, and a working professional. We are fortunate to be in VSB which supports SOGI. Because of SOGI our school has some of the lowest incidents of bullying, We also have a large and diverse school population from all religions, but predominantly Christian. SOGI reflects the modern world we live in of various versions of family. Jenn Smith does not represent the Transgender community. Kids are not born, homophobic or racist, they are ‘taught’ these views by adults and SOGI is about respecting each others differences and promoting kindness so kids like mine and in fact ALL kids can feel safe at school. My son is just a boy growing up with the same challenges and interests as other kids, worrying about grades, getting homework done, spending time with friends, doing his part time job. Language that is included in SOGI allows him to just be who he is without fear. Our kids are the future, education is key to that and it’s time we moved forward in welcoming all variations of families and people. The damage Jenn Smith is doing by fighting SOGI in schools is putting ALL kids at risk, not just LGBTQ communities. Lets not go back to the 1950’s.”– E.G. from Vancouver“I am a practicing Catholic with children that grew up in the Catholic school system ….. I believe that, although my children had an outstanding education with teachers that truly cared for them and their well being, if my trans child had been able to be herself she could have flourished. She currently is struggling unnecessarily, I have a parish priest that is inclusive of her, her family and friends have shown nothing but love and support, but, I believe, her needing to hide herself in such formative years has led her to believe that a part of her is “wrong”. Years of these damaging stories going through her head have created a mind-set of fear and unworthiness, no matter how much love and support she is surrounded with now. People like Jenn Smith feed off of drama, using false narratives to push their agendas of hatred and fear – and our kids are the collateral damage. I would rather be home, being a mom, doing my thing and allowing others to do theirs, but, if I have to protect my children from hatred and danger, then I’ll keep writing, and showing up. It’s my job – I take it very seriously!”– R.F., Vancouver“The moment I discovered I was going to deliver a baby girl my heart just melted. Ever since I was a young girl I had always longed for a daughter of my own. A girl after my own heart, someone to share secrets with, someone to go shopping with, discuss boys… someone who would understand the inner beings of being a female and share that special connection with me. The tears of joy I cried when the doctor announced “It’s a girl!” after an arduous labour washed over me with pride and satisfaction. My dream was now complete.Years later I would come to learn that my baby girl, the one I dressed in pink and frills was not a female although “she” had been born with the physical traits of the XX gender. My daughter would painfully announce to me that she was actually a “he” and that he despised the body he had been born into. Right there and then my dreams of having a daughter were shattered. So, to quell my sadness, I told myself that this was just a phase and perhaps my “daughter” would come back. I longed for her to come back! However, she was never coming back. In fact, she had never actually existed. It took a lot of soul searching to wrap my head around this whole idea but eventually I came out on the other end of this with one thing in mind… All I really knew about gender was based on genitalia…not a person’s mind nor their sense of identity. The thought that people could be that complex? Why, yes! Yes, as human beings we are ever complex and dynamic individuals with different likes and dislikes. We are different ethnicities, different religious/spiritual belief systems, different abilities….DIFFERENT! No two people are the same. And honestly, why couldn’t it be possible that someone could be born into the wrong body? I think it’s very possible! I have also learned that I do not own the knowledge of what is considered “normal”. As far as I am concerned there is no quote on quote “normal”. Normal is whatever you make your mind up to be.It is distressing for someone like Jenn Smith to present information to groups of naïve individuals who may not have had much education or awareness brought to them about the fact that MANY transgender individuals DO live amongst us. Being transgender and coming out as trans at a young age should be made to be OK! Unfortunately, a lot of people who are trans live in silence because of people like Jenn Smith who keep them hiding in their “closet”. Informing people that they are not ok, that they are unstable and that they have no place in this world. I question why Jenn does this, especially as Jenn is someone who identifies as transgender themselves. Would they not know any better? Otherwise I would have to question THEIR transgender expression.It took me some time to understand that I never had a daughter but to also understand where it was that my son was coming from. Even though my “daughter” was “gone” I still have a child who needs me to be there for him and to support him with all that I have. Protect him from the “monsters” of society who think he is a disposable human being. He is not. He is my son and I am PROUD of him! Please stop and consider the ramifications of telling these youth that they are not ok and that they are disturbed individuals. No one should have hear about another trans child committing suicide or being bullied in their schools. No more children should have to suffer because an adult could not find it within themselves to expand their understanding and embrace these children who need our love and support.”– Proud Mother of her transgender son 4,495 total views, 2 views today

July 14th is International Nonbinary Day, so here’s a post to help everyone celebrate in traditional bookish fashion! Books to Read Now An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon Aster has little to offer folks in the way of rebuttal when they call her ogre and freak. She’s used to the names; she only wishes there was more truth to them. If she were truly a monster, she’d be powerful enough to tear down the walls around her until nothing remains of her world. Aster lives in the lowdeck slums of the HSS Matilda, a space vessel organized much like the antebellum South. For generations, Matilda has ferried the last of humanity to a mythical Promised Land. On its way, the ship’s leaders have imposed harsh moral restrictions and deep indignities on dark-skinned sharecroppers like Aster. Embroiled in a grudge with a brutal overseer, Aster learns there may be a way to improve her lot—if she’s willing to sow the seeds of civil war. No Man of Woman Born by Ana Mardoll Destiny sees what others don’t. A quiet fisher mourning the loss of xer sister to a cruel dragon. A clever hedge-witch gathering knowledge in a hostile land. A son seeking vengeance for his father’s death. A daughter claiming the legacy denied her. A princess laboring under an unbreakable curse. A young resistance fighter questioning everything he’s ever known. A little girl willing to battle a dragon for the sake of a wish. These heroes and heroines emerge from adversity into triumph, recognizing they can be more than they ever imagined: chosen ones of destiny. From the author of the Earthside series and the Rewoven Tales novels, No Man of Woman Born is a collection of seven fantasy stories in which transgender and nonbinary characters subvert and fulfill gendered prophecies. These prophecies recognize and acknowledge each character’s gender, even when others do not. Note: No trans or nonbinary characters were killed in the making of this book. Trigger warnings and neopronoun pronunciation guides are provided for each story. Lizard Radio by Pat Schmatz Fifteen-year-old Kivali has never fit in. As a girl in boys’ clothes, she is accepted by neither tribe, bullied by both. What are you? they ask. Abandoned as a baby wrapped in a T-shirt with an image of a lizard on the front, Kivali found a home with nonconformist artist Sheila. Is it true what Sheila says, that Kivali was left by a mysterious race of saurians and that she’ll one day save the world? Kivali doesn’t think so. But if it is true, why has Sheila sent her off to CropCamp, with its schedules and regs and what feels like indoctrination into a gov-controlled society Kivali isn’t sure has good intentions? But life at CropCamp isn’t all bad. Kivali loves being outdoors and working in the fields. And for the first time, she has real friends: sweet, innocent Rasta; loyal Emmett; fierce, quiet Nona. And then there’s Sully. The feelings that explode inside Kivali whenever Sully is near—whenever they touch—are unlike anything she’s experienced, exhilarating and terrifying. But does Sully feel the same way? Between mysterious disappearances, tough questions from camp director Ms. Mischetti, and weekly doses of kickshaw—the strange, druglike morsel that Kivali fears but has come to crave—things get more and more complicated. But Kivali has an escape: her unique ability to channel and explore the power of her animal self. She has Lizard Radio. Will it be enough to save her? Documenting Light by E.E. Ottoman If you look for yourself in the past and see nothing, how do you know who you are? How do you know that you’re supposed to be here? When Wyatt brings an unidentified photograph to the local historical society, he hopes staff historian Grayson will tell him more about the people in the picture. The subjects in the mysterious photograph sit side by side, their hands close but not touching. One is dark, the other fair. Both wear men’s suits. Were they friends? Lovers? Business partners? Curiosity drives Grayson and Wyatt to dig deep for information, and the more they learn, the more they begin to wonder — about the photograph, and about themselves. Grayson has lost his way. He misses the family and friends who anchored him before his transition and the confidence that drove him as a high-achieving graduate student. Wyatt lives in a similar limbo, caring for an ill mother, worrying about money, unsure how and when he might be able to express his nonbinary gender publicly. The growing attraction between Wyatt and Grayson is terrifying — and incredibly exciting. As Grayson and Wyatt discover the power of love to provide them with safety and comfort in the present, they find new ways to write the unwritten history of their own lives and the lives of people like them. With sympathy and cutting insight, Ottoman offers a tour de force exploration of contemporary trans identity. The Brightsiders by Jen Wilde A teen rockstar has to navigate family, love, coming out, and life in the spotlight after being labeled the latest celebrity trainwreck in Jen Wilde’s quirky and utterly relatable novel. As a rock star drummer in the hit band The Brightsiders, Emmy King’s life should be perfect. But there’s nothing the paparazzi love more than watching a celebrity crash and burn. When a night of partying lands Emmy in hospital and her girlfriend in jail, she’s branded the latest tabloid train wreck. Luckily, Emmy has her friends and bandmates, including the super-swoonworthy Alfie, to help her pick up the pieces of her life. She knows hooking up with a band member is exactly the kind of trouble she should be avoiding, and yet Emmy and Alfie Just. Keep. Kissing. Will the inevitable fallout turn her into a clickbait scandal (again)? Or will she find the strength to stand on her own? Behrouz Gets Lucky by Avery Cassell Behrouz Gets Lucky is a romantic, literary, kinky, and political novel about two older San Francisco queers – a butch dyke gardener named Lucky and a genderqueer librarian named Behrouz. A coffee date at Café Flore in the Castro, sparks a fiery trans masculine relationship that ends with the couple eating falafel in bed at 3 am half way around the world in a hotel room in Tehran. Forced gentrification in modern San Francisco goads Behrouz and Lucky to find their own uniquely sexual way of reclaiming the city’s lost queer spaces. Behrouz Gets Lucky is also tenderly sensual – an immersive novel, full of fragrances, delicious food, delirious sexual touch, dandy fashion, and beauty. Books to Preorder The Brilliant Death by Amy Rose Capetta For Teodora DiSangro, a mafia don’s daughter, family is fate. All her life, Teodora has hidden the fact that she secretly turns her family’s enemies into music boxes, mirrors, and other decorative objects. After all, everyone in Vinalia knows that stregas—wielders of magic—are figures out of fairytales. Nobody believes they’re real. Then the Capo, the land’s new ruler, sends poisoned letters to the heads of the Five Families that have long controlled Vinalia. Four lie dead and Teo’s beloved father is gravely ill. To save him, Teo must travel to the capital as a DiSangro son—not merely disguised as a boy, but transformed into one. Enter Cielo, a strega who can switch back and forth between male and female as effortlessly as turning a page in a book. Teo and Cielo journey together to the capital, and Teo struggles to master her powers and to keep her growing feelings for Cielo locked in her heart. As she falls in love with witty, irascible Cielo, Teo realizes how much of life she’s missed by hiding her true nature. But she can’t forget her mission, and the closer they get to the palace, the more sinister secrets they uncover about what’s really going on in their beloved country—and the more determined Teo becomes to save her family at any cost. Previously Featured Works with Nonbinary MCs - Mask of Shadows by Linsey Miller - Peach Bottom by Jackie Snax - Long Macchiatos and Monsters by Alison Evans Upcoming Books to add on Goodreads: - I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver (contemporary YA) - A Boy Like Her by Carrie Mac (contemporary YA) - Webcomics with Major Non-Binary Characters (guest recs by Erin Ptah) - Fave Five: M/M and M/NB Romance with Trans MCs - Fave Five: YA with F/NB Pairings

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REPORTS TO: Senior Policy Counsel The National Institute for Reproductive Health (NIRH) builds power at the state and local level to change public policy, galvanize public support, and normalize women’s decisions about abortion and contraception. Using a partnership model, we provide state and local advocates with strategic guidance, hands-on support, and funding to create national change from the ground up. We are a force multiplier – we form strategic partnerships with a wide range of organizations to directly impact the reproductive health and lives of women across the country. Since 2008, NIRH has provided direct grants and hands-on support to nearly 150 reproductive health, rights, and justice organizations in 39 states and 56 localities across the country. In 2018, NIRH’s partnerships and its work in New York State and City span 23 states, including 13 localities. The National Institute for Reproductive Health Action Fund, with associated PAC’s and IEC, conducts nonpartisan advocacy and electoral engagement to advance reproductive health, rights and justice in states and cities across the country. This new fellowship position comes at an exceptionally important time in the reproductive rights, health and justice movements, as attacks at the federal level have left states and localities at the forefront of protecting and expanding reproductive freedom for women and all people throughout the nation. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a wave of social justice work that will help ensure reproductive freedom for the next generation. The Legal Fellowship will work closely with the National Institute’s Policy and Strategic Partnerships Team, providing legal research and policy analysis to support our partnerships with organizations throughout the country working to advance reproductive health, rights, and justice, with a particular emphasis on abortion access. This person will play an integral role with our state and local level initiatives, supporting state and local partners to develop and support proactive policy development. This staff person will be joining a team that’s engaged in shifting its social justice framework to center racial equity as a core priority, as NIRH staff and board have committed to racial equity and have been engaged in a multi-year process to adopt a racial equity lens across the organization. This Legal Fellowship is a one year position that reports to the Senior Policy Counsel. This position is based in New York, NY. The Legal Fellow’s primary job responsibilities include, but are not limited to: - Tracking and analyzing reproductive rights legislation in states and localities around the country; - Supporting provision of technical assistance to local advocates; - Conducting legal research, in support of both proactive legislation and administrative policy work; - Preparing analyses of state legislation and regulations; - Writing public education materials for state advocacy campaigns and about state legislative trends; - Drafting advocacy materials; - Helping manage summer legal internship program and supervise student interns; - Speaking about reproductive rights; and - Working with the Senior Policy Counsel, the Senior Manage of Special Initiatives and other Policy and Partnerships staff on additional legislative and advocacy projects. - J.D. degree - 1 to 2 years relevant work experience, including experience prior to law school. - Capable of analyzing complex legal issues - Strong legal research and writing skills - Some legislative, coalition, and/or political experience preferred - Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing - Familiarity working as a team player. - Experience and comfort with speaking regularly in front of diverse audiences. - Ability to travel throughout the country for meetings and conferences. - Deep commitment to progressive social justice goals, preferably with experience working on reproductive justice, health or rights. DURATION OF POSITION: This is a full-time, one-year fellowship beginning immediately. - A salary of $55,000. - A comprehensive benefits package including employer-paid health insurance, dental insurance, a 401k retirement plan with employer contribution after 6 months, TransitChek benefits, and generous paid time off - Summer Fridays - A friendly and supportive working environment with people passionate about what they do Email a thoughtful cover letter, legal writing sample, resume, and unofficial transcript to [email protected] with “Legal Fellow” in the subject line. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. All applications must be received via email. No phone inquiries please. The National Institute for Reproductive Health is an equal opportunity employer. NIRH strives to build and support an equitable work community that attracts, develops, and retains exceptional people. 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Starting this weekend, the Trans Chorus of Los Angeles will our Winter 2020 Auditions for those who want to join us in our Fifth Season (2019 - 2020). We are leading the way in the choral world by being visible, bold and proud! We are a chorus of transgender, gender non-conforming/gender non-binary & intersex individuals using our voices to bring awareness, understanding, power and VICTORY for the Trans Community. We are looking for talented Singers, Musicians and Instrumentalists to perform with us at our regular events. If you would like to participate but do not wish to sing, we are always in search of people of any gender identity to join our 5th Section. These members help with the set up & tear down at performances, as well Sound Engineering, Social Media, Photography, Administrative & Archival duties and of course helping to serve food at our weekly potluck rehearsals. If you're interested in joining us, please read on for how to attend one of our open rehearsals. Be sure to also fill out our Volunteer Form. Sunday February 23rd - 4:30pm - 7:00pm Sunday March 1st - 4:30pm - 7:00pm Saturday March 7th - 1:00pm - 3:00pm Sunday March 8th - 1:00pm - 3:00pm LA LGBT Center's Ed Gould Village 1125 N McCadden Pl, Los Angeles CA 90038 What kind of musical or stage experience is expected? TCLA performers should have: Some choral, show choir or musical theater experience, whether from having sung in a church, school or community group. ● Match Pitch which is singing back immediately what is heard. ● The ability to learn text in other languages and memorize music. ● The ability to move rhythmically. ● The desire and commitment to perform a wide variety of music and have fun. What kind of time commitment is required? TCLA is looking for dedicated Singers to be vocal ambassadors to represent the Trans Community at large. ● Singers commit to weekly rehearsal/performance schedule for a at least a year. ● Attendance at rehearsals is mandatory in order to perform. Where and when are TCLA rehearsals? ● Rehearsals are held every Sunday from 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm. ● LGBT Center Ed Gould Village 1125 N McCadden Pl, Los Angeles, CA 90038 ● Singers are REQUIRED to attend sectionals and pick up rehearsals. What would be my financial obligations? All TCLA members currently pay an annual membership investment of ($15 a month) to help cover membership related activities. Other costs that members can expect are travel to and from rehearsals, parking at performance spaces, concert attire, touring, retreats and social events. Social events are optional. What other responsibilities and activities will I have? ● Performers are expected to fulfill TCLA’s mission, vision and core values and strive for excellence in performance. Therefore, the ability to rehearse and learn your music in a timely manner is really important. Punctuality and preparation are expected. TCLA requires that each singer provide their own concert attire. For many performances, this will be our concert Tee-shirt with black pants/skirt or in the colors of the Trans flag (pink, blue or white) and on some occasions we will wear classy, elegant, all black outfit with black shoes. Costumes will be required for the stage shows and help will be given to provide them. ● As performers, you will be asked to volunteer your talents, skills, for organizational events and fundraisers. Our 5th Section is great place for non-singers! 5th Section - A vital and necessary part of the chorus; is made up of non-singing members of the chorus that contribute in other ways. This can range from running the Sound Board at an event, to acting as Chorus Photographer. Even helping with Data Archiving or setting out food at our weekly potluck rehearsals can be of great help. 5th section are the behind the scenes members that make this chorus work! Here's a sampling of the sort of tasks our 5th Section members take on: ● Sound Engineering, Lights & Stage Management ● Social Media Management ● Photography, Videography ● Instrumentalist, Composers ● Chorus administrative functions ● Library Archives & Music Distribution ● Minding the Green Room & Chorus members items ● Serving and cleanup of food at weekly potluck rehearsals What can you tell me about the audition process? The audition will consist of two parts: a musical audition (For potential performers) and an interview (For all prospective members). The entire process takes around 15 minutes. During the musical audition, the Musical Director will ask you to: ● Sing scales and warm-ups to determine tonal quality and range ● Perform 16 bars of two contrasting songs (ballad, musical, pop, etc.,) ● Repeat simple melodic patterns to ascertain tonal memory and pitch recognition ● Sight-read a musical excerpt to determine your reading skill level ● Perform a short a cappella piece of your choice to showcase your musicality During the interview, you will meet with the current vocal section leaders and music staff who may ask you questions such as: ● What brought you to TCLA? ● What – if any – are your expectations of the organization? ● Do you play an instrument? ● How do you feel you can contribute toward the mission and vision of TCLA? We'd love to hear from you! If you'd like to join please fill out our Volunteer Form.

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Group therapy involves multiple participants seeking change and growth coming together with a therapist facilitating each session. Group therapy is different from a support group, although many people feel supported in group therapy! The main difference is that group therapy is led by a therapist and focused on helping individuals reach their goals for change, whereas support groups do not need to be led by a therapist and are more focused on helping individuals cope with shared challenges. Check out my blog entry, “Is Group Therapy Right For You?” to learn more about the therapeutic benefits of attending group therapy. Below are some examples of the groups I facilitate. To learn more or sign up for group, please contact me. This page is updated frequently to keep you informed of which groups are available currently. The Rainbow Connection Series: Groups for pre-teens, teens, young adults, and parents and caregivers who are transgender, gender non-binary, and/or gender creative and experiencing a range of challenges related to their gender identity and expression. Continue reading for more specific descriptions of each group. The Rainbow Connection for Parents and Caregivers Has your child expressed feeling sad or angry that they cannot wear certain clothes, play with certain toys, or play with children of a particular gender without criticism? Is your child bullied or otherwise mistreated by their peers, teachers, coaches, and/or other community members for the way that they express their gender? Are you a concerned parent, unsure of how best to support your child to live their best life? This is a non-judgmental therapy group for parents and caregivers to talk through these challenges with other families who are going through similar struggles. There is no expected outcome of this group and you will never be pressured to choose how to support your child. There is a wide range of outcomes for children who express gender creativity and the goal is to help your child live their healthiest life. Family therapy is strongly recommended as a complement to this group. The Rainbow Connection for Pre-Teens (ages 10-13), and The Rainbow Connection for Teens (ages 13-17) Do you think about gender a lot? Do you think about YOUR gender a lot? Are you feeling sad, stressed or depressed? Isolated, worried, or confused? You may be experiencing hardships related to your school environment, friends, teachers, teammates, coaches, and even family members not accepting you or treating you differently because of your gender identity. You may be blaming yourself, or taking it out on the people closest to you. You may be angry, hurt, or afraid that coming out has already or will result in the loss of important relationships when for you personally it has meant finally being able to be yourself. You’re not alone! Come together with a group of other people your age to talk about gender. Together we’ll learn about common challenges for people who are transgender or non-binary and discover how each of you can overcome thoughts and feelings that are bothering you. The Rainbow Connection for Young Adults (ages 18-24) It can be really hard to transition to adulthood while you are also transitioning your gender! Young adulthood is a stressful time already, as you’re learning to navigate the world of bills and roommates and jobs and cooking for yourself, and to add a gender transition, or coming out for the first time to your family, or simply managing the stressors of being transgender or non-binary on top of all of that can be overwhelming. It can be easy to isolate yourself from friends and family, or to worry excessively about your future, but these things can also be really harmful to you. If you are struggling with sadness or anxiety, this is not abnormal, and group therapy can help. We’ll meet with a group of people your age and set some goals together for where you want to be, and we’ll work on it together, with others who have similar goals.

Opportunities | May Our first opportunities on our new website! We hope you are enjoying the new online presence we’re trying to build. We’ll be updating the news section regularly with industry info, opportunities for artists and much more. Got a tip? Email Thom at [email protected]. But enough from us – check out the all the grant, residency and job info below. Performing Lines Seeks Co-Tenant In Redfern We are on the hunt for a co-tenant to share our offices ideally located right in the heart of Redfern. We have around 30sqm of office space available with access to meeting and conference rooms, hi-speed internet, kitchen, printing facilities and more, available at well below market rate. Ideally suited to a creative business but open to all. Contact Administrator Sarah Mott at [email protected] or 02 9319 0066 to find out more. Know someone looking? Let them know! Focus on Next Wave One of our favourite events for emerging and experimental artists is on now, and there are a bunch of opportunities clustered around the festival if you’re in town. - Wild Tongue Vol. 2 – How Should an Artist Be? Zine-Making Workshops + Exhibition Upholding its agenda to disrupt prevailing narratives, Azja Kulpińska and Timmah Ball’s zine, Wild Tongue, now turns its attention to the struggles, joys and privileges of life as a creative practitioner. Workshops – Wed 16 May, 5.30pm – 8.30pm | Southbank Library Launch – Sat 19 May, 2pm – 4pm | Southbank Library - Kickstart Helix | Information Sessions Early career artists, curators, writers and producers – introducing Next Wave’s flagship development program. Sat 19 May, 4pm | Workshop 2, Siteworks - Embittered Swish | Performance Workshop Trans and non-binary artists are invited to this workshop exploring confidence building, performance techniques and community. Travel bursaries available for rural trans people. 12pm-4pm Sat 19 May | Workshop 2 at Siteworks Vitalstatistix | Adhocracy callout Our favourite development site Adhocracy is back for 2018! EOIs are open for artists from across Australia to spend a week at the Workers’ Hall with the gang from Vitals in this unique national hothouse. Open to choreographers, dancers, writers, and other multidisciplinary artists, and South Australian artists can also apply to work with artist in residence Emily Johnson. EOIs close Mon 28 May. International Society Of The Performing Arts | ISPA Congress registration open Running 11 – 15 June this year, in the Leeuwarden-Friesland (The Netherlands), the 2018 Congress theme is Off The Beaten Track and will look at populism, landscape and the role of the performing arts. Registration is now open. Performance Space | West Kowloon Exchange Residency A new opportunity for an Australian artist working in experimental performance to expand their practice and networks into an Asia Pacific context. The selected artist will travel to Hong Kong for a two-week exchange program where they’ll work alongside international artists and undertake a series of creative and professional development activities. Applications close Sun 10 June. Moogahlin Performing Arts | Yellamundie Applications now open Our friends at Moogahlin have just opened applications for Yellamundie – the National First Peoples’ Playwriting Festival. Every two years, they feature a deadly lineup of some of the most exciting new work from Aboriginal and Torres Strait playwrights and theatremakers, with airfares, accommodation and wages while you’re there so you can focus on your script. Applications close Friday 1 June. Vitalstatistix | First Nations Commission Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists from across artistic disciplines and career stages are invited to apply for this opportunity. The selected artist or group will have around 15 months to develop the work from July 2018 – October 2019. They will receive: a $20,000 commission fee; a travel allowance; a residency opportunity at Vitalstatistix; curatorial and project management support from the Vitalstatistix and TARNANTHI teams; presentation in TARNANTHI 2019; and access to other professional support and networks. Applications close Mon 11 June. A new residency program for mid-career female-identifying artists working across performance, sound and music. Located on the Bellarine Peninsula in Victoria, the Orange House by the Sea is the beautiful home of the late artist Margaret Cameron. Chosen artists receive 2 weeks accommodation, $3,000 artist fee (an additional contribution towards child care is available if required) and access to a Melbourne-based industry mentor. Applications close Fri 15 June. Council for Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences | CHASS Australia Distinctive Work Prize & Future Leader Prize Prizes available for performance, exhibition, project or specific policy development AND for an early career professional in any of the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences fields. Nominations close Mon 2 July. A New Approach | Keep up to date with the conversation Announced last year, A New Approach was instigated by The Myer Foundation, Tim Fairfax Family Foundation, and the Keir Foundation to address the need for an authoritative and independent voice to advance Australia’s arts and cultural sector. To stay across key developments, sign up here for the newsletter, managed by The Australian Academy of the Humanities. Theatre Network Australia (and friends) | Industry Forum: Young People and The Arts: The child as cultural citizen Sue Giles (Artistic Director at Polyglot) delivers a keynote address following her recent Platform Paper. This is followed by sector updates and a panel discussion. Wed 30 May, 3pm – 5.30pm | Australian Theatre for Young People (Pier 4/5 Hickson Road, Walsh Bay NSW) - Arts Centre Melbourne | Executive Assistant. Applications close Sun 20 May. More info>> - Musica Viva | Marketing Executive. Applications close Mon 21 May. More info>> - HOTA, Home Of The Arts | Registrations Officer. Applications close Tues 22 May. More info>> - Arts Centre Melbourne | Director, Customer Experience. Applications close Sun 27 May. More info>> - Mackay Entertainment Convention Centre | Functions & Events Supervisor. Applications close Thurs 31 May. More info>> - Regional Arts Australia | Marketing And Communications Consultant. Applications close Thurs 31 May. More info>> Footscray Community Arts Centre | Events Coordinator. Applications close Fri 1 June. More Info>> - Australian Festival Of Chamber Music | Executive Director. Applications close Fri 1 June. More Info>> - Artplay | Creative Producer – Children and Families. Applications close Sun 3 June. More info>> - Arts Centre Melbourne | Manager, Venue Planning. Applications close Sun 3 June. More info>> - Firstdraft | General Manager. Applications close Mon 4 June. More info>> - Sydney Festival | Marketing Coordinator. Applications close Wed 6 June. More info>> - Sydney Festival | Marketing & Publications Coordinator. Applications close Wed 6 June. More info>> - Tasdance | Artistic Director. Applications close Tues 12 June. More info> - National Institute of Dramatic Arts | Casual Vocational Tutor. Applications close 30 June. More info>>

Afrocentric stock photography company, Picha Stock, releases a new collection for Women’s History Month Founded by Josiane Faubert, Picha Stock’s new collection aims to amplify “the beauty, diversity and intelligence of the modern Black woman.” - Jyni Ong - 19 March 2021 - Reading Time - 2 minute read Picha Stock is an Afrocentric stock photography company based in Seattle, Washington. To coincide with Women’s History Month, the company has launched a new collection that celebrates the beauty, resilience and creativity of modern Black women. Titled the Afrofemme collection, the archive of images is host to an array of stock images featuring a wealth of different women in varying situations. In a statement, Picha Stock says of its new collection: “The Afrofemme collection aims to uplift and inspire while shifting perceptions and helping to change the visual narrative of the Afrofemme. Fully licensable, the images aim to encapsulate feelings of beauty, resilience, creativity and more – traits that Picha Stock’s founder, Josiane Faubert, established the platform to showcase. Picha Stock was founded on the realisation that “the perceptions of Africans in the world are not always the reality of Africans or Black communities internationally,” and the Afrofemme collection is an extension of this mantra. Dedicated to representing women from all walks of life, the collection aims to empower marketing, advertising and communications professionals to include more images of the Black experience and more images of people of African descent within their work. With this in mind, the new collection exists to supply brands and agencies with more diverse content. Picha’s founder, Josiane, is passionate about the subject, stating her mission is “to amplify the voices of creatives and allow for greater content to fill the representation gap.” She adds: “As we celebrate International Women’s Day, it was important for me to launch a collection dedicated to amplifying the beauty, diversity and intelligence of the modern Black woman.” The collection has also been created by international photographers who have “made it their mission to highlight their communities” and celebrate them respectively, to the world. There are many highlights within the collection, but one that Josiane notes is of a young African girl in France. Other images feature Black women occupying a variety of roles from doctors to firefighters, sportswomen, makeup artists and more. Featuring women of all shapes and sizes, the Afrofemme collection highlights images Josiane had wished she’d seen as a young African girl in France. She adds, “Our minds are wired visually, so it was very important to eliminate the stereotypes typically associated with Black women, because we deserve to be highlighted in a non-binary way, in our true diversity.” Available in various sizes – including a free social media XS size – there are also standard and large sizes available under royalty-free licenses. Find out more about details and licensing here. Copyright © Picha Stock, 2020 About the Author Jyni became a staff writer in March 2019 having previously joined the team as an editorial assistant in August 2018. She graduated from The Glasgow School of Art with a degree in Communication Design in 2017 and her previous roles include Glasgow Women’s Library designer in residence and The Glasgow School of Art’s Graduate Illustrator.

The Trek Bloggers The following awesome people are the official bloggers of the The Trek. In other words, they’re the renegade trail-folk who will be blogging their thru-hikes right here on theTrek.co. Their job is to be adventurous and share their experiences in vivid detail. Our job is to live vicariously and envy their existence. Want to be a Trek Blogger? You can: apply here. Want to write for this site, but aren’t thru-hiking? We’re always looking for more backpackers with a passion for writing. Find out more about the The Trek Writers. First attempt at a thru hike of the PCT. I am leaving behind the burnout of a medical career and the trappings of a material world. I hope to find connection and a new passion on the trail. Follow at @riversoul82 on Instagram too! We are Max & Maureen. A couple recently retired old hikers who have been walking the AT since 2008. We have done a lot of sections over the past 14 years so 2022's attempt to finish up could be considered a hip-hop rather than flip-flop hike Hey! I'm Allie (she/her), also known as Mumble. I'm a Michigander in search of some real hills on the PCT. In my daily life, I’m organizing youth climate activists to go after greedy bankers. Solving the climate crisis seems impossible, but so does hiking 2,650 miles. If I can do one, the other will feel just a bit more in reach. In fall 2022, fossil fuel CEO’s better look out because I'll be back with a vengeance. But for now, it's one foot in front of the other. Hi, Connor and Allie here. We are hiking the Pacific Crest Trail this year (2022) going Northbound! Connor was known as "Squidkid" for the beginning of his AT thru but now goes by "Brand New". He is an Eagle Scout and first got into backpacking through the Boy Scouts. Connor loves eating lunch by water sources, listening to audiobooks and going uphill. Allie is a first time thru hiker who found her love for backpacking once she met Connor in 2019. We are engaged and are getting married in the blue ridge mountains (where we fell in love) in 2023. We live in Arlington Virginia but may be moving after the trail. Hi! I am a seventeen year old (who goes by Migrator on trail) from New York City who decided in April 2021 that she wanted to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail. So many tears, trials, and miles later, I am starting SOBO on June 27th. I am an avid reader of philosophy, a poet, a passionate debater, and a furiously determined soul. Also, I love mangoes. I'm afraid not even the trail can stop me from eating them. I'm originally from the sunny Okanagan, but I have been calling Vancouver home for the last 6 years. I'm a huge lover of all things outdoors; hiking, backpacking, camping, etc. If it's outside I'm there. I am the currently working as a personal trainer with my business (AMK Strength and Conditioning) and coaching with local wrestling clubs in Vancouver as a female wrestling coach. I like to spend my down time dancing with friends, watching Netflix, reading a good book, cuddling my dog Storm and trying to beat whoever I can at Mario Party. I'll be heading NOBO on the Pacific Crest Trail March 26th AT NOBO 2022, NOGO 2021. Born and raised in a small town in Connecticut, where both of my parents were also raised. After graduating from college, I set out to explore and live in as many places as possible. Hoping to use my degree in Environmental Science to save the world! My name is Amanda (trail name Bubble Toes). I met my husband when we thru hiked the AT in 2005, and we have continued to backpack ever since. I am an alcohol free vegetarian (except for crabs - its a Maryland thing) who is hiking the CT this summer. When not hiking, I attempt to teach middle school kids math. My name is Anelia, trail name Sunshine, and I thruhiked the Appalachian Trail NOBO in 2022! Prior to thruhiking, I worked as a park ranger out west, and in the winters as a barista back in my hometown. Stay tuned for more adventures that I have in the works! I always thought thru-hiking was something that other people did, until it struck me one day that the notion that thru-hiking is "beyond me" is completely made up in my noggin. So I'm embarking on the Long Trail this summer - to get myself out of an inactive rut in life, to reconnect with my home state of Vermont, and to see what questions the trail might answer. Here's to going into the unknown! P.S. I might post some videos about my adventure over on my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY9JBn9OGKagxWQMFTidyjA. My name is Annie and I am a NOBO AT thru-hiker starting on February 27th. I am 25 years old and grew up in New Hampshire and recently moved out of NYC back to NH to begin my thru hiking journey! I've been planning on a career change into the non-profit world since 2020 and I just left my job in the corporate world and am using this hike to do something adventurous and unconventional before jumping to a job right away! Please consider donating to my Hike for a Charity with Global Grassroots: https://app.etapestry.com/hosted/GlobalGrassroots/OnlineDonation.html I'm Annika from Germany and I am hiking the PCT starting at April 7th. I'm in love with the world, its mountains and adventure. I have always had this desire for an intense life. Mountains and traveling mean pure freedom and happiness for me. Come join me on my big journey on the PCT! If you are German speaking you can also check out my blog at www.sheep-cuddling.de and read about my other adventures. My name is Arlette aka "Apple Pie". I am a long distance hiker, sock doll maker, and hiking guide. I am currently attempting to hike all the National Scenic Trails with only the Natchez Trace and Ice Age Trails left. I love bright colors, goofy outfits and don't take myself too seriously. Howdy! I'm Ashley, and along with my dog, Bonsai, we are attempting to thru hike the AT this year. We started May 10, and our only timeline is to reach Katahdin before it closes mid-October (we'll probably be cutting it close). I'll be using this blog to share pictures of our journey and keep family and friends updated on our progress. Hey y'all, I'm Ashley, Ash, or Asterisk. I'm heading north on the AT. I've day hiked around the USA, but I'm relatively new to backpacking, so I figured that if I'm going to do it, I might as well go all in. Right? You can follow me on TikTok @HikeWithAsh Hi! My name is Ashley. I'm 32 years old, paramedic, beer-tender, yoga instructor AND I'll be officially setting out on my great NOBO AT adventure on March 27th! I was born and raised in western NC but have lived in Wilmington, NC the past 14 years and am ready to trade the coast for six months in the woods. Aussie gal taking the SOBO route on the Appalachian Trail from July 2022! Lawyer/runner/cyclist/triathlete/animal friend/lover of the outdoors dedicating myself to this full-time hiking business :) Hi! My trail name is Tree Hugger, and I’m thru-hiking the AT after a 32 year wait. I first learned about the AT during Spring Break of my Sophomore year in college. My college sweetheart and I spent a week in the Smokies, and we ran across some hitchhiking thru-hikers. That’s when I learned about the trail and determined to someday complete it. Well, life intervened, and my path veered away from the trail for some time. I married and raised three amazing kids, but never stopped dreaming about completing the AT. I started backpacking again once the kids were grown, and got into the best shape of my life with the help of a personal trainer and a lot of hard work. Then, in November of 2018, I took a bad fall while night hiking up to a remote spot in the Hoosier National Forest. I suffered multiple physical injuries, including a pretty nasty TBI that required almost three full years to recover from. But with the great support of my friends and family, a team of medical professionals (particularly one extraordinary functional neurologist), I regained enough cognitive ability and balance to backpack again. I entreated my superintendent (I’m a high school teacher) to grant me a Leave of Absence to hike the AT while I’m still able (who knows what the future holds?), and my request was granted. I spend all year teaching my students to “seize the day,” to reach for their biggest goals, and to live out their dreams. It was time to practice what I preach, and so here I am on the AT. It really is a dream come true for me. It’s been difficult and challenging and uncomfortable, and really, what more could anyone ask for? What’s up, my name is Mike McMahon (Footlong) and on March 27th I will begin my attempt to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail northbound. I’ve bought the gear, read the books, and done my best to get into the right headspace for such an undertaking. I sold my car and now walk everywhere in Chicago, including plenty of 20 and 25+ mile days, but have only done a couple overnight camping trips to test gear. Hiking is not my primary hobby and camping is new to me. I’m thinking more folks can relate to this than might admit. I put my preparedness somewhere right in the middle. But my confidence is fully intact and now that I’m starting this blog, if I fail, I’m gonna do it publicly. I’m 36-years-old. I’m from Roseville, Minnesota but my wife and I moved to Lakeview East, Chicago in June 2020. Alicia and I have been married eight years and she’s awesome, as is probably suggested by the fact that I’m able to just leave for six or seven months. I had an incredible job in Minnesota as a partner of a burgeoning restaurant group. But it became clear to me that it wasn’t bringing me enough intrinsic happiness and that a change was necessary. Despite it making very little sense to anyone, we knew it was the right decision, so I bailed. Alicia had gotten a sweet job with United Airlines that required a move to Chicago and we said “why not?” We bought a condo where we live with our two dogs and tortoise; Edwin, Newton, and Daisy respectively. Life’s good. Been waiting tables but I put in my 10-month notice last May and I am excited to turn my focus to the mountains. Gonna be nuts My name is Briana DeSanctis and on November 6, 1983 I was shot out into this world with a full head of hair and a sense of adventure that still runs wild alongside me today. I grew up in Maine and spent most of my childhood playing outdoors. My parents took me camping, hiking, fishing, hunting and exploring, and that quickly became the foundation of my life. After college I spent some time adventuring in Colorado and California, and years later upon returning to Maine I began hiking even more frequently. After completing over 100 miles of the Appalachian trail in Maine on my days off from work, I decided that it was necessary for me to tackle this trail in its entirety, as a thru-hike. I returned to my job the next day with a large smile and gave my “few months” notice, and before I knew it, it was March 5th, 2015 and I was dropped off at Amicalola Falls in north Georgia to begin hiking back to Maine. I finished the 2198.2 mile Appalachian trail on September 17th and from there my thirst for adventure only grew. I was a changed human and I knew that from then on that I would spend the rest of my life thriving in a different way than many others. I traveled around the country; from Vermont to Virginia, Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas, up through New Mexico back to Colorado and all the states in between. I hitchhiked out to Ellsworth, Maine and backpacked part of the Downeast Sunrise trail in an aggressive blizzard and continued my frigid trek to the Bold Coast trail in Cutler overlooking the rocky coastline and Canadian shores. I trekked through remote, pristine territory in Olympic National Park, I canoed 60 miles of the Green River in Utah, I backpacked through the Wasatch range in knee-deep snow, hiked the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, jumped head first into my fear of heights on Angel’s Landing at Zion National Park, and spent many sub-zero winter overnights in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. In January 2022 I begin my attempt to be the first woman to solo thru-hike the official Southern route of the American Discovery Trail, spanning 5,057 miles from Cape Henlopen, DE to Point Reyes National Seashore in San Francisco, CA. The American Discovery Trail is the nation's first coast-to-coast non-motorized trail. I look forward to speaking and giving presentations in schools and communities throughout my hike to inspire, educate and empower others. I'm looking forward to an amazing adventure on the Appalachian trail. I am so excited to share my experience with family and friends and/or anyone else who's interested. I feel like I'm ready for the tough days. I'm mostly excited about the beautiful views that I'll get to see. I am 36 years old. Lived most of my adult life in Maine so I'll be happy to get to go back and see the beautiful trees and mountains there. I have three lovely kiddos. One passed away at 6 months in 2017 and it caused me to go into a very deep depression with an addiction to alcohol. Now I'm 6 months sober and ready to start living again. I'm going to do all the things that I can possibly do while on this Earth. I feel like it's my responsibility to have all the adventures that I can for Link. His ashes will be coming with me on the trail. I'll find a spot that is beautiful and quiet. I will spend a little time thinking about him, thinking about life, thinking about the things that I've done and the things that I can still do. Then I'll spread his ashes and let go of all the pain and hurt and let in love, grace and serenity. So I guess I can say that I'm hunting for peace. Perhaps that's the reason why I am hiking this trail.. perhaps it's something else.. maybe it just sounds like a good thing to do. What is up! My name is Callia and I'm thru hiking the AT NOBO '22. Follow my journey as I ~blog~ about my adventures and the cast of characters I'll meet; capture a visual pokedex of Appalachian views, critters, and shrooms; and probably learn some things. Hi. I’m Carla, a 54 year old empty-nester who loves to saunter in the woods. I love gnomes, mushrooms, pizza, mushroom pizza, and my family...not in that order! I plan to walk from Georgia to Maine in 2022, even though I have a few odds stacked against me, i.e., fear of heights and bears, an amazing ability to trip on things both seen and unseen, and the fact that I have never been separated from my family for any length of time. So follow along as I prepare for and eventually start this journey of a lifetime...proving to myself that I can be the things and do the things that I've always thought I couldn't. You can find my hiking journey through pics on Instagram here: @whiteblazejunkie Hey guys, what's good? My name is Carly and I’m wicked excited to be sharing my AT adventure with you! I was originally supposed to hike the AT in March of 2021. However, after one glorious season as a snowmaker and a fabulously broken leg, I unfortunately had to postpone until 2022. Patience has never been a virtue of mine but here we are a year later, gearing up to start my NOBO thru-hike of the AT! I grew up in Boston and spent the better part of the last five years in upstate New York exploring the Adirondacks with my university's outing club. It was here I developed a deep love of all things outdoors, including backpacking, skiing, and climbing. A few fun facts about me: My favorite summit snack is a cucumber, I’m a type one diabetic, and I am a firm proponent of carrying peanut butter in a Ziploc bag while backpacking. Happy trails! Hi I'm Carly! I live in Victoria on wonderful Vancouver Island, BC, Canada. I'm a nutrition student. I am hiking the (yet to be officially opened) Vancouver Island Trail this summer 2022! Beginning from my front door at the southern tip, I'm making my way to the northernmost point on the island on my ~800km (500mi) journey. I hope to share the beauty and magic of this place through my blogs and adventures! If you're looking for sloppy and nonsensical writing compounded with a splatter of run on sentences: welcome. I enjoy walking and talking about what I just walked. AT Class of 2022 What's up, man?... All good here, bruv. The name's Charles, Chuck, Chaz, Charlie or any derivation of. A big lover boy with a wild streak living in the body of cool presenting nerd. Looking for peace and adventure in the back country. Stuttered in the beginning but I'm getting back on the trail at Springer Mountain to hike North. One day returning to the love of my life- The Ocean (pronounced O-SHauN)!! Hey y’all! I’m Chris. I have always enjoyed the simple life but not always able to live that simple life. I am that person that has three pair of shoes – work, dress, and whatever else shoes. I grew up in South Carolina in a family that worked and saved for everything. My parents sent me to summer camps in the North Carolina mountains and that is where I first experienced the Appalachian Trail. I hiked parts of the AT around the NOC to go rafting and enjoyed that simple life. Of course, I was young and had no worries then. Here I am, now 50, with family, bills, work, and aches and pains. And I want to WHAT??? Yes, I am going to hike the AT, live simple, and enjoy every day, hiker, mountain, and town I encounter. Hi! My name’s Clare ( trail name, Aqua) and I’m thru hiking the PCT. I currently call Colorado home but am originally from the cornfields of rural Indiana and went to college in upstate NY where I studied Sociology, English, and Education. When not thru hiking, I enjoy working in the non profit sector (most recently doing anti hunger work), cooking, trail running, reading lots of poetry, and spending obnoxious amounts of time in coffee shops! Whaddup peeps! I'm Connor Chapdelaine but all my favorite people call me Jackrabbit. I'm a biologist by trade but a backpacker by choice. I thru-hiked the AT as a total scrub in 2021 and fell in love as I trekked the east coast. I'll be thru-hiking the PCT this year and getting to know the other side of the country while crushing miles and peanut butter. Keep up with me here and on Instagram @ChapOnTheTrail as I head NOBO on the PCT this year and I'll try to capture what makes a really long walk so damn fun. My name is David. On the trail I'm called Doolittle. I'm a hiker, blogger, runner, brewer, gardener, gamer, rancher, deacon, father, husband...and mediocre at all of them! I live my wife and several hundred animals on a 10-acre ranch in Florida where we try to keep each other happy. If you are interested the first half of my PCT thru-hike (curtailed by fire), check out my blog at http://www.wanderingdave.com. Hi fellow hikers! My name is Drew and I'll be hiking the AT SOBO in 2022. Up until this point I've been an electrical engineer by weekday and a hiker by weekend. Although this will be my first attempt at a thru-hike, I am in no way new to East Coast hiking. I've hiked in the Whites, Daks, Smokies, and a ton in PA (my home state... yes I know everyone hates the rocks here). In short, I'm an enthusiast of type 2 fun, craft beers, and sarcasm! Emilee is an Appalachian Trail thru-hiker and writer from the mountains of southwest Virginia. You can see daily photos from her hike on Instagram: @emileehackney Hello, I'm Emily, I love being outside in the mountains, hiking and wild camping. I also love sharing my experiences to help inspire others to do the same! I'll be thru-hiking the PCT this year, it's been a 9 year dream that has finally become reality. When i'm not thinking about hiking i'm thinking about Dim Sum which has been the focus of my career, I'm taking a break from Dim Sum while I thru-hike. I've been a backpacker for more than a decade, but my first thru-hike was the Colorado Trail in 2019. It was amazing! Since then I hiked the South Dakota Centennial Trail and attempted the Uinta Highline Trail. This summer I am hiking the Appalachian trail northbound, starting in the first half of April. Excited to spend months in the woods, find a trail family, and explore the eastern United States! My name is Dillon, trail name "Enigma". My favorite trail snack is gorp. Favorite trail magic is either fresh fruit or craft beer, depends on the day. Ice cream is also on the list. This year I am thruhiking The Pyrenees High Route (HRP) and The Via Dinarica Trail (VDT) Eric and Hayley grew up less than 20 minutes apart in small towns on the North Shore of Massachusetts. It took 27 years for them to meet each other and have been together for the past 8 years. We’re hiking the Appalachian Trail Southbound in 2022. Eric hiked the AT northbound in 2011 and was known as “Mountain Dew”. Hayley has always enjoyed the outdoors and got into backpacking soon after meeting Eric. We are excited to start this adventure on June 27th. From France but I have lived overseas for 10 years. Back home at the moment. Got the hiking bug while living in New Zealand, then decided to hike the Te Araroa in 2014/15. I pretty much haven't stopped thruhiking since, trying to sqeeze one or two every year. A week after finnishing the TA, I started the Pilgrimage of the 88 temples in Shikoku (Japan),then over the years hiked the Bibbulmun Track (Western Australia), the Israel National Trail, the PCT, the Irish coast to coast, the GR 34 in Brittany (France), the GR 11 across the Spanish Pyrenees and the French Discovery trail (a route of my own). I also did a lot of "regular distance" hiking in France, New Zealand, Australia, Iceland, Lanzarote. Took a few hiking road trips in Japan, where I hitch from one trailhead to another over the country. That was a lot of fun. Hello. My name is Galen and I live near Madison. WI. On April 4, 2022, I will be thru-hiking the AT. I'm a 68 years old retired Doctor of Chiropractic. My hobbies include bicycling, hiking and camping. I've done several day hikes of the AT, Mt Rainer, Mt Hood and several areas in the Rockies. I am a 78-year-old recently widowed after 57 years of marriage. We have 3 children, 7 Grandkids, and 4 Great Grandkids. I have wanted to hike the AT since experiencing the mountains while in the Navy in Charleston, SC. I have been canoeing the BWCA nearly yearly since the early '60s. I am looking forward to spending some alone time on the trail, at the same time I am looking forward to meeting new friends and experiencing all the trail has to offer. AT Nobo '19. 2022 will be an attempt at the calendar year triple crown (CYTC) - AT, PCT, and CDT. Trail name is Blouse and will be pushing way beyond my limits this year. I promise to be honest, attempt to be funny, bring up fishing more than once, and hopefully pet some dogs along the way. Originally from the Shenandoah Mountains in Virginia, I thru-hiked the PCT southbound in 2019 after graduating from college. I’ve been intoxicated with long trails and the individuals that traverse them ever since. I am currently blogging a retrospective series about my 2020 Colorado Trail thru-hike turned dirtbag fairytale. In an effort to give back to this community and to sustain my thru-hiking fixation, I’ve built trails and worked as a wildland firefighter. You can read more by me at IsabellaZenadiah.wordpress.com Howdy! Isaias here. Avid hiker around Central Texas and the Southwest. Thru-Hiked the Appalachian Trail in 2021 (March 15 - September 8) with my Dad. Attempting a solo thru-hike of the PCT in 2022 - one step at a time. Jack Tracy (25) is a thru-hiker blogging for TheTrek. They have completed well in excess of 11k miles along the AT, PCT, CDT, HDT, MST, FT, and most recently, the PNT. Their few joys in life are derived from science/fantasy fiction and walking really far for no discernable reason. They believe that everyone has adventure in their hearts, and want to share their own journeys in hope of inspiring others to live the lives they want to live; no putting off dreams for tomorrow. Hi my name is Jackie! I am a recent college graduate preparing to hike the PCT! I am super excited to be doing my first thru-hike and I'm excited to meet everyone out on trail! I enjoy writing, hammocking, concerts, hanging out with my dogs and of course hiking! Jackie Nicole is a SoCal native, Millennial, multi-hyphenate, married, dog-mom who first backpacked the JMT solo in 2017 when everyone told her not to. Since she has racked up many more miles and is hoping to add 2,650 to that total starting March 2nd, 2022 on the PCT. My tinder profile reads: Feminist; parent to a neurotic poodle; weirdly attracted to Jed Bartlett - isn't everyone? I've been living in Brisbane, Australia for the last five years, but I'm from Melbourne. Which is very important to people from Melbourne. Before I quit my job to hike the PCT I was working as an ER nurse, sewing my own clothes and consuming books like they're peanut butter m&m's at the end of a 25 mile day. I read Wild when I was 25 and I've wanted to hike the PCT ever since. I started doing that on April 5th 2022. My name is Jake Arens, but you can call me Sidetrack. I’ll be making my second Appalachian Trail Thru Hike attempt in 2022. I’m a golf course greenskeeper, freelance writer, avid traveler and outdoor enthusiast living in Florida. I'm always working on cool writing projects and having crazy adventures. You'll find my hiking related stuff on The Trek. You can check out my other work at JakeArens.com or find me on Facebook, Instagram and LinkdIn. Hello there! I'm Jake – a writer, reader and aspiring Appalachian Trail thru-hiker. I graduated from Appalachian State a semester early in December of 2021 so that I could finally pursue a lifelong dream of eating packaged tuna for six months and showering on an irregular basis. When not hiking, I'm either spending time with my girlfriend Katie in Charleston or staring at a book. Instagram: @jakewmarkland Hey y'all! I'm Jana (she/her), a SOBO Appalachian Trail thru-hiker from New Brunswick, Canada. I grew up 4 hours from Millinocket, Maine and just graduated university. I'm a regular weekend warrior backpacker with a passion for a big scoop of PB in my morning oatmeal. I like organizing my Spotify playlists by genre and waking up before sunrise. Follow my adventure @jana__giles on Instagram! Hey all, the name's Jared, and I'm attempting to thru-hike the Long Trail this fall! I've lived in VT my whole life in the NW part of the state, and pretty much any overnight hikes I have ever done have been on the LT, might as well finish it! I enjoy music (specifically, heavy metal, prog metal, black metal, death metal...you get the idea! I do listen to all different genres though), reading, writing, history, and being outside! I am a recovering alcoholic, and after years spent ignoring way too much, I am excited to get back outside and start doing the things I love again! Feel free to say hello, drop a comment, whatever, I'm not picky! Stay blessed, always rock on, peace! I’m Jasper (aka ‘Haze’). Non-binary (they/them). Chaos gremlin. New Englander. Lover of all things Shakespeare. Wants to pet your dog. NOBO AT ‘22. Hello! My name is Jenna, and I'm hiking the Long Trail in Vermont with my significant other. I know, despite the name it isn't a very long trail, but it's a start. I tore my ACL clean in half as well as re-tearing some meniscus in spring of 2019 (apparently longboarding is an extreme sport). After learning the recovery time for surgery was nine months and they didn't bother to fix ACL injuries in anyone short of professional athletes in the 90s, I thought why am I any better? Can't further injure something that isn't there anymore! I'll fix it when I'm older! I had planned to finish the NH 48 that year in 2019 and hike the AT the following year, and all of those plans came to a screeching halt. After three years of regaining strength, stamina, and healing enough to feel stable, as well as some serious mental hurdles from such a drastic lifestyle change (there are hobbies you can sit down for? No thanks), it's time to finally get out there and start knocking off these thru hikes. I want to bring the sort of inspiration and hope that I desperately needed three years ago to people with a similar injury who also find that their goals seem so far away now. I'm also hoping to shine some light on the part of the Long Trail that doesn't coincide with the AT, so many people I've talked to don't even realize it's its own trail. We're starting at the Canadian boarder and going south, with three weeks off work. Hopefully we can make this happen! Welcome to joining my adventures as we journey through this thing called life. May our time shared be one of mishaps, laughs, and unexpected turns. For a real time glimpse at my mostly Minnesotan life, check out my snapchat jtheresas! Hello! I am Jess. I am a nature-loving backpacker from British Columbia who loves capturing moments through photos and words. If given a choice, I'd choose a week hiking in the mountains over an all-inclusive resort every time. After spending 1,500 miles on the PCT and writing a book about my experience (not yet published), I realized that writing about my adventures is a beautiful way to share my stories and relive the experiences and emotions of the trail. This will be my first trip to the east coast, and I am excited to share this first-time experience with all of you! Follow my two-week journey as I hike the 336km East Coast Trail in Newfoundland. HI I'm Joanna. I'm a middle-age mother, artist and 2022 PCT section hiker. I plan to hike Mexico to the half way point while making daily botanical paintings on my hike. My name is Johanna, but on trail everyone calls me Tinkle. I'm a native swiss girl who loves hiking and skittles! I thru-hiked the Pacific Crest Trail in 2018. Since then I hiked over 6'600 km / 4'100 mi all over the world. In 2021 I crossed the Pyrenees from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean Sea. When I'm not hiking I love to cook delicious vegan food. Another passion of mine is photography, which is perfect when hiking in stunning landscapes. Let's hike the world together :) My name is Joe (he/him) - but you might know be as Mr. Overhill. I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, and in 2016, I thru hiked the PCT. Since then I have hiked numerous long trails, including the AT, AZT, Tahoe Rim Trail, Wonderland, and more. In my passion to live adventurously, and get others to live adventurously as well, I've dedicated myself to a career in Adventure Travel. Whether guiding travelers up Half Dome, or designing custom itineraries in North America, I am at my best when empowering others to get outside. My professional and recreational pursuits are intended to help bring awareness to the need to preserve wild places and our environment for generations to come. A Pacific Crest Trail flip-flop thruhiker who wants to share his adventure and the wilderness with others via my writings. 26 year old backpacker based out of Harper’s ferry West Virginia, the halfway point of the Appalachian trail. After two different LASHs (long ass section hikes) on both the Appalachian trail, and pacific crest trail. I’m ready to start talking about them, and my new journeys. Hiking the Florida trail in 2023 A Pacific Northwest transplant who enjoys spending her time in the woods for miles on end. Hi I’m Julia! I like dogs, food, and most obviously: hiking. Join me on my journey to being a backpacker. 32 y/o Jewish gal from England currently living in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Michelin trained chef, professional beer pourer, wanderer, dreamer, world traveller. Walking the Pacific Crest Trail in 2022 in search of adventure, mountains and to fall in love with myself. Hey everyone, I'm Justin! When I'm not backpacking you can find me going on painfully long runs, cooking 5-star meals, or daydreaming up my next adventure. Taking a hiatus from work for a while to hike thousands of miles instead. I'm heading SOBO on the AT this summer and can't wait to see what's in store! I’ve been section hiking the PCT for the past 5 years and the longest section I’ve done thus far is about 200 miles along the John Muir Trail. I absolutely love backpacking - the sense of accomplishment that comes from doing something physically difficult, the moments of catharsis when you get done climbing to that 12,000 foot pass and the view at the top is both beautiful and earned, the sense of peace that comes with settling into a routine on the trail, and the list goes on. I am excited to get out for a longer adventure on the trail this year! As someone who lives with Multiple Sclerosis, a degenerative neurological condition, longer days on the trail have gotten a bit more difficult these past couple of years. But, gosh darnit, I just love it. So, I’m tossing all my excuses aside and prioritizing spending a couple months on the trail this year. The plan is to hike about 650 miles from Castle Crags in Northern California to Cascade Locke. I won’t be putting down many high mileage days, but I’ll be trucking along out there and I hope you’ll follow along with me. Hey, more time to smell the roses…er, pine needles…right?! I’m an avid hiker, world explorer, nature enthusiast, and an artist by hobby. I spent my childhood summers mostly outdoors - hiking, camping, and swimming in frigid northern lakes. I’ve also traveled across the world from Thailand to Iceland, exploring nature and hiking hundreds of miles across mountains, forests and deserts. In my ‘indoor’ life, I am a marketing executive with a strong passion for strategic planning, data, consumer insights, and analytics. I am a creative problem solver in business and in the outdoors. AT SOBO 2022, trail name Big Catt. I love that long-distance hiking allows for diverse experiences in slow form. If the trail keeps going I want to see what's next. Foothills Trail 2021; Niagara Falls to PA Section Hike 2021. I hiked the Appalachian Trail northbound in 2017. I ended that trip with a love for backpacking. PCT 21. 2/3 of CDT 22. Happy Trails! I'm Katie (she/they), and I'm thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail in 2022! After graduating college in the middle of a global pandemic and landing myself a 9-5 job, I quickly learned that I want more out of life than sitting at a desk all day until I retire. Nothing better than a thru-hike to start shaking things up! Outside of hiking, I enjoy running, lifting weights, reading, traveling, and eating good food. I am passionate about coffee, deep conversations, and finding new ways to live unconventionally. Hey everyone! My name is Katie and I'll be hiking the Appalachian Trail NOBO in 2022! I am a hiking, marathon-running, ice skating engineer who loves pretty much any food involving cheese and carbs. Currently, I do most of my hiking in New Hampshire's White Mountains, but I can't wait to see what the rest of the east coast has to offer. Hello! My name is Katie - I was Rainbow on the AT during my 2018 thru-hike. In 2022, I'm embarking on a flip-flop LASH of the PCT, with my dad, Gray Mountaineer (AT class of 2017). It'll definitely be a different kind of thru-hike experience, so stay tuned to find out if we grow tired of each other. Hi there, I’m excited to share my journey with you! My name is Katie. A little about me: I’m an avid traveler and am always looking for my next adventure. I’ve lived in various parts of the eastern United States but spent most of my life in Florida. I’ve always been an active person participating in open water swims, road cycling, triathlons, sailing, rock climbing, and [of course] hiking and backpacking. I’m always looking to improve my trivia knowledge and enjoy learning new things. My love for the outdoors is what lead me to pursue a career in marine and environmental sciences. I can’t wait to see what lessons this experience will teach me. Thanks for following along! Happy hiking! Hey there! I'm Kelly (she/her) from Pittsburgh, PA. I am attempting to hike the Pacific Crest Trail in 2022. Join me and my nonsense as I prepare to walk from Mexico to Canada. I love our Lord with all my heart, mind, soul and strength. I find incredible inspiration in this beautifully crafted natural wonderland that we call "the great outdoors." Come join me as I venture out in the latest trek of my life, Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine. What's good trail's folk? My name is Kelly aka Sprout and I love walking places and writing about them! My list of trails is this: Camino de Santiago- the French Way, ~700 miles of the AT, New England Trail, Long Trail, Rachel Carson Trail, Colorado Trail, Wonderland Trail, Timberland Trail, Lost Coast Trail and soon to be the PCT! Follow along on what I know will be a journey that will change my life for the better! A 30-year-old woman from the Netherlands, exchanging being 6 meters below sea level for mountains. I'm crossing the ocean in 2022 to hike the Pacific Crest Trail. I cannot wait to dress in the dirt, lose my body weight in sweat, eat cold-soaked couscous for 6 months straight and hike many kilometers (oops. miles!) a day. Truly! Apart from hiking, I like fries with mayonnaise, dogs, fantasy books, and did I say dogs yet?! Hi there, I'm Kelsey! I currently live in Colorado and will be hiking the Pacific Crest Trail! I am starting in April and will be going NOBO. I've hiked, backpacked, and camped a bunch in Colorado over the past few years, but this will be my first thru-hike! I'm really excited to share all the highs and lows with you along the way. Canadian mountain goat ultra runner now embracing the #disconnecttoreconnect of the backpacking/thru hiking world!! Excited to see where this journey takes me including the beautiful spaces, shenanigans, and the cool people I meet along the way!! Hey! My name's Kinsleigh! I'm 25, I'm from Dallas, and I like long walks from Mexico to Canada. In 2020 I hiked the Pacific Crest Trail, and this summer I'm taking on the Continental Divide Trail. Stay tuned for lots of ups and downs, and I don't mean just the mountains... My name is Traci. I lead women's camping trips and adventure getaways as a registered Maine Recreational Guide, own an Airbnb yurt business, and manage several rental properties. I have taught and coached on the collegiate level. I even survived a stint of teaching driver's ed. My résumé is vast and varied, but that doesn't define me. I really just have a passion for loving and laughing with people and meeting challenges. I cherish my husband, Chuck, our adult children and my personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Hey, I'm Leslie, retired minister and AT thru-hiker wannabe. Honestly, thru-hiking was my husband Chris's dream, not mine, until I realized that he was about to set off on a great adventure — without me! So I got my first-ever backpack and, along with our goldendoodle Bodhi, began training for our March 7, 2022 AT thru-hike start. Did I mention that we're both geezers? Well, Bodhi is only 3 but Chris and I are both 65. Follow along on our quest to conquer all 2194.3 miles of the Appalachian Trail! Gulp. Sup? I'm Lightning Rod, I'm a NorCal native and expert in nothing. I've thru hiked the TRT 2020, and will be thru hiking the PCT 2022. I'm probably a human electrical conductor, so there's that. I'm Lily and I'm headed out on the Pacific Crest Trail this season! I'm hoping to experience as many miles as is meteorologically, climactically, physically, and legally possible. I've spent a lot of time hiking on the East Coast and am eager to see what the West Coast throws at me. Happy hiking! Well hey there, I’m Liz! I’m headed north on the PCT this summer, trekking from Campo, CA in hopes of reaching Canada. Im learning as I go and going as I learn, sharing my adventures and pitfalls along the way. Hi, my name is Lucia Kalkman, and am a 2022 NOBO PCT hiker. I am a 20 year old woman from the Netherlands, currently studying Electrical Engineering in Eindhoven. Where my normal life consists of a very full agenda, I look forward to having an empty agenda for 6 months, and to just think about walking, eating and sleeping. I like meeting new people and pushing my boundaries, and I am curious what the PCT will bring me. Hey it's Wilt! The thru-hiking bug bit me in 2018 when in I completed the Appalachian trail, I also hiked the Tahoe Rim Trail in 2019 and next I am attempting the Pacific Crest Trail in 2022. Tag along on the journey to see how it goes! I am 27 and live in Maryville, Tennessee. I have a bachelors degree in Social Work from the University of Tennessee Knoxville. I am also a certified TEFL facilitator via International TEFL Academy. I love to read, everything from Little Women to the Lord of the Rings, and I am well versed in 80s music and film. I also fill my time with painting, writing, photography, singing, and hiking. I am the proud mother of a grey tabby cat, a leopard gecko, and a schefflera. Hey, I'm Shady Grove. I'm a jack of some trades and a master of none, but my specialty is organic agriculture. When I'm not weeding or shoveling manure, I like to feed into my adventure problem. I flip-flopped the PCT in 2019, set out to fail but surprised myself and everyone else and somehow set an FKT on the Superior Hiking Trail in 2020, and thru-hiked NOBO on the AT in 2021. Now, I'm about to be triple crowning on the CDT in 2022. I was voted most stubborn and smelliest (even though I wasn't the one who didn't carry toilet paper) by my AT tramily, who also claimed that if I was an animal I'd either be a red panda, a raven, or a "non-aggressive wolf silently padding through snow". If you have ghost, cryptid, or alien stories from hikes you've done PM me on Instagram @shadydoesstuff. Marc Privitera is a vintage backpacker, cyclist, skier/snowboarder, musician and tinkerer. And he’s a pretty good chemical engineer. He can be found skiing and snowboarding most of the winter out west. He spends summers hiking and cycling in different parts of the country. He is known to build crazy stuff like water slides, tree houses and zip lines with all his nephews and nieces back at the Ellisburg, NY 1876 Schoolhouse. That is a story in itself. He likes to play guitar and sing. So, when the request was made by a passing neighbor for him to take his guitar and go play it in the woods, he could not resist. There’s a lot more about this guy you might want to find out. Just head to the AT and listen for some singing. It just might be him. Marc goes by Flat Pick out on the trail. Hi there, I’m Maria Llorens, a.k.a. Sawgrass. I’m from Miami, Florida. Ironically, not many Floridians know about the Florida Trail, so I hope sharing my thru-hike beginning in Nov. 2022 will inspire more folks to explore our beautiful and (admittedly) weird state. Prior to this first thru-hike, I worked in publishing and nonprofit legal work. In the past few years, I took up hiking, film photography, and road tripping primarily in Florida and the southern U.S. You can check out my photos and writing on Instagram @dispatchesfromtheswamp and on my website, dispatchesfromtheswamp.com. AT NOBO Leapfrog 2022. Quit my job in the corporate world to chase my dreams living in the woods. Starting late April at Amicalola Falls heading ~600 miles north to Blackburn VA, leapfrogging up to the Mason Dixon line, trekking to Katahdin, and the flipping back down for unfinished Virginia business. Could not do this without the support of my wonderful fiancé and boisterous german shepherd back in Baltimore. My name is Mary, but you can also call me Newfound. I was born and raised in south Louisiana, but hiking, backpacking, and adventure-seeking has taken me all across (and outside) the country. Years ago, during one of those road trips, I first set foot on the Appalachian Trail at Newfound Gap... and knew that I would thru-hike the trail one day. I'm a photographer and writer, and you can find more of my work at maryleavines.com or on Instagram @maryleavines. Trail name: Birdman. I'm a documentary filmmaker, podcaster, and former wildlife biologist who has been dreaming about a thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail for almost 20 years. My connection with the AT began in 2003 when I hiked the Northernmost 600 miles of the trail. Since then I've worked as a wildlife biologist on the California condor recovery team in Arizona and Utah, co-founded a non-profit, produced several independent documentaries, helped launch a podcast series called "Earth to Humans", and co-directed a film that won the audience award an Sundance. I have an amazing wife and 8-year-old son who are supporting me on my 2022 AT thru-hike attempt. Hi, I'm Matt but you can call me House! I hiked the PCT in 2018 to try and find myself. I didn’t but found my love for long distance adventures. I cycled the Trans-American Trail in 2020 and am planning a '22 AT thru hike. In between adventures, I am a waiter, introductory sommelier, and binge watch The Office until it's time to leave again. Hey my name is Matt Raike, and I am attempting a NOBO thru hike of the Appalachian Trail in 2022. As a type one diabetic, I look forward to the growth that the trail allows, mentally and physically. I hope to engage in better habits with my condition over the next 6 or so months. It has been a lifelong goal of mine to complete the AT and believe this is my year to do so. Follow me and my journey of highs and lows (blood sugars, emotional, and topographical). Hello, retired Marine Army Veteran (MAV). Yup, this is how I received my trail name. After hiking the Appalachian Trail in 2014, I just could not think of anything else to do but start a thru hiking career. I began a series of adventures that has taken me to long distance trails throughout the US and Europe. In between long distance trails, I hit the woods in my backyard, Black Hills of South Dakota. Hi! My name is Maya. I am a Cape Cod native and will be thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail NOBO in 2022. I am excited share my journey with you! Hi All! I'm Melissa, 2022 NOBO PCT hiker. Born and raised at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains, they've been the back drop of my life. My family spent our summers camping and hiking all over Northern California. Imagine spending 7 days tent camping with your parents and little brothers in Modoc & Lassen at 13 years old when all you really wanted to do was hang at the mall and movie theatre with your friends... Those experiences as an ambivalent teenager gave me the confidence as an adult to start hiking and backpacking on my own. In 2019 I hiked the JMT and thought my thru-hiking urge had been sated, but almost as soon as I'd finished I got the itch again. Follow my journey as I trudge toward Canada! Hi! I'm Mere. My partner (Austin) and I are attempting to NOBO the Appalachian Trail in 2022. We're from Washington DC, we love a good poop story, and we're aiming to share our misadventures on the AT -- the good, the bad, the ugly. AT SOBO 2022. Filipina-American. Born in Chicago, bred in the burbs, Michigan for a hot second, then back to Chicago. Mental healthcare worker, soon-to-be MSW, and aspiring LCSW. Oldest sister to two stellar siblings, daughter to two giving parents, friend to the coolest cats, and partner to my number one fan. I pick up hobbies depending on the season. I'm impulsive; hence my attempt to thru-hike this trail. Let’s see how this goes — I’m just as curious as you are! Hi there! I am Michelle. Avid lover of nature and being outdoors, but my greatest love has to be the ocean! It feels like home to me so you can often find me out in the water surfing and diving. Other important things to know: i LOVE food. And that's an understatement. NOBO 2022! Inspired by my daughters' amazing travels, I set my sights on a GAP year, pun intended with all the Gaps on the trail:) Rocking the Steamboat Colorado ski life and non-profit community work since 1992 and looking forward to an epic foot voyage leading back to my New England roots. Husband, family, and friends make the world go round and this thru-hiker's dreams come true. Miles of Smiles, MP (she, her, hers) Born and raised in an awkward tiny village in Northern Finland, currently living in Stockholm, Sweden. Besides hiking I love climbing, traveling, drag, weird theme parties and languages, especially Turkish. I work currently as an audiobook publisher but I was given leave for the hike. I am starting my SoBo hike on the Pacific Crest Trail in 2022. This will be my first hike in the USA and only my second visit in the country, so besides a shock for my body I am expecting a cultural shock. My name is Mike, aka Dipper, from Boston, MA and I’m heading my way northbound on the AT. Come see what’s on my mind grapes! Hi Everyone! I'm going to be starting my nobo thru hike of the AT in February 2022, and I'm so excited (Squeee!). During every day life I'm a wildlife biologist, book worm, burrito loving, adventurer. I can't wait to see you out there! Just a mini mountain goat by the name of Danyelle, here to goat all over the Appalachian Trail. I've done some things, and I've seen some stuff. In my brief time frolicking this earth, I have resolved to make it my mission to experience everything I can, and share it with everyone I can. My favorite things are the sweet smell of grass after it rains, and sitting atop a collection of seashells on the beach like Smaug over his mountain of treasure. People who talk about themselves have a boring subject. Heyo! My name is Nash Calvin. I am headed south on the Appalachian Trail this year. My spirit animal is probably a jackrabbit or a sea otter. I design things and write things in my free time. Stoked to walk for awhile! 2017 AT thru-hiker, still chasing the dream. City born, flat-land raised, mountain refined. Aspiring hillbilly Welcome friends! For as long as I've known, I've had a childlike curiosity and pull toward the outdoors. My love for the outdoors led me to studying abroad in New Zealand 2020. I was exposed to a really cool culture of people that shared my same values and passions for nature. After being sent home early due to COVID, I basically used all my quarantine time and thereafter to research the A.T. extensively. I've known for a long time that I would end up doing something like this, and it's been falling into place for some time now. <3 Fun facts about me: I grew up on a Christmas tree farm, I'm vegan, and my goal career is to work as a therapist at a wilderness therapy program! Love cookies, podcasts, and learning about holistic healing. My partner and I are gearing up to take off on our AT NOBO starting March 2022. I can't wait to share our experiences, stories, and photos with you! Thanks for joining along. <3 Hi, Y'all! Our names are Pat and Paula, and we plan to hike the Appalachian Trail. We live in a small town in Florida. Not exactly fertile training ground for what has been described by some as a long, cold, rainy, mountainous six-month walk in the woods. That’s okay though because what we lack in experience, we make up for in enthusiasm and tenacity. Like the movie A Walk in the Woods, we are novices at this hiking/camping thing. Our hike may turn out to be more of a Road Runner/Wiley B Coyote cartoon than any hiking how-to or inspirational blog. Regardless, we look forward to sharing the many highs and lows of this adventure with you. Thank you for reading our blog. Until then, happy trails. Hello! I'm Paul Shearman. I will be attempting the Appalachian Trail in 2022 as both a Flip-Flopper and a Hammock camper. Most hikers start in Georgia and go north, and most carry tents. Because of this, I have found very little information on either Hammock camping or doing a Flip, so I hope to add my experiences along the way. I am a photographer, walker, and sometime paddler, a theologically-educated geek living in Rochester, NY. Once upon a time I was an Army helicopter jockey in Alaska. He/him. Christian, cisgender male who strongly supports his gay/lesbian/trans/whatever friends, relatives and neighbors. I started with film, switched to digital, then went back to classic film cameras. With major back surgery in August 2019 and bunion repair in January 2020 now behind me, I am gearing up to start Appalachian Trail northbound in February, 2022 to celebrate my seventy-second birthday. Blogging for The Trek. Hi! We are aspiring AT thru hikers! We got married in March 2021 (and again in September 2021, long story.) The Brain has dreamt of completing an AT thru hike since she was a teenager and convinced Pinky to make this our honeymoon. We step off March 14, 2022. Hey y'all, I'm Pippin (she/her)! I'm a thru-hiker, cat mom, ramen bomb enthusiast, climber, and natural resource professional from Louisiana. In 2021, I completed my Appalachian Trail thru-hike that I (barely) began in 2020. I plan to thru-hike the Pacific Crest Trail northbound in 2022. See y'all out there! :) Howdy, I'm Caitlin / Catie / Pretzel. I snagged that trail name on the Continental Divide Trail 2019. I only hiked a month in Montana but that was long enough to know I would be pursuing a full thru-hike one day. I'm from Corpus Christi, Texas where I didn't spend too much time outside (it's hot!) I actually didn't go camping for the first time until I was… twenty-two! I've been a nanny, a teacher, and a wilderness therapy field guide. Now, I'm walking 2,650 miles to figure out what's next (while also working on remaining present!) NoBo 2022 PCT Thru Hiker from Central Wisconsin. Also known as Sweatsuit on trail. I am an avid conservationist with a passion for bringing attention to and protecting public land. I also make custom hiking posters that can be found on my Etsy store: SweatsuitMaps Hi, my name is Rachel! I am a daughter, an older sister, a young student at my home state university, a mom to a black cat named Lola, a lover of nature, wearer of cat socks, admirer of swing dancing, and most importantly, a PCT hiker. I find comfort next to our world’s natural creations or surrounded by those who share my heart. I embrace vulnerability, sensitivity, and honesty in all I do. In the end, if you have the ability to be yourself, you have everything. This being said, I have no idea how to begin such a special task and hope we can figure it out together in our journey. I cannot wait to see how this unfolds. My name is Rachel (Russell the Wilderness Explorer). I begin my 2022 thru-hike of the Pacific Crest Trail on March 23rd. A San Diego native, I just graduated high school and love all things outdoors, with a particular affinity for rock climbing, alpinism, photography, and backpacking. I consume far too much vegan beef jerky and kombucha on a daily basis. i’m rachel (trail name Clash!) you will most likely find me up a mountain, camping, talking about the moon, or in a hospital- they do actually pay me to be there and work, i don’t just hang around. I’m sometimes a nurse, Sometimes a hiker of long paths. This summer i’m fully indulging in the latter personality, with a gentle stroll from mexico to canada, AKA a mega badass superlong solo thru-hike of the pacific crest trail. I’ve even got my 2 pairs of undies packed and ready. In this sunny corner of the internet you can follow my musings, adventures, and general chaos as we delve into the mountains and more worryingly into my mind- lets get weird over here Hey y'all! Rachel aka "Dobby" here. I recently finished my low-waste thru-hike on the PCT (Sept. 8) - whoot whoot! More about me... I use she/her pronouns. I'm from Western NC, just outside of Asheville. I called NH home for a bit as well! I love all things nature (obviously) and when I'm not hiking, I'm probably reading, writing for this site, or hanging out with my dog Lily. Happy adventuring and thanks for following along! :) Backpacking was definitely not love-at-first-step for me. With a pack that was way too heavy for my short body, a fear of heights and stream crossings, and no innate sense of direction, I struggled a lot on my first few trips. But a decade into my backpacking adventures, I also know that backpacking is one of the few places I feel truly at ease with myself. I've spent years backpacking through the Sierra, a month on the Colorado Trail, and 3 months meandering around the South Island of New Zealand. This year, I'm quitting my job as a human rights advocate to hike the Pacific Crest Trail. I'm hoping to approach each day with something like gratitude. Connect with me on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/big_rain_little_thunder/ I'm a hiker linguist nerd taking some time to do the AT before my knees get too old. I love to forage and learn the landscape wherever I am. When I'm not on the trail I work with Indigenous languages, and I'll be moving to Portland with my wife once I'm done the trail. I am a Pacific Crest Trail thru-hiker starting in April 2022. When not on the trail, I am a biostatistician working in cancer research and kundalini yoga teacher. I split my time between upstate New York and Hawaii. An avid hiker that loves to escape the world and run into nature. I am also an 8 year Marine Combat Veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan. Hiking the Appalachian Trail will fulfill a lifelong dream for me. I had the good fortune of enjoying New Hampshire's White Mountains as a summer playground for many years as a youngster -- a critical element in growing into future roles as student, son, hiker, skier, college grad, military officer, husband, systems analyst, father, and leader. I don't often let my mind drift to beta mode. I prefer active mental activities such as analytical problem solving, reading, poker, alternative music, fantasy sports, the stock market, craft beer, and puzzles of any type. Like everyone else, I'm constantly attempting to balance the life scales of mental, physical, and spiritual me -- but I'll try to do it with a laugh and a smile, OK? Sibley "Possibly" Brown. Itinerant teacher, thru-hiker, and wilderness guide. AT NOBO 2018. PCT NOBO 2022? Hello folks! Sierra (yep, after the Sierra Nevadas) here, born and bred in Scotland but lucky owner of an American passport too. I’ve spent the last 5 years living and working in New Zealand, Australia, America and Scotland. My girlfriend (Ness) and I completed a road trip of a life time in our van last year seeing 50 of 51 national parks in mainland America. The next grand adventure is the PCT northbound starting April 12th. Kendra "Skunkbear" Allenby is a professional cartoonist for the New Yorker, the Red Cross and many other magazines and organizations as well as a food-scarfing, sketchbook-filling piece of hiker trash. She teaches cartooning and travel drawing and has thru hiked the PCT, CDT, CT, TRT and the Camino de Santiago (Camino Frances) and thru biked across the US (southern tier) - each time drawing the whole way. She’s currently on the Pacific Northwest Trail. I'm David and this is me attempting a NOBO PCT jaunt. I'm out here because I don't want to work and you can't make me go back. I like hiking because no one gets mad at you for being smelly, day drinking and peeing off the side of tall places. Quite possibly, I'm just a raccoon in a decent skin suit. Hi, I'm Sofia (she/her) and after hiking 500ish miles of the UK in 2020 and 2021, I've decided it's time to jet off to (hopefully) less rainy terrain. I'll be hiking the PCT NOBO in 2022 and can't wait to share my trials and tribulations on here. Stay tuned to find out how many desert sunsets make me cry along the way. SEA based, hiking the AT from Georgia to Maine. Having recently retired from a 44 year career at the top of my profession as an ophthalmic photographer, I’ve turned my attention to an extensive bucket list of outdoor adventures. My usual pursuits of fly fishing, paddling, cycling, and brewing have all been put on the back burner as I prepare for an end-to-end hike of The Long Trail. Training has included multiple LASH hikes on the AT where I was given the trail name, 12 Pack. It sure fits, but I may adopt a new trail name specifically for The Long Trail. I'll be following in my father's footsteps. He backpacked a long section of the LT in 1937 when he graduated from high school in Barre, VT. I heard his stories growing up, and recently stumbled on his 1937 guide book and journal from that trip. I’d like to honor his legacy by hiking the entire LT. "Walks of Life"......Aloha, I'm a US Army retiree and 2 x cancer survivor. At age 8 my Mom took me to this place called Harper's Ferry. Part of that magical weekend involved discovering this thing called the Appalachian Trail. When told it went from ME to GA and one can actually walk the whole thing, it blew up my little mind. Ever since it's been a bucket list item. Have done numerous section hikes on the AT & PCT over the years, but life circumstances finally allow for an AT through hike (SOBO start in Jun). This is also the "ultimate rehab validation" (total hip replacement, impromptu, lol, in 2020 due to a mountain bike crash, planned total knee replacement in 21). Hence the moniker, "Tin Man." That said, guess I need a heart now. Last but not least, it's an opportunity to give back. I'm representing the Teressa Rosalind French Foundation. Teressa was a loving, vibrant young lady who was taken from this earth unexpectantly at age 16. The Foundation provides scholarships and grants to young students wishing to meet their educational and spiritual goals. It's my aim to first, repmember Teressa (take her spirit on the trail), then spread awareness of the wonderful opportunities the Foundation makes available to students. If interested in helping the Foundation meet it's goals, please go to the website: https://teressarosalindfrenchfoundation.org/about/ ALL gifts/donations go towards grants and scholarships. I'm fortunate and blessed to have this unique opportunity to "pack it all in" for 5-6 months. Excited to get back on the trail, see and experience so much (yes, including "hiccups" along the way, lol) and for the opportunity to meet so many interesting people from so many "walks" of life. Everyday is a blessing. aka Dandelion. Hi! Most people meet me about 100 yards before they see me, so let's just get this greeting going, shall we? Im a musician, teacher, performer, storyteller, lover of karaoke, herbalist, aspiring polyglot and tree huggin' dirt worshipper. Over the past 25 years I've chased a military musician all over the globe, visited 25 different countries and had all kinds of fun adventures. Now it's time to explore the ol' US of A for a bit. Originally from Long Island, NY, now setting up shop not far from the AT in Massachusetts, Ive never lived anywhere more than 4 years since I was 12. So yeah, there's a bit of wanderlust in my blood. I decided at 30 to run a mile for the first time in my life, and I've been finding ways to push the goalposts a little further back ever since. My 2022 AT hike is just the challenge I need, and will cement my reputation as the crazy one in the family. Follow me on Instagram for decent photos but better tales! We are hikers! My name is Marty, or Trunks, and I am one part of a two-part hiking couple. Brianna and I are SOBO hiking the PCT in 2022 after completing a thru-hike of the Ice Age Trail in 2021, and section hikes of the Manistee & Northern UP NCT areas in 2020. Born and raised in Michigan, I enjoy freshwater fishing and farming when we are not out on the trail. I am an Air Force veteran turned public servant who also winters as a high school wrestling coach. More than anything else, you’ll find me to be a passionate writer who tries not to let the truth get in the way of a good story. My name is Tyler Garwood and I am hiking the Great Divide Trail (GDT) of Canada with my partner during the summer of 2022. I have been interested in thru-hiking from the day I learned about the PCT at the age of 15, now at 28 I am finally on my way to materializing the dream. I love all aspects outdoors and have been a guide, firefighter, and botanist as my professions. For fun, I like to read, run, climb, fly fish, cook, mountain bike, backpack, and just about any activity that gets me moving outside. My name is Victor, and I've wanted to hike the Appalachian Trail since I was a Boy Scout some 50 years ago. Growing up in Delaware meant that the AT passed nearby in Pennsylvania, and our troop organized annual week-long hikes on the AT in the summer. These hikes were always great adventures, and I dreamed of hiking the whole Trail sometime. During high school I organized spring-break hikes with my friends along the AT in Shenandoah National Park and the Great Smokies. In college I organized a hike with our dorm. In later years I hiked sections of the AT in almost all of the states that it passes through with family and friends. But I never had the time to hike the whole AT all at once. Starting as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Paraguay, where I worked as a National Parks Specialist, I made a career as an environmental specialist, mostly in Latin America and the Caribbean. But now that I'm retired, and more or less healthy, I'm at last doing a flip-flop AT thru-hike: northbound from Springer Mountain, GA, to Harpers Ferry, WV; and then southbound Katahdin, ME, back to Harpers Ferry. My wife Brooke will cherry pick section hikes with me. Aside from hiking I love to bike, garden, birdwatch, x-country ski, cook and play classical guitar. Hello there! I'm Victoria (she/her) and I'm hiking the Pacific Crest Trail in 2022 (cue screaming!)! What do I even say about myself? I'm from New England, but Colorado has my heart (I'm moving back first chance I get). I found hiking at a time in my life when I felt stuck and unchallenged and, well... it ruined my life in the best way possible. I'm finally following my dream of starting the PCT and chasing the life I want. Buckle up, kids... we're in for a wild ride! Hello all. My name is Wanderer, aka Jeb. I grew up in a military family and travelled the world as a kid. I am a father, husband, U.S Army Infantry Combat Veteran and an avid outdoorsman. Hiking has provided an avenue of healing for me that I have been unable to find elsewhere. I thru-hiked the Pinhoti trail in 2016 and I did a flip flop thru-hike of Appalachian Trail in 2020. Benton Mackaye Trail Feb. 2021, PCT 2021, and currently 230 miles into a Southbound thru hike of the CDT I’m Wendy, trail name Serendipity! Excited to share my AT NOBO 2022 experience with you all. Back home in Connecticut I’m a Physical Therapist. I work in home care with a mostly geriatric population. My patients impart much wisdom. They tell me if there is something I want to do, do it now, don’t wait. So I’m doing it now! Whitney (she/her) is a lifelong outdoorist currently enjoying the world from luxury accommodations provided by her 2013 Honda Pilot. When she's not wandering the mountains on foot, she's moving downriver via whitewater kayak. AZT NOBO '22. Hey there! My name's Willy. I grew up hiking in the Shenandoah's and always dreamed of attempting an AT thru-hike. After 5 years of hating my corporate job and with my 30th birthday fast approaching (quarter-life crisis, anyone?) I'm finally doing the damn thing - quit my job, moved out of CA, and am coming home to the welcoming bosom of the Appalachians. I'm blogging with the goal of one day supporting myself as a writer. Subscribe to follow along as I walk, and walk, and then walk some more! Born in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada and raised in the PCT trail town of Lake Arrowhead. Now exploring Blue Ridge Mountains from Greenville, South Carolina. A connoisseur of winter ascents, snowshoeing and the National Parks; I have been to 37 of the 63 National Parks!! Hi, my name is Zach Maxon! I'm an Ozark Highlands Trail thru-hiker. I'm a freelance writer for a living, and have been planning to thru-hike for years at this point. This year, I'm finally taking the plunge. Looking forward to a month with as few showers as possible. Once restaurant professional, now REI sales expert, soon to be AT NOBO thru-hiker. Neurodivergent with ADHD, OCD and depression. Follow my blog as I share how I've flipped my life upside down to follow a 10 year dream. You can probably expect some laughs, raw emotion, and to learn a little about how a hiker with mental disabilities gets along the biggest challenge they've faced. Some bonus content possibilities: review of all Knorr's/Idahoan sides, "what does Hiker Trash smell like?", and how to not fret about gear while still also fretting about gear. Hello, I am Wolf at least that’s what they call me on the trail. Probably because I am a stealth 6'1", 36-inch chest, 14-inch biceps, 28-inch waist. A veritable trail GOD... Ha-ha, I WISH. OKAY, I would love to think my trail name will be assigned because I am totally one with nature and possess killer instincts but if my trail name were Wolf, it would be because I always have a bunch of pups in tow. All right, so I exaggerate some. But really, who’s told the complete truth about themselves since “they” invented cybersex? If I did have a trail name it would most likely be “Unknown Purpose” or “Identity wanted.” I am probably not the person you might expect to see on the trail. I am a very plus size, coming in at 150 pounds over my ideal body weight, 50+-year-old grandmother. I worked 25 years in the medical field and just recently retired. If you think the trail is intense, check out a day in a busy ER. I don’t let my weight, age, or really anything else determine what I can or cannot do. If I set my mind to it, I know anything is possible. I am a binge hiker. Well really, I don’t even know what that means. I suppose what I am trying to say is that I get into hiking and hike the hell out of life until I get distracted…. Then (*insert crickets chirping*) I have always wanted to complete the triple crown of backpacking. It’s a dream and honestly most of the time I eventually end up doing what I set out to do. Unfortunately, I still have young children, a home and a husband, and thru-hiking just isn’t a viable option for me at this point in my life. On the flip side, section hiking the A.T. is totally doable. So, with that said…. Drum roll …. 2022 is when the adventure begins! Fingers crossed for an uber-cool trail name! I’ll see you on the A.T.!!!

Courtney Stodden is joining the growing chorus of Marilyn Monroe fans lambasting “Blonde” for its portrayal of the beloved Hollywood icon. “I will not be watching,” the “Boy Destroyer” singer, 28 — who identifies as non-binary and uses they/she pronouns — exclusively told Page Six at Thursday night’s premiere of “Drag: The Musical” in Los Angeles. “As somebody who understands what it feels like to be exploited in a sexual way and then have people turn you into a joke when you are not a joke,” they continued, “I think diving into that is a little disrespectful.” Andrew Dominik’s film — starring Ana de Armas as Monroe — soared to the top of Netflix’s movie chart after its Wednesday premiere. But the NC-17 drama has ignited outrage among viewers who find its depiction to be “cruel” and drenched in misogyny. “Given all the indignities and horrors that Marilyn Monroe endured during her 36 years, it is a relief that she didn’t have to suffer through the vulgarities of ‘Blonde,’ the latest necrophiliac entertainment to exploit her,” the New York Times film critic Manohla Dargis fumed in her review. “Blonde” is based on the Joyce Oates Carol novel of the same name, a fictional take on Monroe’s life and the succession of tragedies she experienced — including childhood abuse and sexual assault — before her untimely death on Aug. 4, 1962, at age 36. “I would urge people to not watch the movie because that is not Marilyn Monroe, that is not her story. It’s fictionalized and it’s to make her something she wasn’t,” Stodden told Page Six. “She never wanted to be the girl they’re painting her as. Please, please don’t watch it.” Invoking Cara Crocker’s 2007 plea to end the societal censure of Britney Spears, the Monroe acolyte added, “Like she said, ‘Leave Britney alone!’ — now it’s time we say, ‘Leave Marilyn alone!’” There is particular indignation over a scene in “Blonde” that some perceive to be “anti-abortion.” Steph Herold, an abortion researcher at the University of California, San Francisco, tweeted, “It depicts Marilyn being coerced into her first abortion, screaming on the table that she’s changed her mind, and then she hallucinates finding a crying baby in her childhood home, which is engulfed in flames.” Herold asserted that “Blonde” is “so anti-abortion, so sexist” and “so exploitative.” Justin Chang, film critic for the Los Angeles Times, agreed, writing in his review, “The film isn’t really about Marilyn Monroe. It’s about making her suffer.” Couric, 65, reminded the 43-year-old to get her annual mammogram… Stodden believes the entertainment industry is “still exploiting” Monroe beyond “Blonde” — even Kim Kardashian, who wore the star’s celebrated “Happy Birthday, Mr. President” gown at May’s Met Gala. “Bits and pieces of her are being scattered around, dresses are being worn,” they said. “And I just feel really bad for her.” Stodden has long idolized Monroe, paying homage to her in photo shoots, tattooing her face on their ankle and often visiting the actress’ Westwood gravesite. (“You’re in my heart and my very nature,” they wrote in a letter left at Monroe’s memorial in 2016.) “The Marilyn Monroe fan club invites me to her memorial every year. It’s always emotional,” Stodden said, noting they feel the spirit of Monroe’s ex-husband, baseball legend Joe DiMaggio, during visits. “I honestly feel Joe DiMaggio’s spirit there more than I do Marilyn’s because Joe would put her favorite flowers on her gravesite for years, and he was the one who put her whole funeral together. So, I feel him there, for sure.” When asked if there is ever interest in contacting Monroe through a medium, Stodden kindly shut that idea down. “Mirroring back to exploitation and disrespecting the dead — and Marilyn in particular — I would never,” they said. “More than anything, Marilyn Monroe really just deserves to be at peace.” Still, Stodden feels “very connected” to Monroe as they, too, have experienced their fair share of scrutiny. The “Celebrity Big Brother UK” alum became a tabloid fixture in 2011 at the age of 16 when they married now-ex-husband Doug Hutchison, a man 34 years their senior. At the time of the wedding, the Tacoma, Wash., native was mercilessly slut-shamed by the public, press and even celebrities like Chrissy Teigen and Jason Biggs. In 2020, the marriage, which Stodden has alleged was “abusive” and felt like a “conservatorship,” was legally dissolved. Stodden — who is now engaged to entrepreneur Chris Sheng — acknowledged to Page Six, “I’ve been through a lot.”

How Fitness Helped this Trainer Discover Their True Self Trainer Zoe Ubaldo shares thoughts on proper nutrition and building an inclusive fitness community. While in search of a creative outlet post-college, Zoe Ubaldo didn’t realize that fitness would be the answer. After joining a gym and realizing their strength, Ubaldo eventually tested the waters at a few powerlifting meets. Ubaldo says it was there that they found where they belonged. “It was during a time where I was really trying to figure out my place and what I wanted to do with my life. Lifting weights became a positive outlet for me to express and build myself up, not only physically, but mentally as well.” As a member of the LGBTQ+ community and a newfound fitness community, Ubaldo says they have learned a lot about themselves. “Fitness has helped me better accept and grow into my identity as a queer non-binary person. By training, I’ve become so much more confident in my body and how I present myself. The community I’ve found in lifting has been very important in creating a strong support system as well.” After a few years of training, competing and working as a special education teacher, it was time to take on a new challenge. Ubaldo wanted to share their knowledge and love for fitness with others so they became a certified personal trainer. Now, Ubaldo says they are working hard on building their own supportive community. “I am really trying to help people that are either intimidated by gym culture or don’t think they have the ability to do certain physical fitness things.” They are searching for people, similar to themselves in the beginning, who don’t know yet just how impactful fitness can be. “I am really trying to open a door for people who don’t think it’s open to them. I’m looking at beginners and people who are trying to find a healthy outlet for themselves. It’s about getting anyone to start moving.” Ubaldo is also ensuring that in addition to taking on fitness, their clients are adopting a healthy lifestyle. Ubaldo says education around proper nutrition is key. “I’ve seen a lot of harmful things happen with, what I like to call diet culture, and the fitness industry. Of course, there are extremes on both sides, but I think diet culture can be very harmful. I’ve seen people struggle with eating disorders, which can start as a mental illness. But it’s definitely exacerbated by all these commercials and other influencers telling you to do this or that or quick fixes.” Ubaldo says people don’t focus enough on what being healthy really looks like. “I think there’s a lot more science coming around now that shows you can be, what’s considered ‘overweight’, and still be healthier than someone who is following a strict diet. I’m very much about spreading awareness that how you look on the outside does not indicate your health on the inside.” Ubaldo has been training clients virtually given the state of the world. But as gyms open up again, they understand another piece of someone’s fitness journey is actually being comfortable in a gym. They realize how tough it can be to sign up or to get back in there. “I do understand that feeling of walking into a gym and seeing all these super jacked people and thinking everyone knows what they’re doing and not feeling comfortable.” While Ubaldo says they themselves have never felt intimidated by places that may seem unwelcoming, it’s a real reality for many. “For people in the LGBTQ community, the gym might feel like a straight world jock place to be. At the same time, we have to push ourselves to go into these places that we see as primarily one certain type of membership. Representation is important.” Ubaldo says there are actions that gyms can take to become more inclusive and welcoming to different communities. “It’s as simple as having a sign or something in your policy that says you’re accepting of all of the following people. It’s easy to look at a gym and assume the crowd that goes, but you won’t know unless you go, or they have it stated somewhere the people who are accepted. It’s just making sure that you’re giving the voice to the ones not necessarily being heard right now.” Beyond signs, it’s also about being considerate of the different needs that people may have. One move can make a huge difference. “A big concern for trans people that are trying to go to gyms, is having the option for a gender-neutral bathroom and not just having men’s and women’s locker rooms. It can be as simple as one extra bathroom.” As more gyms open and are hopefully more welcoming, Ubaldo hopes for a gym of their own. “In the past few years I’ve seen specific gyms open for people of color and LGBTQ people to come to. It’s always been a dream of mine to open up my own gym eventually, something that’s really inclusive.” While June is Pride Month, Ubaldo says that Pride is about so much more than just one month. It’s about supporting a diverse community all year round. “To me, Pride is about being unapologetically YOU. It’s all about recognizing the diversity in our own community and how we can uplift each other to understand one another and come together to improve our lives and the lives of LGBTQ folks in the future.” For larger companies and brands looking to support the LGBTQ+ community, Ubaldo says to remember that actions speak louder than words. It’s about finding ways you can support, no matter the month. “For any brand trying to be a good ally, it’s being able to back athletes and people in the community who are LGBTQ and making sure they’re heard and you’re listening to what they need.” During these uncertain times in the world, it’s crucial that all different communities feel heard and accepted. For Ubaldo, that means building a fitness community they can support on their mission to improve their lives and become strong. “I continue to teach because I genuinely love seeing people better themselves. I continue to train for powerlifting because the progress, no matter how small, is always rewarding.” Just as fitness helped them find their path in life, Ubaldo is now paying it forward so that everyone can feel accepted, no matter who they are.

We’re excited to share the winners of the first edition of the Womxn Develop at Ubisoft mentorship at Ubisoft Toronto. These up-and-coming game designers and programmers from Ontario showed incredible talent through a game development challenge devised by our experts and will now benefit from a mentorship and paid apprenticeship at our studio. How We Got Here Last year, Ubisoft Toronto and the Ubisoft Paris Studio launched the Ubisoft Future Women in Games mentorship pilot program. It was built from a desire to see more diverse talent enter — and flourish — in the games industry by providing valuable hands-on work experience at a AAA studio. For 2020, we retooled the program to include even more underrepresented voices who can bring their talents and backgrounds to the games we make. The Womxn Develop at Ubisoft mentorship aims to attract and develop diverse talent for our studios around the world. Game Design Challenge The Womxn Develop at Ubisoft game design challenge asked participants to work through the different stages of defining design goals. They had to create a pitch document that outlines the player experience and construct a prototype plan for their design. Their challenge was to design a new operator for Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege that would appeal to a new audience. Santin designed a non-binary operator named Blink who has a focus on intel denial, disabling defense, and opening entry points. Blink’s unique gadget is their EMP dart, which allows them to disable defenders’ primary gadgets and then destroy them once the defender has died, adding a seek-and-destroy element to Rainbow Six Siege. Players will work together to locate hidden gadgets to EMP dart, and then take out the corresponding defender to eliminate all the defender’s gadgets. This ability encourages communication, teamwork, and strategizing, and also teaches players about the different operators and gadgets, and their impacts on gameplay. Blink is a strong counter to both operators with electronic devices and operators who spread out their devices, such as Mozzie, Jager, Maestro, and Melusi. Sridhar’s design challenge submission aimed to address three main areas: the new player learning curve, communication between teammates, and intel gathering and distribution. Rudra, the defender operator they designed, is intended to combat these issues by using a combination of paint and tracking drones to highlight the location of opponents through any surface for a short duration of time. This information is transmitted to the rest of the team instantaneously. This operator is intended to create an advantage that — even in the hands of the most inexperienced player — is still a valuable and meaningful contribution to the team. Zhang wanted to address the unequal playing field for women entering e-sports. Voice chat is often a main barrier to women’s success due to harassment. Zhang created an operator with the ability to control how both teams can communicate, which would remove the need to use voice chat for team success, and allow women to compete at higher levels. Lynx, her proposed operator, is a defender with the Electromagnetic Disruption Field — a geometric net created by setting wall nodes that form a polygon called the “dead zone.” All players within the dead zone can no longer access voice or text chat but can still use the ping system. To compensate for the disadvantage, enemies within the dead zone can be seen through walls by the defending team. Vu aimed to create an operator with a chaos-inducing ability that would elicit creativity in players. They presented an operator with an ability to use the terrain (in this case, the lights) in order to completely change the scope of the battlefield. This allows the operator to support other operators’ abilities in the shadows. The meta strategies can bend according to how the players want to play and not by the “tiers”, allowing beginner players to slowly develop their own styles. Lo created an operator that is versatile and accessible to mute players and players without a premade team. Defender operator, Whistle, offers a straightforward gadget for intel gathering by audibly notifying the team, visually pinging enemy locations, and providing a new distraction for Attackers needing to find and destroy or escape the radius of detection. The Womxn Develop at Ubisoft programming challenge was to create a one-button game with the theme of “Crowded Spaces” using a provided API. Participants only had one weekend to code their game entirely in C++. Shaked Brosh – Out of The Woods Out of the Woods is a 2D endless runner which features continuous waves of enemies. It gives the player the ability to do two things: move between the platforms to avoid those enemies (using the up/down arrows or W/S keys) and shoot the enemies when they can’t be avoided (using the space bar). Afsaneh Towhidi – Little Bit Evil In Towhidi’s game Little Bit Evil, their cat Moony is living with them in the overworld. In exchange for living in the overworld, a dark lord expects Moony to deliver innocent souls to the underworld. If Moony fails, he will be destined to live in the underworld forever. Catty Symonds – Finding Hope Finding Hope is an exploration of the ways interactive media can crystallize the human experience, and an ode to the internal struggles of isolation and grief. With a limited amount of light, the goal is to navigate through enemy AIs that represent our deepest fears and insecurities, completing each level when players successfully reach “hope.” Congratulations to this year’s winners! Our Ubisoft judges and mentors were impressed with the quality of submissions and diversity of ideas that the challenge prompted. The first place winners will be given paid apprenticeships at the Ubisoft Toronto studio, working on our leading games and learning from experienced teams as they start their careers in game development. Learn more about Womxn Develop at Ubisoft here: https://toronto.ubisoft.com/womxn-develop-at-ubisoft/

Considering most males keep their underwear for a long time, it’s surprising how some men will rarely spend more than a couple of minutes to do their underwear shopping, even if it’s for a garment that ought to last them for several years! With so much variety of styles and fabrics, you have a harsh and time-consuming decision to make, more so when you're a large guy. At least one that most men are not prepared (or willing) to take. For this reason, we thought you would appreciate a primer into men’s bikinis, plus ten styles that ought to appeal to mature men looking to up their game. A Fetish for Bikinis? Whether you love European style bikinis for men or stick to good ol’ tighty-whities, there’s plenty of benefits of wearing comfortable underwear. No matter which level of sophistication you have when buying your undies. It’s important to understand the benefits and available styles of men’s bikinis. While we can’t fully cover the whole variety of men’s bikinis on this article, we’ll focus instead on the modern men’s bikini with a pouch. A trend in line with the modern European style of men’s skimpy underwear. Too often we pick a style based on our past purchases. Only sticking with the familiar and comfortable. With this attitude, we miss out on all sorts of opportunities that go to those who dare to try something new. As in life, when it comes to trying new underwear styles, it’s paramount that we try to remain open-minded about the new styles and trends. We might not like certain styles or looks, simply because we’re not used to them, but don’t overlook the benefits and comfort that the modern men’s bikini can provide. And it's not us that have a fetish for bikinis. Rather, we believe we tend to forget about the importance of the first and last item that clads our persona on a daily basis. So let’s shed some light on it so you can make the best possible choice next time you’re buying a new pair of bikinis for you or your male partner. 1) Bikinis are low-maintenance Even more than a thong, a bikini is a garment that’s so easy to maintain that it’ll be unwise not to own a few pairs. Either for smooth travels, for less heat during warm climate, for taking less space in your drawer, and even for easy laundry, a bikini is ideal for modern men looking to boost up their underwear choice. The bikinis’ small construction and sturdy & durable built makes washing and drying them a breeze. Its low maintenance cost deserves the attention of both underwear aficionados and underwear fetishists alike. 2) Bikinis make you look leaner and sexier Bikinis are an undergarment that can arouse both those who see them and those who wear them. No other undergarment can have you comfortably say “I love myself and I’m proud of who I am” as the modern male bikini. Skimpy looks can trigger anything from a boost in self-confidence to a high sexual desire from those around you. The accentuated profile achieved with the male pouch only increases these feelings. Try one and see how your inner mojo will explode. 3) Bikinis provide support in the right places Even if you’re still not a fan of fitted underwear, you probably have tried a bikini or fitted brief that’s tight enough, not too confining, yet fully supportive. If this isn’t the case, start your search with a modern male bikini with pouch. The boost, the build, the style and the lift all account into turning the bikini experience into a highly pleasurable experience. Regarding construction and design, you’ll find that bikinis are more or less like briefs with a shorter construction, especially in the legs. The snug fit created by the pouch makes sure that your anatomy stays in place without any unwanted movement. 4) Bikinis are ideal for hot climates One of the benefits shared with the thong and other mesh underwear styles, the bikini provides enough air flow and convenience even when worn in hot climates. Less fabric typically means less ride up. But it also means less heat gets accumulated down there. This, in turn, means less chaffing and less sweat. If your tighty-whities give you plenty of sweat, chaffing, ride up and heat, it’s time to ditch that old pair and favor a new pair of bikinis. 5) Bikinis help break taboos Unlike a thong, a bikini is an item that almost every male would have no trouble wearing, no matter whether you’re gay, straight or anything in between. While we’re firm believers in the non-gender non-binary value of male thongs, we’re aware there’s still a lot of taboo surrounding men thongs. Thus, we believe bikinis are at the vanguard of an underwear style that’s sexy, comfortable, easy to maintain, fully supportive and perfect for hot climates. If you’re still unsure about purchasing that sexy thong, definitely stick to bikinis and briefs, but get a decent bikini and see how they can turn any day into a bright one. For men looking to wear non-traditional underwear with a comfortable and sexy style, try any (or all) our ten recommended pouch bikinis for men below. If you want something that will keep your boys sitting comfortably and comprehensively supported, try the classic MAX PremiumHeather bikini. Manufactured in a cotton-lycra fabric, the feel, fit and support are next to awesome. The waistband is fully supportive and not too tight. The quality and construction are perfect, even after many washing cycles. The sturdy fabric does not lose shape or stretch over time, and the gray color stays gray after many uses. The MAX Premium Heather is a safe bet for your first men bikini. If this isn’t enough to get you started, click here and read some customer reviews to get a better understanding of its benefits. X3D Suave style in dark turquoise is one of the sexiest and more sleek looking bikini styles. Manufactured in Suave, the three-dimensional pouch creates the signature up-and-to-the-front bulge of all Ergowear products. The concealed waistband, in contrast with the MAX line, ensures a low-cut style that will give you a sophisticated look with minimal coverage. Once you try these, you’ll probably end up getting more pairs for those around you. If you still have not tried the FEEL pouch, you’re probably missing on one of the best pouches ever invented in men’s underwear. And it’s not just us who say it, but thousands of reviewers every year, certified by third parties like Yotpo, Amazon, eBay and many more retailers. Whether you like to point your manhood to the front, sideways or down, FEEL creates a non-confining bulge with enough space to support your assets and give you freedom of movement without having to worry about discomfort or unwanted movement. The slick look is emphasized by the hammock-looking pouch and its master craft. Black accentuates the sexy look. If contrast is your thing, and you’ve already got the new MAX Light Black bikini, try the MAX Suave bikini in black, with its signature waistband in white. The hyper soft fabric, three-dimensional pouch, and robust and sturdy construction will give you unparalleled comfort that will last for several washes. These are a dream to be seen with, and a dream to wear. Match your Coral FEEL Suave bikini with the softer and gentler MAX Suave Including the signature MAX waistband, this men’s pouch bikini lifts your genitals in a cozy yet fully protective fashion, while providing strength and incredible softness in a durable and sophisticated construction hardly matched in men’s underwear. Get one or all of these styles and if you’re still unsure about ditching your old pair of Hanes underwear, just dare to experiment a unique version of you with a brand-new, quality, nontraditional men’s bikini with a front pouch from Ergowear. Hardly matched in fit and quality, these bikinis are as good as your favorite underwear, except better. Check this video to see more styles! Best anatomically designed and bulge enhancing pouch underwear for men. Fabrics include a variety of blends with incredible stretch such as cotton-lycra, polyester-lycra, microfibers, modal-spandex and polyamide-elastan. Discover why customers ❤ Ergowear. 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United States·December 14 2022 Empowering Women Through Adventure: A Bend Women's Speaker Series || 6:00-7:30 PM @ EmbarkBOOK NOW Please join SheJumps, AdventurUs Women, and Crow’s Feet for the first annual Bend Women’s Speaker Series - “Empowering Women Through Adventure”, held on the second Wednesday of each month at Embark Coworking Community. Our December speaker is Chelsey Magness with "Adventure Racing: Empowering Women to Embody Adventure" With adventure comes many unforeseen challenges and obstacles, but when we learn how to look at them with curiosity, we come out the other side more resilient and with many more tools on how to be a better mother, sister, wife and friend. When: Wednesday, Dec. 14th, 6:30-7:30pm (Doors open @ 6pm) Where: Embark Coworking Community - 2843 NW Lolo Drive, Bend Come ready to buy some raffle tickets in support of SheJumps and AdventurUs Women scholarships! Raffle items donated by Bronwen Jewelry, Angelina's Organic skin care, Salt Stick, Rebound PT, Nite Ize , Crux Fermentation Project, Mission Farms CBD, Aquaterrahealth, and Bend Racing. Entry is free and complimentary beverages will be provided by Crow’s Feet, 10 Barrel Brewing and Montucky Cold Snacks. Sign up now! SPEAKER & SPONSORS Chelsey's favorite part of racing is exploring places that very few people get to see and gaining perspective she might never see in "normal" life. Whether racing across remote icebergs, developing innovative acro sets, or balancing a thousand feet above ground on a slackline, all while chasing her wild son Max and toddler Revel Wilder, Chelsey loves to take whatever she's into that day to the next level. When not sleep deprived in the jungle, she can be found sipping a horchata latte, climbing, or enjoying Dan's BBQ. AdventurUs Women is a women-owned and led company dedicated to providing opportunities for women of all ages, races, sizes, backgrounds and experience levels to learn new skills and try outdoor activities in beautiful environments. We strive to create affirming learning environments that encourage friendship and skill building while connecting with nature in stunning locales. We provide affirming and supportive spaces for women to learn and explore in the outdoors.We create experiences that encourage fun, laughter and friendship.We welcome women of all ages, race, size, background, and experience levels. We welcome participants of all gender identities and expressions who feel that a women’s retreat is the right space for them.We embrace nature as our classroom, leading with compassion.We share knowledge as a way to empower, inspire, and build confidence in outdoor skills. SheJumps increases the participation of women and girls in outdoor activities Partnering with nature, SheJumps creates safe, educational outdoor experiences for girls and women that nurture growth and transformation. SheJumps is an inclusive organization. They welcome all women and girls (transgender and cisgender) as well as non-binary people who identify with the women’s community. SheJumps strives to be an ally in the fight against racism and acknowledges that our events and programs take place on traditional, unceded Indigenous lands. Learn more at: https://www.shejumps.org A Mountain Collective is an equipment sales/service/information hub, selling the best products available for both your backcountry ski and cycling excursions. At CROW'S FEET, we make it our mission to look beyond conventional thought and practice, to bring quality and innovation together in a space that welcomes all people. We are inspired by the artists, bike makers, ski builders, crafts(wo)men, whose work manifests in the form of delicious beauty… and we seek to share that inspiration through unrelenting stoke, coffee, beer, bikes, skis and snowboards. Learn more at: https://crowsfeetbend.com The Nature of Work Embark started as a dream for Ruffwear’s Will Blount and Patrick Kruse. In 2016, they realized the company was outgrowing their current space and they’d need to expand. Entrepreneurs at heart, they envisioned an opportunity to give back to the start-up spirit in Bend, and the idea of creating a coworking space to support up-and-coming companies, expose Ruffwear team members to new ideas, and foster community was born. Three years and a massive renovation project later, the vision has become a reality! Members of this collective are explorers who have a shared sense of stewardship for our wilderness areas, and reflect a diverse range of professions. The doors open at 6pm and we will start at 6:30 pm!

[CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of transphobia, violence, suicide] Yesterday was Transgender Day of Remembrance, a day when we remember those who’ve lost their lives as a result of transphobic violence in the last year. While Education Minister, Nicky Morgan, expressed her pride at the flying of the trans flag on a Government building for the first time, the partner of a woman who died in a male prison called for an urgent change in the law, to protect trans woman from misgendering by the state and the legal system. Vicky Thomson, who was 21, is reported to have told friends she would commit suicide if sent to a male prison. Yet she was sent to a male prison, where she was found dead yesterday. This tragedy comes just a few weeks a campaign to ensure another trans woman, Tara Hudson, was housed in a women’s prison was successful. Vicky Thompson, like Tara Hudson, merely lacked a piece of paper. Guidance requires prisoners to be housed according to their gender under the law, so the entire process is focused on whether someone has a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC). Obtaining such a Certificate is an incredibly complex process, involving being diagnosed with a “disorder,” multiple medical reports and 2 years living “in your gender.” There are provisions which allow people to be housed “in the estate of their acquired gender” but they repeatedly fail to prevent women being sent to men’s jails. Many people are unfairly denied a GRC on the basis they happen to have no desire or need for particular medical procedures and there are those who chose not to put themselves through what can be a traumatic application process, solely on the basis the state holds incorrect information on their gender. Non-binary and/or intersex people are declared male or female by the state at birth, having no right whatsoever to an acknowledgement they are neither. There are so many people failed by the system, which maintains this cumbersome and detrimental apparatus, solely to laud over people who can figure out what gender they are for themselves. Flag flying from the UK Government seems so inadequate. As does an expression of support from a minister like Nicky Morgan, who voted against legislation allowing people to marry the person they love, regardless of the state’s view of their gender. The “equal” marriage legislation drafted by the UK Government includes a spousal veto, which has the effect of allowing people’s partners and former partners who are not legally separated to make obtaining a Gender Recognition Certificate more difficult. Thanks to a concerted campaign by the Equality Network and the Scottish Transgender Alliance amongst others, no such provision exists in Scotland’s legislation. There is a particular gall when the Education Minister is the person chosen to speak for the Government, while there remains no education around trans and intersex issues, other than in general guidance on not bullying people. We still essentially teach kids that trans people don’t exist and the fact that some of those kids grow up to bully, and indeed murder, trans people must be acknowledged as learned behaviour. We need to urgently reform our education system – yet in England, the proliferation of religion education/profit (which go so well together!) in the form of “Free Schools” is likely to further damage kids who don’t confirm in terms of their gender or sexual identity. There may not be the rush towards privatisation in Scotland but the failure of our school system to even provide an education to trans people is a disgrace, 42.3% of trans people who leave education cite transphobic bullying as being responsible for their decision. In 21st Century Scotland, we cannot provide education to many of our kids in a safe environment. Education on sex and gender issues is one area where Holyrood can, and must, now take the lead. Mandatory education on the diversity of gender and sexual identities could allow more trans kids to receive an education, and save lives. The stakes are too high to allow bigots to prevent often vulnerable young people from receiving information which helps them and others stay safe. Women still housed in male prisons must be relocated and we must end the practice of putting women and intersex and non-binary people in danger because we haven’t made the right forms yet or made the process of obtaining them fair. There are the overarching questions of why we continue to send so many people to jail, Scotland’s female prison population is at a record high. But while we live in a society which locks people up, we must reform the process of gender recognition. What should be a simple administrative matter is made incredibly complex and the victims are trans people and all those who’re misgendered by the state, either due to a change in circumstances or because the state got it wrong to begin with. If people are able to simply register their gender, as is the case in other states, it’s unfathomable women would end up in male prisons. While yesterday was a day to pause to remember the victims of transphobic violence, we do no justice to anyone unless we challenge the system which allows this to keep happening. The fact that a trans woman is dead, having been deliberately misgendered, not by a playground bully or an online bigot, but by the state, suggests we have a responsibility far beyond remembrance; we need to change the system which is failing trans people. Sadly, Transgender Day of Remembrance is a day acknowledging the present and not remembering the past. While that’s the case, I have nothing but disdain for a Government which tries to take credit for its record of support, as we mourn the death of a woman whose right to exist was undermined so unforgivably.

June is Pride Month, which celebrates those who are homosexual, bisexual, transgender and queer, and recognizes their historical struggle for equal rights. Locally, many people rocked rainbow colors at the Philly Pride Parade, including members of the Philadelphia Jewish LGBTQ community. For Jews looking for LGBTQ activities and information beyond the parade, there are a number of communal resources available year-round. pRiSm is an LGBTQ social group within Congregation Rodeph Shalom that is also involved in activism. In addition to marching in this year’s parade, the group hosted its second annual Pride Shabbat dinner. Among the speakers was Amber Hikes, executive director of Philadelphia’s Office of LGBT Affairs. Throughout the year, pRiSm provides “people of all gender and sexual identities” in “Philadelphia and the greater Delaware Valley’s GLBT Jewish community” with a space for community, education and activism, according to the group’s website. J.Proud is a group within Jewish Family and Children’s Services of Greater Philadelphia. In addition to hosting Passover seders for the LGBTQ community, J.Proud also held an educational conference last fall in conjunction with Congregation Kol Ami on inclusiveness for transgender and non-binary (people who don’t identify with a specific gender) Jews. On its website, J.Proud offers an extensive list of Jewish LGBTQ resources, including social services, congregations, schools and other useful information. Spectrum Philly is geared specifically to LGBTQ Jews in their 20s and 30s, offering a range of social activities, such as parties, Shabbat dinners and opportunities to attend cultural events. in fact, on June 29, Spectrum is holding a happy hour meet-up at Toasted Walnut Bar and Kitchen. Finally, for those who are not quite ready to join a group, but who would like to learn more about Jewish-American LGBT history, the Tumblr page called LGBT Stories: A Collecting Project might be a good resource. This page was created by Philadelphia’s National Museum of American Jewish History in 2014, and was followed a year later by an exhibit called “The Pursuit of Happiness: Jewish Voices for LGBT Rights.” Although the installation, which featured artifacts from a series of gay protests in the 60s, is over, the LGBT Stories page remains. The site acts as both a resource for curious readers and an opportunity for Jewish LGBT Americans to share their stories. pRiSm, J.Proud, Spectrum Philly and the NMAJH Tumblr page are only a sampling of the resources available in the Jewish LGBTQ community in Philadelphia — but they are good places to start for those interested in getting more involved.

Mirroring debates in the US, members of universities in the UK are increasingly concerned with the diversity of students and faculty in higher education institutions. Drawing on a methodology developed at Dartmouth College, John Carey, Katie Clayton, Simon Hix and Yusaku Horiuchi present a fascinating analysis of the results of a 2017 survey of the views of LSE undergraduates on student admissions and faculty recruitment. The authors found that, overall, LSE students emphasise ‘scholarly excellence’ in their expectations of fellow students and of faculty, but also favour a focus on offering places to applicants from lower income families and from non-selective state schools. As with many social phenomena in the past century, the US debates about diversity on university campuses have started to cross the Atlantic to the UK. Perhaps the most high-profile example of this was the argument in 2015–16 about whether Oriel College, Oxford should remove the statue of Cecil Rhodes, who for many students was a symbol of Britain’s colonial and racist past. Another example is the growing recognition of the lack of students and faculty from black and minority ethnic backgrounds at Britain’s top universities (here, here, and here). And, in perhaps a UK-specific take on the US debates, top universities are increasingly asked why they have so few students from lower income or working class backgrounds. For example, The Sutton Trust estimates that pupils from private secondary schools are more than twice as likely to attend top universities as pupils from state schools. LSE is no stranger to these debates. In response to growing concerns amongst faculty and students, and as result of a number of incidents on campus, in September 2015 LSE set up an Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Taskforce. The number one aim of the EDI Taskforce is: ‘To provide a forum in which those with operational responsibilities for equity and diversity in the School are held accountable for and supported in the delivery of their responsibilities’. But what do LSE students think about these issues? Do they want a more diverse student intake and more diverse faculty appointments? And how do they think LSE should go about achieving more student and faculty diversity – for example, should certain student or faculty characteristics be prioritised over other characteristics? And are LSE students polarised in their views of these issues? We could simply ask LSE students what they think. But a problem with conventional surveys on sensitive issues is that they are susceptible to what researchers call ‘social desirability bias’. For example, if a student is not in favour of greater campus diversity, he or she is unlikely to reveal that opinion in response to a direct survey question – or he or she may simply exit the survey when asked about hot-button issues. To mitigate this problem, we conducted a survey experiment of LSE undergraduates, using a technique known as ‘fully randomised conjoint analysis’. In this design, each respondent is presented with several pairs of hypothetical student applicants (or candidates for a faculty appointment), and in each case the respondent is asked which person they would prefer to be accepted (or appointed). Each hypothetical student (faculty) applicant is described with a bundle of attributes that include race/ethnicity, gender identification, income and class background, and several other attributes. The particulars of each attribute (such as whether a person’s race/ethnicity is white, black or Asian) are randomly assigned for each candidate. The order in which the attributes themselves are presented is also randomly shuffled for each respondent. This way, no attribute is inadvertently made to seem especially important just by being placed first. Our email invitation was also written in general language, focusing on student opinions about admissions and faculty recruitment, but not priming the specific issue of diversity. Each respondent then chooses one candidate in ten randomly juxtaposed pairs of candidates. Using the answers of hundreds of respondents and thousands of decisions with the attributes randomised, we can estimate whether, and how much, respondents care about accepting a black student as opposed to a white student, or a student from a lower income background, or an applicant with outstanding academic grades, or a female or male faculty member, or a faculty member with a PhD from a top university, or a faculty member with an outstanding teaching record or research record, and so on. In short, this design allows us to elicit students’ views about campus diversity without ever mentioning diversity. It is not that we are misleading the respondents in any way. But, rather, from the point of view of the students taking the survey, the research is asking them about their views on a range of attributes of students and faculty that they might care about. And their responses shed light on the relative strengths of their priorities across the multiple dimensions on which admissions decisions or faculty recruitment decisions are made in the real world. After they had completed the conjoint experiment, we asked the LSE students who took the survey about their own academic department, extra-curricular interests, academic grades (in their A-levels or IB (International Baccalaureate)), gender identity, race/ethnicity, political party support, whether their parents attended university, their family’s income, and their general views about diversity at the university. This allowed us to see whether students’ personal backgrounds and experience influences their views about student or faculty diversity. This method was pioneered at Dartmouth College, which is one of the top undergraduate colleges in the United States, with fascinating results. After seeing these results, we wondered what we would find with the same survey design at LSE. We undertook the survey in January–February 2017. We surveyed all 4,785 LSE undergraduates on continuing courses (so not counting visiting students), and randomly split the sample in two: asking half the undergraduate admissions survey, and the other half the faculty appointments survey. We secured 494 responses to the undergraduate admissions survey (a response rate of 21 per cent) and 384 for the faculty appointments survey (a response rate of 16 per cent). These are comparatively high response rates, and we found no evidence that the respondents were biased in any way relative to the general population of LSE undergraduates. We interpret the results from our conjoint analysis by estimating the average marginal component effect (AMCE). The AMCE tells us how much a respondent is more or less likely to choose a hypothetical candidate with a particular characteristic — for example, a black candidate over a white candidate (if white is the baseline), or a woman rather than a man (if man is the baseline) — when all other characteristics are held equal. The figures below illustrate the results across the full set of respondents to each survey, first for admissions then for recruitment. Each attribute (for example, race/ethnicity, gender, A-level results etc.) can be assigned various levels (characteristics of the candidate). The baseline level for each attribute is identified, and serves as the point of reference. For each level of each attribute, the AMCE estimates the difference in likelihood that a respondent chooses a candidate with that attribute/level, relative to a candidate with the baseline attribute/level, holding all other attributes and levels equal. A positive AMCE indicates that respondents are more likely to prefer candidates with the given level relative to the baseline level, whereas a negative AMCE indicates the reverse. The lines intersecting the dots (which look like wings on an airplane) show the confidence interval around each estimate. (Where the ‘wings’ are not visible, the confidence interval is smaller than the size of the marker.) If a confidence interval intersects the vertical line on each figure, then the estimate is not discernible from zero at the standard 95 per cent degree of confidence. Overall, where undergraduate admissions are concerned, LSE students are selectively supportive of more diversity in admissions. Given equal academic standards, LSE students as a whole are 5 per cent more likely to prefer a black applicant for admission over a white one. Respondents were statistically indifferent between East Asian and South Asian applicants relative to whites. They leaned just slightly toward women applicants over men. The results also show that LSE students have strong preferences for admitting more students from non-selective state schools (as opposed to private schools or selective/grammar schools), students from lower income backgrounds, and students whose parents did not attend university. Regarding faculty appointments, LSE students have a strong preference for appointing academics with PhDs from top universities and with excellent scholarly and teaching records. Other things equal, shifting from a fair research record to an excellent one increases likelihood of selection by 24 per cent, and the same jump on a teaching reputation boosts selection by over 40 per cent. Holding these high academic standards constant, LSE students would also like to see more women appointed (shifting from a man to a woman increases likelihood of selection by 5 per cent), more black faculty (6 per cent), and more permanent faculty (3 per cent). LSE students also prefer appointments in mainstream academic departments/programmes, such as Economics or Government/Political Science over those in Development Studies (-6 per cent) and Gender Studies (-8 per cent) (neither of which have undergraduate programmes). These results were broadly consistent with those we found among students at Dartmouth. Like LSE, Dartmouth students placed great weight on academic excellence, both in student admissions and in faculty recruitment. They also expressed clear preferences for candidates from traditionally under-represented groups. The race/ethnicity categories we used in surveying American students differed somewhat from those included in the LSE survey, reflecting the US demographics by including Latinos and Native Americans, and not distinguishing between South Asians and East Asians. Nevertheless, the Dartmouth students expressed statistically significant preferences in favour of members of most non-white groups, and the marginal preference for a black applicant or faculty candidate at Dartmouth, other things equal, was on par with that among LSE students. We were also able to break the LSE results out by different groups of respondents. We found that non-white LSE students weigh academic merit in student admissions more highly than do white students, and that women students are more likely to favour women and non-binary applicants than are men. We found little difference between men and women students in terms of their faculty appointment preferences, even on the gender of faculty. We also looked at whether students on ‘quantitative’ programmes (in Accounting and Finance, Economic History, Economics, Management, Maths, and Statistics) have different attitudes towards diversity from students on ‘qualitative’ or ‘mixed methods’ programmes (in Anthropology, Geography, Government, History, International Relations, Law, Philosophy, Social Policy, or Sociology). On undergraduate admissions, students on qualitative/mixed-methods courses slightly favour female applications and applicants from lower income families, and slightly discount high A-level/IB grades and private schools. On faculty appointments, students on qualitative/mixed-methods courses have slightly stronger preferences for women faculty. But the preference differences across students in these two types of programmes are matters of degree, not of kind, and both types of students overwhelming favour applicants and faculty candidates with very high academic performance. Finally, we found some big differences in the diversity preferences of Conservative-supporting as opposed to Labour-supporting students. On undergraduate admissions, Labour students (compared to Conservative students) are far more favourable toward ethnic minority applicants of all types, with increased likelihood of selection relative to white applicants at between 10 per cent and 20 per cent, other factors equal. It is worth noting that Conservative supporters do not disfavor applicants from any minority group relative to whites — they are, statistically, indifferent to race and ethnicity. The difference stems from Labour supporters’ strong preferences for diversity. Labour students also weight A-level/IB grades less heavily, and favour applicants from non-selective schools, and from lower income families. By contrast, with respect to faculty appointments, we found hardly any differences between Conservative-supporting and Labour-supporting students. We also asked our respondents whether, in principle, they favour the consideration of race in university admissions and faculty appointments, or believe these decisions should be based entirely on academic merit. Large majorities — 75% for admissions, 87% for appointments — favoured merit only, and, consistent with that position, those respondents displayed no statistically discernible preference for or against applicants or candidates of any particular race or ethnicity relative to whites. In sum, LSE students broadly and powerfully prioritise scholarly excellence in both faculty appointments and student admissions. Other things equal, they also want race and gender to be taken into account, and in student admissions they also favour applicants from lower income families and from non-selective state schools. Part of the challenge in recruiting diverse student and faculty populations, of course, arises when all else is not equal — that is, when admissions or recruitment committees must weigh trade-offs across different attributes in selecting candidates for limited slots. The Dartmouth team is pursuing ongoing research into how those students and faculty navigate these trade-offs, drawing on conjoint experiment data from across a range of universities that will provide more leverage on these multi-dimensional decisions. For now, the survey experiments at LSE deliver us a new window on what our student population thinks about how matters of diversity should weigh in admissions and recruitment. For the survey of student applicants, the attributes were: race/ethnicity, gender, home/overseas residence, annual family income, secondary school type, parents’ education, A-Level / IB (or equivalent) grades, and extra-curricular interests. For the survey of faculty appointments, the attributes were: race/ethnicity, gender, home/overseas residence, teaching record, research record, PhD institution, undergraduate institution, LSE academic department, the level of the faculty position, and their spouse/partner’s faculty status. * John Carey is the John Wentworth Professor in the Social Sciences in the Department of Government at Dartmouth College. * Katie Clayton is an undergraduate student at Dartmouth College, majoring in Government and French. * Simon Hix is the Harold Laski Professor of Political Science in the Department of Government at the LSE. * Yusaku Horiuchi is Professor of Government and Mitsui Professor of Japanese Studies at Dartmouth College.

Making Bold Changes following International Women’s Day Yesterday, 8 March 2017, was International Women’s Day (“IWD”). This year’s theme was to #BeBoldForChange – to encourage women, men and non-binary people to take action to drive change for women for gender parity. The World Economic Forum predicts that the gender pay gap will not close until 2186 – a phenomenally long time to wait for equality. As such, the campaign is hoping to drive people to bold action to accelerate gender parity. From 6 April 2017, organisations with 250 or more employees will be required to publish statutory calculations every year showing the pay gap between their male and female employees. These results must be published on the employer’s own website and a government site. This means that the gender pay gap will be publicly available, including to customers, employees and potential future recruits. There are no real sanctions for businesses which identify gender pay gaps following this reporting exercise, except for adverse PR. Therefore, IWD’s campaign is still very relevant in pushing companies to consider alternative, outside-of-the-box ways of reducing this gap and more quickly. A First Women Summit was held last week (Tuesday 28 February 2017) at the Waldorf Hilton Hotel. This conference explored methods of obtaining equality and inclusion in the workplace by focussing on recruitment strategies, avoiding a lost generation of women lacking the confidence or ambition to become the female leaders of tomorrow, retaining talent and the sharing of stories from women in male-dominated environments such as the RAF, pilots and construction. The speakers shared truly moving stories of their own rise to leadership within their respective fields and helpfully shared some of the steps they or their employers had taken to change the status quo. Such action included amending the wording of job adverts to make them more gender-neutral to attract more female candidates and those from a wider background. It also included bringing more males in to assist with the championing of equality within the workplace by appointing male champions for women and having men mentoring women rather than the traditional approach of females mentoring and/or discussing gender parity with females. A key theme of the First Women Summit as well as the focus of the IWD campaign is to get involved yourself and consider what can be done to bring about change. Be bold for change – consider volunteering at your local school to show the next generation of women that they can achieve their ambitions and that they can get to the higher echelons of the workplace. Consider policies that can be introduced at work to attract and retain a diverse workforce and call out gender pay gaps where these arise. Last year’s IWD campaign was focussed on pledging for parity; now comes the time for businesses to take action on this pledge.

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Atalein gives us a newcomer’s guide to Berlin After first evolving from her classical roots, Melbourne’s ATALEIN later found her feet planted firmly in the electronic music realm. She shared with us her debut single ‘Autumn/Winter’ a few months back, a track that was inspired by her travels through Europe last year and stems far from classical music. She’s headed back to Europe, relocating to Berlin and in the same short space of time, she’s shared a new single with us titled ‘Lo Drone’. Following on from her single ‘Autumn/Winter’, ‘Lo Drone’ harnesses that same intensity we we received in the first single, but with more of a pop sensibility touched onto this one. Think Crystal Castles meets Robyn. She produces her tracks with a classical kind of composition in the sense that her singles are carefully constructed, have immense depth and navigate every corner of the space it takes up with ease and precision. This one feels more carefully constructed than her last single (if that’s even possible!) and is a real snapshot into the direction Atalein‘s heading in with her sound. We thought because she’s new to Berlin, it would be cool to get a bit of a newcomer’s guide to the city and hear about some of the places she’s frequenting since the move. Here is Atalein‘s guide to those who may be new to Berlin: Berlin is an Amazing city. I love how architecturally it’s very dark and a little depressing but the city itself is so full of life and culture. Here’s my 5 things you have to do when you come to Berlin: - Grab yourself a donut from Brammbila’s. They’re a vegan donut place. The first time I thought about becoming vegetarian was when I came here and ate one of their donuts with a soy chai! I haven’t found many places that do soy chai and not being a big coffee drinker it’s definitely a plus for me. Their donuts are also soooo delicious it’ll convert anyone! If you go on a Tuesday or Friday, you’ll also find yourself amidst the Turkish market which has SO MUCH fresh produce for super cheap!!! - If you’re into music then you should join a Meetup group or Female:Pressure (they’re looking to change their name). Female:Pressure has been running for 20 years. They focus on women, trans and non-binary music artists and issues they face in the industry. I’d say they’re a little bit like Listen. They put on regular meetups and gigs, as well as workshops. I went to a modular synth workshop that was really cool! - Speaking of modular synths this brings me to my third must do thing in Berlin… You should definitely check out SchneidersLaden. It’s a modular synth store. The staff are super nice and they let you try out all the gear! Every Thursday they do workshops and they’re in English AND FREE! They just really have a passion for modular synths and want everyone to join in on it! If you look at their website you’ll think their shiiiiittttt… but bad websites seem to be the German way. Don’t let it fool you! - Find a local market to do all your fruit and veg shopping. There’s SO MANY and their SO CHEAP! I went to the BIO store the other day which is all organic and Fairtrade and I blew my entire weekly budget. I nearly cried…. Won’t be doing that again. - Make sure you take ample opportunity to visit the galleries. One of my favourites are the are the Museum of Photography which is part of the Helmut Newton Foundation and has some of his photos and artefacts in it as well as some other amazing photographers. I made a list that’s about two pages long of galleries and museums to check out while I’m here… one of them includes the Curry Wusrt museum which should be fun!!! So I guess when you come to Berlin you think of clubbing… I mean who doesn’t. I’ve only been to a few clubs regularly so here are my favourite ones to go to…. Griessmuehle – on Thursday’s if you go early (1am) you can check out the modular synth producers which is coollllll!!!! Sisyphos is super fun… especially in summer but don’t go before 3am! The same can be said for the first club I went to here which is Golden Gate… It’s super dirty. Just a concrete room! I went there the other week around 3am and it was pretty shittttt. Lots of tourists. I left about 6am and my friends stayed. It was starting to get good when I left but I was over it at that stage lol. And yep… it’s true… Berliners tend not to go out before 5am so it’s always good to have a going out ritual… my generally is – lie in bed for a while watching Netflix and try have a nap. Have a super late dinner or if I’ve already had dinner have second dinner/snack. Then run a nice hot bubble bath with some bath salts and do a face mask. Do all this while drinking a beer. Then I like to put some music on and get ready… meet up with friends at a Späti (which is like a 7/11 but with beer) and then head out! Photo by Michelle Grace Hunder Intro by CAITLIN MEDCALF ATALEIN SHEDS HER SKIN IN NEW VIDEO FOR ‘AUTUMN / WINTER’ ATALEIN REWORKS A SNOW PATROL CLASSIC INTO A HAUNTING, OMINOUS JAM YOLLKS PUTS HER FAVOURITE FEMALE TECHNO PRODUCERS TO THE FRONT ON HER GUEST MIX

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What Are The Best Books On Queer Polyamory? Our Top Picks Is it possible to have healthy, loving relationships with more than one person at the same time? How do you navigate the stormy waters of jealousy and inadequacy when you open up a relationship? Choosing polyamory and challenging traditional relationship models means you will have to face these difficult questions. Explore your thoughts on intimacy and fidelity by reading up. These are the best books on queer polyamory that you should check out, whether you’re in a polyamorous arrangement or simply want to learn more about it. Our Top Non-Fiction Books On Polyamory Want no-nonsense advice, facts, and sexual education related to polyamory? These are the best books on polyamory for answering your burning questions! The Ethical Slut talks about how to live with multiple sexual and romantic relationships. Topics include scheduling, negotiating rules, communication, and conflict management. While it focuses primarily on polyamorous arrangements, monogamous folk could also learn a thing or two about maintaining relationships from this book! Grab the third edition if you can because it has new content about power differences in relationships and uses non-binary gender language. It also has fresh stories about asexuality, insights from poly millennials, and anecdotes about relationships with different sex styles Funny and provocative, Sex At Dawn is a thoughtful discussion on human mating systems, evolution, and sexual behavior. The authors argue that, during man’s hunter-gatherer days, multiple partners were widely accepted and even strengthened the bond in a group. The book poses questions about the gradual adaptation of monogamy and claims that its advent had much to do with the concept of private property. It’s careful not to make a moral judgment on monogamy or alternative sexual arrangements – it simply offers a new historical and scientific perspective on multiple partnerships. Maybe you’ve considered non-monogamy, but you’re unsure how to open up your relationship. This book offers great insights and advice on how to work on building a happy, healthy polyamorous arrangement. Weaving relatable anecdotes with reflection exercises, it’s a good beginner book for those who “are great with theory, but don’t understand it in practice. It comes with worksheets and discussion guides, encouraging you to take an unflinching look at the pitfalls that often challenge people pursuing non-monogamy. Recommended Fiction Books About Polyamory Questions of love, fidelity, and independence make compelling fiction. Take a peek at these incredible novels about open relationships and polyamory. This book is a beautiful meditation on polyamory and how it can lead to emotional healing. Young widow Mira devotes herself to her job and caring for her father after her husband dies. However, she soon gets drawn into the lives of Sara and Rahil, a young married couple. It’s a tender look at how friendships can quickly blossom into something more, as well as the struggle to reconcile desires with realities. Sci-fi lovers will enjoy this joyful graphic novel by Sarah Mirk, featuring the adventurous Rigo. Born on a space station after the collapse of Earth, the norms and culture of her parents are simply history to her. The book centers around Rigo’s exploration of romantic and sexual relationships with other crewmates. As her feelings for one of her three partners grow deeper, she works on keeping the whole crew’s peace and harmony. “Honesty keeps us alive,” is the ship’s motto, and it embodies the heartfelt message of this little gem of a book. A hilarious and heartwarming book, Last Couple Standing is the story of Jessica and Mitch. A couple that decides to open their marriage to other partners. The reason? They’ve seen how a lack of sex drove their friends to divorce, and they’re afraid of the same thing happening to them. In the beginning, they’re convinced this is the best solution for their marriage. But Jessica starts hooking up with a hot bartender and Mitch has problems making connections. They soon realize the rules of dating have changed. Apart from examining open relationships, the book shares dryly humorous insights on how social media has changed the way we date. Reading up on polyamory can give you fresh insights into open relationships and emotional conventions. Check out these fiction and non-fiction books to learn more about life and love with multiple partners. Whether you’re monogamous, polyamorous, or still figuring things out, these books will entertain your curious mind. Related | Polyamory Memes That Are A Mood

Ch3. Trans* Spectrum: A 101 to understanding non-binary gender. Binary masculine and feminine ideals are stated to be a reachable pinnacle of expectations that no real human can totally fulfill. This photo negates the influence we adopt as false and morally unethical towards binary gender norms Questioning: Questioning your sexual sexual or gender identity is a completely normal and acceptable part of life. Never feel pressured to put a label on yourself or come out if you do not feel ready to do so. Sexuality and gender can be fluid and it's always okay to change your mind! Know that there are others around you that will love and support you no matter what. [click on this image to find a bundle of videos related to the sociological study of sexuality] feminism and tumblr image. I do understand that not all men are like this but when you experience enough encounters with men who are like this, it's almost impossible to shake off that immediate response of fear. And it NEVER should have to be where I fear men and men are all be stereotyped as disgusting and with no restraint.

HEARTWOOD: Non-binary Tales of Sylvan Fantasy is the first ever non-binary comics anthology, made entirely by cartoonists who identify as a non-binary gender! Across time and cultures, humanity has spun tales about the forest: tales of caution, adventure, rites of passage, and discovery. Some of those stories persist as the folklore and fairy tales that delight our imaginations today, and the forest remains a symbol for facing the unknown and emerging transformed. This anthology is for everyone who’s walked through the undergrowth, in the silence of nature, and longed for an adventure of their own to unfold. These stories of modern-day sylvan fantasy showcase some of the best non-binary cartoonists of our day, guiding characters like us into the woods and back again.

#LetLuce, my free curated social impact job blog, is changing. I will email and post it on social but I will not update it here because it’s too time consuming. Follow me on social @luceinla on Twitter & Instagram or Adrienne Luce on Facebook and LinkedIn OR sign up to have my social impact job blog delivered straight to your inbox: http://eepurl.com/bcE4vn The Claremont Museum of Art proudly presents, “John Frame: Mephistopheles and the Swan Girl ,” opening Dec. 4th. Image above: “Untitled animation still from John Frame’s production design for the opera Faust.” Happy Halloween! The City of Costa Mesa is seeking an Arts Specialist in the Parks and Community Services Department. This is a full time position paying between $62,472 and $83,700 annually. Summer Arts is a university-level intensive program in the visual and performing arts. We are based at the California State University Chancellor’s Office in Long Beach and currently hold our summer program at Fresno State. We are hiring a Programs Specialist to coordinate the operations, logistics, travel, and communications for the program. This position would be a good fit for an early- or mid-career professional with interest in arts education, higher education, and/or arts administration. The position is based in Long Beach 10 months of the year and in Fresno the other two. It requires onsite work in both locations. The salary range for this classification is $3,897 to $7,051 per month. One of my favorite nonprofits, Ryman Arts is hiring a Site and Outreach Coordinator to provides support for classes and is responsible for supervising classes onsite at either the Fullerton or Los Angeles location each weekend as well as online. Priority will be given to applications received by November 1. They are also hiring an Administrative Coordinator. Priority application deadline Nov. 15. Live out your dinosaur dreams. The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County is hiring a T. Rex Puppeteer for their Education, Exhibitions, and Programs department. The Santa Barbara Museum of Art of Natural History is hiring a Membership Manager to maintain and expand membership. The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is hiring a Senior Coordinator, Board and Academy Relations. Pathways LA is is a non-profit organization working to ensure that all children have access to quality, developmentally appropriate, and educationally stimulating childcare. They are hiring a Director of Development and Communications. The American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA) is hiring a PT Communications and Membership Manager & PT Museum Store and Guest Services Manager or the positions can be combined into one full time position if the candidate has appropriate skills and experience. The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County is hiring a Creative Director. The James Irvine Foundation is hiring a Communications Officer. This is a hybrid in person/remote work arrangement at the San Francisco and Los Angeles offices. Salary $68K-$75K. Another one of my favorite arts education organizations, P.S. ARTS is hiring a Digital Content Manager. Salary $58,240 – $62,400. TaskForce builds capacity and community for the most influential nonprofits, brands, and people taking on the most pressing challenges facing our state, our nation, and our world. They are hiring a Manager, Social Impact to oversee a portfolio of impact clients. This role can be remote. SoLa Impact, a successful opportunity zone private equity fund, is seeking a Program Coordinator – Social Impact. The Program Coordinator embraces the mission of SoLa Impact and its affiliated non-profit, the SoLa I CAN Foundation. The Program Coordinator must be creative and enjoy working within an entrepreneurial environment that is mission-driven, results-driven and community oriented. Wildwood School is hiring a Chief Financial Officer/Chief Operating Officer (CFO/COO) responsible for providing financial, administrative, and operational leadership, as well as collaborating with and supporting the work of the Head of School and other senior leaders in all areas of the school. The Foundation for California Community Colleges is hiring a Director, Collaborative Impact Program to support intentional partnerships with mission-aligned programs and organizations through fiscal sponsorship and management services and plays an incubator and accelerator role for nascent projects or programs. The Santa Monica Conservancy is hiring an Executive Director w/ experience and/or academic credentials in historic preservation, architecture or a related field. The salary range is $75,000 to $100,000. Pathways LA is hiring a CFO. The Mexican American Opportunity Foundation (MAOF) is hiring a President and Executive Officer to carry on the legacy of their retiring President and Chief Executive Officer, with a strong history of programmatic excellence. Rhia Ventures is a women-led social investment organization that is working to create a vibrant, equitable market for sexual, reproductive, and maternal health for women and birthing people. They are hiring a remote VP of Operations. Inner City Law Center (ICLC) is a nonprofit law firm in Skid Row in Downtown Los Angeles. They are hiring a COO to help them end homelessness in Los Angeles. Whittier Trust is hiring a Vice President Client Advisor, Philanthropic Services who will provide counsel and guidance as well as full administration for a portfolio of private foundations, donor-advised funds, and nonprofit endowments. Safe Parking LA, a non-profit homeless services organization is looking for full time Program Coordinator to lead the coordination of administrative support services and office operations that improve the service delivery for participants and staff. Pay $19-$21 per hr. The Los Angeles Review of Books is looking for a full-time Managing Editor. Salary $45-$50K. First 5 LA is hiring a COO responsible for working collaboratively across the organization to shape and guide First 5 LA’s internal operational systems, processes and culture changes critical to the impact sought for young children and their families.. Salary $175K-$261K. USC Sol Price School of Public Policy is hiring a COO. Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles is hiring a VP Programs to supervise, direct, and lead the implementation of the affiliate’s advocacy/public policy work, housing education and counseling programs, homeowner selection and partnership, neighborhood revitalization and community outreach and engagement, in alignment with strategic goals. The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA) is hiring a Grants Manager to research, write, and report on grant proposals designated as part of a diverse funder portfolio. The Santa Barbara Museum of Art of Natural History is hiring a Development Assistant. The Museum of Latin American Art is hiring a Director of Philanthropy to manage all aspects of membership and annual giving, with particular emphasis on strengthening and growing the Museum’s existing membership program and individual annual giving. The Skirball is hiring Administrative Assistant for Advancement and Membership. The Nature Conservancy is hiring a Grants Specialist. Sacramento, Los Angeles, San Diego preferred, but candidates located throughout California will be considered. WarnerMedia is hiring an Associate Manager, Sustainability to play a key role by providing project management support for WarnerMedia’s sustainability efforts, primarily, supporting the green production program across an extensive and diversified portfolio of physical productions while targeting priority areas of fuel, electricity, waste, materials and community impact. The Environmental Defense Fund is hiring a VP, Natural Climate Solutions to greatly increased implementation of natural climate solutions is critical to meeting global climate goals and delivering additional environmental, social, and economic benefits to communities around the world. Possible locations: San Francisco, Austin, Boston, Boulder, New York, Raleigh, Remote – US, Washington, D.C. California Volunteers has numerous job openings in Sacramento including: Grants Monitoring Associate- Youth Workforce, Marketing Director, Deputy Director of Operations, California Climate Action Director and Disaster Manager. The Trust for Public Land seeks a new Director of Philanthropy CRM. Art Works Downtown, Inc, a 501(c)3 corporation, is Marin’s leading non-profit art center. They are hiring a Gallery Host, a critical role on our their team that allows the organization to expand our programming capabilities while welcoming guests and assisting with administrative and programing tasks. The San Francisco School of Needlework and Design is hiring a Program Director to develop a strategy for programming based upon trends in fashion, home décor, and the global needlework marketplace, reflecting SFSNAD’s brand image and identity to align with strategic goals and to increase class attendance. The Children’s Environmental Literacy Foundation is an educational non‐profit focused on establishing sustainability as an integral part of every child’s K‐12 learning experience through the authentic exploration of real‐world problems, centered in and around the school community. They are hiring an Executive Director. Preferred location is Westchester, NY, Houston, TX or remote option for the right candidate. The Pan African Sanctuary Alliance (PASA), the largest association of wildlife centers in Africa, is growing rapidly and expanding the scope of its programs and its networks. They are hiring a remote Executive Director to oversee all aspects of a growing nonprofit organization and have proven success with diverse fundraising approaches. The MET is hiring a Development Assistant. Email job opportunities to [email protected]. Follow @luceinla on Twitter and Instagram. “As we emerge from the shadows of the past two years, this class of 25 Fellows helps us reimagine what’s possible. They demonstrate that creativity has no boundaries. It happens in all fields of endeavor, among the relatively young and more seasoned, in Iowa and Puerto Rico. Once again, we have the opportunity for exultation as we recognize the potential to create objects of beauty and awe, advance our understanding of society, and foment change to improve the human condition.” —Cecilia Conrad, Managing Director, MacArthur Fellows, learn more here. The Project X Foundation for Art and Criticism, which publishes X-TRA, the longest-running art journal in Los Angeles, is searching for a new Executive Director (ED). Salary $75-$85K. The Goethe-Institut Los Angeles is currently seeking Los Angeles-based cultural workers, creatives, artists, artisans, curators, performers, choreographers, musicians, filmmakers, and others to develop, manage, and realize cultural programs that focus on and uplift the neighborhood of Westlake/MacArthur Park and surrounding areas. The Claremont Graduate University Center for Business and Management of the Arts is hiring an Assistant Director to provide support in all aspects of the program, including student advising and referral to CGU services, faculty communication, extracurricular and travel programs, marketing and development, equity initiatives and budget. Starting salary $58,240. The J. Paul Getty Museum is hiring a Curator of Decorative Arts with expertise in French Decorative Arts of the 17th and 18th centuries. Pay $90-$117K. The Getty Conservation Institute is hiring an Associate Project Specialist to work in the Buildings and Sites department, where work is focused on heritage places including buildings, archaeological sites, and urban environments. Pay $76-$99K. The Sundance Institute is hiring a Coordinator, Sundance Ignite. The Sundance Ignite Program identifies and supports emerging filmmakers ages 18 to 25 and fosters fresh audiences for independent storytelling. Pay $22 per hr. The Museum of Latin American Art is hiring a Director of Learning & Public Programs to provide creative vision and leadership to the Museum’s educational programs that explores Latin American and Latinx art and culture. The Fowler Museum (UCLA) explores global arts and cultures with an emphasis on Africa, Asia, Pacific, and the Indigenous Americas, past and present. They are hiring a new Director who will have overall operational responsibility for the Fowler Museum, staff, and activities in pursuit of its mission. Deadline 11/21. LACMA is hiring a Junior Collections Management Technician for Works on Paper to work partly as a specialist for works of art on paper, and partly as a collections management generalist. 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The San José Museum of Art is hiring a Curatorial and Programs Associate to provide support for the Curatorial team in the day-to-day coordination of the department, and plays a crucial role in developing, executing, and evaluating mission-based, engagement-focused programs for adult audiences. OTIS College of Art and Design is hiring an Employer & Internship Specialist who is responsible for developing and administering a comprehensive employer relations and internship program. The Los Angeles Center of Photography (LACP) seeks an Executive Director (ED) with leadership, strategic planning and fundraising experience, as well as a passion for photography and the photographic community. Sprüth Magers is hiring a Gallery Assistant. The Skirball Cultural Center seeks an enthusiastic and competent team player to serve as Administrative Assistant for Advancement and Membership. Blum & Poe is hiring an Assistant Registrar. Los Feliz Charter School for the Arts is hiring an Office Assistant. The Marshall Project is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that seeks to create and sustain a sense of national urgency about the U.S. criminal justice system. They are hiring an Audience Engagement Manager. JPL’s Solar System Engagement and Networks Group is seeking a Solar System Public Engagement Specialist to manage, edit, coordinate and implement content for the Solar System Exploration web content through a wide variety of technologies using graphics, animation, text, multimedia, dynamic and/or interactive content presentation. SCI-Arc is hiring Social Media Specialist who will research and test new creative approaches to inspire, educate, and drive audiences to action and champion new creative directions that highlight the SCI-Arc brand values and mission across SCI-Arc’s social media platforms. The Center for Nonprofit Management is hiring a Senior Marketing & Communications Manager. The Broad Stage is hiring a Director of Marketing and Communications. Black Women for Wellness is hiring a Communications Manager. Revolve Impact is a Los Angeles-based social change agency that combines organizing and the arts to drive communities to action. Revolve Impact is looking for a high performing Impact Deputy. LegalZoom is hiring an Employee Engagement Sr. Program Manager to lead the strategy and execution of the bi-annual employee engagement process, including the survey approach, cascading the results to the organization, and partnering with leaders on the action planning process. DIRECTV is hiring a Citizenship and Sustainability, Lead Program Manager. KPMG is currently seeking an Associate to join our KPMG Foundation team. GForce Life Sciences is hiring a Consultant, Corporate Social Responsibility. Remote. The School of the Arts and Architecture of the University of California Los Angeles has opened a search for an Executive Director and Associate Dean for Anti-Racism, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion who will partner with school leadership, including academic department chairs and public arts unit directors, to advance the strategic plan for UCLA Arts that is grounded in values of Anti-Racism, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, and will guide the Anti- Racism, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (AEDI) Council. The Walt Disney Company is hiring a Director, Diversity and Inclusion. Aviva believes every child and every family in our Los Angeles community deserves the chance for a brighter future. They are hiring a CEO. The Library Foundation is hiring a President and Chief Executive Officer responsible for the organization’s ambitious fundraising goals, working with our dedicated team to raise an operating budget of $8M per year and driving LFLA’s overarching organizational strategy. Support organizations working to increase access to health care, quality education, good jobs, and clean and safe neighborhoods across our state. The California Wellness Foundation is hiring an Executive Assistant to the President and CEO and a Vice President of Programs. The Getty Foundation is hiring a Public Programs Sr. Specialist to join the Pacific Standard Time (PST) team. XPRIZE is a global future-positive movement of over 1M people and rising, delivering truly radical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity. XPRIZE is hiring a a Project Manager, Program Management Office & Global Visioneering responsible for the day-to-day oversight and coordination of end-to-end project management of the Global Visioneering (GV) process within XPRIZE, including Fundraising, Braintrust coordination, Content Creation and Marketing, IT, Portal creation, and events and workshops. Rivers are essential to every person and community in the world, providing vital water supplies, food security, flood mitigation, wildlife habitat and recreational opportunities. Forever Our Rivers Foundation is searching for a driven and creative Executive Director to build a movement, conserving and restoring America’s rivers by helping customers find and support businesses that give back to boots-on-the-ground organizations working for rivers. Remote with frequent travel. The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) seeks motivated professionals who want to use their talents and skills to make a difference. They are hiring a Specialist, Operations. Salary range $59,987-$78,937. The California Community Foundation is hiring a Grants Specialist who is responsible for executing all components of foundation grants and scholarships, including structure of grants, regulatory compliance, and education of grants information to CCF staff and external parties. Young Storytellers sparks creative self-discovery through storytelling. They are hiring a Program Support Specialist to work closely with Programs and Volunteers Team members with the primary responsibility of scheduling and coordinating elementary school programs. Salary range $45-$60K with benefits. The Pacific Council is committed to building the capacity of Los Angeles and California for impact on global issues, discourse, and policy. They are hiring a PT Senior Events Contractor and PT Events Assistant. Harness envisions a world where human rights are protected by the power of the people. They are seeking a passionate, dedicated, and visionary professional to assume leadership of the organization by serving as the next Executive Director. Founded in 2001, Point Foundation is the nation’s oldest and largest scholarship fund for LGBTQ+ students of merit pursuing their dreams and goals through higher education. They are hiring a Chief Program Officer. Democracy Works is a nonpartisan civic tech organization on a mission to help Americans vote no matter what. Democracy Works seeks a strategic, committed leader to serve as its Chief Executive Officer. Location flexible. The SAG-AFTRA Foundation is seeking candidates for the position of Salesforce Database Administrator. AmeriCorps is hiring a Portfolio Manager responsible for providing ongoing technical assistance and support to grantees or project sponsors to ensure the effective, timely and compliant administration of their grant award. The Garden School Foundation is hiring an Executive Director. Focusing Philanthropy is hiring a Manager, International Partnerships. The Giving Back Fund is hiring a Foundation Manager. The Pasadena Community Foundation is hiring a Program Manager. The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation is hiring a Grant Operations & Finance Associate. REDF is a pioneering venture philanthropy organization that invests exclusively in the growth, effectiveness, and sustainability of employment social enterprises. They are hiring a Major Gifts Officer. Occidental College is hiring an Assistant Director of the Oxy Fund, Leadership Giving to manage a young alumni fundraising strategy with the goal of driving participation and creating life-long engagement. The World Mosquito Program (WMP) is a not-for-profit initiative that works to protect the global community from mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue, Zika, yellow fever and chikungunya. They are hiring a Manager, Strategic Partnerships responsible for managing key stakeholder relationships in the corporate and the philanthropic donor sector to enable the program’s growth. Remote. Deadline Nov. 5. Desert X, a non-profit arts organization that produces an international, site- specific art exhibition, is seeking a director of development. Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is hiring an Associate Director, Foundation to support the Foundation’s fundraising effort as defined by specific department and division needs. The Museum of Latin American Art is hiring a Director of Philanthropy to manage all aspects of membership and annual giving, with particular emphasis on strengthening and growing the Museum’s existing membership program and individual annual giving. Center Theater Group seeks a dynamic Director of Special Events with a track record of planning, leading, and executing successful events and VIP experiences. Pay $120K. The Center on Philanthropy & Public Policy at USC is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Assistant Director of Development and External Relations. The Cornucopia Foundation is seeking a Farmers Market Assistant to serve as the liaison between the Farmers Market Manager and vendors and oversee the setup and break down of the market, collect fees, represent market management, ensure that vendors comply with all policies and rules of the market, and take pictures for the social media accounts. The Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) is hiring a Program Manager, Energy. The Walt Disney Company is hiring a VP, Environmental Sustainability. The Environmental Defense Fund is hiring a VP, Natural Climate Solutions. McEvoy Foundation for the Arts is hiring a Receptionist. The ideal candidate is independent, mature, and comfortable working in a highly collaborative, fast-paced arts production environment. They are also hiring a Communications Manager. SFFILM is hiring a Development Coordinator responsible for maintenance of the Development database (DonorPerfect) and other systems, data flow and reconciliation between Development and financial systems, managing member benefits, and member screenings. Destiny Arts Center is seeking a part-time Marketing Manager to join a community of talented professionals dedicated to the power of the arts to transform the lives of young people, families, and communities. Destiny Arts Center’s mission is to inspire and ignite social change through the arts. The Department of Cultural Services in Marin County is hiring an Events Operations Manager. The ideal candidate has experience operating an events center with multiple venues and has managed a team of regular, contingent, and volunteer staff. They are well-versed in all aspects of event production and are able to bring industry best practices and efficiencies to the table. Pay $6,654 – $8,091 / Month. The Silicon Valley Community Foundation is hiring a Program Officer, California Black Freedom Fund. Tides accelerates the pace of social change, working with innovative partners to solve society’s toughest problems. They have numerous openings. The Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco (FAMSF) is looking for a Director of Interpretation to improve the visitor experience by igniting connections between 21st-century audiences and works of art, spanning 4000 years of creativity using a lens of equity and inclusion. SFMOMA is hiring a Curator and Head of Photography who is responsible for the strategic vision of the department and the Museum’s research, acquisitions, exhibitions, and publications in the area of photography. The Crocker Art Museum is hiring a Museum Store Manager and a Visitor Services Representative. SFMade is hiring a CEO to build and support a vibrant manufacturing sector that sustains companies producing locally made products, encourages entrepreneurship and innovation, and creates employment opportunities for a diverse local workforce. Hopelab is a nonprofit social innovation lab and impact investment organization supported by The Omidyar Group, founded by philanthropists and entrepreneurs Pierre and Pam Omidyar. Hopelab is seeking a dynamic and inspirational leader to join its leadership team as the Executive Vice President. The Zaha Hadid Foundation, an organisation looking to promote new ideas in architecture and design, based on the legacy and Collection of Zaha Hadid, is looking to appoint a Head of Collection. Based in London. Since its inception in 1963, the mission of the Foundation for Contemporary Arts (FCA) has been to encourage, sponsor, and promote innovative work in the arts created and presented by individuals, groups, and organizations. They are hiring an Executive Director based in NYC. SculptureCenter leads the conversation on contemporary art by supporting artistic innovation and independent thought highlighting sculpture’s specific potential to change the way we engage with the world. They are hiring a Director based in Long Island City. US SIF: The Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment is hiring a Membership Manager. Salary $70-$85K. Based in D.C. Fuller Craft Museum seeks an Executive Director to help lead the Museum, expand its leadership role in the national crafts community, and meet ambitious plans for growth and increased community engagement. Based in Brockton, MA. The AKC Museum of the Dog (the Museum) is hiring an Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer (ED and CEO) responsible for the management and supervision of the day-to-day affairs of the Museum in accordance with policies, guidelines, and a budget established by the Board of Directors. Based in NYC. Edinburgh International Festival presents an internationally recognised programme of work from the world’s leading artists and ensembles from the fields of opera, theatre, dance, and music showcasing artistic excellence, internationalism, and innovative programming where virtuosity and diversity are recognised and celebrated. They are hiring a Director of Audiences responsible for Marketing, Communications, Ticketing and CRM and Learning and Engagement, will lead and oversee the growth of engagement across all aspects of our work. Artpark & Company is seeking a Global Visual Arts curator specializing in outdoor public art installations to work in partnership on the selection, management and support of artists’ projects integral to the newly established Artpark Visual and Public Arts strategy. Based in Lewiston, NY. Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (Banff Centre) exists to inspire artists and leaders to make their unique contribution to society and aspires to be the global leader in arts, culture, and creativity. They are hiring a Vice President, Development & External Relations. Email job opportunities to [email protected]. Follow @luceinla on Twitter and Instagram. Be smarter, read the latest issue of Works in Progress, a new online magazine dedicated to sharing novel ideas and stories of progress, featuring original writing from some of the most interesting thinkers in the world including my nephew Nick Whitaker and his colleagues. Articles include, “The housing theory of everything,” by Sam Bowman & John Myers & Ben Southwood, “Better eats,” by Nick Whitaker, and “How trust undermines science,” by Sarah Perry. Illustration by Kade Byrand. The Riverside Art Museum is hiring a Communications and Marketing Assistant and Visitor Services Associate. The City of Los Angeles is hiring a Community Arts Director to provide art instruction and programming citywide. They will plan, organize and direct the work of Art Center Directors engaged in the supervision of community arts programs in painting, sculpture, craft and ceramics, photography, dance and music activities; develop and promote City sponsored community events and direct outreach projects to increase levels of participation in cultural affairs programs. Salary $100-$146K. Closes 10/7. The Hammer Museum is hiring a Digital Communications Manager and Associate Director, Digital Content. The Huntington is hiring a Membership and Visitor Services Representative and a Preservation Assistant. P.S. ARTS is hiring a Visual Arts Teaching Artist. Pay $45 per hr. The Project X Foundation for Art and Criticism, which publishes X-TRA, the longest-running art journal in Los Angeles, is searching for a new Executive Director (ED) to lead the organization. The San Diego International Airport is hiring an Airport Art Program Manager to manage six multi-year public art commissions, already contracted, for the Authority’s New Terminal One (NT1) redevelopment program. Fathomers redefines the limits of scale, scope and support for artist-led projects. They are hiring an Operations and Grants Manager to support the long-term financial and operational health of the organization. Japanese American National Museum is hiring a Public Programs Associate. Contemporary painter based in Mid-City, Los Angeles seeking a Painting Assistant. Gagosian Beverly Hills seeks a full-time Archivist to create, enhance, and manage access to 30-plus-year-photographic archival data for the Sales, Publications, and Registrar departments. Honor Fraser seeks a highly motivated, full-time Gallery Assistant with a focus on digital coordination. The Partnership for Los Angeles Schools is hiring a Director of Arts Education to support all 19 Partnership schools as they integrate the arts and arts instruction into all K-12 classrooms and build a rich arts culture that engages students, parents and the entire school and surrounding community. Heal The Bay is hiring a Communications Senior Manager, Advancement Manager, and Community Outreach Intern. The California Center for the Arts, Escondido is hiring a Marketing Manager. Kidspace Children’s Museum is hiring a Director of Communications. Blum & Poe is hiring a Communications and Social Media Editor. Cause Communications is hiring an Assistant Communications Manager. Gensler is hiring a Global Community Impact Leader to lead and enhance Gensler’s global strategy to affect positive social impact in the communities that we serve through philanthropy, volunteerism, and pro-bono work in LA, DC, Oakland, and SF. Sunshine Sachs is hiring a Senior Account Executive with an understanding and previous experience working with media to promote social impact issues and non-profit organizations. Apple is hiring an External Engagement Specialist to grow their Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives team. This role will help to advance strategic partnerships and external engagement around Apple’s environment, policy and social initiatives work. Based in Cupertino. First 5 LA is hiring a Senior Strategist – Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Salary $90-$135K. The LA Promise Fund is hiring a Chief Program Officer lead student, family, college, and career readiness programs, which are executed and delivered on each LA Promise Fund campus and county-wide. The USC Sol Price School of Public Policy is seeking an Adjunct Instructor of Art and City. The candidate will be able to teach graduate-level course related to one or more of the following areas: the role of art in modern society with a particular emphasis on the urban context including public spaces, the process of gentrification, and redevelopment; theoretical and research approaches. Wescom Credit Union seeks a Director to lead operations and strategies of the Wescom Foundation. Salary $138-$180K. My Life Foundation is hiring an Accounts Payable Specialist. Bring play and joy to pediatric patients. Project Sunshine is hiring a Director of International Programs to develop program standards and procedures, create marketing and disseminate messaging to the global teams. The Director often serves as the US liaison for the International Team, ensuring international colleagues needs are communicated broadly and support is secured. This is a wonderful opportunity for those interested in international relations, public health and cross-cultural communications. Remote. Guide young people as they explore pathways to purposeful lives. Woodcraft Rangers has numerous openings for full and part-time Club Leaders and Site Coordinators. The California Wellness Foundation is hiring a Vice President of Programs based in Oakland or Los Angeles. Salary range is $250-$375K. Teen Line, which provides support, resources, and hope to young people across the country through a hotline of professionally trained teen counselors, is hiring an Executive Director to lead and execute upon the strategic short- and long-term goals. The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation is hiring an Administrative Assistant, Global ECD Program, Program Associate, Early Childhood Development, Program Associate, Homelessness, and Program Officer, Opportunity Youth. The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators is hiring an Administrative Assistant. re:power is a national capacity building and training organization for the progressive movement. They are hiring a Director, Women of Color Leadership Programs and Director, Civic Engagement Programs. Both positions are remote. The LeadersTrust is looking for a Flexible Leadership Awards (FLA) Project Director. Remote. Salary $135K. Children’s Defense Fund California is hiring an Executive Director. Volunteers of America is hiring a Start-Up Program Specialist to provide oversight and support to the startup/closeout projects. The Los Angeles Review of Books is looking for a full-time Program Manager for the LARB Publishing Workshop. Canopy Collective’s mission is to end and heal from systemic racialized violence in our lifetimes. They are hiring an Executive Director. Remote, salary $120K. MoveOn.org is a diverse and vibrant community of millions of people working together to create progressive change in America. They are hiring a remote COO. Closes 10/15. Community Partners is hiring a Board Liaison & Executive Assistant. Humanity United (HU) is a foundation dedicated to cultivating the conditions for enduring freedom and peace. They are hiring a Portfolio Manager to ensure that the Peacebuilding team operates in a clear, coordinated and effective way, across a wide variety of programs and in service of a multidimensional portfolio strategy. Remote. For nearly three decades, LA Promise Fund has uplifted schools, students and families in South LA to ensure more Black and Latinx students are prepared for success in college, career, and life. They are hiring a Chief Program Officer to lead the LA Promise Fund’s student, family, college, and career readiness programs, which are executed and delivered on each LA Promise Fund campus and county-wide. The Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College is hiring a Major Gifts Officer. USGBC-Los Angeles is hiring a Director of Development responsible for planning, organizing, and directing all of USGBC-LA’s fundraising including donation campaigns, grant writing, planned giving, special events, and other capital campaigns. Heal the Bay is hiring an Advancement Manager. Sequoia Climate Fund is a new philanthropy that seeks to decarbonize the world economy at a speed and scale equal to the challenge. They are seeking collaborative, bold, and innovative thinkers that can help them identify and evaluate ambitious climate strategies capable of driving transformative change in the world. They are hiring a Program Officer based in Irvine. The Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) is hiring a Program Admin Manager to oversee the execution of two major grants funding LACI’s Start-up Incubation programs and an Equity Innovation Manager responsible for supporting a “cohort within a cohort” of founders across LACI’s existing incubation programs (Founders Business Accelerator, Innovators, Incubation, and Market Access). Common Sense Media is hiring a Director, Education Foundations Partnerships. The Nextdoor KIND Foundation is seeking a passionate Executive Director to lead their organization from the founding moments through to a Foundation that can meet the needs of neighbors globally and at scale. Brillio is hiring a Corporate Social Responsibility Manager / Director in San Ramon. Headlands Center for the Arts is a multidisciplinary, international arts center dedicated to supporting artists; the creative process; and the development of new, innovative ideas and artwork. They are hiring a Deputy Director, Programs and Engagement. Salary $90-$110K. The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts is hiring a Director of Communications, Director of Community Investment, Lead Community Experience Representative, and Program Coordinator in SF. The City of San Jose Office of Cultural Affairs is hiring a Senior Executive Analyst responsible for planning, administering and evaluating arts and culture grant programs, as well as contracts, initiatives, and cultural arts programs and projects. Closes 10/10. The Hewlett Foundation is hiring a Director, Grantmaking, Learning, and Operations. At the Pisces Foundation, we believe if we act now and boldly, we can quickly accelerate to a world where people and nature thrive together. They are hiring an Operations Assistant a key team member who provides administrative support for the Foundation with lead responsibility on the physical and virtual office operations. Greenpeace USA (GPUS) is hiring an Activist Training & Development Program Manager to be responsible for coordinating and implementing a comprehensive, dynamic and energetic activist program that identifies, trains, and develops capable volunteers for participation in Greenpeace non-violent direct actions. The Sierra Club Foundation is hiring an Administrative Coordinator. The Sierra Health Foundation is hiring a Senior Program Officer who will work within the Community Economic Development department and Foundation’s Center for Health Program Management and oversee the Reducing African American Child Death Initiative (RAACD), which includes Black Child Legacy Campaign, and Build.Black. Based in Sacramento. Hillspire, LLC is an integrated family office management company serving all the investments, foundations and activities of Eric and Wendy Schmidt and family, including The Schmidt Family Foundation, the Schmidt Ocean Institute, and Schmidt Futures, and employing across all entities 400+ employees worldwide. They are hiring an Officer, Grants and Philanthropic Services. Based in Menlo Park. Build an antiracist society that ensures racial equity and social justice. Boston University is hiring an Executive Director, Center for Antiracist Research. The Art Newspaper is seeking a US Editor to lead their NYC office. The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation / Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin West is hiring a part-time Museum Educator. Armadillo, a purpose-driven sustainable rug company, is hiring a Head of Sustainability & Social Responsibility, NSW Australia. Lululemon is hiring a Global Lead, Social Impact and Social Impact Operations Lead. Both positions are based in Vancouver. Centered on a groundbreaking model of rapid response grantmaking, Urgent Action Fund for Women’s Human Rights (UAF) supports the urgent needs of courageous women, trans and gender non-binary human rights defenders around the world in times of crisis or opportunity. They are hiring a Program Manager to implement the organizational grantmaking, advocacy, and learning and impact strategies. Based in NYC or on Eastern Time. The Environmental Defense Fund seeks a dynamic, entrepreneurial, leader of leaders to join their senior team as our first Executive Vice President, Impact (EVP Impact). Location flexible, US East Coast hours. Email job opportunities to [email protected]. Follow @luceinla on Twitter and Instagram. 20th anniversary of 9/11 The Grammy Museum is hiring PT and FT Guest Services Associates, Admin. Assistant, Membership Director, and Coordinator Artist Relations. The Hammer Museum is hiring an Associate Director, Academic Programs to support the Museum’s mission to contribute to the intellectual life of the UCLA campus and the Los Angeles community at large. The Museum of Latin American Art is hiring a Content and Programming Coordinator. The new Academy Museum has numerous job openings: Manager of Corporate Partnerships, Assistant Manager Corporate Partnerships, Creative Specialist, Education Studio Coordinator, Researcher Cultural Equity and Inclusion Project, Museum Educator, Retail Sales Associate, part and full-time Theater staff, and part-time Visitor Experience Associate. The USC Fisher Museum is hiring a Visitor Services Assistant responsible for providing outstanding visitor service while working the front-of-house post and exhibition spaces. The Walton Family Foundation is hiring a Communications Officer, K-12 Education. This position can be located in Bentonville, AR; Jersey City, NJ; Washington, D.C, or remote. The Grammy Museum is hiring an Executive Vice President, Communications who will be responsible for working with the executive office on the development of the company’s communication strategy and contribute to the strategic planning process for the organization with a global focus. UCLA’s Architecture and Urban Design (AUD) is hiring an Events and Social Media Manager. Target salary from $4,600 – $5,416. The Hammer Museum is hiring an Associate Director, Digital Content charged with overseeing and expanding the Museum’s online presence and extending its reach to diverse audiences in compelling and strategic ways; envisioning the future of digital media and technology use for the Museum; and impacting the field of museums at large. The Broad is seeking a part-time, temporary Content Marketing Specialist (CMS) to produce and distribute content and generate engagement and excitement across a variety of channels. Pay $24 per hr. Remote. Cause Communications is hiring an Assistant Account Manager to provide administrative and client services support while also assisting with the organization’s marketing efforts. KidSpace is hiring a Director of Communications to lead their marketing, public relations, and audience engagement efforts. Picture Motion, award-winning social impact agency for film and entertainment, is looking for someone who is ready to take on fast-paced, dynamic and incredibly rewarding work with the world’s best storytellers. They are hiring a Director of Campaigns & Partnership Engagement. Gifts for Good is a fast-growing social impact-driven startup seeking a detail-oriented person who is passionate about corporate social responsibility and making a difference in this world to join our impact department as an Operation Department Coordinator. Pay $45-$52K. Eventbright is hiring a Program Manager, Social Impact and Public Policy based in Nashville or remote. The Grammy Museum is hiring Manager, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to lead diversity, equity and inclusion internally and externally for the Recording Academy and its affiliates. The Mayor’s Fund is hiring an Executive Director of the Expanded Learning Alliance (ExpandLA) Out-of-School Time (OST) Education and Enrichment Initiative to work alongside enrichment leaders and educators across the region to help transform young people’s lives. They are also hiring a Project Coordinator, Community Engagement and Project Coordinator, Operations. The Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN) is hiring a Co-Director to build a collective vision of APEN’s work and provide leadership, motivation and support to staff and board members to achieve this vision. Cedars Sinai is hiring a Senior Program Officer, Community Giving who is responsible for implementing, coordinating and administering multiple grant programs within Cedars-Sinai CBGO’s Social Determinants of Health grantmaking portfolio as well as the development of new grantmaking programs and/or initiatives. . Rights & Democracy seeks an Executive Director (ED) to lead the organization to achieve even greater levels of strategic influence, impact, and innovation – knowing that these external indicators derive from a healthy organization with talented staff, strong partnerships with affiliates members, and movement allies, and a solid reputation in the field. Salary $80-$95K. The LA Conservation Corps (“the Corps”) is a private, non-profit organization that has helped at-risk young adults develop themselves since 1986. They are hiring a Sr. Director of Corpsmember & Community Resiliency who is responsible for enhancing current public and private partnerships and cultivating new ones to elevate the Corps to the next level in its growth and development and to expand and improve programmatic offerings to and outcomes for the opportunity youth we serve. They are also hiring an Operations Coordinator to provide operation support, working in partnership with program directors, managers, coordinators and crew supervisors and vendors and contractors to ensure the Corps’ vehicle fleet and facilities are safe and properly functioning. The Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) envisions a nation where marginalized children flourish. They are hiring an Executive Director who will develop an effective public policy advocacy and program strategy to advance child well-being in California. HealthRIGHT 360 is hiring a Special Events Manager as part of their philanthropy team who is responsible for planning, implementing, and managing all aspects of the agency wide in-person and virtual events. The City of Los Angeles is hiring an Executive Director for the Youth Development Department. Salary $143,132 to $253,817. The Global Fund for Women is hiring Director of Development Operations to successfully achieve its fundraising goals, maintain strong donor relationships, and create a positive experience for key donor communities. Based in NYC or SF. UNICEF USA is hiring a Deputy Director, Foundation Partnerships, to secure, manage and grow grants/grant-based initiatives from U.S. institutional foundations into sustainable partnerships to support UNICEF’s program and advocacy goals. Based in NYC or remote. The Colburn School is hiring an Advancement Portfolio Coordinator to manage all aspects of successful portfolio administration for advancement officers and the Office of the President for the purpose of enhancing the School’s ability to successfully prospect, steward, solicit, and acknowledge donors. WorkMoney is a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to lowering costs and raising incomes for all Americans to make American life more affordable and American families more economically secure. They are hiring a Senior Director of Legislative Affairs to serve as WorkMoney’s chief lobbyist The position is remote. Salary is $140-$175K. Southern California Edison is hiring a Community Engagement Advisor who will be responsible for developing the strategic and programmatic needs related to the company’s community engagement portfolio and report to the Senior Manager of Community Engagement in Corporate Communications. Boeing is hiring a Community and Government Relations Specialist based in Huntington Beach to support the Southwest Region NS&E team efforts to meet the needs of Boeing and the community by investing in strategically aligned programs with nonprofits and representing Boeing’s interests within political, trade, industry and professional organizations. The Geffen Playhouse is hiring a Manager of Community Engagement. Salary $53K. The Pacific Council seeks to hire a Sr. Production Associate to coordinate virtual and in-person events on behalf of the organization. At the Builders Initiative (a private foundation) the Oceans Program strives to secure sustainably managed and healthy ocean ecosystems as a pillar of global environmental recovery, a driver of economic growth, and a foundation for food and climate security and human health. They are hiring an Associate Program Officer to build and develop their partnerships with grantees, mainly focused around scaling sustainable fisheries management, catalyzing restorative aquaculture and building solutions for climate resilience in the ocean. Can be based in Chicago or San Diego. Chipotle is hiring a Director of Sustainability to create and oversee Chipotle’s sustainability vision and strategy. The Coca-Cola Company is hiring a Senior Manager, Public Affairs, Communications and Sustainability. Based in Irvine. Enterprise is a national nonprofit on a mission to make home and community places of pride, power and belonging for all. They are hiring a Program Director to lead the Sustainable Connected Communities (SCC) team, playing a central role in managing new and existing programs which unite affordable housing providers, public agencies, community leaders, advocates, and issue-area experts from across sectors to co-create more inclusive, equitable, and resilient neighborhoods in the region, inclusive of green development initiatives in support of affordable housing developers and other community-based organizations. The Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco is hiring a Marketing Coordinator. Starting pay $23.30 per hr. This is a union job with good benefits. The Sonoma Botanical Garden is hiring a Development Director. Salary $70-$90K. The Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco (ICA SF) is a non-collecting contemporary art museum, civic social space, and center for artistic experimentation, boundary pushing, and change-making in the San Francisco Bay Area. They are hiring a Manager of Membership Programming, Director of Learning and Partnerships, and Curatorial Assistant. The Whitney Museum of American Art is hiring an Assistant Director of Communications, Program Assistant, Independent Study, Senior Manager of Strategic Partnerships, and Assistant to Access and Community Programs. Email job opportunities to [email protected]. Follow @luceinla on Twitter and Instagram. The creative process is not controlled by a switch you can simply turn on or off; it’s with you all the time.—Alvin Ailey “American Masters: Ailey is a portrait of the legendary choreographer Alvin Ailey (1931-1989), a trailblazing pioneer who founded his influential studio Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in 1958 at age 27. Raised by a single mother, Ailey recounts the hardships of his childhood along with memories of blues and gospel music, juke joints, church, young love and the awakening of his gay identity. Throughout his life he endured racism, homophobia, addiction, mental illness and the burden of being an iconic African American artist, but he found salvation through dance. In 1989, he tragically succumbed to an AIDS-related illness.” Watch “Ailey” streaming now on Netflix & on other platforms. The City of Simi Valley is hiring a Cultural Arts Center Technical Coordinator. Pay $58-$74K with lush benefits. Collaborations: Teachers and Artists in San Diego (CoTA) is hiring an Operations and Admin Manager. Salary $55-$62K. The San Bernardino County Museum offers an exciting opportunity for a dynamic Museum Associate Curator who will oversee the day to day activities of the Victor Valley Museum in Apple Valley. Pay $21.15 – $29.84 per hr. Sculpture Conservation Studio is currently recruiting a part-time Studio Manager who will coordinate and conduct a broad range of administrative duties in support of the business. Pay $21-$25. A Los Angeles based contemporary artist is seeking a highly qualified Studio Manager. Salary $42-$72K. The Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts is hiring a Director of Operations. Salary $85-$95K. The Mortimer & Mimi Levitt Foundation is hiring a Director of Communications to develop and implement comprehensive communications strategies to build national visibility for the Levitt Foundation and the national network of permanent Levitt music venues and Levitt AMP concert sites. Grand Vision Foundation is hiring a Marketing Specialist responsible for the creation and timely implementation of a marketing plan for all promotional materials for Grand Vision’s concerts, events, and campaigns. The Asian Pacific Policy and Planning Council seeks an experienced Communications Manager to lead the communications efforts and implement a a comprehensive strategic communications plan. UCLArts & Healing transforms lives through creative expression by integrating the innate benefits of the arts with mental health practices for self-discovery, connection, and empowerment. They are hiring a Digital Media Manager (DMM), $25-$28 per hr. , 30 hrs. a week. The Colburn School is hiring a Communications Coordinator. Pay $17-$26 per hr. OTIS College of Art and Design is hiring a Director of Digital Marketing. The Liberty Hill Foundation is hiring a Senior Manager Public Relations. Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) is hiring a Corporate Social Responsibility associate to craft CSR plans and work with relevant external/internal stakeholders to implement them. WarnerMedia seeks a Senior Specialist, Community Engagement for the Public Affairs department. TikTok is hiring a temporary Project Specialist, Philanthropy & Education. ATTN: is a media company that breaks down important societal topics and conversations into digestible, entertaining videos and series across all platforms. They are seeking a Program Manager to join ATTN:’s Culture Lab division. You’ll report to the Founder and Executive Producer of Culture Lab and will work in partnership to refine and manage BIPOC initiatives that support Culture Lab’s mission of creating content that elevates Black voices and celebrates Black joy. Intuit is hiring Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Manager. DPR Construction is hiring a Regional Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Manager to plan, coordinate, and promote DPR’s DEI objectives. The Walt Disney Company is hiring a Senior Manager, Diversity & Inclusion to execute highly visible strategic initiatives to help drive diversity and inclusion priorities around market, culture and people. Patagonia is hiring for a People and Culture Equity, Inclusion and Justice role to support the development, design and implementation of initiatives that enhance our ability to instill equity and inclusion in our efforts to recruit, develop and retain a high-performing workforce, embed accountability at all levels of management and ensure a culture of ongoing feedback, learning and development. NBCUniversal is hiring Coordinator, Inclusion. The Rancho Los Alamitos Foundation seeks an energetic Volunteer Coordinator to support volunteers in fulfilling its mission to inspire a sense of community by educating and engaging our visitors with our rich history, compelling stories, and authentic connections to California’s past. Pay $20 per hr. Community Arts Resources (CARS) is seeking a passionate and experienced Executive Coordinator to support a range of community-driven projects culminating in cultural events in 2022. Battle poverty by empowering youth and families in Los Angeles with the skills, resources, and relationships necessary to thrive. The PF Bresee Foundation is hiring an Education and Career Director responsible for the day to day management of the college corner, workforce development, and teen tech center programming. The James Irvine Foundation is hiring a Program Associate who will provide program-related support to the multi-initiative portfolio team to facilitate the grantmaking and grant monitoring processes and to support relationship-building in the field. The Weingart Foundation seeks a Program Officer passionate about racial and social justice to implement our grantmaking strategy in our special issue areas and projects. Empower students to thrive in an evolving world. Project Lead the Way is hiring a Senior Director of Administration to develop and execute action plans in support of PLTW’s strategic framework implementation and partners with the CAO to monitor and support the achievement of PLTW’s North Star and strategic priorities. Remote. The Asian Pacific Policy and Planning Council seeks an Administrative Assistant to directly support the executive director and staff. Teach for America is hiring a Manager, Operations who is responsible for managing the operations and logistics for moving applicants through the Admissions process and interacting with staff members to complete quality and timely reviews. Remote. Share Our Strength is hiring a Strategic Corporate Giving & Operations Manager to support the strategy development and cross-team collaboration necessary to the successful solicitation and stewardship of corporate funders investing in strategic program initiatives. Remote. A Place Called Home is a dynamic, non-profit youth and community center in South Central Los Angeles. APCH provides educational programs, counseling, mentoring, music, dance and art classes, fitness and health and wellness opportunities. They are hiring an Events Manager. Salary $58-$62K. The Hilton Foundation is hiring a Program Associate, Early Childhood Development. The YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles is hiring a Youth & Government Coordinator responsible for creating welcoming and supportive environment for all program participants. The Library Foundation of Los Angeles is seeking a Special Events Director to plan, execute and evaluate a variety of events which play a vital role in the organization’s fundraising, cultivation, marketing and stewardship programs. The Palm Springs Museum of Art is hiring a Chief Advancement Officer to lead the advancement team and all aspects of fundraising for unrestricted annual support as well as programmatic, exhibition, capital, and endowment funds. Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis’ office is offering a challenging career opportunity for an energetic, self-motivated individual for the position of Staff Assistant/Caseworker in the San Gabriel Valley area and in East LA. NeueHouse is the private workspace and cultural home for creators, innovators, and thought leaders. They are hiring a Director of Community & Culture to oversee and guide programming calendars, work with programming partners and build relationships with their eclectic member base. The National Parks Conservation Association is hiring an Outreach Manager to build awareness and appreciation for NPCA’s work through strategies that connect local communities with our national parks and public lands and create support for their long-term protection and sustainability. The Ecology Center is hiring a Greenhouse Coordinator (GHC) who will be responsible for coordinating, maintaining and fulfilling all of the greenhouse and propagation needs for The Ecology Center’s Farm production, Nursery and a Market and Garden Coordinator who will oversee the day-to-day production, irrigation, cultivation and harvests of the Market Garden at The Ecology Center, and Customer Relations Coordinator will serve as a direct support to the marketing manager and Farm Share team. Outerknown is hiring a Senior Sustainability Manager. The San Mateo County Historical Association operates three historical sites: the San Mateo County History Museum in Redwood City, the Woodside Store in Woodside, and the Sanchez Adobe in Pacifica. It also runs school programs at the Folger Stable in Woodside. They are hiring an Associate Director of Education to assist in the development, implementation and evaluation of the San Mateo County Historical Association’s education programs with the goal of enhancing the understanding and interpretation of its collections and resources and increasing public access to them. They are also hiring a Program Interpreter to help lead educational, hands-on programs at the Sánchez Adobe Historic Site for fourth grade students and their chaperones during the school year. Napa Valley College is seeking an Audience Development Specialist for the Performing Arts Center. This position is responsible for identifying and pursuing opportunities to engage and grow diverse audiences through effective marketing and development campaigns. This is a part-time 20 hr. a week position. Initial prorated salary placement is $2,055/month. Blue Shield of California Foundation is seeking a Program Officer to lead the conceptualization, management and execution of a portfolio of grantmaking, programs and projects designed to shape local, state, and federal public policies that contribute to the Foundation’s mission of making California the healthiest state with the lowest rates of domestic violence. The Shasta County Arts Council is seeking an energetic, experienced, and innovative Executive Director to lead the organization through the next phase of development. Salary $62,400. The San Francisco Ballet is hiring a Chief Marketing and Brand Officer to oversee all marketing, sales/ revenue activities and institutional brand positioning in support of the organization’s revenue goals. The Monterey Museum of Art is hiring a Director of Fundraising & Marketing to build positive external relationships, secure sufficient annual funding, as well as market and communicate the brand of the Museum. Salary $80K-$90K. Encourage children’s active wonder and creative responses through artistic and scientific exploration of their natural environment. The Junior Center of Art and Science is hiring an Executive Director. Salary $82-$87K. The Bishop Museum in Honolulu has numerous openings including Director of Major Gifts, Museum Educator, and Ho’okipa Ambassador. Email job opportunities to [email protected]. Follow @luceinla on Twitter and Instagram. Jennifer Packer: Every Shut Eye Ain’t Sleep on view through Feb. 21, 2022 at MOCA. Support the vital work of documentary storytellers and champion a thriving and inclusive documentary culture. The International Documentary Association (IDA) is hiring a Director of Getting Real and Artist Programming. Deadline 8/31. Build on the power of art to transform lives and communities through creating, teaching, and presenting the arts. The Armory Center for the Arts is hiring a VP External Relations, VP Programs, and a PT Project Coordinator and Curatorial Assistant. Art Division is hiring a PT Program Assistant responsible for program coordination under supervision of Director of Education, Executive Director, and Artistic Director. Art Division is a non-profit organization dedicated to training and supporting underserved youth who are committed to studying the visual arts. Email Cindy Ojeda at [email protected] for more information. The Wende Museum is hiring a PT Visitor Engagement Associates (VEA) to assist with both public-facing hospitality and museum operations. LACMA is hiring a Registration Administrator to assist with processing incoming loans (new acquisitions and long-term loans) including registering large collections of 50 or more artworks or artworks with 50 or more parts, a PT Kinetic Sculpture Technician, and LACMA has other job openings. The Social and Public Art Resource Center (SPARC) in Venice, CA is seeking an Administrative Assistant to support daily operations, projects, and programs. Heart of Los Angles (HOLA) seeks a Program Coordinator who has attention to detail, is super organized, is passionate about arts education, and loves building community. The Program Coordinator is responsible for collaborating with the Visual Arts Director in planning, overseeing, and reporting on all of the visual art classes and programs. Pay $18 per hr. The Japanese American National Museum is hiring a Manager of Visitor Services and a Development Assistant. Venice Arts is hiring a Creative Pathways Manager, PT Lead Filmmaker, and teaching artists. The Change Lab National Research Fellowships aim to produce new research, data, reporting, and suggestions to advance justice, health, and human dignity in the field of public art in the United States. Each Fellowship is based around a specific research topic, and is open to graduate students, recent college graduates, doctoral and post-doctoral researchers, artists, and public art professionals. Fellowships are 6-month long, funded positions. A $5,000 stipend will be made to each Fellow in two payments – once upon contract and once upon final delivery of and acceptance of the final report. ACLA Fine Art Services, a full service company offering project management, installation, tracking, fabrication, and storage, is hiring a Team Assistant. The San Bernardino County Museum offers an exciting opportunity for a dynamic Curator of Earth Sciences who will manage all aspects of exhibits, program development, and collections management related to the museum’s paleontology and geology collection primarily from the Mojave Desert and Inland Valleys of Southern California. The Palm Spring Museum of Art is hiring a CFO. The San Diego Natural History Museum is hiring an Education Specialist and has many other openings. The Skirball Cultural Center seeks a motivated and creative team player to serve as the Associate Educator for School and Teacher programs and Associate Educator Family Programs. The Natural History Musuem of Los Angeles has numerous openings. Peter Fetterman Gallery is hiring a Gallery Assistant. Hauser & Wirth is looking for a Gallery Assistant. Shoshana Wayne Gallery seeks a motivated, organized Associate Director. The International Documentary Association (IDA) is hiring a Digital Communications Coordinator. Borealis Philanthropy is a social justice philanthropic intermediary working to resource grassroots movements for transformative change. They are hiring a Communications Director and Communications Officer. Both positions are remote. The Santa Monica Education Foundation is hiring a Communications Manager. Pay $50-$ 65K. The Milken Institute, one of the world’s most prestigious think tanks, is hiring an Executive Director Marketing & Communications. The Institute of Contemporary Art is hiring a Communications Manager, Learning and Engagement Assistant, Curatorial Assistant, and PT Frontline Representative. The Broad Stage is hiring a Manager, Revenue Strategies & Analytics to support the Marketing team in the development, execution and analysis of digital marketing campaigns, website development, content creation, CRM administration and overall curation of compelling patron journeys, from first-time ticket buyers to high-level donors. The ClimateWorks Foundation is hiring a term-limited (1 yr.) Acting Development Manager to oversee process, coordination, drafting and compilation of CLUA development materials and activities, including funder proposals, reports and meetings. Remote, deadline 9/3. Twilio is hiring a Vice President of Social and Environmental Impact to lead teams in crisis response, environmental sustainability and ESG, employee impact, grants and impact investing, and partner with Legal on ethical product use. Remote. University of San Diego is hiring an Associate Director of Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship to lead a cohesive Kroc School portfolio of high-impact initiatives on social innovation and entrepreneurship, including the Fowler Global Social Innovation Challenge and the USD-Kroc Teaching Case series. Mount Saint Mary’s University (MSMU) is hiring a Vice President for Equity, Diversity, and Justice (VPEDJ). Support students ages 6 to 18 with their creative and expository writing skills, and to helping teachers inspire their students to write. 826LA is hiring an Executive Director. CureCervicalCancer (CCC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the early detection and prevention of cervical cancer in resource poor regions. They are hiring a Program Manager. The ideal candidate will be a Registered Nurse and a self-starter with keen ability to exercise initiative and juggle multiple responsibilities. The New Center for Psychoanalysis is hiring a highly organized Coordinator with admin. experience and strong communication skills. Imagine a future where people, no matter their race or ethnicity, have power, choice, and ownership over the economy. Common Future is hiring a VP of Network Strategy responsible for building out the engagement infrastructure, ensuring through lines of network engagement across the organization, deploying catalytic grant capital, and incubating, co-creating, and funding innovative solutions. Positive Planet is a non-profit organization created 23 years ago by Jacques Attali, French economist, author and professor, whose mission is to make the world more positive economically, socially, environmentally and democratically. They are seeking an Outreach Specialist. This is a remote volunteer position. Borealis Philanthropy is a social justice philanthropic intermediary working to resource grassroots movements for transformative change. They are hiring an Operations Director. Remote, pay $118-$148K. Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern California is hiring an Executive Director to plan and direct an upcoming capital campaign to build a new Ronald McDonald House near Mattel UCLA Children’s Hospital. Pay $90-$120K. The Milken Scholars Program has an immediate opening for an Associate. The Milken Scholars Program is a joint initiative of the Milken Institute and Milken Family Foundation, based in Santa Monica. Villa Esperanza Services is hiring a FT Grant Writer. Starting pay $25 per hr. Los Angeles Education Partnership (LAEP) is hiring a Finance Director. Union Station Homelessness Services is hiring a Program Officer to provide leadership for all of Union Station Homeless Services’ programs and client services, utilizing best practices and bringing emerging new models to the forefront. Wildwood School is hiring a CFO/COO. The Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden is hiring a Nature Club Instructor for an enrichment program that connects children to the natural world through joyful, hands-on experiences and meaningful peer interactions. FixNation is seeking a strategic-minded Director of Operations to oversee all in-clinic day-to-day activities, including operations, client services and staff management, while maintaining top-notch clinic standards. Two Bit Circus Foundation is currently looking for in-person facilitators throughout the 2021-2022 school year. The Green Leadership Trust (GLT) is looking for its next Executive Director. The Green Leadership Trust is a unique member network of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. They serve as fiduciaries on local, regional, and national boards of environmental organizations in the United States. Their mission is to build the power of the environmental movement. Remote, pay $110-$120K. GiveDirectly (GD) aims to reshape international giving – and millions of lives – by allowing donors to provide capital grants directly to the world’s poorest. They are hiring a Partnerships Manager and a US Program Manager. This is a remote role but will need to overlap with East Africa Time zones for at least three hours per day for meetings. New Profit is a nonprofit venture philanthropy organization that backs breakthrough social entrepreneurs who are advancing equity and opportunity in America. New Profit’s strategy focuses on building a breakthrough portfolio of grantee-partners to take on entrenched systemic challenges in America, including by driving resources and support to Black, Indigenous, and Latino/a/x social entrepreneurs who have unique proximity to solutions, but face stark racial funding disparities in philanthropy; and investing in social entrepreneurs with new systems change models across a range of issues. They are hiring a Partner for their Portfolio Investing team responsible for managing a small portfolio of approximately four investments from identification and due diligence to investment and long-term support. Location flexible. The California Reinvestment Coalition seeks an experienced, mission-driven Program Manager to lead CRC’s new Resilience Fund initiative, a two-year, $4 million program to reimagine systems of capital centered on Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities. EXP is a non-profit organization with a mission to prepare students for a better life by helping young people gain experience, unlock doors and build the confidence they need to succeed in school, career and life. They are hiring a Director of Programs and Strategic Initiatives to guide and expand EXP’s programs and strategic initiatives to new levels of impact and outcomes. Pay $90-$100K. Inspire and support the people of LA to come together to plant and care for trees, harvest the rain, and renew depleted landscapes. TreePeople is hiring a Director of Development and Donor Relations. The Nature Conservancy is hiring a Director, Corporate and Foundation Relations (CFR) responsible for directing all aspects of the California program’s work with corporations and foundations and associated individuals, to secure significant financial resources and practical engagement to support conservation goals. Position is negotiable within California. The Geffen Playhouse is hiring a Development Director. Pay $130-$150K. The Palm Springs Museum of Art is hiring a Chief Advancement Officer. The Santa Barbara Zoo is hiring a Director of Advancement. Pay $90K. PEN America, a nonprofit organization that stands at the intersection of literature and human rights, seeks an experienced, motivated, and highly organized Development and Engagement Manager to advance their fundraising strategy in Los Angeles and the region. The LA Fashion District is hiring an Executive Director. Twilio is seeking an experienced Director, Environmental Sustainability and ESG to drive environmental sustainability within the company and across sectors. Amazon is hiring a Principal Sustainability Innovation Consultant, to shape and deliver on a global strategy to help customers accelerate their sustainability transformations by leveraging the AWS cloud computing platform to position and drive the right technology solutions to address customer needs. Dream job alert Patagonia is hiring an Environmental Program Officer responsible for the development, research, implementation, and execution of Patagonia’s environmental funding programs with an emphasis on civic engagement, environmental justice and underrepresented communities in the environmental movement and outdoor industry. Patagonia jobs tend to close quickly so apply today. Google is hiring a Sustainability Program Manager to serve as a subject matter expert for Google.org’s work on environmental sustainability and climate action. Identify unique opportunities for data and technology to contribute to climate action. Based in DC, NYC, or SF. Levi Strauss & Co is hiring a Director of Sustainability. Remote. The Ink People Center for the Arts, headquartered in Eureka, CA, is seeking an Executive Director. The Ink People is a community-based arts and cultural organization which primarily practices throughout Humboldt County and the North Coast region. The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation is hiring a performing arts Program Associate to manage a heavy load of grantmaking support; processes contracts; communicates with internal and external partners; manages various administrative and grants budgets; and engages in other activities that advance the program’s strategies and the foundation’s values and objectives. Promote the rights of every child. UNICEF is hiring a Senior Philanthropy Officer to build transformational philanthropic partnerships with high net worth individuals to advance UNICEF’s critical work for children and meet UNICEF USA’s ambitious strategic plan goals. Roku is hiring a Director of Social Impact based in San Jose. Northern California Grantmakers (NCG) is hiring a Digital Engagement Coordinator. Pay $60-$77,500. The Monterey Museum of Art is hiring a Director of Fundraising & Marketing. King Philanthropies is a private foundation located in Menlo Park. Their mission is to make a meaningful difference in the lives of the world’s poorest people by multiplying the impact of high-performing leaders and organizations. They are hiring a Portfolio Manager. California College of the Arts (CCA) seeks a creative, strategic and collaborative partner to serve as its inaugural Vice President of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (VP DEIB). Chinese for Affirmative Action, founded in 1969 to protect the civil and political rights of Chinese Americans and to advance multiracial democracy in the United States, is hiring a Director of Operations, Director of Communications, and Development Manager. The Hayward Area Historical Society (HAHS) is hiring a Collections Manager. Water.org is hiring a Strategic Development Executive responsible for contributing to building strategic fundraising partnerships that will help shape the next stage of evolution and growth. Stanford Impact Labs is hiring an Executive Director, Director of Strategic Communications and Outreach, and Program Coordinator & Special Projects Associate. Amazon Watch is a dynamic nonprofit organization working to protect and defend the Amazon rainforest and climate in solidarity with Indigenous peoples. They are hiring an Executive Assistant. GivingTuesday is hiring an India Director to translate GivingTuesday’s verticals into on-the-ground programs and partnerships in India, including data, youth engagement, community and coalition building, new initiatives and more. This is a full-time remote position, but the Director must be based in India. The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation is seeking a creative and driven Senior Marketing Manager to create and implement creative and consistent marketing strategies and communication initiatives in support of the Foundation’s brand, including education, preservation, and public access programs at both Taliesin and Taliesin West. Based in Scottsdale, AZ. The Tiffany & Co. Foundation seeks a Program Associate to help further the Foundation’s program areas by supporting timely and impactful grantmaking, as well ensuring an efficient grant administration process and contributing to the preparation of Board meeting materials. Based in NYC. Collaborations: Teachers and Artists is hiring an Operations and Admin Manager. Based in San Diego. Pay $55-$62K. The Walton Family Foundation (WFF) is seeking a skilled, highly motivated, and entrepreneurial individual to join the foundation as a Program Officer – Environment, based in D.C. or Denver. Email job opportunities to [email protected]. Follow @luceinla on Twitter and Instagram. LACMA is hiring a Director of Gallery Learning who is responsible for establishing and maintaining best practices in gallery teaching with an emphasis on training and evaluating volunteer docents who provide tours and engage with the public. They are also offering paid internships via the Arts Inclusion & Merit (AIM) Internship Program that will provide substantive, paid, part-time educational opportunities for undergraduate students, exposing them to a variety of career paths in the museum field. CAA is hiring an Assistant to provide support to an agent that focuses on art, architecture and design throughout the company. The ideal candidate will have a passion for contemporary art and culture, knowledge of themes and an interest in the history of art, its interpretation, production and care. The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego is hiring a Director of Education & Engagement. The Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater (REDCAT) seeks a Box Office/Visitor ServiceManager and Lounge Manager for its flexible 180-270 seat performance space in of the Walt Disney Concert Hall complex in downtown Los Angeles. Greenway Arts Alliance is a nonprofit arts and educational organization and community-based nonprofit whose mission is to unite communities through art, education and enterprise. They are hiring a Producing Director for their professional theatre and events. The San Diego International Airport is hiring an Art Program Manager to coordinate and oversee Airport Public Art projects of considerable complexity and facilitate the new “Under the Wing” public art mentorship program, the first of its kind at an airport. Pay $67-$87K. There are still internship opportunities available for undergraduate and community college students through the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture Arts Internship Program. Check out the open positions. The California State Summer School Arts Foundation, where I served as executive director early in my career, is hiring a Deputy Director. The Getty Foundation is hiring a Program Officer who will have the opportunity to contribute to emerging strategic funding initiatives, including an initiative designed to support archives relating to African American art history and an initiative to support professional and leadership development of alumni of the Getty Marrow Undergraduate Internship Program. The Armory Center for the Arts is hiring a part-time Project Coordinator and Curatorial Assistant to assist with exhibition research and project coordination for a grant-funded project. This is an an 18-hour/week position for approximately 15 months at $20 an hour, with the potential for extension. The Hammer Museum is hiring a Store Clerk, Assistant Academic Programs, and Visitor Experience Assistant and they are offering a paid fellowship opportunity for an Emerging Museum Educator during the 2021–2022 academic year. The Craft Contemporary is hiring a Shop Manager. The Center for the Study of Political Graphics is a non-profit, educational, and research archive that collects, preserves, documents and exhibits posters, prints, and other political ephemera related to historical and contemporary movements for social change. They are hiring an Office and Social Media Manager who will work closely with the Executive Director in maintaining the administrative, programmatic, and financial operations of a small but very busy, non-profit arts organization. One of my favorite bookstores, Arcana: Books on the Arts, is hiring 2 Staff Members. Blum & Poe is hiring a Gallery Administrator. Gemini G.E.L is hiring a Sales Director. Michelson Philanthropies is also hiring a Marketing Administrative Assistant. Work to bring life-changing legal help to those in need by transforming the legal aid system. OneJustice is hiring a Development & Communications Manager to serve as the principal fundraising manager for individual donors and institutional funders based in LA or SF. Stand.earth is a nonprofit environmental organization working to create a world where respect for people and the environment comes first. They are hiring two remote Digital Campaigners to take on key roles in mobilizing the Stand.earth online community through creative and strategic digital actions. Pay $50-$60K. The Walt Disney Company is hiring a Manager of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) to drive social impact for their employees, communities, and consumers through cause marketing efforts, philanthropy, volunteerism, and other CSR initiatives across our streaming services, networks, and advertising and distribution businesses and a Corporate Social Responsibility Specialist to play a key role in supporting DMED’s CSR strategy, including executing new and existing campaigns, programs, and communications that align with our business objectives. Doen is seeking a Director of Impact who is a thought leader and seasoned expert in all aspects of environmental and social impact within the fashion industry. Stanford University is hiring an Executive Director for the Stanford Impact Labs a major new initiative at Stanford University—invests in highly-motivated teams of researchers and practitioners from government, business, nonprofit organizations, and philanthropy. These teams—impact labs—work together on social problems they choose and where practical progress is possible. The Hilton Foundation is hiring a Director of Inclusive Talent Development, Engagement and Equity to lead and foster an equitable and inclusive environment by operationalizing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) plans and will be responsible for learning analysis, development, deployment, and measuring the impact of learning solutions. Salary $128K – $212K. The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) is hiring a Specialist, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion. UCLA School of Law is hiring an inaugural Judge Rand Shrader Pro Bono Program Director to enhance their current work and build a set of new programs and relationships that will amplify their impact. For more than two decades, LA Promise Fund has uplifted schools, students and families in South LA to ensure more Black and Latinx students are prepared for success in college, career, and life. They are hiring an Associate Director, Youth Leadership to oversee administrative, logistical, programmatic, and communications tasks related to one of LAPF’s large-scale programs, Girls Build, that achieve large-scale outcomes through direct partnerships with schools and teachers. As advocates for gender and racial justice, EmpowHer Institute offers a safe, inclusive, and supportive space for girls to thrive. EmpowHer Institute has an exciting opportunity for two individuals who have a dynamic personality and demonstrated passion for serving youth in marginalized communities. We are seeking two full-time Academy Instructors for our EmpowHer Girls Academy and EmpowHer Leaders Academy programs. Academy Instructors will be responsible for facilitating our program curricula to cohorts of 15-20 girls, at multiple sites. BODYTRAFFIC creates world-class dance in Los Angeles, by commissioning distinctive choreographic works for a company of diverse and exceptional dancers. They are hiring an Education and Outreach Manager to oversee dance curriculum and outreach programs for a world renowned professional dance company based in Los Angeles, California. The Smidt Foundation is a private foundation created by Eric Smidt, the owner and founder of Harbor Freight Tools, the family-owned national retailer. The Foundations is hiring a Program Coordinator responsible for anchoring key administrative functions that support the foundation’s grantmaking and grants processing, and a wide variety of convening, due diligence and outreach functions undertaken by program staff. Al Otro Lado provides holistic legal and humanitarian support to indigent refugees, deportees, and other migrants in the US and Tijuana through a multidisciplinary, client-centered, harm reduction-based practice. They are hiring a COO, remote. BLCK VC, a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) pending nonprofit organization focused on empowering and supporting Black investors while increasing their representation in Venture Capital, is hiring an Executive Director, remote. Junior Achievement of Southern California is hiring Regional Executive Director, Orange County to lead fundraising efforts. Work to protect rivers and the rights of communities that depend on them. International Rivers is hiring an Interim Director of Programs. Empower a new generation of people in developing countries to create sustainable opportunity through literacy and continuing education. Global Learning Exchange is hiring a remote U.S. Director, pay $55-$65K. The Alliance for Youth Action is seeking a new Executive Director to lead and manage the organization, work with the board and network leadership, and ensure the Alliance’s continued financial and operational health. The Alliance convenes, supports, and scales a national network of youth-led, locally rooted organizations growing civic engagement and social justice coast to coast. Remote, pay $150K-$175K. The Giving Back Fund (GBF) is a national nonprofit organization that encourages and facilitates charitable giving by professional athletes, celebrities, high net worth individuals, existing nonprofit organizations, corporations and others who truly desire to give back. They are hiring a Foundation Manager. Pay $49K – $60K. Michelson Philanthropies is a unique network of nonprofit foundations linked by a powerful vision to achieve measurable, positive impact in our community, state, nation, and world. They are hiring a Distribution Coordinator, Senior Director, Communications, Controller, and Executive Assistant. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is the leading anti-hate organization in the world. They are hiring a Vice President, Antisemitism Research responsible for strengthening and deepening ADL’s approach, research, and response to anti-Jewish hate in all forms. The People Concern is one of Los Angeles County’s largest non-profit housing and social service agencies. They are hiring a Manager, Recruitment to oversee and coordinate talent acquisition and staffing activities for all areas of The People Concern, including direct service, clinical and administrative departments with open positions across multiple sites and a wide variety of roles. The Center for Nonprofit Management (CNM) is pleased to invite qualified professionals to apply for the position of Project Coordinator, Learning Programs. Pay $42K. The South Coast Botanic Garden Foundation is hiring a Director of Operations and Director of Learning and Engagement. The Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles is hiring a Grants Management Associate. The Arlene & Michael Rosen Foundation is hiring a Southern California Program Officer (SoCal PO), a unique opportunity for someone with roots in San Diego County who shares AMRF’s vision for supporting local actors, especially leaders of color, to lead change. A Place Called Home has a great opportunity for a passionate and dedicated Executive Assistant to utilize their skills and implement creative ways to support the mission and vision of the organization while making a difference in the community. They are also hiring a Music Program Coordinator and a Dance Program Coordinator to explore and implement creative ways to deliver programming that will shape the future of the youth participating in our programs. Southern California Grantmakers (SCG) is hiring an Associate, Fiscal Sponsorships to perform a variety of general fiscal sponsor support tasks and provides administrative support to the finance & operations manager and chief operating officer. The California Community Foundation is hiring a Grants Specialist who is responsible for executing all components of foundation grants and scholarships, including structure of grants, regulatory compliance, and education of grants information to CCF staff and external parties. Salary $55K-$63K. CicLAvia is seeking a detail-oriented and energetic Event Production Assistant to join the CicLAvia team. Forever Balboa Park is hiring a Director of Philanthropy to provide expertise, advocacy and resources to envision, enhance and sustain Balboa Park for all visitors in partnership with the City of San Diego and in collaboration with other organizations in the Park and the community. End hunger and poverty while caring for the Earth. Heifer International is seeking a phenomenal major gift fundraiser to serve in the role of Director of Philanthropy for a portfolio which will be customized and assigned based on the successful candidate’s strengths and geographic location. The Griffith Observatory Foundation is hiring a Development Manager to refine their fundraising and development efforts through existing platforms and by developing new avenues to engage their supporters and community. Salary $72K. Stand.earth is a nonprofit environmental organization working to create a world where respect for people and the environment comes first. They are hiring an Associate Director, Donor Engagement. Remote, $75K-$85K. Develop empathy, understanding, and respect through testimony. The USC Shoah Foundation is hiring a Senior Director of Development to participate in the fundraising function for USC Shoah Foundation through identification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of gifts from a diverse population of potential donors. Desert X, a non-profit arts organization that produces an international, site- specific art exhibition, is seeking a Director of Development. Ready to Succeed (RTS) is a Career + Personal development program that aims to build career pathways, community and self-confidence for foster youth currently attending 4 year colleges. They are hiring a Development Director. Protest the earth. Greenpeace is hiring a Supporter Relations Officer to manage calls, emails, letters, and any other inquiries from supporters, donors, and other interested parties. The Foundation for California Community Colleges is hiring a Program Manager, Community Impact to provide oversight and project management to support programs including community outreach, student training and support, awareness campaigns, consumer assistance programs and more. The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is hiring a Community Relations Manager to build and sustain relationships with community members, officials, and other non-profit organizations. The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award is the world’s leading youth achievement award, operating in over 130 countries and territories. They are hiring a part-time Recruitment & Alumni Engagement Officer. Pay $31-$34K. Foster an understanding of the principles of environmental justice and urban sustainability in our young people in order to promote the long-term health of our communities. Literacy for Environmental Justice is hiring an Executive Director. The Institute for Sustainable Communities is hiring a Senior Program Officer (SPO) position to provide strategic support and leadership to advance equitable climate solutions through projects and programs across the United States. Remote. Edelman is hiring a Vice President of Social Impact & Sustainability who will play a key role focusing on communications strategy and planning, advisory services, stakeholder engagement and new business development, with clients spanning sectors such as agriculture, energy, finance, retail, food and technology. Live Nation Entertainment is hiring Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) Project Manager to facilitate the buildout of the ESG program, including activities related to climate change, human rights, employee engagement, diversity, inclusion & belonging, and legal, regulatory, and ethical responsibilities. As You Sow is a Berkeley-based non-profit organization founded in 1992. We promote corporate environmental and social responsibility through shareholder advocacy, coalition building, and innovative legal strategies. They are hiring a Climate Associate to support the Say on Climate initiative, which moves companies to develop and disclose climate transition plans for achieving net zero company emissions by 2050. Remote. Junior Wildlife Ranger is looking for volunteer Environmental Educators to leads walks and outreach at Joaquin Miller Park program in Oakland, California, and other programs in the Bay Area. The Visa Foundation is hiring an Operations and Strategic Initiatives Manager, Social Impact to help manage the day-to-day operations of the Foundation while supporting key strategic initiatives related to both investments and grantmaking. Based in SF. The University of California, Berkeley is hiring Public Engagement Specialist for Science at Cal, an initiative to network members of the UC Berkeley science, technology, engineering and mathematics community to engage public audiences across all demographics in STEM learning. The Manetti Shrem Museum at University of California, Davis is hiring a Director of Museum Education and Community Connection to connect students and faculty with art, to connect our community with each other in a safe and welcoming space, and to connect people with themselves through art that inspires, provokes and challenges. The Wells Fargo Museum in San Francisco is seeking a Museum Curator with 3+ years of museum, marketing, or educational instruction experience. Pay $42,500 – $73,900. The Bay Area Discovery Museum (BADM), one of my favorite children’s museums, has numerous openings. Global Conservation is the nation’s leading nonprofit organization dedicated to direct funding, equipment and systems for park and wildlife protection of endangered national parks and UNESCO World Heritage in developing countries. Global Conservation is seeking a Manager of Global Development working with the Executive Director on fundraising and donor cultivation, research and communications. Checkr’s mission is to build a fairer future by improving understanding of the past. Checkr is hiring an Executive Director of Foundation, Corporate Social Responsibility Program. They are empowering this leader to effectively deploy hundreds of millions of dollars in funds over the coming decade and to design the Foundation to meet the most pressing needs of the fair chance movement and social impact space. The Monterey Museum of Art is hiring a Manager of External Relations. Make the world fairer, more inclusive, and sustainable. The Council for Inclusive Capitalism is hiring an Engagement & Outreach Associate. The LA Mayor’s Angeleno Corps program offers hands-on work experience and educational support for 18-24 year olds living in Los Angeles. Work part-time and earn $1,000/mo. + a one-time $1,000 scholarship. Apply by Aug. 23 here. SITE Santa Fe is hiring an Executive Associate and Registrar and Curatorial Assistant. The United Nations Foundation is hiring a Manager, Policy and Stakeholder Engagement, responsible for supporting the UN Foundation’s stakeholder engagement in the New York-based UN community by helping design, organize, and execute events and engagement strategies that build relationships and advance key policy priorities and processes. These range across issues at the top of the global agenda, including climate change, global public health, inequality, innovations in multilateralism, as well as the SDGs overall. Email job opportunities to [email protected]. Follow @luceinla on Twitter and Instagram. “This medal definitely means a lot to me because there was a point in time when I wanted to quit and I just didn’t think I would ever be here, including injuries and stuff. So there are a lot of emotions, but I’m definitely super proud of myself for sticking with it and believing in myself.” —Suni Lee The Asian Pacific Policy & Planning Council (A3PCON) is a coalition of over forty community-based organizations serving and representing Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) in Los Angeles. They are hiring a Program Director to supervise daily support operations and coordinate program activities. Loyola Marymount University is hiring an Associate Director, Center for Service and Action responsible for the strategic oversight, development, and advancement of LMU’s Service Organization Community (SOC), service themed residential living communities, CSA affiliated registered student organizations, and CSA’s other social justice programs and events. Michelson Philanthropies spurs innovation across medical research, animal welfare, educational access, and the principles of intellectual property. They are hiring a Controller and a temporary Executive Assistant, an 8-month, full-time, temporary assignment to serve as the “right hand” to the CEO, acting as a gatekeeper to the CEO’s schedule and supporting a range of projects and processes within the business. The Smidt Foundation, a private foundation created by Eric Smidt, the owner and founder of Harbor Freight Tools, the family-owned national retailer, is hiring a Program Coordinator is a pivotal member of a small, entrepreneurial team, contributing to idea generation, strategic thinking, and the foundation’s core operations. The Milken Institute is seeking two paid Interns, based in their Santa Monica offices, to support event programming for upcoming Conferences and Virtual Gatherings and a Director, Outreach & Engagement, will have a leading role in planning and executing Milken Institute Events, including the 24th Annual Global Conference. The Women’s Foundation California is hiring a Program Coordinator to assist with the Solís Policy Training Institute encompassing the State, Local and Alums programs as well as grantmaking and community convenings, with a focus on coordinating trainings, implementing plans and organizing external and internal stakeholders. The Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) is a nonprofit organization creating an inclusive green economy by unlocking innovation (through working with startups to accelerate the commercialization of clean technologies), transforming markets (through catalytic partnerships in transportation, energy and sustainable cities) and enhancing communities (through workforce development, pilots and other programs). They are hiring a Program Manager Founders Business Accelerator, Program Director Incubation Services, and TEP Action Plan Consultant. Bring joy to the world through sound. Sound United’s Global “Sound Start” Foundation is hiring an Executive Director who can work remotely. Pay $53-$77K. Feed children in India. The Akshaya Patra Foundation is hiring a CEO based in LA, SF or NYC. Work towards a world in which every person controls their reproduction and all reproductive decisions are treated with dignity and respect. The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation is hiring a Senior Program Officer, remote. Launched in October 2018, VOW for Girls is an innovative new social change initiative that aims to galvanize the public and socially conscious brands to raise awareness of and create funding to prevent and end the international child marriage crisis. They are hiring a Partnerships Manager, remote, pay $70-$85K. Cedars Sinai is hiring is Program Officer responsible for implementing, coordinating and administering a portfolio of Cedars-Sinai CBGO’s existing grant programs as well as the development of new grantmaking programs and/or initiatives. The California Community Foundation is hiring a Grants Specialist responsible for executing all components of foundation grants and scholarships, including structure of grants, regulatory compliance, and education of grants information to CCF staff and external parties. Pay $55-$63K. Land is Life is an international network of Indigenous communities and organizations with a nearly three-decade history of significant achievements in the worldwide struggle for Indigenous Peoples’ rights. They are hiring an Executive Director responsible for ensuring the ethical and transparent financial and operational functioning of the organization and will work in partnership with Land is Life’s Program Directors (in Latin America, Asia, and Africa) and US based staff to ensure the effectiveness and success of the organization’s programs and campaigns. TreePeople is hiring a Foundation Grants Manager, Grants Writer, Policy and Research Associate, School Outreach Coordinator, Senior Manager, Youth Leadership Programs, Eco Education Assistant and Urban Forestry Associate. Volunteers of America is a non-profit human services organization committed to serving people in need, strengthening families, and building communities. They are hiring a Program Coordinator to promote housing stability to homeless or at–risk–of–becoming homeless Veterans and their families. LACMA is seeking an experienced Executive Assistant to support the Director and CEO, Michael Govan. The AltaMed Art Collection is comprised of over 1,000 works of art, with a focus on Latino and Chicano art mostly from the Southwestern United States, artwork from Latin America and Asia, and by well-known African American, Asian American, and Anglo American artists. The Art Collection is owned by AltaMed Health Services, a nonprofit corporation that started in 1969 as the East Los Angeles Barrio Free Clinic. They are hiring a Collections Assistant responsible for a variety of tasks involved in providing a safe environment for the artwork in the AltaMed Art Collection, and advancing collections-related work with exhibitions, publications, external loans, documentation and updating the database, research and writing, and general administrative tasks. David Kordansky Gallery seeks a highly motivated, extremely organized, and collaborative individual to join our team as Exhibitions and Fairs Coordinator. The Television Academy, based in the NoHo Arts District in North Hollywood, California, is a nonprofit organization devoted to celebrating and empowering storytellers to push the boundaries of what Television can be. They are hiring a Senior Director, Programs is responsible for the strategic and day-to-day operations of the Foundation’s Education and Interviews programs. Work for one of my favorite artists, Doug Aitken is hiring a PT Fabrication Assistant. I did this job very early in my career, Bonhams is hiring a Preview Worker, to assist customers in examining items during preview days and special events; call Appraisers/Specialists as required and a Cataloguer, Jewelry to oversee all cataloging duties relating to the departments sales, consignments, photography and sales administration. LA2028 is hiring a Digital Creative Specialist who will keep track of digital and social trends so that LA28 can be an innovator on emerging platforms, which will look like identifying opportunities to generate excitement around the LA28 brand through creative and identifying new content creators to work with across channels and a Senior Manager, Digital Design who will lead digital content production from concept to execution in alignment with overall brand growth plans, which includes production needs for organic and paid social with a focus on Instagram (Reels +IGTV), Twitter, TikTok, Linkedin, YouTube, Facebook, Snapchat, email, and web based content. Michelson Philanthropies spurs innovation across medical research, animal welfare, educational access, and the principles of intellectual property. They are hiring a Senior Director of Communications responsible for the development and execution of a comprehensive vision and strategy for communications that elevate and amplify the programs and projects of Michelson Philanthropies, its component foundations, and co-chairs Alya and Gary Michelson. The Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) is hiring a VP Marketing & Communications. The Skoll Foundation is seeking a Chief Brand and Communications Officer to develop and execute the Foundation’s communications, marketing and branding strategies, harnessing and deploying the Foundation’s platform and assets to drive transformation change and support grantees in reaching their goals. Chiefs for Change is a nonprofit, bipartisan network of diverse state and district education leaders. With more than three dozen members, our work is focused on advocacy and leadership development. They are hiring a remote Communications Coordinator. Taproot helps nonprofits and social change organizations solve critical challenges in their communities by connecting them with marketing, finance, HR, technology, and other business professionals who volunteer their expertise pro bono. They are hiring an energetic Content Manager to join the fast-paced Marketing and Communications (MarCom) Team and a National Director of Marketing and Communications. Help people living in poverty and experiencing disadvantage worldwide. The Hilton Foundation is hiring a Director of Communications. Combine the power of a good story well told with real world impact and awareness around today’s most vital issues. Participant is hiring a Director of Communications. The LA Opera is hiring a Director of Communications. The Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles is hiring a Project Coordinator, Operations and a Project Coordinator, Community Engagement to support the newly created Community Investment for Families Department (CIFD). Bank of the West is hiring a CSR Regional Officer who is responsible for managing a portfolio of non-profit partners to support the bank’s philanthropic initiatives, CRA obligations and CSR priorities. The Sequoyah School in Pasadena is hiring a PT Design & Fabrication Coordinator to collaborate with students, faculty, and administrators from a variety of disciplines to establish the new Design & Fabrication (D.Fab) Hub. Increase girls’ interest and success in technology, engineering and making through innovative educational experiences and mentor relationships. DIY Girls is hiring part-time STEM Program Instructors, $15 per hr. Facing History and Ourselves is looking for a Senior Associate for Organizational Equity who will help administer the design, development, and execution of initiatives to support our diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) strategy. The Katz Amsterdam Foundation (KAF) is pleased to invite nominations and applications for the position of Racial Justice Program Director. Remote. Pay $130K – $160K. The Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) is hiring a Workshop Contractor – Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for Startups. UTA seeks a Senior Manager, Inclusion who will be a results-oriented and resourceful leader capable of ramping up quickly and establishing themselves as a credible strategic partner. WarnerMedia seeks a Manager, Special Projects will be directly involved in the following projects: WM Fellows (Talent Development Program for Executives of Color, SVP+), Path to Equity (3-week Racial Equity workshop series for entire WM workforce), Listening Sessions (related to current state-of-the-world; e.g., social justice/racial reckoning/Covid-19/election; as-needed), MLT Certification. Lakeshore Learning Materials is one of the most innovative manufacturers of educational materials in the country. They are hiring an experienced Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Manager with strong communication and organizational skills and a real desire to help others while continuing to build our DEI programs. Wayfair is hiring an Associate Director, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion. Remote. End the abuse of animals raised for food. The Humane League is hiring a Senior Events & Engagement Specialist, who will be accountable for managing and executing engagement opportunities including virtual and in-person donor events and other special projects to build community engagement and organization support, with a focus on supporting THL’s Mended Heart Society (mid-level and major gifts). PEN America stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect open expression in the United States and worldwide. They are hiring a Manager, Development and Engagement. LA Family Housing (LAFH) is a leader in homeless services and affordable housing development in Los Angeles. They are hiring a Community Engagement Manager, In-Kind Donations. The Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association (GLAZA) is hiring a Vice President Institutional Advancement (VP), under the direction of the GLAZA President, is responsible for providing leadership and direction through the planning, organization, coordination, and implementation of GLAZA’s development, membership and database operations. Provide hope, help and opportunity to men, women and children in need. The Los Angeles Mission is hiring a Philanthropy Officer. The World Mosquito Program (WMP) is a not-for-profit initiative that works to protect the global community from mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue, Zika, yellow fever and chikungunya. They are hiring a Director, Strategic Partnerships, responsible for developing and implementing a resource mobilization strategy and managing key stakeholder relationships in the philanthropic sector to enable the program to reach its ambitious targets. Chipotle is hiring a Director of Sustainability based in Newport Beach. Pursue groundbreaking science to discover and develop medicines for people with serious and life-threatening diseases. They are hiring a Senior Manager, Charitable Giving, responsible for overseeing, developing, and implementing grantmaking strategies associated with Genentech’s strategy for promoting health equity and fostering greater diversity in scientific and medical career pathways. The Skoll Foundation seeks to catalyze transformational social change by investing in, connecting, and championing social entrepreneurs and other social innovators who together advance bold and equitable solutions to the world’s most pressing problems. They are hiring a Chief Brand and Communications Officer to provide leadership to communication and marketing, community and convening, network and partnerships, and funder alliance professionals. Love beer and making a difference? The Lagunitas Brewing Company is hiring a Corporate Social Responsibility Manager in Petaluma. The Monterey Bay Aquarium is hiring a Seafood Watch Outreach Program Manager, which would develop and manage a comprehensive outreach strategy to reach a diversity of audiences for the globally recognized Seafood Watch program and Paid Digital Media Specialist to develop, execute, and report on advertising campaigns using a variety of digital platforms and technologies to achieve the Aquarium’s objectives and goals. The Trust for Public Land is hiring California Director of Philanthropy to help set the strategy for fundraising activities in support of the Trust for Public Land’s annual operating and programmatic needs throughout California. Based in SF. Oxbow is hiring an Environmental Science Teacher, a FT residential position. This position focuses on co-teaching a long-term project with a studio art teacher. The course integrates topics in environmental science (including pertinent subjects like food justice, climate change, and place-based research/observations) with printmaking skills and tools. The course emphasizes the process of inquiry over the end product. Based in Napa. Geoffrey Biddle, a documentary photographer based in Berkeley, CA is seeking a Studio Manager / EA to support his diverse and expanding responsibilities. Kiva, an international nonprofit with a mission to expand financial access to help underserved communities thrive, is hiring an Investment Director, Europe and Asia responsible for providing expert guidance on investing in the region across Kiva’s products and for integrating a global gender lens investment strategy as part of the leadership team of the Kiva Invest in Women fund. Based in SF, Portland, Remote, or Bogota. Make a loan, change a life here. The San Francisco Ballet is hiring a Senior Manager, Development Operations. The League to Save Lake Tahoe (a.k.a. Keep Tahoe Blue) is looking for an experienced Development Director / fundraising professional and team leader to join our fun and outstanding crew of environmental and nonprofit experts The Bezos Earth Fund works with partners to combat climate change and protect the natural world so people and ecosystems can thrive. The Fund is hiring a Director, Equitable Climate Solutions and Chief Communications Officer, flexible, with a strong preference for Washington, DC. Use the power of food to nourish communities and strengthen economies through times of crisis and beyond. World Central Kitchen is hiring a Specialist, Digital Fundraising based in D.C. Citizen Schools is a dynamic national nonprofit composed of education and industry leaders, each committed to building brighter futures for students in historically underserved communities and to creating conditions through purposeful partnership for every student to achieve success on their terms. They are hiring a CEO to lead the organization as they implement key programmatic shifts designed to keep the organization moving forward in an equitable, sustainable, and research-based fashion. Pay $185 – $260k. Can be based in Boston, NYC, Bay Area, Dayton, OH, and Charlotte, NC. Lululemon is hiring a Sustainable Operations Program Manager who will be part of the enterprise-wide sustainability team shaping the future of impact within our brand and business. Based in Vancouver. The Space Center, Houston is hiring a full time School and Community Engagement Director (SCED) responsible for developing strategies for and leading all aspects of the engagement and services for schools, districts, and community groups. PEN America stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect open expression in the United States and worldwide. They are hiring an energetic and highly organized Consultant to serve as a program assistant for the Eurasia program at PEN America. This is a temporary, six-month contract with a possibility of extension. Deep knowledge and understanding of the Eurasia region; experience working in/with Eurasia preferred; Russian or other relevant language skills desired. Remote. Peloton is seeking a Diversity, Equity + Inclusion (DEI) Program Manager who will play a critical and operational role in strengthening, building and further executing our DEI strategy. Based in NY. The Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice is the only philanthropic organization working exclusively to advance LGBTQI human rights around the globe. They are hiring a Vice President for Strategic Engagement who will serve as the chief storyteller and resource mobilizer for the organization. Based in NY. The Asia Society is hiring a Deputy Director, Global Artistic Programs and Director, Asia Society Museum to work closely with the Global Arts team to ensure integration between the visual arts, performing arts, film and literary programs, based in NY. They are also hiring an Associate Director of Climate based in NY or DC. The New York Public Library is hiring an Associate Director, Development Events leads the Library’s dynamic events team. The Sarah McLachlan Foundation has existed for almost 20 years in support of the Sarah McLachlan School of Music. The mission is to not only fund the Sarah McLachlan School of Music, but to also broaden the Foundation’s scope and strategically support other arts programs across Canada. They are hiring an Executive Director based in Vancouver. Email job opportunities to [email protected]. Follow @luceinla on Twitter and Instagram. “He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.”—Muhammad Ali, gold-medal boxer Michelson Philanthropies, a unique network of nonprofit foundations linked by a powerful vision to achieve measurable, positive impact in our community, state, nation, and world, is hiring an Executive Assistant. The Executive Assistant position will be an 8-month, full-time, temporary assignment and will report to the Chief Executive Officer. Pay from $65K. Connect with other young changemakers and become the kind of leader our world needs. Global Citizen Year Academy is hiring remote Instructors to teach their Leadership as a Practice course and lead learning group sessions for a diverse global cohort of emerging adults (17-20 years old). Priority deadline 7/26. Promote the care and protection of U.S. forests. The American Forest Foundation is hiring a Senior Vice President, Conservation to design and implement viable impact strategies which will effectively scale to the scope of evolving conservation needs. Remote or based in DC. Volunteers of America is hiring an Operations Manager responsible for identifying and marshaling the resources necessary to achieve the organization’s goals through the various programs operated by operated by VOALA and its affiliate SCADP. The National Veterans Foundation (NVF), established in 1985, provides wide ranging assistance to military veterans and families, of all services and eras, including active duty members, via a nationwide toll-free crisis hot-line. They are hiring a Director of Operations and the ideal candidate will be comfortable and adept at a wide variety of administrative, management, and programming responsibilities. Pay $70-$80K. The American Friends Service Committee is a Quaker organization devoted to service, development, and peace programs throughout the world. Their work is based on the belief in the worth of every person, and faith in the power of love to overcome violence and injustice. They are hiring a Program Director responsible for the overall function and implementation of the Roots for Peace: Healthy Communities program. Pay $59,892. Feed the Truth is a new nonprofit organization predicated on supporting a burgeoning global movement in achieving an ambitious goal: the realization of a healthier, more just society. Feed the Truth was seeded by Daniel Lubetzky—a philanthropist and entrepreneur best known for creating the snack company KIND—with the goal that organization would “hold all of us in the food community accountable for what we say and claim” and counteract the food industry’s undue influence in shaping policy and science. They are hiring an Advocacy and Partnerships Manager, Deputy Director of Operations, HR, and People, Media Relations and Content Manager, and Senior Philanthropy and Growth Officer. Al Wooten Jr. Youth Center is seeking a Program Administrator to provide administrative support and supervision in the front office. Ladies Who Launch’s mission is to empower a global community of early-stage women entrepreneurs to build sustainable businesses by providing educational resources, accessible capital opportunities, and the support of knowing LWL has your back through the success and failures of building your business. They seek an Executive Director. Remote. Pay $160,000 – $180,000. Kiva (kiva.org) is an international nonprofit with a mission to expand financial access to help underserved communities thrive. They are hiring a U.S. Director. Remote. Make a loan of $25 and change a life here. Help bring clean, running water to hundreds of American families. DigDeep is hiring an Executive Assistant to CEO & COO. Pay $60-$70K. Human Rights Watch advances human rights worldwide by investigating wrongs, exposing facts, offering solutions, and challenging those with power to respect rights. HRW seeks an Assistant to provide program assistance to the team. The selected candidate must be available for 16 hours per week for the fall semester, August 30, 2021 to December 17, 2021. There may be a possibility of extending the position into the spring semester (January – May 2022). Chrysalis is a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating a pathway to self-sufficiency for individuals experiencing homelessness or financial barriers by providing the resources and support needed to find and retain employment. They are hiring an Operations Manager, Staffing responsible for the day-to-day operations of an alternative staffing agency social enterprise. EnrichLA is a community wellness non-profit organization that brings edible school gardens to local public schools, focusing on low-income and underserved neighborhoods of Los Angeles. They are hiring a Garden Ranger to serve at each school for four hours a week and work with students of all grades. They act as the school’s garden manager and teacher, work with the school site administration, and help develop lesson plans to maintain an educational garden. If you like swimming with sharks, CAA is hiring a Department Assistant, CAA Foundation. The Angell Foundation is a private grantmaking organization that builds upon the charitable promise of David and Lynn Angell by expanding access to transformative opportunities across three focus areas: Food Equity, Education As Opportunity, and Transformational Leadership. The Angell Foundation is hiring an Administrative Coordinator. The Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts is hiring a Director of Operations to serve as a trusted thought partner to the Executive Director (ED) and provides strategic, hands-on operations leadership to the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts (MKFA). Pay $85-$95K. Where a spent the best decade of my career, the J. Paul Getty Museum seeks a Public Programs Specialist, Family and Artist-Based Programs for its Malibu location at the Getty Villa, which is dedicated to the study of the arts and cultures of ancient Greece, Rome, and Etruria. Pay $57-$71K. The Getty also has an opening for my former position, Education Specialist for K-12 School Communities, who will oversee and manage the Museum’s onsite, virtual, and digital K-12 school initiatives and Title 1 bus program. Pay $64-$84K. The Huntington is hiring a Director of Strategic Partnerships & Outreach responsible for developing alliances and strategic partnerships consistent with the strategic directions of The Huntington and that emphasize the relevance of The Huntington’s collections to issues of consequence to society locally, nationally, and internationally. The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego is hiring a Chief Operating Officer to serve as visionary leader and senior member of the Management team with a focus on fostering the Museum’s mission and vision and ensuring development of strategic action plans to achieve Museum goals. Perform, present, and promote music in its many varied forms at the highest level of excellence to a large and diverse audience. The LA Phil is hiring a Manager, Community Partnerships to support programs at the Ford Theater. LACMA is hiring a Director of Gallery Learning responsible for establishing and maintaining best practices in gallery teaching with an emphasis on training and evaluating volunteer docents who provide tours and engage with the public. They are also hiring a Content Specialist, Mobile Programs collaborates on the development and implementation of object-based, interactive lessons for a diverse group of middle school students as part of LACMA’s Mobile Programs. The Television Academy recognizes excellence among its peers with the Emmy award, culminating in the Primetime Emmy Awards telecast each fall. They are hiring a Senior Director, Programs, Administrative Assistant, and Digital Archivist. MOCA is hiring an Administrative Assistant in the Exhibitions Management department, an organized, detail-orientated individual who will assist in all aspects of budgeting, logistics and project management. MOCA is hiring a Director, Curatorial Affairs to provide managerial oversight of the Curatorial department and leads the administration, coordination, and successful implementation of all operational aspects of curatorial affairs, including management and cultivation of curatorial staff, exhibition planning and department budgeting, and development of curatorial publications. The Museum of Art and History in Lancaster is hiring a Museum Supervisor to supervise and coordinate the Lancaster Museum of Art and History, MOAH: CEDAR, Elyze Clifford Interpretive Center, the Western Hotel Museum, and various operations within the Parks, Arts, Recreation & Community Services (PARCS) Department. The GRAMMY Museum Foundation is hiring a Chief Curator & VP of Curatorial Affairs. M Conservation LLC is a boutique fine art conservation studio. They looking for an Administrator part-time 21 hours per week with flexibility in hours. Pay $18-$20 per hr. Established in 1971, the non-profit Coalition for Clean Air (CCA) is California’s only statewide organization exclusively advocating for healthful air. They are hiring a Communications Manager, a part time, 20 hours per week position responsible for implementing CCA’s communications activities around our Clean Air Day initiative and promoting the widespread understanding of and active support for the organization’s mission, vision and work. Work to defend and expand civil rights and liberties – for everyone. The ACLU is hiring a Communications Strategist/Staff Writer responsible for drafting and editing owned media content including blogs and articles, web copy, digital media postings, e-mail marketing, and reports. Green Dot Public Schools California is a non-profit network of public charter schools helping to transform the public education system so that ALL students graduate prepared for college, leadership, and life. They are hiring a Director of Communications. Pathways LA, a non-profit organization working to ensure that all children have access to quality, developmentally appropriate, and educationally stimulating childcare, is hiring a Director of Development and Communications. Provide access to exceptional musical education, helping to strengthen communities through social, cultural and intellectual engagement. Young Musicians Foundation is hiring a Development and Communications Associate. The Odyssey Theatre Ensemble is seeking a part-time (30-36 hrs/wk) Box Office & Social Media Manager with flexible weekly schedule but required evening and weekend shifts. 2-3 years experience in box office administration, theatre management and/or production are a must. Pay $15-$17 per hr. Every company should have this position, Best Buy is hiring a Director, Human Rights. Viasat is hiring a Social Impact Program Manager to develop, launch, maintain and scale Tech for Good in-kind service donation program. Desmos is on a mission to build a world where every student learns math and loves learning math, where a student’s access to the power and beauty of math doesn’t depend on their place of birth, race, ethnicity, gender, or any other aspect of their identity. Desmos is seeking its first Chief Operating Officer (COO) to lead day-to-day operations of the company, strengthen team-building and cross-team collaboration, and directly oversee HR/talent, financial operations, and business planning. Flexible. JPMorgan Chase & Co. is hiring a Corporate Responsibility, Community Engagement – Relationship Officer, Associate. The LA Galaxy Academy Academic Program is a completely unique high school environment that blends online curriculum with onsite face-to-face instruction. The learning environment has been created in order to ensure that our LA Galaxy Academy student-athletes have every opportunity to develop into top class soccer players as well as scholars. They are hiring a Director of Education responsible for creating, implementing, and overseeing educational, social welfare, enrichment, and learning-related initiatives for the organization. Fight for civil rights and empower Asian Americans to create a more just America for all. Asian Americans Advancing Justice is hiring an Education Equity Manager charged with managing the education equity program including ongoing analysis of the landscape, policy and advocacy initiatives, program development, coalition and partnership building and external relations. Donate to Stop AAPI hate here. The Manager, Representation, Inclusion and Equity will support the design and implementation of events and initiatives that ensure the ongoing prioritization of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA) at the Academy. CAA is hiring a Coordination Global Inclusion Strategy responsible for holistic project management, and the coordination and execution of key initiatives and programs to foster an inclusive, collaborative, and innovative workplace. Lakeshore Learning Materials is hiring a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Manager responsible for collaborating across the company to build and execute DEI strategies for their workforce and workplace culture at Lakeshore. The Japanese American National Museum is hiring a Development Assistant. Do you breath Dodger blue? The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation is hiring a Supervisor, Development. My art crush, the Armory Center for the Arts is hiring a Development Assistant. Hybrid, work from home and at the center in Pasadena. Applications due 8/9. Pay $19.35 per hr. Bigger than a building and more than books. The Library Foundation of Los Angeles is hiring a Director of Advancement Services to provide a high degree of analytical skill coupled with strong communication to effectively collaborate with fundraisers to achieve philanthropic goals. Must have experience using Raiser’s Edge NXT. Work to protect the global community from mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue, Zika, yellow fever and chikungunya. The World Mosquito Program (WMP) is hiring a Director, Strategy Partnerships to develop and implement a resource mobilization strategy and managing key stakeholder relationships in the philanthropic sector to enable the program to reach its ambitious targets. Remote. Shoes That Fit, an award-winning and highly respected national non-profit that provides brand new athletic shoes to children in need, seeks a talented professional to join them in a new position of Director of Development. Since 1904, Children’s Bureau has been a leader in protecting vulnerable children through prevention, treatment, and advocacy. Children’s Bureau is hiring a Chief Development Officer. Inspire and educate young minds through engaging science based programs and exhibits to create a meaningful impact, Discovery Cube Los Angeles is hiring a Vice President of Development to create, cultivate, implement and monitor a comprehensive fundraising strategy of $2M annually. Nest Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to advancing the movement to end all forms of sexual violence against children, including sexual exploitation and trafficking, through trauma-informed, holistic prevention education programs. They seek an experienced Grants and Development Officer that can prospect and identify new funding opportunities to quadruple our current budget over the next 12 months from $500k to $2M. Golden State Opportunity (GSO) is a nonprofit dedicated to ending poverty by providing all Californians with the tools to build financial well-being and thrive. They are hiring a Director of Development responsible for the creation of the organization’s fundraising strategy as well as the implementation of the structure, process, and team that is needed to reach those goals. One of my favorite companies, Cotopaxi is an outdoor gear brand and Benefit Corporation founded to solve poverty in our lifetime. They are looking for a passionate and enthusiastic Community Engagement Director who will oversee the strategic development and implementation of Cotopaxi’s community engagement programs to promote the Cotopaxi brand & mission of inspiring adventure & moving people to do good. Remote or based in Salt Lake City. Endemol Shine North America delivers world-class content and compelling storytelling to multiple platforms in the U.S. and across the globe. They are hiring a Coordinator, Enterprise Inclusion & Social Responsibility with a minimum of 2 years of administrative experience in the entertainment industry, preferably within diversity, equity, and inclusion and/or corporate social responsibility. The position will support the EVP, Enterprise Inclusion & Social Responsibility with a broad range of administrative duties as well as coordinate various project management tasks across the company. WSP is hiring a Public Engagement and Equity Coordinator to develop strategies to engage all communities, especially underserved and marginalized people, impacted by transportation and housing projects. Engagement will include but not be limited to virtual and in-person workshops and public meetings, market research, public information and advertising campaigns, content development including key messages, visuals, and more. 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1/30: Comments are back on, in case there are points you feel you need to make that haven’t already been covered in the ~350 posted comments from yesterday. The goblins (and fire-spider) stayed away yesterday, but will be munching comments today as needed. Hint: if you demean a human being’s gender or sexual preference by equating it to an attraction to animals or furniture? If you question the mental health of an individual who doesn’t fit into your narrow worldview? The goblins will eat your comment. While we’re at it, I’ve noticed a few people responding to arguments from both me and Correia by basically saying, “Well, his books suck!” Can we not do that? Unless it’s directly relevant to the argument, it feels like a cheap shot, and doesn’t actually address what’s being discussed. So yeah, the goblins will be munching on off-topic book-bashing, too. 1/31: I don’t believe I actually have to say this, but telling someone that they, or people just like them, made Naziism what it was, will also get your comments fed to the goblins. 3/21: I’m closing comments for good. People have moved on to other arguments, and this post seems to be getting spam-bombed pretty heavily for some reason… This is gonna be a long one. The backstory: Author Alex Dally MacFarlane wrote an article called Post-Binary Gender in SF: An Introduction over at Tor.com, calling for “an end to the default of binary gender in science fiction stories.” One week later, author Larry Correia wrote a response to MacFarlane’s piece, called Ending Binary Gender in Fiction, or How to Murder Your Writing Career. (Side note: you’ll probably want to avoid the comments on that one.) I tried to ignore it. There’s no way I’m going to change Correia’s mind about this stuff, any more than his post changed my thinking. But of course, there are a lot of other people lurking and participating in the conversation, and while I know this is going to do bad things to my blood pressure, I think it’s a conversation worth having. I’m following Correia’s general style here. My responses will be italicized. His original content is indented. This was sent to me on Facebook the other day. I made some comments there, but then I got to thinking about it and decided this thing was such a good example of how modern sci-fi publishing has its head stuck up its ass that it really deserved its own blog post. My response is really directed toward the aspiring writers in the crowd who want to make a living as writers, but really it works for anybody who likes to read, or who is just tired of angsty emo bullshit. I wonder which is more angsty … an author calling for our genre to move beyond binary gender, or another author spending 4000+ words about how people like MacFarlane are symbolic of everything that’s wrong with the genre, and are destroying fun. Okay, aspiring author types, you will see lots of things like this, and part of you may think you need to incorporate these helpful suggestions into your work. After all, this is on Tor.com so it must be legit. Just don’t. When you write with the goal of checking off boxes, it is usually crap. This article is great advice for writers who want to win awards but never actually be read by anyone. I agree that if you’re writing a story with the kind of checklist Correia describes, you’re probably going to get a bad story. But what exactly are the suggestions Correia objects to? MacFarlane never says all writers must now include at least one non-binary character. She says only that she wants readers to be aware of non-binary texts, and wants writers to stop defaulting to them. Not that authors should never write cismale or cisfemale characters. Just be aware that there are other choices, and make conscious choices about your writing. Now do yourself a favor and read the comments… I’ll wait… Yeah… You know how when my Sad Puppies posts talk about the “typical WorldCon voter”? Those comments are a good snapshot of one subtype right there. From the comments to Correia’s piece: - “I am so tired of these pretentious twats. Err, dicks. Err… pre-op alternative genitals.” - “The hilarious thing is my books are filled with characters who are non-white, non-male, non-straight, occasionally trans and from a mixmaster of genetic and cultural backgrounds … But I don’t write books for leftist pussies so they’ve never read my books.” - “If this is the level of education of the typical WorldCon voter, it’s no wonder the GOOD writers don’t win awards. These loonies wouldn’t recognize good writing if Earl Harbinger yanked out their guts and used the intestines to piece out quotes from Jane Austen.” Do we really want to start arguing about what one’s commenters say about one’s audience? I also know from that Facebook thread that a lot of people tried to comment and disagree for various reasons, but their posts were deleted. (and some of them even swore that they were polite!). But like most modern lefty crusades, disagreement, in fact, anything less than cheerleading, is “intolerance” and won’t be tolerated. Meanwhile, my FB thread had lots of comments and an actual intelligent discussion of the pros and cons from both sides (and even transsexual communists who actually like to enjoy their fiction thought this Tor.com post was silly), so remember that the next time a snooty troll calls my fans a “right wing echo chamber.” If Tor.com is deleting comments for disagreement, then that’s a serious problem. But skimming through the 100+ comments on the article, I find plenty that disagree with MacFarlane, or argue with what she’s saying. Tor.com does have a moderation policy, so I’d expect comments that violated that policy to get booted. Beyond that, I don’t know the details of the allegedly polite commenters who claim to have been booted for not cheerleading enough, so there’s not much more for me to say about this one. ETA: I’m told one comment was deleted for stating that non-binary people are mentally ill, which would seem to violate #1, #2, and #4 on Tor.com’s moderation policy. There may have been other deletions, but this is the only one I’m aware of. ETA2: One of the Tor.com moderators comments on the deletions here. If you can’t stomach the comments long enough to hear what a typical WorldCon voter sounds like, let me paraphrase: “Fantastic! I’m so sick of people actually enjoying books that are fun! Let’s shove more message fiction down their throats! My cause comes before their enjoyment! Diversity! Gay polar bears are being murdered by greedy corporations! Only smart people who think correct thoughts like I do should read books and I won’t be happy until my genre dies a horrible death! Yay!” (and if there is beeping noise in the background, that’s because they’re backing up their mobility scooter). So let’s break this pile of Gender Studies 101 mush down into its component bits and see just why some sci-fi writers won’t be happy until their genre dies completely. Like my usual Fisking, the original article is in italics and my comments are in bold. Because calling for an awareness that not all people fit into a simple binary gender system = KILL ALL THE SCIENCE FICTION!!! In other news, I believe we should do something about racism in this country, which actually means I WANT TO DESTROY AMERICA!1!!!1! Post-Binary Gender in SF: Introduction, by Alex Dally MacFarlane I want an end to the default of binary gender in science fiction stories. I want lots of things too, doesn’t mean I can have them. Right out the gate that’s a pretty bold statement. And by bold, I mean ridiculous. How dare people want things! How ridiculous that people want things I don’t personally agree with! You empty headed animal food trough wiper! I fart in your general direction. What is this “default of binary gender” he wants to end? It is that crazy old fashioned idea that most (as in the vast majority) of mammals, including humans, can be grouped into male and female based upon whether they’ve got XX or XY chromosomes. Sure, that’s medically true something like 99.999% of the time, which would sort of make it the default. 1. Alex MacFarlane is female. 2. You ask what the default is that she wants to end. She answers that in the following paragraph. Which doesn’t seem to stop you from running off to declare gender = chromosomal/biological sex. Oh, and “default” means that is your assumed baseline. So that whole thing where people are male or female except for some tiny exceptions and that is kind of the assumption until proven otherwise is standard, so this guy wants to end that. (I’m assuming Alex is a dude, but then again, that is just me displaying my cismale gendernomrative fascism) Cismale gendernomrative fascist? Whatever. What Correia is displaying here is his awareness that he’s making an assumption, his awareness that the assumption might be wrong, and his unwillingness to do 30 seconds of research to verify his assumption. Or just read the bio at the end of MacFarlane’s article. Either because he’s lazy, or because he doesn’t see any need to treat people he disagrees with respectfully. Or both. What do I mean by “post-binary gender”? It’s a term that has already been used to mean multiple things, so I will set out my definition: Post-binary gender in SF is the acknowledgement that gender is more complex than the Western cultural norm of two genders (female and male): that there are more genders than two, that gender can be fluid, that gender exists in many forms. Wait… male and female are Western Cultural Norms? Uh… No. That is a biological norm for all the higher life forms on Earth so that species can replicate themselves (keep in mind, this is SCIENCE fiction he wants to change). I like how Western Culture is the root of all that’s evil though, even though male and female are cultural norms in pretty much every human society there has ever been. Read more carefully. The Western cultural norm is to genders; that doesn’t mean two genders is exclusively a Western cultural norm. See also, nickels are coins, but not all coins are nickels. And yes, male and female are cultural norms in pretty much every human society EVER! Except Mesopotamia, India, Siberia, Illiniwek, Olmec, Aztec, Maya, Thailand, Lakota, Blackfoot, Indonesia, Swahili, Azande, and all of the other cultures that historically or currently acknowledge the existence of more than two genders. Also, nitpick. Gender was a grammar term for how you referred to the different sexes. Being male or female is your Sex. Or at least, that’s what the word meant until colleges invented the Gender Studies major for those students who found Liberal Arts way too academically grueling. Paraphrase: “Ha, ha. People who disagree with me are dumb!” Now, before we continue I need to establish something about my personal writing philosophy. Science Fiction is SPECULATIVE FICTION. That means we can make up all sorts of crazy stuff and we can twist existing reality to do interesting new things in order to tell the story we want to tell. I’m not against having a story where there are sexes other than male and female or neuters or schmes or hirs or WTF ever or that they flip back and forth or shit… robot sex. Hell, I don’t know. Write whatever tells your story. But the important thing there is STORY. Not the cause of the day. STORY. Because readers buy STORIES they enjoy and when readers buy our stuff, authors GET PAID. I … actually, I pretty much agree with him here. People read for story, not for checklists or quotas or lectures. I see nothing in MacFarlane’s article to suggest she believes any differently. Calling for authors to be more thoughtful about their craft doesn’t mean you’re telling authors to abandon story for MESSAGE. But you know, readers also tend to enjoy stories where they can find characters like themselves. Which is easy if you’re a straight white dude, and gets progressively more difficult the further you stray from that default. Maybe if we want to write enjoyable stories, we should try looking beyond the same old default that’s been done again and again throughout the history of the genre. Robert Heinlein had stories where technology allowed switching sex. Great. That’s actually a pretty normal sci-fi trope where in the future, there’s some tech that allows people to change shape/sex, whatever, and we’ve got grandmasters of sci-fi who have pulled off humans evolving into psychic space dolphins or beings of pure energy. If that fits into the story you want to tell and you want to explore that, awesome for you. I’ve read plenty of stories where that was part of that universe. If your space whales that live inside the sun have three sexes, awesome (that one was my novella push on Sad Puppies 1). But this post wasn’t about, hey write whatever mind expanding sci-fi ideas you want, nope, it want to end the norm in order to push a message. Post like this are all the same. You can swap the message around, and whatever the particular norm is, or whatever the particular message is, when you put your pet-peeve message before story, odds are you are going to bore the shit out of your reader. Yep. Putting message before story will tend to bore your reader. Now, if the only way you can imagine including a “non-default” character in your story is to make it a Message Story, then guess what — you’re probably a shitty writer. You can have gay characters in a story without making it a Gay Story. Austistic characters without having to write an Autism Story. Black characters without having to write a Race Story. It’s a pretty big world out there. Why are we so scared to write about more than a limited, narrow piece of it? People who do not fit comfortably into the gender binary exist in our present, have existed in our past, and will exist in our futures. So too do people who are binary-gendered but are often ignored, such as trans* people who identify as binary-gendered. Will exist in the future? Probably. Should they be the default for your story? No way. Ignored? Hardly. Is that denying reality? I don’t know what he’s saying here. Okay, so I write a book, and let’s say that it has 20 characters in it. What is the acceptable percentage of them that should be transgender? How many boxes must I check in order to salve a blogger’s liberal angst? Let’s see… Only like 1 in 50,000 people have sex changes performed. So at 20 characters a book… If I have one character who has had a sex change show up every 2,500 books I write, I’d be statistically accurate. Oh, yay. We’re back to quotas and checklists. Ignoring the uncited and inaccurate statistics here, let’s flip this around. How many musclebound manly white men do I have to write about in my stories in order to convince people like Correia that it’s not a secret subversive left-wing liberal Message? How many big-busted blonde women need to throw themselves on my hero’s penis to satisfy his insecurities that non-white, non-male people might start to have an actual voice? Oh, but now you’re going to tell me that gay people make up anywhere from 1-4% of the population. Fantastic. Except gay people are still the same sex they were born with. Gay dudes are still men and gay chicks are still women. This blogger didn’t say he wanted an end to default sexual orientation, he wants an end to default binary sex. If you think sci-fi doesn’t have people who don’t swing both ways, you’ve not read much sci-fi. Right, so you’re throwing bad statistics out about a made-up argument that you acknowledge MacFarlane didn’t even bring up. I think you’re wrong, because kitties are cuter than puppies. Which has nothing to do with anything Correia actually said, but that seems to be how we’re playing the game now. Now, if I’m writing a sci-fi story set in Space Berkley or the Tenderloin District of the Future, then I’d probably have plenty of Hirs and Shmisters or whatever. Whatever fits the story, but until then how about not trying to enforce Equal Opportunity against our imaginary people? (and if you really want to get crazy in the speculative fiction department, what with all this BS with made up pronouns to get rid of Him and Her, what the hell are romance languages supposed to do? Latino. Latina. Latinu? Latinsexyrobot?) Language should be static and never evolve, which is why all future blog posts will be written in ancient Sumerian. Here’s the problem. From a nuts and bolts story telling perspective, your readers are going to assume that everything in your book is similar to the world they currently live in, until demonstrated otherwise. In talking to readers, I find that most of them assume SF/F books will portray worlds dominated by straight white folks. Not exclusively, mind you, but the representation in our genre is most certainly not that close to the world we currently live in. Unless you say that in the future everybody has been genetically modified to have 3 legs, they are going to assume that all your human characters have two legs. If you are going to demonstrate that something is different, then there needs to be a reason for it. So if you say all humans have 3 legs, but it doesn’t play into the story at all, then why bother? And every time you change something to be different from the expected, there had better be a reason for it or you will quickly just annoy your reader. I agree. When you make a choice about character, you should have a reason for that choice. Making a character male or female is a choice. Making a character white is a choice. Making a character straight is a choice. But it’s a choice often made because these are the default, and the writer is lazy. Reading sci-fi like that grows tiresome. It is like listening to an inexperienced little kid saying “Look, I can do THIS! And now I can do THIS! Isn’t that the neatest thing EVAR!?” And your response is “Yeah, yeah, that’s special…” when you’re really bored as shit and don’t care how tall their Lego tower is the 50th time. I’m not sure what sci-fi he’s referring to, and I’m a little skeptical about how much of it he’s actually read, given his arguments. But I find stories that explore a more diverse world, that present different characters and stories I haven’t read a thousand times before, to be much more interesting. There’s comfort and enjoyment in reading the same-old genre tropes and tales too, but Correia sounds a lot like he’s bashing a genre you’ve never read. Also, screw you. My LEGO tower is AWESOME. If your story is about exploring sexual identity, awesome. Write that story. But only a fool is going to come along and tell you that you need to end the default of all your characters having ten fingers, because there are people in the world born with twelve and how could you be so insensitive to those who have lost fingers? Because awareness. So if humans having 5 or 6 sexes in the future is part of your story, write it. If it isn’t part of the story, why would you waste words on it? Oh, that’s right, because MESSAGE. ProTip: Focusing on message rather than story is a wonderful way for writers to continue working at Starbucks for the rest of their lives. ProTip 2: If the only reason you can think of to include characters who aren’t the default is because MESSAGE, you’re a shitty writer. You might be a popular writer, because there are certainly plenty of people who want to devour books that don’t challenge them in any way, but that doesn’t make you a good writer. That’s probably an argument best saved for another blog post, though. I am not interested in discussions about the existence of these gender identities: we might as well discuss the existence of women or men. Gender complexity exists. SF that presents a rigid, unquestioned gender binary is false and absurd. Yes. Topic of the Day X exists! You know what else exists? Child abuse. So I’d better make sure I put that in every book I write. It’s so much easier to argue with people if I deliberately misinterpret and oversimplify what they’re saying, isn’t it? Because readers love that. If I’m telling a story about rocket ships, readers love it when your characters pause to have a discussion about animal cruelty, pollution, the dangers of over prescribing psychotropic drugs, or how we need to be sensitive to people with peanut allergies too. Readers are totally into being preached at about author’s favorite causes. Have you ever gone into Barnes and Noble, went to the clerk at the info desk, and said “Hey, I really want to purchase with my money a science fiction novel which will increase my AWARENESS of troubling social issues.”? No? This is my shocked face. Not that you can’t get a cause into your story, as long as you do it with skill. But the minute you destroy the default just to destroy the default, congratulations, you just annoyed the shit out of the reader. You want to slip in a message and not annoy your customers, that takes skill, so until you have developed your skills, don’t beat people over the head with your personal hang ups. How about if my story isn’t in any way, shape, or form concerned with sexual identity (or whatever some reviewer’s personal hang up is today) I don’t waste words writing about it, and readers who want to can just assume that those people exist in the universe but they don’t happen to have speaking parts in this particular novel, if they care enough to think about it at all, which they probably won’t. “Those People exist in my stories. They’re just not important enough to have speaking parts in this book. Or those other books. Or the majority of the books in our field.” I intend to use this column to examine post-binary SF texts, both positively and critically, as well as for discussions of points surrounding this subject. And I intend to use this column to go beyond Ursula K Le Guin’s The Left Hand of Darkness. Read that a long time ago among the thousands of books I read as a kid. Vaguely remember it. Thought it was good, if I recall correctly. I liked it, though I have to admit I find LeGuin’s nonfiction even better than her fiction. Kameron Hurley wrote several years ago about the frustration of The Left Hand of Darkness being the go-to book for mind-blowing gender in SF, despite being written in 1968. Nothing written in the decades since has got the same traction in mainstream SF discourse— Maybe that’s because Le Guin told a story that happened to have this blogger’s pet topic in it, that was still a story readers found interesting, as opposed to crafting a message fic manifesto, that readers found boring and forgettable? I think the argument here is that LeGuin is the only one in the past 45 years who’s written about non-binary gender without writing a MESSAGE story. Which is a ridiculous argument, unless you buy into the tautological silliness that any story about non-binary gender = MESSAGE story. and texts have been written. For a bit of context, 1968 is almost twenty years before I was born, and I’m hardly a child. HARDLY! Well, there you go. I know when I’m looking for professional advice about how to succeed as a professional writer, I’m going to listen to somebody in their mid-twenties. Hey, you’d better listen up. I’m betting this blogger went to COLLEGE! “MacFarlane is wrong because I’m older than her!” One of the reasons Hurley considers for this situation (raised by someone on a mailing list she belonged to) is that: “…perhaps Le Guin’s book was so popular because it wasn’t actually as radical as we might think. It was very safe. The hetero male protagonist doesn’t have sex with any of the planet’s inhabitants, no matter their current gender. We go off on a boys’ own adventure story, on a planet entirely populated by people referred to as ‘he,’ no matter their gender. Le Guin is a natural storyteller, and she concentrates on the story. It’s not overly didactic. It’s engaging and entertaining.” Holy shit… Wait… You mean this story has stuck around because “she concentrates on the story”? Engaging and entertaining? Blasphemy! Yet, people like this don’t get why message fic books win piles of awards, yet totally fail in the market. See, the problem the modern literati twaddle peddlers run into isn’t that readers are insensitive rubes who don’t understand the plight of whatever their liberal cause of the day is, it is because they want to enjoy what they read. Their entertainment time and money is limited. Why spend it being preached at? Once again misrepresenting the argument or just missing the point. The next few paragraphs are very interesting, because they give you a glimpse into the mind of the modern literati. Alex Dally MacFarlane IS the Modern Literati! She should totally get that on a T-shirt, or turn it into a superhero costume. The Left Hand of Darkness certainly has been radical, as Hurley says, in its time, in the subsequent years and in the present. I have spoken to several people who found The Left Hand of Darkness immensely important: it provided their first glimpse of the possibility of non-binary gender. The impact that it has had on people’s realisations about their own gender is not something I want to diminish, nor anyone else’s growth in understanding. However, I do think it can be very palatable for people who haven’t done a lot of thinking about gender. It is, as Hurley says earlier in her post, the kind of story that eases the reader in gently before dropping the gender bombs, and those bombs are not discomfiting for all readers. Of course they’re not. How can one text be expected to radicalise every reader? I don’t want to cast The Left Hand of Darkness aside. It’s an important part of this conversation. What I do want to do is demonstrate how big that conversation truly is. Other texts have been published besides The Left Hand of Darkness, many of them oft-overlooked—many of them out of print. Some of them are profoundly problematic, but still provide interesting questions. Some of them are incredible and deserve to be considered classics of the genre. Some of them are being published right now, in 2014. Fascinating. To the literati, books are all about dropping truth bombs. (as long as the truth agrees with their predetermined notions, obviously) This one is about sex, but you could swap that out for the evils of capitalism, or whatever bullshit they’re hung up on today. And of course, since publishing is an insular little industry based in the Manhattan echo chamber of proper goodthink, all the message fic that gets pumped out is stuff that just annoys the regular reading public. More straw-manning. Yay. But yes, there are in fact people who think that maybe — just maybe — we should have stories that are more than mindless fluff perpetuating the same tired stereotypes. There are also people who recognize that all stories carry certain assumptions and messages and “truths.” Good Triumphs Over Evil. Freedom Is the Bestest Thing in the Universe. Intellectual Arrogance Will Destroy You. If Correia thinks his own personal bullshit doesn’t shape the stories he writes, then he’s a fool. Also, damn. Bitter, much? You want a truth bomb? Readers hate being preached at. Period. Even when you agree with the message, if it is ham fisted and shoved in your face, it turns you off. Message fic for message fic’s sake makes for tedious reading. Yet, as this stuff has become more and more prevalent, sci-fi has become increasingly dull, and readership has shrank. Of course, the literati won’t be happy until everything is boring ass message fic and nobody reads sci-fi anymore, because then they’ll be super special snowflakes. You know what’s boring? Yet another book about manly straight white dudes doing manly straight white things. You can’t preach about how boring conformity is bad for the genre, then spend 4000 words arguing with someone trying to challenge a piece of that genre conformity. Okay, obviously you can do that, but I think it’s rather silly. “It breaks my heart that we are always rediscovering great women, excavating them from the relentless soil of homogenizing histories, seeing them forever as exceptions to a rule of sediment and placing them in museums, remarkable more for their gender than for their work.” Ah, pseudo-intellectual university humanities department speak… How I have missed you. Writing should be simple and basic. “Invisible prose.” Because Conformity. Or something. Yes. Because you shouldn’t elevate a book because you thought it was good and you want to share it with others, you should elevate a book because the sex, race, religion, sexual orientation, or personal philosophy of the author checks a box on the liberal angst/white guilt checklist. The typical WorldCon voter, when presented with 5 nominees for a category, and their clique’s personal favorite writer isn’t on there, and not having actually read any of the works, will go through the authors and rank them according to the order that best assuages their hang ups. Oooh, a paraplegic transsexual lesbian minority abortion doctor with AIDS who writes for Mother Jones? You’d need a wheelbarrow to carry all the Hugos. Quality? Popularity? Staying power? Influence? Isn’t that what makes something a classic? Not to the modern literati. We have to elevate works by people according to what they checked on their EEOC form. Meanwhile, hatey-McHatertons like me read books and like them, even when we don’t know anything about the author. I didn’t know what sex Lois Bujold or Wen Spencer where the first time I read one of their books, but I knew the writing was good. I couldn’t tell you what writers are gay or like to cross dress either, but I can tell you who I enjoy reading. You realize that’s what El-Mohtar is saying, right? That we need to stop recognizing women writers as curiosities, noteworthy because, “Hey look, a woman wrote something good!” That we need to move past the assumption that all of the great works of literature were written by men. That we need to stop ignoring women’s accomplishments just because they’re women. And of course, I know you would never poo-poo a book because it has girl cooties, but historically, that’s certainly been the trend. I’m glad to know you’re on board with wanting to do away with that trend. It seems to me that there’s a similar process for post-binary texts: they exist, but each reader must discover them anew amid a narrative that says they are unusual, they are rare, they sit outside the standard set of stories. This, at least, has been my experience. I want to dismantle the sediment—to not only talk about post-binary texts and bring them to attention of more readers, but to do away with the default narrative. Because nothing is going to make an author successful like copying things that were unpopular before. MacFarlane: “I want to talk about these books and stories that don’t get a lot of attention, and expand the kind of stories we read and create.” Correia: “Copying unpopular stuff will make you unsuccessful!” That process of (re)discovery is probably inescapable. A bookshop, a library or a friend’s/family member’s bookshelves can’t contain every book ever published, so new readers will always have to actively seek out stories beyond the first ones they encounter. What if, El-Mohtar wonders, the first books often included Naomi Mitchison? What if the first books often included multiple post-binary texts as well? Wait… So the purpose of reading is to get people to accept non-binary gender? Well, huh… All this time I’ve been under the impression people primarily read for enjoyment. So that’s what I’ve been doing wrong! Bored now. I hope Correia moves on to something new and interesting soon. The same old misreading and straw-manning is getting dull. The English professor says: “For young people and new readers, wouldn’t it be nice if we shoved IMPORTANT WORKS about Special Topic X down their throats rather than something they might enjoy? Now I wonder why most Americans don’t read for fun anymore after we beat them over the head through their entire education and forced them to read tedious classics until reading was seen as a chore… Odd.” And for the small and dwindling percentage of us that still actually like to buy and read books, what I’m getting from this blogger is that they’re thinking “Let’s get this mind blowing stuff out there. Yeah, that’ll rock their little bourgeois world!” Okay, dude… They’re SCIENCE FICTION readers. You’re probably not going to stun them with your big shocking ideas. You really want to shock a sci-fi reader with your book nowadays? Actually entertain them. As an interesting side note, the Guardian just did a report that revealed how much published authors really make. For most of us, it isn’t that much. I think the average was like 30k. The majority of published writers still have their day jobs. Only the top 1% made six figures. I am the 1%. So aspiring authors, if you want to actually make a living doing this, you can either listen to me and put story first, or you can listen to the grad student and focus on the pet message of the day. Regular readers will know that I always say writers should have GET PAID in their mission statement, the reason I do that is because most of us DON’T. Correia makes more money than you. Therefore he’s right. I’ll certainly grant that Larry Correia is a successful writer. Therefore you should do what he does. So is Ursula LeGuin. Who wrote an amazing novel about non-binary gender that’s still popular today. Therefore you should do what she does. Look, NOBODY IS SAYING THAT STORY ISN’T IMPORTANT, or that you shouldn’t put story first. What they’re saying is that there are more stories out there, and more characters, and more possibilities to explore. Conversations about gender in SF have been taking place for a long time. I want to join in. Judging by how they’ve been “grooming” the comments there, when they say conversations they mean shut up and listen while they lecture you about something. I want more readers to be aware of texts old and new, and seek them out, and talk about them. I want more writers to stop defaulting to binary gender in their SF—I want to never again read entire anthologies of SF stories or large-cast novels where every character is binary-gendered. I want this conversation to be louder. Read that paragraph again and think about it… Think about it really hard. Nuts and bolts. Every single SF book, he wants to default to something other than what your audience thinks is normal. I want more people to seek out not just great books, or mind bending books, but books. Period. Yep. How dare she wish for books to more accurately reflect the diversity of the real world… Speaking of great sci-fi, wouldn’t Firefly have been so much better if Captain Mal had been a pre-op transsexual? And just think of the hilarious banter they could have about Jayne not being a girl’s name… never mind, because in the future that is insensitive. Of course, good writers will just write their characters so that they’re interesting and compelling, rather than to check a box to make a special interest group happy. If I’m writing a story and it would make the story better to have some character be something other than the default, then I can put that in. If it doesn’t have a point, then it is a distraction to the reader. Characters who are not straight or white or cisgendered male or whatever Larry Correia thinks of as the default have a reason to be included in the story. (Fortunately, white dudes like me don’t need a reason to exist. We’re the normal ones, you see. We’re supposed to be here.) Here’s a reason: because people other than your narrow-minded “default” exist in the world. Because if you want to write a story that’s in any way reflective of the real world, you have to acknowledge that fact. Except even then, a Hatey McHaterton like me will still probably do it wrong. There was a bad guy in Swords of Exodus named Diego. This guy was an enforcer for an international crime syndicate. He participated in underground knife fighting arenas against Yakuza and Russian Mafia members for fun. Diego could match Lorenzo in a fight. He was also a gay cross dresser who made a very convincing Celine Dion, so obviously, I got a review that talked about how I hate gay people… Even though in a book where almost all of the characters, including the protagonists, are some degree of bad guy, obviously this character is a demonstration of my homophobic hatey hate mongering. Then there’s Big Eddie, but really, you can’t think of Eddie that way. His sexual orientation was Hurt People. If you were to give him a psych evaluation to see what his “gender identity” was, he’d check all the boxes, then burn the test and stab the psychologist. As far as a character’s proclivities, for all you know my books are filled with pre-op transsexuals, only I’m not going to stop and talk about them and what they do off screen. In fact, the only time I talk about a character’s feelings on any topic in a book are when that helps flesh out that character in a manner that helps tell the story I want to tell. “See, I wrote about a gay cross dresser, so you can’t accuse me of being homophobic!” To that end, I’ll be running this column: posting every two weeks, with discussions of books and short stories, as well as interviews and roundtables with other writers and readers of post-binary SF, Oh good. Because this topic really needs to be beaten home. I hear that there are actually some consumers out there who still actually read sci-fi, and we will never rest until this genre becomes so incredibly boring that we drive everyone away! because I strongly believe it’s important to hear multiple voices. Just not the ones that disagree in the blog comments. Again, try reading the comments. Also, you seem to be accusing MacFarlane of deleting comments, when I suspect it’s the Tor.com staff who are responsible for moderating. I’m not 100% sure on that, but I suspect you’ve got your snark crossed here. I’m particularly interested in science fiction at the moment, but I expect I’ll cross genres as I run the column. Yeah. I can’t wait until he gets to urban fantasy. Yay. I hope you’ll join me in making the default increasingly unstable. Wow. Yeah. I’ll show you, Dad! You can’t tell me what do! Down with your cismale gendernormative fascism! And back to the mockery and criticizing the author’s age rather than her ideas. Well that was fun. My congratulations to anyone who read this far. A reminder: I do moderate comments here, because I’m a freedom-hating commie I don’t have time or interest in trolls, name-calling, threats, etc. You’re welcome to comment, but as Wil Wheaton says, don’t be a dick.

Transitioning is the process of changing one's gender presentation and/or sex characteristics to accord with one's internal sense of gender identity – the idea of what it means to be a man or a woman, or genderqueer. For genderqueer people, their internal sense of gender identity is neither solely female nor male. For transgender and transsexual people, this process commonly involves reassignment therapy (which may include hormone replacement therapy and sex reassignment surgery), with their gender identity being opposite that of their birth-assigned sex and gender. Transitioning might involve medical treatment, but it does not always involve it. Cross-dressers, drag queens, and drag kings tend not to transition, since their variant gender presentations are (usually) only adopted temporarily. Transition must begin with a personal decision to transition, prompted by the feeling that one's gender identity does not match the sex that one was assigned at birth. One of the most significant parts of transitioning for many transgender people is coming out for the first time. Transitioning is a process, not an event, that can take anywhere between several months and several years. Some people, especially genderqueer people, may spend their whole life transitioning as they redefine and re-interpret their gender as time passes. Transitioning generally begins where the person feels comfortable: for some, this begins with their family with whom they are intimate and reaches to friends later or may begin with friends first and family later. Sometimes transitioning is at different levels between different spheres of life. For example, someone may transition far with family and friends before even coming out at work. Transitioning is sometimes confused with sex reassignment surgery (SRS), but that is only one possible element of transitioning. Many people who transition choose not to have SRS, or do not have the means to do so. Whereas SRS is a surgical procedure, transitioning is more holistic and usually includes physical, psychological, social, and emotional changes. Some transgender and non-binary people have little or no desire to undergo surgery to change their body but will transition in other ways. Passing refers to being perceived and accepted by other people in a manner consistent with one's own gender identity. This can be one aspect of transitioning, though genderqueer people may choose to purposely not pass. Going full-time refers to a person living one's everyday life as the gender one identifies with. One's passing can be limited by safety, legal or bodily restraints. For instance, someone who has worked at a job as female may feel they cannot safely present as male and may switch jobs instead. Mental health professionals who go by the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) Standards of Care for the Health of Transsexual, Transgender, and Gender Nonconforming People do not normally require a patient to go full-time for at least a year (a period of time generally referred to as the "Real-Life Experience" (RLE) or "Real-Life Test" (RLT), but mental health professionals who do not adhere to these guidelines do, before recommending surgery. Going stealth means to live as a gender without other people realising a person is transgender. Trans people often go stealth in public but not with family, partners, or intimate friends. There have been many cases of people who have lived and worked as a gender identity different from their gender assigned at birth. See Category:Transgender and transsexual people for some examples. A social transition is the aspects of transition involving social, cosmetic, and legal changes, without regard to medical interventions. People who socially transition may ask others to refer to them by their preferred name and pronouns, and some may legally change their name. Detransitioning is the process of changing one's gender presentation and/or sex characteristics back to accord with one's assigned sex. Detransitioning has also been called retransitioning, though retransitioning can also mean transitioning again after detransitioning. Transitioning is a complicated process that involves any or all of the gendered aspects of a person's life, which include aesthetics, social roles, legal status, and biological aspects of the body. People may choose elements based on their own gender identity, body image, personality, finances, and sometimes the attitudes of others. A degree of experimentation is used to know what changes best fit them. Transitioning also varies between cultures and subcultures according to differences in the societies' views of gender. Social, psychological, and aesthetic aspectsEdit The social process of transitioning begins with coming out, that is, informing other individuals that one identifies as transgender. From there, the newly out trans person may adopt a new name, and they may ask others to refer to them using a set of pronouns different from before; for example, a trans man would ask to be referred to as he rather than she, or a genderqueer/non-binary person might ask to be referred to as they or by a pronoun such as ze Personal relationships often take on different dynamics in accordance with gender; what was once an opposite-gender relationship is now a same-gender one, and vice versa. Gender roles and social expectations often change as the transition progresses. Aesthetics and fashion are also a common consideration for transitioning. Transitioning people often alter what types of clothing and accessories they wear, have their hair styled differently, and adopt new grooming or makeup techniques to enhance their appearance. A person's ideas about gender in general also often changes, which may affect their religious, philosophical and/or political beliefs. Transgender and transexual identified individuals view their identity as another aspect of human diversity. Transgender and transexual identity is not to be confused with a mental disorder. To best support individuals who are transitioning, one can start by deconstructing the binary gender system and embracing the wide spectrum of gender diversity. Transgender and transexual individuals identify outside of the heteronormative, traditional gender binary system.The Transgender Emergence Model developed by Arlene Istar Lev, lists the seven steps to support people who are transitioning. The first step is awareness, which is important because the individual transitioning may not be fully aware of their identity and in consequence may not fully understand why they are experiencing depression, anxiety, and/ or body dysphoria (gender variance or gender dysphoria). The second step is seeking information from support groups, group therapy, individual therapy with a gender affirming therapist. For a healthy transition, individuals find support from individuals or groups that affirm their identity and provide a safe place to explore what the identity means to them The third step is disclosure and coming out with a healthy transition. In this step, individuals discuss how to disclose their identity to their loved ones in the support groups or individual therapy. The fourth step is exploring Identities, which is when an individual is transitioning and thinking about what labels, if any, best fits the individual. The fifth step is transitioning and body modification, which is when the individual pursues hormone treatment and/ or body modification on their terms. Dependent factors for transitioning and body modification include, health insurance (hormone access, surgeries, mental health services, etc.) The last step is post-transition challenges, which may include adjusting to society with the new changes that the individual has developed. This may also include supporting relationships, while grieving characteristics of previous identity. These steps do not happen in chronological order. Rather, it is common for them to overlap with each other. Transgender people in many parts of the world can legally change their name to something consistent with their gender identity. Some regions also allow one's legal sex marker changed on documents such as driver licenses, birth certificates, and passports. The exact requirements vary from region-to-region; some require sex reassignment surgery, while many do not. Grieving Gender IdentityEdit Transitioning is a process that has no chronological order. When an individual is transitioning gender identities through hormone therapy or surgery, they are becoming their full selves. When transitioning gender identities, people that are close to the individual who is transitioning, may experience a sense of loss and a grieving process. This is also understood as an Ambiguous Loss, which is defined by the countering feelings that arise when someone you are connected to or related to, is transitioning. It is the feeling of grief where the item of loss is obscure. Feelings that arise are described as a way of seeing the person who is transitioning as same but different, or both present and absent. - Brown, M. L. & Rounsley, C. A. 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mailing list archives Re: Updater Investigation From: David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com> Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 09:47:53 -0700 On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 05:32:32PM -0500, Ron wrote: On Tue, 7 Jun 2011 17:00:17 -0700 Fyodor <fyodor () insecure org> wrote: On Thu, Jun 02, 2011 at 01:45:31PM -0700, Colin L. Rice wrote: David asked me to investigate more potential updating solutions with regards to writing an auto-updater for nmap. Thanks Colin. I'm not sure of this, but I'm starting to think we might want a hybrid approach between just-updating-platform-independent-files and updating the binaries. For example, one option is for the updater to do the following: Of course there is the question of what platform-independent files we should provide. One option is to include the latest versions in svn, but that might be too bleeding-edge for some. Another option is to maintain a tag/branch in SVN. It could get bumped forward on an automated fashion. Maybe a new file change could be tagged after there are no further changes to the affected file(s) in 24 hours. And we could do it manually if we really badly wanted to push an awesome new script or change into the update stream. I'm not 100% convinced this is the right approach, but I wanted to at least put it into writing as one option. I think this is the right approach as well. I was going to suggest the same thing. One big advantage is that this is compatible with the various Linux packaging systems that maintain the binaries, and can also be potentially compatible with Windows/Mac auto-updaters since you aren't changing the binary files - you're leaving those up to the user to change on their own. That's a good thing, I think. You're getting the scripts - which, by design, change quickly - and leaving the core - which, by design, should be stable and only change periodically. I don't see how excluding binaries is any more compatible. Linux packaging owns the non-binary files too. Maybe you mean that we set up a reserved (initially empty) directory for updated files, that would be explicitly outside the scope of other package management? Sent through the nmap-dev mailing list Archived at http://seclists.org/nmap-dev/

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African women combat unique oppression. Cisheteropatriarchy, racial capitalism, colorism, and so forth. However, there are specific historical and cultural realities many African women exist within that are distinct to continental African women. Mary Modupe Kolawole, in her 2002 Agenda article adresses the necessity to broaden accessibility to gender theory and practices, “The number of national, tribal and ethnic groups is as important as race, colonial experience, post-colonialism, neo-colonialism, apartheid, military rule, culture, tradition, religion, modernity, and more recently globalisation. All these factors impact on African women’s reality in particular ways.” Feminism perhaps is not a monolith and can not be broadly applied to each struggle of all women, particularly African women, even considering the several parallels of experiences that African women, and more widely, women in the Black diaspora share. But the delineation must be made. African women’s perspective and ability to engage with gender hinges on their specific cultural and historical contexts, and that must be centered when examining the relationship between feminism and African people. Feminism(s), Not Singular Feminism The experiences and realities of African women are not a monolith, and the solution to collapsing gender oppression and domination must not be placed into the mainstream iteration of feminism either, as it is often perceived negatively by African people. Instead, the nuance of the cultural and historical contexts must be thrust to the center, as many African women involved in studying or participating in gender theory emphasize, including Ogundipe-Leslie, Mama, Mugo, and others. It should be expanded to feminisms, not singular feminism, as the monolith of mainstream white feminism is deeply attached to racist, colonial, and outright misogynistic views on the condition of African women. White feminism assumes African women to be uncivilized helpless bush women squirming under the weight of the African patriarch with no autonomy of their own. It elevates the notion that feminism will have a civilizing impact and that feminism should be naturally integrated into African women’s experience. There is no denying patriarchy, and other forms of structural misogyny permeate across Africa in tandem with racial domination projects as well as other forms of cultural oppression. Then how do African women identify their struggles appropriately and engage with liberatory theory? Kolawole provides insight from Ama Ata Aidoo in the mixed but often negative reception of mainstream or white feminism to African women. “Feminism. You know how we feel about that embarrassing western philosophy? The destroyer of homes. Imported mainly from America to destroy nice African homes.” Mainstream feminism, arguably for all women of African descent, submits to a myopic view of gender liberation and in no way enables African women to appropriately describe and name their oppression. It instead arrives with givens that are often in conflict with the accepted traditions and thoughts that African women hold about their own autonomy. African women strictly should have the authority to name and place into existence the reality of their oppression without an alien concept being delivered to them to solve their problems and validate their struggles on their behalf. Two of the tenants of Clenora Hudson Weems’ practice of Africana Womanism articulates the necessity of African, and more broadly, Black women to draw power and create a framework that meets their struggle and centers their unique context. Names and naming represents personal power, often indicate membership to a larger collective, and allows for the legitimacy of a certain person or group. “Self namer and self definer, two of the eighteen characteristics of the Africana woman, are seminal descriptors that delineate the first step in establishing an authentic paradigm relative to the true level of struggle for women of African descent.” Nommo, the alternative name for self-defining or naming, not only articulates the significance of defining the specific circumstances that African women experience but is important because a naming process enables their specific reality to be recognized and placed into existence. Nommo or self-naming creates names for things that might otherwise be abstract and allows those participating to more sharply identify the specific circumstances of their struggle. If African women oppressed by the power structures of patriarchy, neocolonialism, capitalism, and so forth are able to have the authority on naming and actualizing their reality, thus begins the process to properly combating all circumstances which are against their liberation. While there is certainly a rejection of western manifestations and enforcements of feminism on African women, there is a critical understanding of what the broader structure of feminism demands, as Abena Busia articulates in Kolawole’s article: This principle is certainly central to African women’s understanding of the primary goal of gender-based ideology. While there may be conflict for many African women with the incompatible idealization of western feminism, what remains is that feminism provides an avenue for not one form of feminism but rather feminisms that allow for women to ameliorate the conditions which maintain a state of domination over them. One which actualizes, in Busia’s own words, the woman is important. The simple exclamation of the woman is important while understanding feminism or womanism as a framework which pronounces that very statement has been critical for several African feminists. Conceptualizing feminism as a framework is connected to the process of self-naming. Although Hudson-Weems herself would not agree feminism is relevant to Africana women’s lived experience, it enables African women to attach their particular oppression to a liberatory thought process and ideology. Furthermore, African women being able to label the framework for their liberatory work, places their needs into reality toattain liberation and eradicate the systems that perpetuate the brutal subjugation of women and women’s liberation movements. African feminist Josephine Ahikere further clarifies the need of women holding the authority when naming their movements and modes of political engagement and thought. We recognise that the work of fighting for women’s rights is deeply political, and the process of naming is political too. Choosing to name ourselves feminists places us in a clear ideological position. By naming ourselves as feminists, we politicise the struggle for women’s rights, we question the legitimacy of the structures that keep women subjugated, and we develop tools for transformatory analysis and action. In this sense, Ahikhere furthers the general framework that Hudson Weems and Busina outline by not only emphasizing the power that comes from the process of self-naming but that it is indeed a political action. The term feminism must not collapse into a singularity, as that is often how it is operationalized in the west as a narrow and rigid ideology. African feminist theory pushes feminisms beyond a limited and isolated scope. Ahikhere asserting feminism is concerned with both women’s struggle and developing tools for transformation and action broadens the ideology so all women might find their place within the framework. Again it provides an avenue into several strategies for gender emancipation. African feminisms are situated in the multiplicity of experiences women across Africa exist within, which challenges and seeks to dismantle all forms of patriarchal domination and gender contradiction. To successfully capture the necessity of why a specific framework for understanding gender struggle is needed for African women, the types of oppression African women combat must be outlined and interrogated. How do particular structures of domination remove African women from full autonomy, complete possession of themselves, and control of their self-determination? Why isn’t mainstream feminism easily accepted, and what makes it so out of touch with the political needs of African women? Meyre Ivone De Silva takes from prominent Nigerian writer and gender theorist Molara Ogundipe-Leslie, who enumerates six forms of oppression she believes represents African women’s struggle. “The mountains that African women are carrying on their back: “The first one is oppression from outside (colonialism and neo-colonialism); the second one is from traditional structures; the third one is her backwardness; the fourth is man; the fifth is her color, her race; and the sixth is herself.” Key to remember, while Ogundipe-Leslie certainly has been avowed as a respected figure on the advancement of women’s emancipation in Africa, she also recognizes there exists no single lived experience for women in Africa. But what her perspective embodies is the very specific circumstances which African women endure. Mainstream feminism derived from whiteness proposes a symbolic growl against men and patriarchy by advocating for women to leave their home and get their own jobs or adapt into generally male dominated arenas to gain their own sovereignty. But this ultimately is a futile attempt to dismantle patriarchy, if it is even proposing to do that. It simply is not compatible with the realities of African women and moreover does not identify or attempt to combat the structures which patriarchy works in tandem with: capitalism, colonialism, racism, whiteness, systemic sexism, and so forth. Western conceptualizations of women’s emancipation hang within the oppressive and crushing imagination of white supremacy, patriarchy, and overall global homogeneity. The several manifestations of women’s domination can not be defeated with an ideology which does not recognize the plurality of power structures and systems which warp the lives of African women. White liberal feminism assumes imperatives which allow for representation without political substance to reign supreme, simply highlighting women leadership, without a deep analysis of the power structures said leaders will preside over. Women can now be the proponents of white supremacy, empire, colonialism, dictatorship of capital, and so forth. But liberal feminism blinds itself to these observations; it instead lionizes historically marginalized people who ascend to the pinnacle of government, corporate hierarchies, and otherwise transgressive power structures. Even if those figures perpetuate the continued subjugation and destruction of the people who they represent. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, in 2006 became the first woman president of Liberia and the first woman to become president of any African nation-state. It was lauded as an accomplishment for Liberia and African women. But under the veneer of democracy, peace, and women’s political determination, Sirleaf’s presidency would represent a return to the Liberian status quo of the old guard. Alliances to Western imperialist nations and submission to global capital through sophisticated economic relief projects that left many already displaced indigenous Liberian communities, especially women, impoverished and moreover separated from their self-determination, were Liberia’s political reality under Sirleaf. Without substantial political or otherwise moral evaluations of historically marginalized people in positions of power, figures like Sirleaf will remain situated at the center of feminism. With a revamped political image after two Liberian civil wars, multiple exiles, and stints of incarceration, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf adopted the moniker Ma Ellen when she became President. By the external world, she was hailed as the matriarch of African politics. Her political journey from a superficial orientation would position her as a hero, but on the contrary, the polishing of Sirleaf’s image does not completely absolve her political career, as she was devoted to advanced forms of colonialism and corporate power. Rehabilitation of political figure’s public presentation occurs constantly and must only be viewed as a sleight of hand meant to legitimize powerful reactionaries. No liberatory feminism concedes or assimilates to the state apparatus of power for societal transformation. Instead, forms of liberatory feminisms actively struggle against the state. Sirleaf has been dubbed a champion for women and Africa but would actively foundationalize a political career built on contradictions. Sirleaf would emerge as a staunch supporter of western imperialist constructions. Most notably Sirleaf was an early and fervent supporter of AFRICOM. The African Press Agency reported in 2008, “President Sirleaf had expressed her government’s desire to host AFRICOM, and made several representations to US government officials on this issue.” Sirleaf’s would cozy up to the United States by affirming the legitimacy of imperialist creations like AFRICOM, which maintains the American boot of military intervention, surveillance, and political control firmly planted in Africa. It is axiomatic that a supporter of imperialist projects like AFRICOM would be an enthusiastic collaborator with capitalists. In attempts to repair Liberia’s collapsed economy Sirleaf turned to multinational corporations and scrupulously signed away land rights. Up to one third of Liberian land was granted to investors under Sirleaf. “Sirleaf made deals with international corporations to buy or lease rights to exploit Liberian land officially in the public domain, but which indigenous groups had long claimed as their own, despite having no formal “Liberian President disappointed over U.S. decision on AFRICOM.”Yet, Sirleaf is still celebrated as a champion of democracy and women’s liberation across Africa. Undoubtedly figures like Sirleaf are neocolonial reactionaries. Sirleaf’s policy choices resulted in a more deeply divided Liberia and an alienated population of rural Liberian women, whom she supposedly represented. Sirleaf has not been a champion for African vitality, less the vitality of African women. Instead, she naturally capitulated to the global bourgeoisie carrying the torch of Liberia’s two hundred year legacy of neocolonial leadership. Mainstream feminism nonetheless upholds a sanitized image of Sirleaf, and its premium on mere representation which does not attach it to substantive evaluations of policy will not eradicate global patriarchy, and all other forms of domination which even allow women to thwart and destroy women’s liberation. African feminists and gender theorists continue to unravel the many complex barriers African women face, from neocolonial presidents to casual systemic sexism. No Revolution in the Kitchen Molara Ogundipe-Leslie reveals that it was effortless to recognize the instances in which women were subjugated by patriarchy through institutional and cultural practices, as well as individualized moments of patriarchal domination. Ogundipe-Leslie expresses how African men were completely removed from the idea of women’s emancipation, as that might challenge the established order of men’s superior advantage. “Most men do not like women concerned with social transformations that shake the roots of their male dominance. As a colleague of mine said to me at Ibadan University: ‘No man wants a revolution in his kitchen.’” The simple interaction Ogundipe-Leslie remembers is an expression of patriarchal domination. But deeper than that, the colleague completely invalidates the notion that African women should be critically conscious of their social class struggles and be energized to create societal transformations. The “No man wants a revolution in his kitchen” blatantly articulates the respectability and desirability of a woman is decided within a patriarchal context and that a woman should be mainly concerned with maintaining the current order; women should silently submit to the patriarchy’s idealized role for women to fulfill. Ogundipe-Leslie’s colleague is suggesting that not only is gender discourse and liberatory movements for women undesirable, but they are something that should not be thought about less acted upon; it has no place in a woman’s mind. Even with a resounding defense of patriarchal norms by African men, as Molara Ogundipe-Leslie demonstrates with her story, there is an even deeper nuance to the condition of African women, which impacts how they are able to engage in gender theory and the liberatory work that pairs with it. Ama Ata Aidoo defines herself as a feminist and believes it is of the utmost importance to recognize that feminism, the ideology, is not a blanket that you throw across the world and expect all women to coddle up to. In a 2014 interview, Aidoo explains how feminism should operate according to a woman’s environment. “Feminism is an ideology; it depends on how it is formulated or negotiated. It [feminism] depends on the details of the particular environment.” Aidoo articulates what many African feminists want and expect from feminism, the desire for the global view of all African women as inhuman oppressed beings who are desperate for outsiders to arrive and release them to be dismantled. The anti-black global view of African people, especially women, removes their agency and prevents any interaction with any feminisms because the popularized practice of feminism fails to recognize the variety of social and political environments African women exist within. While there is a large web of oppressions and detrimental socializations African women are impacted by, their experiences as women and human beings are not solely situated upon that. No form of feminism that has not been developed for African women should determine how they should feel, act, perceive others or themselves. Mainstream Feminism is Late Molara Ogundipe-Leslie argues that there are varied dynamics which feminism must contain so that African women are not provided with the mainstream western feminism that centers whiteness, saying, “I discovered that the Yoruba woman had more private and public spaces and respected roles than pre-feminist American middle-class women. They needed Betty Friedan; we already had the right to work outside the home and secure our material needs.” Mainstream white feminism is out of touch from the experiences of African women. The feminism an African woman might ascribe to is not interchangeable with the iteration of feminism which might be appealing to white women in the United States or the west at large. As Ama Ata Aidoo emphasizes, it is the specific environment and circumstances which must be considered when grappling with a gender theory like feminism. It is irresponsible to compare Betty Friedan’s plight, a white woman in the United States, and Molara Ogundipe-Leslie, a Yoruba woman in Nigeria, by applying the same feminism to their lived experience. The socio-political circumstances and needs of white women and African women are worlds apart. The incompatibilities of the goals of white liberal feminism and African feminisms are stark; for instance, in Akan culture, they consider children to inherit their soul and character from their father but inherit material possessions and property from their mothers. In the West, however, property historically has been and continues to be attributed to men. It is for the men to inherit, own, and administer property. The mainstream framework of feminism is incapable of meeting the needs or critically understanding the circumstances of African women to successfully combat the nexus that is heteropatriarchy, colonialism, imperialism, whiteness, and misogyny, all of which deeply destabilizes the lives of many African women. Feminisms which are entrenched in anti-patriarchy, anti-colonialism, anti-imperialism and so forth that have been constructed by and for African women must be applied. This also neutralizes perceptions or actions that would remove African women from their own agency. Dismantling the attitudes and power structures which remove agency is important; it is equally important to challenge the gender contradictions that exist within Africa and currently accepted gender theory and thought within the African consciousness. The Idealization of Pre-Colonial Africa One of the misconceptions that must be uprooted is the idealization of pre-colonial Africa. Equalizing an Africa before the advent of whiteness and colonial domination to utopia prohibits an authentic analysis of the contradictions which existed upon the continent, even with the understanding of colonialism, apartheid, and many other domination and exploitation projects that have advanced and exacerbated pre-existingpatriarchal and misogynistic practices and beliefs. While a myriad of feminisms and womanisms and other sorts of gender theory exists, it is necessary to escape the anti-liberatory paradigms that may be integrated within them, a certain popularized branch of womanism delivers liberation under a patriarchy as a viable form of empowerment for African women and women in the African diaspora. Clenora Hudson-Weems, in a recorded lecture quoting from Call and Response: The Riverside Anthology of the African American Literary Tradition Out of the Revolution: The Development of Africana Studies A Historical and Bibliographical Guide to the African American Experience describes an Africana Womanist as such, “Africana womanism [and by extension the Africana womanist] is a Black woman activist. Who is family-centered rather than female-centered, and who focuses on race and class empowerment before gender empowerment.” This analysis is limiting and even a barrier to fully realizing the gravity of the condition of African women, as they face a plurality of oppressions. A Black woman activist should not be combating the several intersections of oppression she faces? Hudson-Weems’ analysis ignores how several forms of domination interlink and operate together to form a larger matrix of oppression. A paradigm which defers the gender struggle and enables continued patriarchal oppression ultimately has no interest in removing it. Hudson-Weems reinforces her race first gender last analysis once again in Africana Womanist Literary Theory. Hudson-Weems states, “Clearly, the Africana woman must insist upon continuing the powerful legacy of a collective liberation struggle for African people, as the inequality between the black man and woman is inauthentic relative to our true history”13. Hudson-Weems does not explain the true history. This is puzzling because the assumption Hudson-Weems’ work assumes is no major gender conflict or contradictions have existed within Africa historically when this objectively is a glaring inaccuracy. Women in several African societies are considered the natural subordinate to men, and many times are relegated to a subservient position, which has been repackaged as a positive representation of African women. They are mothers, wives, caretakers, or child bearers. There is no doubt all African people must be in concert to combat every facet of oppression, and that communalism is a fundamental imperative of African life, but this should not come at the sacrifice of placing oppressions into a hierarchy as if one is more vital than the next. Meyre Ivone De Silva references Molara Ogundipe-Leslie, who in a 1994 writing more deeply explains how the patriarchy with and without colonialism has functioned in Africa. “The colonialism systems negatively encouraged or brought to the fore the traditional ideologies of the patriarchy of male superiority which originally existed in African societies. Thus colonialism has brought out the basic sexist tendencies in precapitalist Africa. It has calcified existing ones and introduced others.”14 It is completely irresponsible to marginalize the clear conflict within African societies between men and women; they must be resolved. A claim which deprioritizes gender liberation and, in fact, separates it from all other forms of subjugation like racism and colonialism, which work in concert with gender oppression, makes the entire African community more susceptible to continued and more sophisticated systems of exploitation and external rule. The womanism which Hudson-Weems champions, “a black woman activist who is family-centered,” also brings into question the notion of family. Families are clearly of very high cultural import for African women. But what has made it so? In what ways has that imperative allowed patriarchy to exist in feminist and womanist thought and practice? The positioning of women as a mother is a paradox that is steeped in patriarchal tradition, which is often extrapolated improperly and does not allow for the full nuance of the African woman as a mother to be depicted. Meyre Ivon De Silva states: In most African societies, the woman that cannot have children, “the barren woman,” is seen as evil. Instead, the woman who has many children acquires a higher status and is considered blessed. In African societies, the mother is respected and mythologized; thewoman generally acquires a higher status if she has children, preferably sons. Motherhood is a theme that is present in several of Aidoo’s stories; she deals with this imposition of the African societies on African women. De Silva further contextualizes the mythologization of African women as mothers in the following statement: “In the Nigerian Igbo society, mothers and wives play contradictory roles, the man who worships his mother is the same one who despises his woman.” Dr. Hudson-Weems’ analysis simply does not meet the bar as it comes to removing Africana women’s liberation away from a patriarchal and androcentric frame. It is inconceivable every African woman aspires to be a mother or even feels motherhood as a natural imperative of their existence as a woman. However, for the women who do, it is key to disentangle the notion of motherhood as a life goal but instead recognize its root in certain patriarchal indigenous tradition while simultaneously demystifying African women as passive or magical mothers. African women should choose how they will contribute to their communities and be humanized, not mystified. The broad assumption of African women as mothers without any contextualization of the clear patriarchal paradigm it exists within displays a limited vision of emancipation for women and all African people. Emancipation can not occur while combating one vestige of oppression like white supremacy. Racial liberation under patriarchy is no freedom at all because systems that work together to combat racial domination are the same ones that include and work with systems of gender domination. The strictly traditional view of feminism being removed from African women’s reality must be met with nuance. There are certain feminisms that certainly impose alien and even detrimental understandings of gender, but there are also other feminisms which shed a light on the existing cultural and historical context while seeking to extend the vision of women’s liberation in Africa and also the entire African people’s liberation. In the article The Context of Agency: Liberating African Consciousness From Postcolonial Discourse Theory, Dr. Virgilette Nzingha Gaffin in analyzing Gayatri Spivak’s work, reveals the contention of feminism with traditional African or afro-centric thought. “First, the Afro-centric paradigm affirms male-female relationships as inspirational and stimulating; any declaration of independence between males and females should be viewed as cultural suicide.” However, the uniquely African feminisms heralded by Ama Ata Aidoo, Molara Ogundipe-Leslie, Amina Mama, and Hakima Abbas do not seek to break apart male-female relations or even disrupt the community. The feminisms, as earlier noted by Ama Ata Aidoo simply upholds the value that is believing in the potential of women to reach the highest level of development. This does not assume women do not have a role in their communities; in fact, to ensure communalism is effectively practiced and executed, it must be ensured all member’s social and political needs are met. The survivalist strategy demanded by heirchalizing oppressions, race before gender, is of adverse impact to all African people. African women exist not simply as Black but as women too and whatever other intersection their identity may include, their struggle is one of pluralism, so it is counterproductive to recognize the racial fight as more important than that of other struggles. Gaffin’s interpretation of cultural suicide should be expanded upon; feminisms cultivated and theorized by African women are representations of cultural evolution on the contrary to cultural suicide. Tradition which is repugnant to feminisms will inevitably be outgrown as it realized there is vested communal effort in liberating Black women from patriarchal oppression and socialization. To finalize, as Molara Ogundipe Leslie poignantly points out in her 2002 interview, to begin the positive social transformations that all feminists and womanists truly desire, from Aidoo to Hudson-Weems, there must first be a specific understanding of African women’s circumstances and a recognition of the attitudes which prevent them from their self-determination. “This meant recognising the ways in which we, African women, were ahead through our cultures, and condemning the poisonous aspects of borrowed cultures, including the belittling parts of our own inherited cultures.” Ensuring the collective vitality and life force of Africa requires a vision and imagination to see the liberation of every member of that community, so we must include all that face a particular oppression: African women, children, queer and trans folks, non-binary folks, and so forth. An anti-colonial Africana scholar and person must keep in mind to achieve social transformation is to develop and evolve beyond tradition, which does not recognize or allow the tools for which every member of the community will need to reach social transformations which ultimately liberates the entire community. Kolawole, Mary Modupe. “Transcending Incongruities: Rethinking Feminisms,”. Agenda: Empowering Women for Gender Equity. No.54, 2002, p.93. Ibid, 94. Hudson-Weems, Clenora. Africana Womanist Literary. p.18. Ibid,. p.94. Ahikhere, Josephine. “African feminism in,”. Feminist Africa. Volume XIV. p.7. da Silva, Meyre Ivone. “Femenists towards the Politics of Empowerment.” Revista de Trejas. Vol.XLIV p.28. “Liberian President disappointed over U.S. decision on AFRICOM” African Press Agency. p.1. Scully, Pamela. “This is why Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.” The Washington Post. 2018. Ogundipe-Leslie, Molara. Interview with Lewis, Desiree. “Desiree Lewis talk to Molara Ogundipe.” 2002. Aidoo, Ata Ama. Interview with Badawi, Zeinab. “Ama Ata Aidoo on feminism.” BBC Hardtalk. 2014. Ogundipe-Leslie, Molara. Interview with Lewis, Desiree. “Desiree Lewis talk to Molara Ogundipe.” 2002. Hudson-Weems, Clenora. Call and Response: The Riverside Anthology. 2005. Ibid,. p.56. da Silva, Meyre Ivone. “Femenists towards the Politics of Empowerment.” Revista de Trejas. Vol.XLIV p.134. Ibid,. p.132. Ibid,. p.132. Gaffin, Virgilette Nzingha. “The Context of Agency: Liberating African.” Handbook of Black Studies. 2005. pp.282-289. Ogundipe-Leslie, Molara. Interview with Lewis, Desiree. “Desiree Lewis talk to Molara Ogundipe.” 2002. Abbas, Hakima & Mama, Amina. “Feminism and pan-Africanism.” Femenist Africa, vol. 14, September 2014, African Gender Institute, All Africa House, University of Capetown. 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Kolawole, Mary Modupe. “Transcending Incongruties: Rethinking Feminisms and the Dynamics of Identity in Africa.” Agenda: Empowering Women for Gender Equity. No. 54, 2002, pp.92-98. “Liberian President disappointed over U.S. decision on AFRICOM”. African Press Agency. February, 2008. p.1. Ogundipe-Leslie, Molara. Desiree Lewis talk to Molara Ogundipe, leading feminist theorist, poet, literary critic, educator and activist, about the interface of politics, culture, and education. 2002. Scully, Pamela. “This is why Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was just awarded the $5 million Ibrahim prize.” The Washington Post. February, 2013.

Sender One launched the Keep Climbing Kind campaign last month in an ongoing effort to bring inclusivity and accessibility to the climbing community. Keep Climbing Kind centers on the four pillars of the Sender One Cares Program which are to Send with Color, Send with Pride, Send with Womxn, and Care for the Crag. We believe it to be imperative that our workplace, programming, and member community represent the demographic of our neighborhoods. The first Keep Climbing Kind nights were held at Sender One LAX on Wednesday, July 21st, and at Sender One SNA on Wednesday, July 28th. Members and guests gathered to learn about local climbing organizations, participate in a group art project, climb together and commit to the Keep Climbing Kind Pledge. The KEEP CLIMBING KIND Pledge Sender One is actively focusing on breaking down barriers that limit participation in the sport of climbing while creating a space that fosters a JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion) mindset. The first step to progress is acknowledging that biases, differences, and deterrents exist within our climbing culture. We invite our community to reflect on areas where change is needed and partner with Sender One and our local climbing organizations to act on solutions and to commit to kindness by signing our Keep Climbing Kind Pledge. The KEEP CLIMBING KIND Art Project Each of our palms is as unique as the individual it is attached to. We came together with different colors, shapes, and sizes to create a community art piece. The KEEP CLIMBING KIND Stickers Limited edition stickers are available for purchase on-site at LAX and SNA. 100% of net proceeds will be donated to the climbing organizations that participated by attending our Keep Climbing Kind Nights. Stickers are 1 for $3 or 4 for $10. The KEEP CLIMBING KIND - Participating Organizations For each Keeping Climbing Kind night, we invited a few local organizations to participate and connect with the community. AMERICAN ALPINE CLUB Policy + Advocacy Protect the places you climb. The AAC policy team is working hard with partners, lawmakers and agency leaders to address issues facing outdoor recreation. Climb smart, climb safe. For over 100 years the AAC has led climbing education by documenting successes and failures and recommending best practices. Get involved. Our Chapters work on a grassroots level in communities across the country by connecting members through local events, stewardship projects, and education. BROWN GIRLS CLIMB BGC is a social enterprise that strives to facilitate mentorship, provide access, uplift leadership, and celebrates representation in the outdoors and climbing for People of the Global Majority*. Our process is adaptive and emergent with a focus on building equitable and just relationships in all the efforts we commit to, including meet-ups and mentorship, resource sharing and redistribution, and employment and industry practices Historically, we have focused on Women of Color in climbing, but recognize that our work goes beyond women such that our hope is to have a wider impact on all climbers, specifically those impacted by patriarchal systems. FRIENDS OF JOSHUA TREE Friends of Joshua Tree advocates, communicates, and encourages ethical and environmentally sound climbing practices, and works to shape park policy on climbing and climbing-related issues. Toward that end, Friends of Joshua Tree acts as the liaison between the climbing community and the National Park service. LADY CRVSH CREW Our mission is to become involved in the climbing community by hosting meet-ups for ladies (trans and cis), non-binary, 2 Spirit and friends, stewardship through crag clean-ups, highlighting climbers on our social media platforms, and partnering with climbing organizations for events, raffles, and giveaways. Ladies Climbing Coalition Breaking into climbing can sometimes be intimidating, and so climbing with other women can help alleviate some of the intimidation. It also just changes the experience of climbing. Hanging out, especially in nature, with a group of women is powerful, and we strive to show all women their own power. Ladies Climbing Coalition ambassadors host ladies meet-ups in gyms across the nation, and we coordinate and facilitate low-cost climbing trips around the country for all women and non-binary folx who are comfortable in spaces that center the experiences of women. Womxn Who Climb Womxn Who Climb is an intersectional space for women and non-binary people who climb to connect, share gear and crag advice, and discuss various topics that relate to climbing and each individual’s experiences with climbing (both positive and negative).

This post contains discussion of rape, so a trigger warning is in order. With one simple move, sexual orientation, and the acceptance of people with lesbian, gay, or bisexual identifications wouldn’t matter at all. That solution is arranged marriage. I bring this up because it clarifies some more questions I’m often asked about the topic. See, in a society where marriage is arranged, attraction has no meaning at all. Young people are matched up to people they don’t know, and arranged marriage was successful for many cultures – if, by “successful,” we mean divorce was unthinkably rare despite vast age differences and likely abuse, personal choice was suppressed, and people were reproducing out of duty and necessity instead of love. I don’t think arranged marriage is necessary. It made people unhappy, and denied them the joys of falling in love in response to attraction. Marriage by mutual attraction and affection is a more accurate depiction of the Christian analogy of Christ’s relationship to the church than a forced and inescapable marriage. The choice to reciprocate God’s affection out of endearment is comparable to the same feelings toward another person. Lifetime commitment to a person through rough times is reflective of God’s demonstration of love. Without arranged marriage, though, attraction matters. This leaves all people opposed to same-sex marriage in a logical double bind: either set up a system where no attraction matters, or admit the same treatment to people with unusual preferences in attraction. Some Christians say that legalizing same-sex marriage, much less accepting it in the church, is a slippery slope to atrocities such as acceptance of bestiality and pedophilia. Here’s a term I learned once I ventured outside the world of the purity movement, which made sex taboo: “consensual.” It means two things: that a person has given their willing consent to have sex, and said person is eligible to give that consent. It is also being used to help raise awareness of rape. If a woman is under the influence of drugs or alcohol, she is incapable of giving consent, so a man who has sex with her has raped her. Rape doesn’t just happen to women, and important awareness campaigns have been launched to help reduce rape, using slogans like “no means no.” This is crucial information for the discussion, because it provides a standard for ethical relationships. Animals and children are also considered ineligible for giving consent, so pedophilia and bestiality are ruled out. It’s entirely possible for me to be an anarchist and to have such standards, because peaceful anarchy means treating everyone as if they, too, are free and responsible agents rather than controlling them. To oppose government, or the overpowering of another person, includes opposition to rape. I remember the exact moment when I knew I completely supported same-sex marriage. I was watching one of my favorite actors receive an award. He and his gay partner used this phrase: “who you love matters.” The phrase surprised me. It shook up most of what I’d learned about relationships. Though my parents may have alluded to it and wanted me to someday be attracted to the man I would marry, most of my relationship education was through books in the purity movement. I hadn’t come to expect falling in love with someone I had a crush on and who had mutual feelings for me. I thought I should discredit crushes. I expected finding someone who my parents approved of, and who would be a good pragmatic match. Who you love matters. This simple little phrase is why those in the world I grew up in cannot accept gay people. Though some progress has been made, much of what is known as “courtship” or “purity” or “waiting” is descended from arranged marriage. I’m not talking about the choice to save sex for marriage, because committed relationships are important to me. Unless it becomes acceptable for young people to, through mutual attraction and love, choose for themselves who to build a life with, same-sex marriage will be incomprehensible. I chose then to believe that who I love matters, as a straight* woman who hopes to someday build a life with a man who loves me back. Christians in this old mindset have two choices: either go against their own straight attractions and use arranged marriage for everyone, or admit that romantic love is worthwhile. For myself, freedom and love and dedication to a lifelong partner seems like the better choice. The story isn’t quite complete, though. I realized I couldn’t just be content to stick to a libertarian or anarchist view of government, and not answer these questions in my friendships and relationships. When I felt God telling me to love my friends who were struggling to reconcile with their sexual identities, it was odd to be told that my Christ-following instinct was at odds with the Bible. I went back to the Bible, and I checked it for the message of Christ, and realized I couldn’t oppose same-sex marriage from that standpoint, either. It would have been easy enough to quietly carry on conversations about it with my circle of friends. When God started convicting me to speak up about my brothers and sisters who are cast out of the church, unloved and uninformed, I tried to compromise: maybe it would be enough to keep it within my own face-to-face discussions. When people told me it would be a risk, that I might be wrong, and to examine the arguments, I did all that. For the past several months, I’ve been talking about homosexuality to my friends, and having great conversations with Side B Christians. I still knew I had to take it to my blog. I was reminded of Isaiah 58, in which God tells his prophet to tell his people that they have their religion all wrong: being the people of God wasn’t about looking good, it was about love. The message of love isn’t just in the New Testament. It’s all over the longings and laments from the prophets, and it’s yearned for behind every broken story in the book of Judges. If it’s true that part of God’s plan for the Kingdom of Heaven includes gay couples taking in his precious orphans and raising them to know Him, and raising them to love other people and to stop feeling inadequate and wrong the way their parents did, I can’t be quiet about that. It’s wrong to hide that beautiful message, and I know it’s the gospel because the gospel has been about including the outcasts from the time it was foretold. All I ask is for Christians reading this series to be consistent and to examine the teachings of our faith. Thank you for reading. I will end this series with a video addressing questions and comments, so please leave your thoughts here on my blog, or on Twitter (@cynthiajeub) or Facebook (Insights on Epic Living). *Edit March 2015: at the time of writing, I said I was straight because I hadn’t yet realized that my attraction to girls and non-binary people wasn’t consistent with what most straight people felt. I now identify as bisexual and polyamorous.

Lute sculpture in Battery Park at the southern end of Manhattan. Through this window at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the city itself becomes a work of art. The partial reflections add texture. If you haven’t already done so, please check out Part 1 of our report from the newly renovated MoMA. Most visits to New York include a stop at the temple of modernism, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). But this was my first visit since the massive multi-year expansion and renovation was completed. In some ways, it seems that not much has changed, but in other ways it has changed considerably, starting the members-only entranceway leading to a larger and more open lobby. The second=floor atrium remains very much the same as it has been since the expansion in the early 2000s, a cavernous space looking up to all exhibition floors of the museum. It often is used to display monumental pieces or immersive performance works. Handles, a performance and sculptural piece by Haegue Yang combined both. The name refers to the handles on all of the sculptural elements that allowed them to be slowly moved around the space by the performers. In between these motions, the performers gathered for vocal chanting that brought to mind the work of Pauline Oliveros. The sculptures and wall and floor elements had a simple geometric quality that reminded me of children’s building blocks. They also had bells and other sound elements mounted, again something that brought to mind Oliveros. From the atrium, I always head immediately to the sixth floor and gradually work my way back down. The top floor featured Surrounds, an exhibition of large-scale installations by a diverse collection of contemporary artists. Some, like Mark Manders‘ Room with Chairs and Factory, were large singular pieces, with a gallery-sized replica of a factory. Others were large compositions of smaller elements. For example, Dayanita Singh‘s Museum of Chance was composed of numerous photograph prints made by the artist, assembled into large modular panels that could be easily rearranged in any number of configurations. In his installation Architecture Is Everywhere, Sou Fujimoto challenges us to see the “architecture” in everyday objects. His installation is a field of small objects ranging from colored geometric design elements to potato chips placed on an array of pedestals. The “architecture” in each object is readily apparent when one is invited to see it. Even the potato chips are curvilinear forms that might be at home in a 1960s futurist public space. Perhaps the most of fun of all the installations was Sarah Sze’s Triple Point (Pendulum). A colorful collection of everyday objects are arranged, somewhat precariously, around a circle as a pendulum swings freely above, threatening mayhem of destruction. However, that never happens and instead, we end up with an intricate but chaotic dance. The name of the piece, which derives from the “triple point” where water can exist simultaneously as ice, liquid, and vapor, illustrates the sense mix of chaotic and coexistence in the installation. Descending to the fifth floor, some of the changes to the museum became more apparent. The terrace cafe overlooking the sculpture garden had been removed (actually, moved to a new location on the sixth floor), and replaced by an open gallery space showing various sculptures by Constantin Brancusi. The remainder of the fifth floor and the entirety of the fourth floor housed an expanded and increasingly labyrinthine set of galleries for the permanent collection. The first gallery, which featured the oldest and most traditional works such as Van Gogh and Matisse, was by far the most crowded space in the entire museum. I quickly left to find some more open spaces and truly modern works, which began to appear in the 1910s and 1920s. In addition to Dada favorites, there were works celebrating machines, industry and the break with traditional forms of painting. Francis Picabia’s Dada Movement and Man Ray’s chess set are exemplars of these directions. Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes‘ Silence depicts a musical instrument attached to machinery, perhaps speaking to the contradictory nature of music made by machines. There was also a lively world of modernism and abstraction in Russia before the 1917 revolution, as exemplified by Kazimir Malevich’s minimalist Supremacist Composition: Airplane Flying. The expanded galleries included a room of design pieces from the interwar period (these were previously displayed in the separate design gallery on a rotating basis). There was also a new space devoted to so-called “outsider artists” of the period, including Morris Hirshfield. I was particularly drawn to his portrait of a white cat titled Angora Cat. The collection continued on the fourth floor with the period between the end of World War II and the 1970s. This is usually my favorite section to linger in, with many iconic works of the 20th century. The Jackson Pollock’s are of course back on full display, but so is Lee Krasner, who is finally getting her due as a leading abstract expressionist painter. The expanded galleries have given more room for women and other underrepresented artists. The photography of Helen Levitt was featured in a room that also included artists depicting life in Harlem in the 1950s. I particularly liked this photograph of hers with a black cat. This sculpture by Barbara Hepworth is quite minimal, with the perfection of the sphere balancing with the “squishier” curves of the taller element. There were also pieces that showed the works of artists beyond their most well-known. I would not have guessed this painting with other-worldly plant-like creatures as the work of Mark Rothko were it not for the title card. There were of course pieces that did exemplify artists as we know them. Ellsworth Kelly had large geometric blocks of color, as one would expect. I looked around these galleries in vain for perhaps my favorite work in the collection, Piet Mondrian’s Broadway Boogie Woogie – it’s like visiting an old friend when I see it – but it was nowhere to be found. [Spoiler alert: I did eventually find it and it will be featured in Part 2 of this series.] As we move into the late 1950s and the 1960s, abstract expressionism gives way to more conceptual art and works in different media. This was the beginning of Fluxus, with its instructional pieces, happenings, and ephemeral works on cheap materials. There was an entire wall of “scores” for performance works by Yoko Ono. These are always fun – most have clear instructions that one could use to perform them today, though I wonder what was expected from the large black dot. This is also the era of Nam Jun Paik’s experiments with analog video. Zen for Television takes video art to its most minimal, with a single line of a continuous signal on the screen. However, the vintage television set itself becomes a specific idea when viewed in the 21st century. Abstract designs persist in this period, but also take on an industrial and repetitive nature. Sol Lewitt takes this to the extreme, but others Geraldo de Barros left room for variation, and perhaps to the works on paper from Fluxus. Among my favorite photographers of this period are Hilla and Bernd Becher. There work depicting old industrial buildings and placing them into artistic compositions has been a huge influence on my own photography. Even after this whirlwind through three floors, seven decades, and multiple exhibits, there was still much of the museum to cover; and I was determined to cover the entirety in one day. In the end, I succeeded, and the remainder of the visit will be covered soon in Part 2 of this series. It’s one of those serendipitous moments that happen in New York. At the end of last week’s Ambient Chaos show, I received an invitation from Neb Ula the Velvet Queen to come to LadyJams is a monthly get-together where women get together and perform in randomly selected groups. I loved the idea, and especially the coincidence of this meeting; so on Friday I grabbed my trusty Arturia MicroFreak and headed out on the L train to Bushwick. The festivities took place at Synesthesia, a gallery and art space in the apartment of Mio Nakai. Amidst objects and curios from the turn of the 20th century – and an old-fashioned bar to match – was an exhibition of sculptures that evoked both a delicate graceful quality and a confounding misplacement of human forms. It was in the midst of this milieu that Ladyjams unfolded. I made some more new friends that evening, including Laura Feathers, Teena Mayzing, and Yana Davydova, who performed on electronics, voice, and guitar, respectively. I performed with them and others over the course of the evening in several miniature improvised sets. You can hear an example in this video. This truly spur-of-the-moment music, as I had never performed with any of these artists before. The MicroFreak was definitely the right choice of instrument, given its versatility and immediacy (as well as being extremely light). I had some light melodic spacey touches, as well as deep bass pedal tones and various sound effects. I particularly enjoyed a call-and-response with Yana Davydova on guitar – we both were able to match one another’s melodic fragments and respond with variations that moved the performance forward. I also tried to choose sounds and notes to complement the words of Teena Mayzing and others during vocal sections. Neb Ula and I also had a chance to perform together, as seen in the photo above and following video clip. Although New York – and perhaps Brooklyn in particular – is an exceptionally fertile place for an event like this, I am left wondering why not try to do something similar in San Francisco? I certainly know enough women and non-binary performers to make it a possibility, so perhaps it will happen. It is that time of year when I invariably return home to New York for a visit. And this time it began in dramatic fashion with a return to the Ambient Chaos music series at Spectrum. Perhaps not quite a return, as Spectrum as since moved to a new location on the waterfront in Brooklyn. But it was still the same concept, hosted by Robert L. Pepper of Pas Musique, with a variety of local and visiting musicians performing adventurous electronic music. The evening opened with a duo featuring Public Speaking (aka Jason Anthony Harris) and pianist Gabriel Zucker. The unfolded in with sparse but structured piano set against electronic sounds evoking metal machinery. Both elements started out slow and quiet with lots of empty space but increasingly got more dense and urgent. After a brief interlude, a new phase of the music began with vocals set against fast piano runs. The vocals began very expressive and plaintive but soon morphed into a complex electronic sound under vocal control. Underneath this, an incessant thudding drum emerged. Next up was The Tony Curtis Experience, a trio led by Damien Olsen on keyboard and electronics, Jeremy Slater on guitar and electronics, and Neb Ula the Velvet Queen on theremin – specifically, a Moog Theremini with which we at CatSynth are quite familiar. Their performance mixed long tones on theremin, slide guitar + electronics, and synthesizer pads with loud percussive moments. The early portion of the set evoked some fantastic futuristic nightclub with crystalline hits and pedal tones. But Olsen’s keyboard brought it back to the present and near past with melodic and harmonic playing reminiscent of mid-20th century cabaret as well as synth-pop of the 1980s. The theremin, acting as both sound source and controller, provided antiphonal counter-subjects to these familiar sounds; and the guitar drones glued everything together. It was a fun set, especially with Olsen’s playful performance and his use of familiar idioms. Then it was my turn to take the stage. And I compacted the setup for travel, with the Arturia MicroFreak, laptop, Novation LaunchPad Pro, tiny modular with Qu-bit Prism and Strymon Magneto, a new handmade touch synthesizer, and Crank Sturgeon Pocket Gamelan. I planned a slimmed-down version of my solo set from the Compton’s Cafeteria Series show in August, including White Wine and an evolving improvisation over an 11/8 groove. Overall, the set went well – a highly dynamic performance with a lot of melodic elements, jazz riffs, and noise solos layered over rhythms. A few items misfired, but all recoverable. I particularly enjoyed the sections of melody and jazz improvisation where I floated back to the sounds of the 1970s; it seemed the audience appreciated that, too. Finally, it was also just fun to be playing in New York again after an extended break. Watching the video of the set (which will be shared soon as an episode of CatSynth TV), I particularly thought this noisier and more “electronic” version of the 2019 set worked well in Spectrum and especially with the every-changing “spectrum” of light from yellow to violet and everything in between. The final set of the evening featured 4 Airports, a duo of guitarist Craig Chin and synthesist Nathan Yeager. Chin performed with guitar and an array of pedals, while Yeager brought a large synthesizer setup complete with a modular system. Perhaps more than the preceding sets, they lived up to the “ambient” in Ambient Chaos. Chin’s guitar gestures were subtle as he guided the sound into the electronic arena of the pedals, and Yeager’s synthesizer sounds were complex but still lending themselves to long ideas even when the tones and timbres moved between quick and slow. From the chaotic undertones and singular and dreamy landscape emerged, with occasional ebbs and flows and punctuations. Overall, it was a wonderful night of music in this corner of the Brooklyn waterfront, with an intimate crowd in the cavernous but cozy space. I would also be remiss if I did not give a shout out to Sofy Yuditskaya for her video projections that reflected the music on stage. I certainly hope the gap until my next performance here is much shorter than the last. [Photos by Banvir Chaudhary and Amanda Chaudhary] [Full video coming soon. Please subscribe to CatSynth TV to be noticed when it is available.] 9/11 Memorial in New York, November 2012. The West Village is an odd place. Streets cross one another at odd angles, leading to situations where numbered streets intersect, and small triangular slivers of park space emerge. One such location is the park where Christopher Street, Grove Street, West 4th, and 7th Avenue all meet. It’s a sliver of a park, but it includes the Christopher Street subway stop for the 1 IRT, a stop I have found most useful in recent years. And this angular collision of roads also has another significance. On the northern side of Christopher Street is the Stonewall Inn. The riots 50 years ago turned from a notorious Mafia-run bar for the most outcast members of the queer community to perhaps the sacred site in the world for the LGBTQ community and members of sexual minorities. As people converge on lower Manhattan for New York Pride and World Pride – and we gather ourselves here in San Francisco, it’s worth looking back at what happened 50 years ago. The age of the clientele ranged between the upper teens and early thirties, and the racial mix was evenly distributed among white, black, and Hispanic patrons. Because of its even mix of people, its location, and the attraction of dancing, the Stonewall Inn was known by many as “the gay bar in the city”. Police raids on gay bars were frequent—occurring on average once a month for each bar. Many bars kept extra liquor in a secret panel behind the bar, or in a car down the block, to facilitate resuming business as quickly as possible if alcohol was seized. Bar management usually knew about raids beforehand due to police tip-offs, and raids occurred early enough in the evening that business could commence after the police had finished. During a typical raid, the lights were turned on, and customers were lined up and their identification cards checked. Those without identification or dressed in full drag were arrested; others were allowed to leave. Some of the men, including those in drag, used their draft cards as identification. Women were required to wear three pieces of feminine clothing, and would be arrested if found not wearing them. Employees and management of the bars were also typically arrested. The period immediately before June 28, 1969, was marked by frequent raids of local bars—including a raid at the Stonewall Inn on the Tuesday before the riots—and the closing of the Checkerboard, the Tele-Star, and two other clubs in Greenwich Village.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonewall_riots#Stonewall_Inn What is notable is what the offenses were. The issues were not so much sexual practices as traditional gender norms. Women without at least three pieces of feminine clothing, men in drag were the targets. And khas vishalom they might even be dancing! It was all about control and conformity. I look back at it with a mixture of bewilderment, pity, disgust, and even contempt for people who were frightened and upset by these behaviors that they would criminalize it violently. And lest we get too smug, violence continues to this date in the United States, most notably the murders transgender women of color. And the attack on conformity is something to be celebrated rather than resisted – indeed that was part of what attracted to this world decades before I knew that I myself was a member of its motley lot. Many are using the occasion of the 50th anniversary to remind everyone that Stonewall was a riot, a moment of fighting back, rather than simply a large parade. But the parades and celebrations are great, too, as a reminder of what has changed. Indeed, one of the most criticized elements of Pride in this decade of the 21st century is just how commercial and “corporate” it has become. Sure, it’s tacky at times and easy to be cynical about some corporations’ motives. But the point is that mainstream businesses want to be seen as being on the side of the LGBTQ community, the “right” side, and the “profitable” side. One day it will be those who were so frightened by and bothered by these expressions of love and individual identity that they must respond with violence and law who will be pushed to the margins. And push them we shall, but it a way that still preserves their dignity and individuality, lest we end up making similar mistakes. The observation deck on the High Line above 10th Avenue in New York. This was one of a series of Hipstamatic images taken on the High Line late last year. I assembled together into this silent video. Sculpture at Fleishmann Pier in Peekskill, NY. We see the Hudson River and the Bear Mountain Bridge in the distance. Last week’s Wordless Wednesday was also taken in Westchester County along the Hudson River. The new Tappan Zee Bridge in front the remaining sections of the old bridge, partially demolished, in late November, 2018.

DOJ challenges Alabama law that bans gender-affirming care for trans youth The Justice Department filed a lawsuit Friday challenging a recently enacted law in Alabama that criminalizes certain types of gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth. Driving the news: The DOJ alleges that the law, one of dozens targeting trans youth across the country, “discriminates both on the basis of sex and on the basis of transgender status, each in violation of the Equal Protection Clause.” . What they say : “The law discriminates against transgender minors by unjustifiably denying them access to certain forms of medically necessary care… [that are] well recognized within the medical community as medically appropriate and necessary, while placing no comparable limitation on medically necessary care by cisgender minors,” the complaint alleges. - A doctor is allowed to prescribe testosterone to a cisgender teenager if he has delayed pubertal development, but “the law makes it a crime for the same doctor to prescribe the same testosterone to a young transgender man for affirm their gender identity,” according to the complaint. - The DOJ also notes that the American Academy of Pediatrics agrees that gender-affirming care is “a safe, effective, and medically necessary treatment for the health and well-being of some children and adolescents with gender dysphoria.” To note: Two doctors, along with the families of two transgender teenagers, have filed a lawsuit to have the Alabama law struck down. The big picture: Medical associations, including the American Medical Association, have urged governors to oppose such measures, saying trans and non-binary gender identities are “normal variations of human identity and expression.” . - Health experts and pediatricians have also expressed concern that the flood of bills criminalizing gender-affirming care could contribute to a new wave of mental health crises among trans children. - A January poll found that more than two-thirds of young LGBTQ people said recent debates over state laws targeting trans people had a negative impact on their mental health. Go further: Culture war over caring for transgender children escalates

Even before I began transitioning, I was aware of the ongoing debate revolving around when, how, and whether a transgender person should disclose being transgender to potential romantic partners. Like any complex social and ethical issue, there are a lot of aspects to consider. Transgender women are the members of the LGBT community most likely to try dating online, in part because they almost always need to search a larger geographical area than any other segment of the LGBT population to find someone willing to date a transgender woman. This effect is magnified for transgender women in rural areas with a lower population density, where they might have to drive for hours to meet another queer, single person. Click here to cast your vote. Or at least jerks and surprises on dates. Online is another matter. 9 Gender and Sexuality Acronyms You Should Learn Renowned lesbian Amy is pessimistic when it comes to love, and is a true believer in “nothing lasts forever. Here to make you laugh when you’re getting over an ex, and keep you in check when you fall in love after the first date, it is always a good day when you have your gay best friends. Amy Ordman and Jack Dodge, your new gay best friends, are intrigued by one thing – the straight agenda. The ultimate straight man, he once went on 30 first dates in a single evening, and he has a lot to say about them. #TransLoveStories. What’s your love story? For Transgender Day of Visibility, we are highlighting the stories we love. This could be a story from each of our. Joanna McIntyre does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment. However, the term has critics as well as fans. Read more: Explainer: the difference between being transgender and doing drag. It started to gain broader popularity from around when transgender theorist Julia Serano discussed it in her book Whipping Girl. Over the next decade, activists, scholars and online forums helped to, literally, spread the word. It is largely used by those who are sensitive to issues of gender and identity. Nevertheless, its general acceptance and endurance as a term and concept was acknowledged when it was added to the Oxford English Dictionary in Cisgender relates specifically to gender rather than sexuality. A person can be cisgender often abbreviated to just cis and have any sort of sexuality. For example, two men may both be cisgender but one straight and one gay. They know how to communicate interest. They know how to build attraction. They just date well. 50 Cent continues to peddle transphobic comments amid the public prompting her to ask him to make her the “first transgender rapper of the. Mashable is celebrating Pride Month by exploring the modern LGBTQ world, from the people who make up the community to the spaces where they congregate, both online and off. Reply to winkrepeat astrology. Glorianna , a filmmaker and photographer based in Connecticut, pointed out the feature on the astrology dating app NUiT. Once users download NUiT they complete their profile, which is partially like that on other apps as it involves uploading photos. Then, the user gives info like time and place of birth to accurately assess one’s birth chart. Users share their current knowledge of astrology, ranging from not knowing anything to being an expert. They can also share what they’re looking for on the app, with a selection ranging from friendship to marriage to “don’t know yet. When users complete their profile, they’re met with a batch of random potential matches. Each potential match’s profile has three sections: an About page similar to bios on Bumble ; Birth Chart if they choose not to hide them ; and Compatibility, which is initiated by a tap and based on birth charts. The app calculates your compatibilities using a complex algorithm, according to Haley Comet, NUiT’s lead astrologer. In an interview with Mashable, Glorianna said she downloaded the app partly because she doesn’t want to see straight men. Chara Dela, co-creator of NUiT, told Mashable that the support from the queer community feels amazing, and credits users for the app’s growth. Between the (Gender) Lines: the Science of Transgender Identity If there’s anything The Bachelor fans know, it’s that every good dating show needs a villain. For example, this year’s Bachelor villain was Demi. Not to mention, “she was rude about his virginity. Short for “cisgender” (opposite of “transgender”), used to describe someone whose gender identity matches their anatomical gender at birth. Occasionally used. Think of your most noticeable feature. But whatever it is, for better or worse, it is probably not your most salient feature to the world around you. Gender identity haunts every aspect of our lives, dictating the outcomes of our conversations, our workplaces, our relationships — even our bath products. Before most infants are named, they are assigned a sex based on the appearance of their external genitalia by a third party. These decisions are dolled out in a typically binary fashion, with no expectations for ambiguity. This is the norm — but has this simplicity led us astray? In March of this year, Governor Pat McCrory of North Carolina signed into law the Public Facilities Privacy and Security Act, banning individuals from public restrooms that do not correspond to their assigned biological sex. Young Buck Responds to 50 Cent’s Latest Transphobic Comments: ‘You Know Your Days Are Numbered’ Trans women are taught to feel grateful for any scrap of affection we receive. I’m relegated to the role of teacher and therapist in my dating life — and too often, I fear for my safety. He looked at me, eyes narrowing. He had just moved to Atlanta from Chicago and had this whole stereotypical macho thing about him. He was an amateur MMA fighter, came from the hood — apparently a former gang member, as I learned later. 56 points – Beautiful Carla Gugino – 9GAG has the best funny pics, gifs, videos, gaming, anime, manga, movie, tv, cosplay, sport, food, memes, cute, fail, wtf photos. Dating can lead to all kinds of tricky situations. To help you navigate even the most awkward moments, we’ve compiled our 50 best dating tips—some new, some old—given to us by experts, moms, women like you, and even Justin Timberlake. Encouraging you to settle isn’t our style, but separating your desires from your deal-breakers can give your love life a major upgrade. Lombardo, Ph. Don’t conclude that if you don’t think you look cute, you don’t look cute to someone else, says Paula Bloom, author of Why Does He Do That? Why Does She Do That? If you don’t think you look attractive, you might miss it. The jury is in: Men really do prefer women who make the first move. As one guy put it, “Waiting for a man to make the first move is real old-school and outdated. True story: Guys have a fear of rejection. The Transgender Dating Dilemma A trans man sometimes trans-man or transman is a man who was assigned female at birth. The label of transgender man is not always interchangeable with that of transsexual man, although the two labels are often used in this way. Transgender is an umbrella term that includes different types of gender variant people including transsexual people. Many trans men choose to undergo surgical or hormonal transition, or both see sex reassignment therapy , to alter their appearance in a way that aligns with their gender identity or alleviates gender dysphoria. Although the literature indicates that most trans men identify as heterosexual meaning they are sexually attracted to women , trans men, like cisgender men, can have any sexual orientation or sexual identity , such as homosexual , gay , bisexual , pansexual , or asexual , and some trans men might consider conventional sexual orientation labels inadequate or inapplicable to them, in which case they may elect to use labels like queer. At one point he stops her from telling a 9 minute joke about Greek mythology (WTF?) and later goes in for a kiss that she does not reciprocate and. Now Facebook users in the United States can officially use the social network as a dating service—complete with specialized profiles, a matchmaking algorithm, and more. Facebook Dating , which began rolling out in other countries last year and launches in the US today, gives users ages 18 and up access to a suite of features designed to help them find a meaningful relationship. Plenty of them will be familiar to anyone with experience on other dating apps , but a few options take unique advantage of Facebook’s biggest asset—its extensive cache of data on you and all your friends. Facebook Dating lives within the existing Facebook app, but to use it you need to set up a separate profile. The only information carried over is your name and age. The service will present you with potential matches based on your location, indicated preferences, and other factors. You can also choose to match with people who attend the same Facebook events or are part of the same Facebook groups. One thing it won’t show you are your existing Facebook friends—that option is turned off by default. Which is not surprising since the company has been bringing its platforms closer together in various ways all year. The social network wants to create a more dynamic and authentic experience. Starting today, users will have the opportunity to feature their permanent Instagram posts in their Dating profiles. By the end of the year, Facebook says it will also allow you to share Instagram or Facebook Stories. Instagram will also become part of Secret Crush , an existing Facebook Dating feature that lets users select up to nine Facebook friends they want to express an interest in—as long as that person indicates they have a crush back. The 14 Best WTF with Marc Maron Podcast Episodes You have many wonderful gender-related podcasts and radio shows from which to choose, and many shows not specifically for our community have had trans and genderqueer guests on for great episodes. One From the Vaults patreon. The Deeper End thedeeperend. TransPanTastic transpantastic. How to Be a Girl howtobeagirlpodcast. Lesbians, gay men, bisexual people, and even trans people who have Two biological females dating is a lesbian relationship and there is absolutely WTF??!!!! Pure mental. lk • 1 year ago. expanding the bandwith of. If there was an old vinyl record player in the place it would scratch quiet. Instead, the two-dozen punters turn hushed and intent, as if a unicorn has just trotted in off the street, and nobody wants to scare it off. A former teen star who is now 25, a happier and rockier solo artist since his boyband One Direction split a few years ago, Styles has hidden himself inside a large, swamp-green parka. As it is, cover blown, he removes the parka. A woolly jumper beneath has a picture of the planet Saturn on it. We take a seat in the corner. On nearby tables, conversations start to sputter as people try to keep their own talk ticking along on autopilot while straining to hear what Styles says. I ask him about the sheer strangeness of this and other aspects of fame. Full stadiums, swooning admirers, an excess of opportunity and cash. Keith Richards, at a comparable stage, imagined himself the pirate leader of a travelling nation-state, unbound by international law. Elton John was on vast amounts of cocaine. Styles tilts his head, flattered. There are others, he promises. Here’s Why Trisha Paytas’s Comments About Being Transgender Are Problematic The goal of creating these categories is to provide the opportunity to identify the experience you are looking to get from the Summit. The skill stream is for folks who are coming to the summit to build tangible bike skills to get them out adventuring. Heart includes all the sessions designed to promote healing and introspection- this can also be seen as the track that focuses on personal development. Have questions? DAY 2 August 16, My last time in it was during a time and in a part of the country where I never encountered trans people. I’m on some dating sites now, and on. Non-binary gender identity is just one term used to describe individuals who may experience a gender identity that is neither exclusively male or female or is in between or beyond both genders. Sometimes non-binary people are included in the broad category of transgender people. This represents an evolution as, historically, being transgender was often conceptualized as requiring a movement between binary genders. The notion that transgender people have to be moving towards male or female genders has been both particularly strong and particularly problematic in the medical community. A person’s gender identity is their internal sense of themselves as male, female, or alternative gender. Cisgender people are those whose gender identity is the same as the sex they were assigned at birth. Conversely, transgender is an umbrella term used to describe “the full range of people whose gender identity does not conform to what is typically associated with their sex assigned at birth. Gender identity is different from gender role or gender expression. While gender identity is an internal, deeply-rooted sense of self, gender expression is how a person externally expresses their gender identity. It’s important to note that gender expression is how they present themselves and it may or may not correspond to a person’s gender identity. Gender role is the collection of behaviors, attitudes, and personality traits that society associates with a particular gender, in a given culture and time. Gender is also different from sex and sexual orientation. While sex refers to a person’s biology—chromosomal, hormonal, and anatomical—gender is a socially, culturally, and environmentally constructed term. Inside the astrology dating app with a feature queer users love There aren’t many people who are fortunate enough to have lived their lives first as gay men and later as lesbian women. Growing up, Alison was slight and slender, something she frequently bragged about “to the confusion of her boy peers,” as she recalled. When she started puberty, she began to struggle with feelings of discomfort in and anxiety about her body—she was terrified of becoming big, muscular, and masculine like her older brother, whom she described as “a very shitty misogynist. Fearing the psychological and physical discomfort that puberty would bring, Alison turned to “drugs that DARE taught me would stunt your growth,” which she took in an attempt to ensure her body would remain small. At the time, she just saw herself as a particularly femme gay guy; though she was undoubtedly attracted to men, she had difficulty relating to them. It wasn’t until college that Alison realized that she identified as a woman. “I don’t talk about the folks I’m dating,” she said. Janelle Monáe Dedicates Grammy Noms to “Trans Brothers and Wtf is she talking about. We support you in using the language that fits best for you. Sexual orientation describes the way a person feels toward people of a particular or more than one gender both physically and emotionally. For example, one sexual orientation is heterosexual or straight, which means being physically and emotionally attracted to people of the opposite gender. Another sexual orientation is gay, which means being physically and emotionally attracted to people of the same gender. In other words, gender identity describes how you relate to your body — and in particular, the body parts traditionally used to define a male or female body — as well as how you feel about the roles males and females are expected to play. For example, some people identify as cisgender, which means they identify with the gender they were assigned at birth. Other people identify as transgender, which means they identify differently from their birth-assigned gender. It stands for:.

Updated: Apr 14, 2020 Today I’m discussing LGBT+ representation in writing with Aña Anne, a fellow writer who has lots of queer representation in her works and is an awesome advocate for LGBT+ rights. The conversation evolved into making points about how important representation is, how we can better our writing by making it more diverse, and lots of passionate feelings about the topic at hand. A big thanks to Aña, for this was her idea! Aña: Hey y’all! It’s lovely to be back. I’m very excited about this discussion, as it hits home for me a lot. As a queer women myself, representation means the world to me, and I’m happy to teach the ins and outs to as many writers as possible. Thanks as always for inviting me, Lev! Lev: It’s always a pleasure to have you on the blog. Why don’t we dive right in? Why is it important to have representation? A: Representation is extremely important in many ways. For queer and transgender people, it means having a model, a reflection of themselves to look up to. When admirable characters are all straight and cisgender, it can feel alienating to those of us in the community. For those who aren’t in the community, representation helps normalize our identities and lifestyles. Without stories, a medium that we can all understand and relate to, people in the community are seen as weird, as other. L: Representation for every kind of character helps too. I want queer heroes, but I also want queer villains and sidekicks and couch potatoes and parents and background characters. It is so important to understand that queer people can be anyone, that it fleshes out a world you are creating. Also, please, you need to have more than one queer character in your story. Having a “token gay” is not accurate representation. Having lots of representation will make your work both more accurate and fulfilling. What constitutes representation? A: Representation, to me, is an accurate portrayal of people or peoples in a certain community. That means people of color, people with special needs, people in the LGBTQ+ community, and so on, but it doesn’t mean making us token and/or stereotypical side characters with no story-line. That is just called saving your ass and giving yourself diversity points, which doesn’t do anything for anyone. L: Diversity is an organic and wonderful thing...don’t add in one character and call yourself diverse. How is your story going to possibly benefit from that? Look at the world around you and capture the bigger picture. What, for example, is an accurate representation, and what isn’t? A: In this regard, accurate representation is the inclusion of LGBTQ+ characters that aren’t stereotypes, have their own personalities, have their own story-lines, have their own backstories, are relatable, have human emotions, and if they have a romance, they get to kiss their s/o. There is a lot more, but basically—gay people are human. And no, this does not mean erase their identities. Inaccurate representation is when a writer makes a queer or transgender character (in this instance anyway) less than. By this, I mean the character is either an emotionless stereotype only there to marginalize LGBTQ+ people, to make us seem ridiculous, for comedic effect, or to give diversity points. Or, almost worse, when a writer takes an LGBTQ+ character and rips them of their identity by making them seem straight or cis. I will elaborate on this in a moment. L: Queer people have a rich culture and history, which definitely should be shown and explored, but at the end of the day...just portray them like you would anyone else. Accurate representation comes from writing relatable people and not giving into stereotypes. A: Definitely. I think that’s all any of us want, to find a character we can connect with and understand, regardless of gender identity or sexuality. What are some ways we can change the norms of LGBT+ representation? A: Please, normalize the things we do. Normalize Queer Straight Alliance at schools. Normalize queer people having their own fucking personalities. Normalize kids who are transitioning. Normalize trans people. L: Yes, that is so important! The LGBT+ community has so many identities and orientations that deserve normalized representation. We need more bisexual, more pansexual, more trans, more asexual, more demisexual...you name it, we need more representation. Actually, I find myself yearning to include more representation in my own writing, to find a voice for everyone. I can’t wait to create more characters across the rainbow, in a myriad of different works. Everyone deserves to see themselves in an awesome character. What is some advice do we have as queer writers? L: Don’t be afraid to reach out. Whether you are queer or straight or whatever, look to others for understanding. Be original with your LGBT+ characters. Tell stories about sweeping romances that have queer, happy endings. Create queer characters that don’t have a love interest. Create queer characters that aren’t attracted to one another. Write stories of small-time folks or swashbucklers or politicians that happen to be queer. Craft tales of under-represented people doing amazing, or perhaps ordinary, things. Be respectful, be understanding, and most of all, be creative. A: Hey, there are queer and trans people everywhere. You don’t have to write a boyxboy book to have LGBTQ+ representation. I want gay pirates, I want bisexual demons, I want asexual detectives, I want non-binary elves. If you aren’t an active part of the community, I highly recommend you do your research on pronouns and labels and community drama. What is sexualizing and why does it need to be avoided? A: Sexualizing is when a writer purposefully puts characters (often queer) in a sexual situation purely because they find it arousing. We are not your sex toys. Our intimate love is not for your entertainment. You can find it hot or sweet, but please don’t create characters simply to make them sleep together because “oh, two guys together is so hot”. That is disgusting and disrespectful. L: I think you said it perfectly. What do we want to see more of? A: Queer woman, transgender people, people of color, people of color in the community! The other day I looked for books with lesbian romances in them for an hour and I could only find two. Representation is so important to me as a queer woman, and the fact that it is so difficult to find books with girls like me in them… It hurts. A lot. I just want to read about two girls falling in love, because I want that in my future. In fact, because of the lack of representation and general taboo around love between women, I didn’t even think women could love each other until I was thirteen. I don’t want another questioning little girl to go through that. L: I totally agree. There needs to be more queer woman stories out there. In fact, I can't remember the last time I read a wlw story...that's a depressing thought. So as writers, it is our duty to create these stories, the stories that we want to read and that others can see themselves in. What are some good examples in media? L: Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuinston has amazing representation. Actually, in 2021, I believe she is having a wlw story come out. (No pun intended.) Also, the TV show Black Sails has a lot of queer representation. And also...pirates. So it's awesome. And of course, Brooklyn Nine-Nine does an amazing job bringing diverse and accepting and deep characters to the screen. Further below in the discussion, we’ve compiled a list of awesome pieces of literature and media that have LGBT+ representation. What must you always keep in mind when writing these characters? A: They’re just people, treat them as such. I personally really love it when a writer makes a character noticeably LGBTQ+ because that makes me feel seen, but it isn’t “required”. Also, there are a lot more of us than you might think. L: Being queer is just one piece of the puzzle. For instance, I'm queer, and I'm fond of naps, I like learning about things, I can't dance, I'm American, I have brown hair, I have three cats...there are many pieces to creating a person. I love when a character is proud of being queer, or it is visible, but it can't just be their whole personality. If my whole personality consisted of me being bisexual, then I would be quite boring. What do we find annoying in representation today? A: I’m tired of being ridiculed for being queer, like I’m some sort of monster or rebel for loving someone. I’m tired of flamboyant gay men being the butt of the joke. I’m tired of my trans brothers and sisters and siblings being seen as clowns. Or not being seen at all. I’m tired of lesbians being some mystical creature, only ever acknowledged when being made fun of or being sexualized. God, I’m tired of women only being able to love women when it’s hot! I’m tired of queer characters who don’t care about being humiliated. I’m tired of there only being one of us, when there are hundreds of thousands out there. I’m tired of our culture and history being ignored. I’m tired of queer and trans people never getting the supportive family or happy ending. L: I find that when there is representation, there just isn’t enough. That isn’t being selfish. We see cis/straight stories every day, and that is great, but we deserve to have our stories told as well. I know that this whole discussion has been about including more representation, but I cannot stress that books and movies and TV shows need to have more than one gay character. Let's be main characters and love interests and villains. It's getting better, but come on, this is 2020. We can go all in with representation. It’ll be okay. What is something about us and our lives as queer women should people know? A: Nearly all of my friends are queer. Not because I sought them out, but purely because they just ended up being that way. It is so much easier to come out nowadays, at least in my city, and I am blessed for it. I am out and proud and no one cares. It is rare to get bullied for being queer in most places, but it is a lot more risky if you are trans. Also, my best friend and I are both queer women, but we have never been together. Never will be. We see each other as siblings. Just because two people are gay doesn’t mean they are automatically going to hook up. L: I love being bisexual and being who I am, but it’s really just another part of me, like my height or skin color. It’s part of me, but it is not my entire personality. Queer sex, let’s talk about it. A: Hey, queer people have sex and it is just as beautiful and important as straight sex. And no, we don’t do it for your enjoyment. If you’re going to write it in to your story, do your research. Especially on lesbian sex… It’s a whole thing. Please, normalize this. L: Exactly, just like any other topic you may not know about, do your research. It’s natural and it’s normal. Lots of people have to get their rocks off. (Though some don’t.) As always, just be smart and respectful about your writing. Queer love, let’s talk about it. A: Queer people fall in love too! Women fall in love with each other, men fall in love with each other. Men and women fall in love with non-binary people, and vice versa. Non-binary people fall in love with non-binary people. People love people and there are a thousand ways to do it. Remember, sexuality is a spectrum. Oh, also—It’s really hard to get in a relationship with someone if you are strictly gay or lesbian! There are less options than you might think, it’s not easy. And it really sucks if you fall in love with someone who is straight, keep that in mind. L: As Lin-Manuel Miranda once said, "love is love is love is love is love is love". Duh. The community and what you should know about it: A: Many, but not all, people who are trans or queer find solace in the community. We go to GSA/QSA, we follow LGBT+ accounts on Instagram, we feel connected to other queer or trans folks. Also, keep in mind, not all LGBT+ people like being called queer. I say it as a general term, but some people don’t want to take that word back. On the other hand, some gay guys call themselves faggots. Some lesbians call themselves dykes. This is up to you to decide whether or not your character will take back a certain word and use it as a Medal of Honor, or if they refuse to. Again, do your research, especially if you are doing a historical book! LGBT+ rights and history goes way back and changes a lot, please try to be as accurate as possible. L: Right. I refer to myself as queer, but I do know some people that still feel uncomfortable with it. It all depends on the person (or the character.) Also, I write historical fiction with lots of LGBT+ characters, and it is really important to look up what life was like back then, in regards to rights, terms used, and people of influence. Also, remember, you can write queer characters in any era! Trans politics, let us inform you. A: Now, I’m not trans, but let me just say this: It’s really hard to be transgender, especially right now. Their rights are constantly being threatened, their social lives can be dangerous to navigate, and their home lives are probably worse. Do research and be well informed. Please, try to talk to real life trans people and get their take on things! Sometimes articles don’t cut it. L: This doesn’t just apply to modern-day situations. History has been hard on trans people and their fight has stretched over the ages. Learn a little something about the struggle and get the most accurate information possible. Transitioning, let’s talk about it. A: Please, normalize transitioning! Whether a character is going to transition, is transitioning, or already has—it’s all normal! Most people start early now, but transitioning at any age is valid! L: There are lots of resources and people you can talk to about it. Just reach out! What you should ultimately take away from this: A: LGBT+ community members are people. That’s all we are. We have different personalities and pasts and relationships and ways of looking at the community. It’s up to you to design them in your character, please don’t let us down. L: Representation matters! Your writing won’t be realistic without it. It won’t be fruitful or fulfilling without it. Everyone deserves to be heard and seen and that, my friends, is that. List of Awesome LGBT+ Representation Crier’s War (book) Her Royal Highness (book) The Meaning of Birds (book) We Set The Dark on Fire (book) The Miseducation of Cameron Post (book) It’s Not Like It’s a Secret (book) Leah on the Offbeat (book) These Witches Don’t Burn (book) The L Word (show) Queer As Folk (show) Call Me by Your Name (book + movie) Simon Vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda (book + movie) Six of Crows (book) I’ll Give You The Sun (book) We Are Lost and Found (book) Ziggy, Stardust, and Me (book) This is Kind of An Epic Love Story (book) Boy Meets Boy (book) The Song of Achilles (book) The Starless Sea (book) A Darker Shade of Magic (book) Brooklyn Nine-Nine (show) One of Us is Lying (book) Black Sails (show) Like a Love Story (book) More Than This (book) Carry On (book) Aristotle and Dante Discover The Secrets of The Universe (book) Literally every Adam Silvera book Schitt’s Creek (show) I Wish You All The Best (book) Love and Other Curses (book) Red, White, and Royal Blue (book) Labels & Lingo Lesbian: Someone who identifies as a woman who loves and/or is attracted to only other women. Gay: A term (usually used to describe men) which means a person who is only attracted to their same sex. Bisexual: A person who is attracted to both men and women Transgender: A person who was assigned a certain sex at birth, but identifies and often presents as a different gender (this can also be an umbrella term for non-binary people, genderfluid people, etc) Ftm: A term for a transgender person who was born female but identifies as male Mtf: A term for a transgender person who was born male but identifies as female Pansexual: A person who is attracted to people regardless of sex or gender. Non-binary: A person who does not identify with the common gender binary, often using pronouns like They and Them. Genderfluid: Someone who alternates the way they present and identify in their gender. GirlxGirl: A romance between two women WLW: Women Loving Women BoyxBoy: A romance between two men MLM: Men Loving Men Cis/cisgender: Someone who identifies with the gender they were assigned at birth. Cishet: Someone who is cisgender and heterosexual Gender: The gender a person identifies and presents themselves as. Asexual: Someone who does not feel sexual attraction Aromantic: Someone who does not feel romantic attraction Aña Anne's Social Media

I read an essay on The Establishment by a non-binary person explaining why they quit testosterone. There’s so much in it about race, the ways race and gender build on each other, and then feeling condescended to and feeling unseen, so there were experiences in it I could relate to and experiences I couldn’t. So much deep stuff in there. But there’s just one part I want to talk about, and it is maybe the least deep part. They write, “I’m a black, trans, anti-colonialist, pretty boy, flower-child, alien from outer space.” I’m just going to talk about the “alien from outer space” part. Gender non-conformity and alien stuff are popular themes to link. Bowie and his Space Oddity stuff. And oh gosh, don’t so many of us who find performing in the gender competitions impossible feel like we’re on the wrong planet? That’s a lonely, hard way to feel over and over. So many kids feel that way, and then we grow up into adults who feel that way, like everyone else knows the secret handshakes and customs and somehow no one told us how to wear these human suits correctly. I’m not an alien. I’m a white woman in her thirties, born on a numbered street (home birth, actually) in a mid-size midwestern city on a great lake. I got a specific set of genetics, so that my body specifically looks like the body of a long lineage of women in my family. My parents named me a name whose popularity spiked in the three year period I was born. I feel strange and alien. To other people I am painfully ordinary- not rich, not desperately poor, I earn my money running people’s food from a restaurant kitchen to their tables, I’m pretty but I wouldn’t be pretty on a tv screen, I’m smart but other people generally want me to know I’m not as smart as I think I am. My student debt load sure makes me look dumb. It’s hard to be an ordinary person. It’s painful. For some reason being ordinary can feel like your pain doesn’t matter. Every day I meet people who are more successful than me. Every day I meet people who are more special than me- in every way. More soulful, more strategic, more unique, more attractive. This person who wrote this essay was born somewhere- at some specific hospital, to a specific mother, who earned her money in a specific way, who fed them specific food (mine wouldn’t let us have sugary cereals in the house, and for some thought she could get a 5 year old to eat fried liver). The specifics of my life remain scary to me. Because the specifics are where real judgment can come. You say the number of the street you were born on and people can think to themselves, “Ugh, that trashy street.” You say the college you went to and people can think to themselves, “Ugh, not smart enough to go to a good school.” You say how your mother earned her money and people can say, “Just another secretary’s kid.” Just another ordinary person. No reason to listen to an ordinary person telling us what life is like. No reason to think an ordinary person has an important thing to say. Except if you don’t own your life, talk about the street you were born on, how your mother raised you, what people do that makes you feel strange, how the people on your street celebrate and what makes them crumple, no one else will. You have to be the one to declare your ordinary life worthy of note. You have to be the one to say, I was born here, at this longitude and latitude, when the stars were in these specific positions, and this is the body I live in and this is how this body is treated in this world. I’ve been thinking about worship. I’ve been thinking about this body as a temporary loan. Built and ordered by my mother’s body, from the food she ate and the water she drank, metabolized by her blood. My mother was a hippie when she was having babies. She worked at a food coop. I’m built from a lot of yogurt. I’ve been thinking about sacredness. I’ve been thinking about it because I’ve felt estranged from it. A friend of mine is getting famous and there’s nothing like someone who know leaving you behind in ordinary life to make you feel like so much nothing. That’s the great myth of our age- that some people are more interesting than others, that some people are more important than others. My friend is special, but increasingly, as he gets farther away, I feel like it’s hard for me to judge whether I know that specialness. I know how my boss is special. I know how the guys who work in the kitchen at my work are special. I know how my mother and father are special. It’s hard to judge whether you had any special insight into someone who can make strangers love them. Maybe you only felt what the strangers feel? We aren’t aliens. We were planted where we were planted, and I think it’s because God wanted us to see exactly the views She/He/They/However you want to refer to the Divine had planned to unfold for our eyes. The Divine wanted you to watch your mother trying so hard to keep it together when you were young, keeping the sugary cereals out of the house, rolling her eyes at her coworkers at the coop. The Divine wanted you to hear the neighbors you heard fighting in the street, hear the salsa music blaring at top volume out of cars, be terrified of the pit bull next door and not as terrified as you should have been of the long haired chihauhua across the street who liked to bite. It is so hard to live a specific life. It is so hard to worship your neighborhood, your family, your workplace, your body. It is so scary, these things the magazines tell us are boring/nothing/dirt, to look closely, to breathe in deeply, to write down all the details. You are an alien, in that you are a soul, and you didn’t choose any aspect of the circumstances of your birth. That distance, that strangeness, the feeling that you are out of place and looking for your real home- I can’t call it an illusion, it greets me every morning before I open my eyes. Choosing to cross it, to close the distance, to embrace this life that is not shiny or interesting enough to be shown on tv or what you would have made up if you were running the show, that’s a spiritual choice to make. It’s a choice I learned about, and then recently forgot about. The awe of this life is all around me but it’s not on the tv or in the magazines, so it’s hard to remember it is amazing. I saw a cliche I loved immediately. It was, “trust the author of your blessings.” That can feel like stepping off the edge of a building. I feel like an alien everyday. If aliens landed here, do you think they’d be struck dumb, overwhelmed by the strangeness/beauty/violence of this place? Do you think they’d cry? Do you think they’d laugh? What would they write down about being here?

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This Guide to Reclaiming Pleasurable Sex: Dyspareunia & Beyond is brought to you by Rebellious Magazine for Women with support from: Do You Find Sex Uncomfortable? You Are Not Alone If you or a loved one find sex uncomfortable or even painful, we want to start by telling you: You aren’t alone. And we believe you. We also believe that it’s possible for you to reclaim pleasurable sexual intimacy – whatever that looks like for you. Here’s what you’ll find in this guide: - Pelvic Floor 101 — things you need to know about the pelvic floor and common causes for sexual pain - How to find and talk to supportive health care providers - How to talk to your intimate partners about pelvic pain - How to write healthier sexual scripts - Finding sex toys for pelvic pain - Making lifestyle changes that impact pelvic pain - More resources about the topic Sexual Pain and Discomfort is Extremely Common Chronic pain or discomfort during sex is common — it’s just not commonly talked about. Nearly three out of four people with vulvas will experience pain during intercourse at some time during their lives, according to The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. In another study, 15 percent of people with penises reported pain during other-sex intercourse, and a similar percentage reported pain during same-sex intercourse. New forms of discomfort can arise after pregnancy, during and post-menopause, or as side effects for health care treatments. Sometimes something as banal as a yeast infection or sports injury can lead to longer-term pelvic pain. This is not something health care providers always think to discuss, or maybe they’re not even comfortable bringing it up. Worse, patients are not always believed or taken seriously if they have the courage to raise these issues. This causes a lot of people to suffer in silence, and because we don’t talk openly about sex, it’s easy for people to think it’s a problem with their body. Pelvic Floor 101 Chronic pain in the pelvic region is one of the most common causes of discomfort during sex. A lot of people don’t realize there’s a lot more to a healthy pelvic floor than kegels! If you are having pelvic floor issues, it’s important to know what kind so you can treat it accordingly. Stephanie Prendergast, co-founder of the Pelvic Health Rehabilitation Center and co-author of Pelvic Pain Explained, said there are “high-tone” (hypertonic) and “low-tone” (hypotonic) disorders. We are most familiar with low-tone disorders. This is when the pelvic floor muscles become weak (commonly after childbirth) which can lead to incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, and/or painful intercourse. High-tone disorders can also cause painful sex, but this is because the muscles are too tight. Other symptoms can include urinary frequency, external vulvar pain, perineal or anal pain, and pain with erections or ejaculation. A lot of doctors, including gynecologists and urologists, still don’t adequately understand the pelvic floor and its interaction with so many other parts of the body. When you start to experience these symptoms, it’s important to get assessed by a pelvic floor physical therapist. In the meantime, however, if your muscles are too tight, Prendergast said, foam-rolling exercises for the leg and hip muscles may help, as well as pelvic floor exercises such as the pelvic floor drop. It’s also a good idea to avoid fitness exercises that increase abdominal pressure because they could aggravate the already too-tight muscles. If you have too-weak muscles, this is where kegels could help you, but it’s just as important to learn to consciously relax the pelvic floor muscles as it is to contract them. Common Causes of Pelvic Pain or Discomfort - Dyspareunia: pain in the pelvic area during or after sexual intercourse - Anodyspareunia: pain in the receiving partner during anal intercourse - Vulvodynia: chronic pain or discomfort around the opening of the vulva - Vaginismus: involuntary muscular spasms in the tissue surrounding the vagina that cause the vagina to tighten - Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome: chronic pain in the pelvic area, sometimes located in the perineum - Prostatitis: swelling in the prostate gland that can lead to painful ejaculation. How to Talk to Your Doctor Health care providers might not be comfortable bringing up issues related to sex, according to Dr. Natalie Rosen, a clinical psychologist and principal investigator at the Couples and Sexual Health Laboratory at Dalhousie University. At the beginning of the appointment, tell your doctor you’d like to save time to discuss something new. If the issue makes you uncomfortable, Dr. Rosen suggests starting with something like, “I’m having a problem in my relationship,” and consider ahead of time how to segue into talking about sex. What to Do if a Doctor Tells You It’s “In Your Head” For many people experiencing pain during sex, their gynecological exams may look normal. People with penises may test negative for bacterial infections (a common cause of pain during sex), and people with vulvas may be misdiagnosed with a UTI even if they test negative for bacteria. This doesn’t mean the issue is all “in your head.” It’s common for doctors to give the advice (especially to people with vulvas) to “just relax” or “have a glass of wine before sex.” This may work for some people, but it is not the appropriate response to a patient who comes to them because of painful sex. If your health care provider doesn’t believe you, search for one who does. Before setting up an appointment, call their office and ask if their staff has experience treating people with dyspareunia, vulvodynia, or chronic pelvic pain. Also try Googling one of these conditions and where you’re from. You may find reviews for health care providers, support groups, and other helpful information about your area. For trans and non-binary folks, the issue goes much deeper than just being believed. Physical therapist Heather Edwards explains, “many trans and nonbinary folks report abuse, disrespect, and even assault in medical offices. Even if the clinician is trans competent, that doesn’t mean that the front desk is, and it certainly doesn’t mean that the other folks waiting in the waiting room are. For a man with vaginal pain, sitting in a pink, flowery waiting room to discuss a vaginal problem with a provider who might not be very competent with trans health needs can be daunting or even unsafe.” Groups such as Campaign for Southern Equality and Transmission keep lists of trans friendly providers for those seeking resources. Queer patients, including cis gender folks, face other forms of discrimination by health care providers. Search OutCare Health for LGBTQ+ friendly health care providers in your area. Read more about how to talk to health care providers including specific advice around fighting stigma for people with vulvas, people with penises, trans and non-binary people. How to Talk to Intimate Partners “Timing is really important. Couples fall into the trap of bringing it up when emotions are already running high,” according to Dr. Rosen. Set aside time when both individuals have the energy for an important discussion. Dr. Rosen also suggests using “I” statements. “The point is to try and think about how to approach it from the perspective of the impact it has on you and how you’re feeling as an individual rather than blaming your partner, which can spark more defensiveness.” Read more about how to talk to intimate partners. Writing New Sexual Scripts We all have absorbed societal scripts about what sex is and what we should offer our partners. These scripts can be harmful — setting up expectations about desire and sexual intimacy that we cannot meet. So what should we do? On your own and with intimate partners, question what sex is, what you use sexual intimacy for, what feels good and what doesn’t. There are no right answers. For instance, if a certain sexual activity causes you discomfort or pain, what are alternatives that feel better? For chronic sufferers of pelvic pain, it’s important to remember that it’s still possible to experience sexual pleasure. For some, the goal is not to live a pain-free life (that may not always be possible), but to be able to do the things you love with as little pain as possible. It’s also very important to know your own body before teaching your partner(s) what feels good for you, especially if you’re in the midst of a pelvic pain flare-up. Finding Sex Toys for Pelvic Pain If you experience pelvic pain (or any kind of chronic pain), you still deserve sexual pleasure. Taking sex toy recommendations from reviews can be a bit of a gamble because every body is different. But it’s even more risky if you have pelvic pain because what works for one person’s body may not work for another’s. Dilators are a good idea if you have hypertonic pelvic floor dysfunction, vaginismus, or a tense pelvic region. Of course, dildos of varying sizes and shapes can be just as effective for reintroducing penetration to the body. Toys of “squishier” (but still body-safe) materials can be great for squeezing or tightening around if firmer materials are painful. Vibrating toys can maybe be even more of a challenge when it comes to finding what works for you. If you have a sensitive vulva and/or clitoris, buzzier, more surface-level vibrations can be painful, but at the same time, rumblier, deeper vibrations could cause a different kind of pain. This is also a matter of personal preference, and we’d strongly suggest visiting a store where you can turn on the toys yourself and feel the vibrations in your hand before making a decision. Of course, that’s not always an option. You may just have to make as educated a guess as possible based on reviews and what you think may work for you. Darling Nikki reviewed both external and internal toys that worked for her own pelvic pain. Those reviews can be read here and here. Her latest post was a round-up of even more pleasure products that aided her in her pelvic pain treatment. These reviews, however, focus on toys for hypertonic pelvic floor dysfunction. For hypotonic (weaker) pelvic floor muscles, kegel balls and weights can be beneficial. People with external genitalia have fewer options available, though some may find vibrators soothing. Masturbation sleeves are an option as well depending on the kind of pain you experience. A few of the sex toys, accessories and products for pelvic pain Nicole has found helpful from sponsor Peepshow Toys: - Sola Cue Multi-Function Silicone Rechargeable G-Spot Vibrator - Silk Medium by Tantus - Doxy Die Cast Extra Powerful Massage Wand Vibrator - WARM Vegan Leather Warming Pouch for Sex Toys + Lube Living with Pelvic Pain For many folks experiencing pelvic pain, it’s not an isolated phenomenon but is actually connected to other aspects of their life. For instance, vaginismus (tension in the vaginal muscles) might signify a desire for more control in life in general that’s manifesting in one’s body. Somatic psychotherapist Kayna Cassard explains, “A lot of [people with vulvas (PWV)] come in at the end of their rope, and I talk to them about reaching for progress and not perfection, because typically what is needed is a lifestyle change.” This lifestyle change might look like working with a therapist to find new control and empowerment in your work and relationships. Or it could mean using mindfulness techniques to more effectively listen to your body. Read more tips about how to make lifestyle changes that can reduce pelvic pain and discomfort. In Summary: There’s Hope As more of us speak out about these issues, we can reduce the stigma and disbelief that too often accompanies pelvic pain. Together, we can learn to have better conversations with our health care providers and partners. New toys are available for folks with pelvic pain. And we are rewriting the harmful sexual scripts that have aided our discomfort and have not seen us as whole persons in the bedroom. Still have questions? Email Jera at [email protected] or Nicole at [email protected]. Healing Painful Sex: A Woman’s Guide to Confronting, Diagnosing, and Treating Sexual Pain by Deborah Coady & Nancy Fish Heal Pelvic Pain: A Proven Stretching, Strengthening, and Nutrition Program for Relieving Pain, Incontinence, IBS, and Other Symptoms Without Surgery by Amy Stein Pelvic Pain Explained by Stephanie A. Prendergast & Elizabeth H. Rummer - Beyond Basics Physical Therapy - Pelvic Guru - Pelvic Health & Rehabilitation Center - You See Logic with Dr. Uchenna Ossai

“I am to misbehave.” I feel that this quote from “Firefly” feels the most appropriate right now. I refuse to behave. I refuse to lie back and take what a part of this country thinks I should as a woman, as a pan/bi/queer non-binary person. I can’t. And I won’t. I can’t as a member of humanity, trying to find their happiness in this world. A human who believes that other humans have an equal right to find their happiness, whatever that may look like. And to do it without the expense of other people. Happiness can be had without it being on the backs of others. So, that’s why I have chosen to stand, to stand up for the things that I believe. To stand against hate and fear. I’m going to stand the only way that I know how, and in a manner, that so many of you are familiar. I’m going to write. I’m going to write about the things that I believe. I’m going to criticize things that I think could use change. I’m going to wear a big ol’ target because this is important. This is what America was founded on. It wasn’t founded on blind acceptance of what is. It’s fighting for how we can make things better. I refuse to just fall in line. I refuse to be quiet. I’m so grateful that I have people who will support me in my right to speak my mind, especially in a place where everyone wants to tell me to shut up and make a man a sandwich. I will not let someone take away my bodily autonomy. I refuse to be barefoot and pregnant. I refuse to stop fancying who I fancy. I will be me, unabashedly. I will be the queer person that I am. I will continue to pursue my happiness, and I will not take away from someone else’s for my own gain. This is counter-intuitive to where this country wants to go. I don’t want to regress. I don’t think that things were better in the “good ol’ days”. I think that the best is yet to come. And I will fight for it to exist. I refuse to accept (like those who want to hold back what I consider progress) what is now the status quo. I have never been a fan of just accepting things the way they are. And now, I feel, if you share my beliefs, that we all must fight to maintain every step forward we have taken. To not give in to fear and despair. To work to realize a better world for us all to live in. To fight against the alt-right and the white supremacists who want to limit the happiness that other humans should also be enjoying. America is not a white utopia. It should be a utopia for all. So, I too shall raise my voice and say, “This is not OK. This is not acceptable. We are too good for this.” We will not be abused and told to take our place. I will not be subject once again to the same abuse that I had to live for so many of my lives. I’m too much of a fighter for that. “Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”

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Ever thought of becoming a tour guide? Of shepherding a horde of obstinate tourists around the great monuments and scenic vistas of your favourite places? Do you think you could do it when you’re having a personal crisis and everything you point out reminds you of your troubles? Well now you can! Today on Digital Diversity we’re talking to Steven Harmon and Atsina Corrington about Player Known Battlegrounds; a unique game in every way and one I’m utterly charmed with. Kaiju: Welcome to Digital Diversity, Steven and Atsina, please tell me a little about yourselves and a bit about what Player Known Battlegrounds is. Steven: Atsi and I are both juniors at the University of Southern California’s interactive media and game design program. We’ve both spent parts of our childhood growing up in Colorado and love national parks. Player Known Battlegrounds is a historical edutainment game about being a recently divorced tour guide on the Gettysburg National Military Park. It teaches history about the civil war and is the most realistic tour guide simulation on the market. Essentially, we wanted to create the most informative and engaging Gettysburg walkthrough out there. While there’s a 360 panoramic google maps styled Gettysburg online tour, it only has like a fact or two about each monument without much depth. We wanted to triple those numbers and add a lot of tiny details from the names on the tombstones in front of The Soldiers Monument to the many facts about the artillery of the time. Historical accuracy aside, we wanted to make it accessible as possible with the humorous and grounded story of a tour guide just trying his best to the game like nature of herding tourists around. Those mechanics actually enforce you to walk backwards and talk and continuously do a headcount unconsciously and surprisingly give a good insight on the moment to moment stresses of a tour guide job. Neither of us have been professional tour guides, so that’s not my personal lived experience, but making a game about it definitely gave me a deep sense of respect for the job. While I did personally reach out to historians and tour guides for consulting, it wasn’t until we finished the game and started showing the game at expos that we actually came into contact with Gettysburg historians. I’m not an educator, I’m a shitposter. It all started with a shit post. I came up with the idea for Player Known Battlegrounds after a series of stupid joke high concept game pitches he posted on twitter December of 2017. Things like “Candy Crush, but without the crush” and so the game’s name was generated by means of deconstructing Player Unknown Battlegrounds, a hardcore battle royal shooter by Bluehole Studio and the PUBG Corporation; the idea was “Player Un-known Battlegrounds, except all the players and grounds are known.” Once I pitched the idea in my intro to game design class, Atsi had said it should be about Gettysburg. We didn’t want to set out to make a “fun” and commercial game, we set out to make an empathetic and educational one and I believe we succeeded in that goal. The game is in your digital diversity collection, and while I am bi, the games I make aren’t just about queer topics. Sure there is one character in the game that can be read as LGBTQ. However, when Atsi and I were writing the dialogue for this game, we focused on trying to make these characters real people in all their quirks and problems and not just a laundry list of traits and stereotypes. I think this is the type of representation most valuable at this moment. K: Digital Diversity isn’t just about highlighting queer themes, it’s about giving folks from the community a chance to show off something that is important to them, especially projects like this that mean something special to those who made it. A lot of amazing games have shown up in the Digital Diversity collection and Player Known Battlegrounds stands out just for being what it is. Part edutainment, part anxiety simulator, part shitpost, haha. But it’s all heart, and it’s unique, so I knew I had to give it some spotlight. Knowing that you’ve managed to create something like this together, is it a design you’d want to revisit? As you said you’ve both grown up around national parks so there’s no doubt plenty of material you can work from, is edutainment something you’d want to pursue long term? I know as a kid I loved edutainment games and would have spent days having something like PKBG to teach me about places and show me how to wrangle tourists. S: I think so. I think educational games is something I’d like to pursue further. I made a lot of educational games in high school from metaphysics to Marco Polo Simulator 2k17 so it was kind of a no brainer for me to make another. I suppose what was different was that this time we demoed the game with kids. Atsi: In terms of this game I definitely am interested in adding more battlegrounds. We’ve both talked about it. Even like, the national park thing would be really interesting – to add national parks, y’know? Because I feel like a lot of kids, I know in my circumstances growing up, it wasn’t possible for me to always go outside all the time because I grew up in the city so it was hard to get access to national parks and traveling because my family was kinda broke, so making an experience to make these places more accessible in a digital form would be really nice. S: I guess to add on to that, I definitely filed an internship application to Schell and Filament Games, two educational studios, didn’t get them… but at least I tried. Haha…so uh yeah, is there anything else you’d like to add on the topic of making educational games? A: No, not really. Honestly, it didn’t really feel like we were making something educational while we were making it because it was so fun, but I do think to all the fact checking we did, and just looking up stuff all the time… I think that was the worst part of it actually for me *Steven audibly laughing* I’m not an education freak, but I would add to it because it was such a fun process working with you. S: Thanks! Right back at ya’. K: I do hope you end up finding that education studio, Steven, you do seem to have the passion for it. And I really want to see more battlegrounds, it feels like there’s a lot of amazing places out there that could benefit from having interactive tours. Who knows, there might even be grants in making this sort of thing. Something I definitely want to know: What are your favourite tourist attractions and why? Is there somewhere you return to over and over that has never lost its appeal? A: I really enjoy taking photos and hiking so I always return to Rocky Mountain National Park because I can do both of those things heavily there, haha. S: While I also love Rocky Mountain National Park and have fond memories there, I think Casa Bonita is quite the destination if you’re ever in Colorado. The food is not great, it’s quite old, and the arcade pales in comparison to any modern arcade. However, there’s indoor cliff diving shows that have some of the worst acting, a guy in a gorilla suit who scares small children, and great atmosphere. Honestly, the more I think about it, the more I miss it. I think my favorite destination in the whole world that I’d love to visit again is North Berwick beach in Scotland. Obviously Scotland is quite far, and my opportunity to travel there with a touring show for the Fringe festival was once in a lifetime, but I’d like to return when I’m financially able to do so. Fun fact for ya! Neither of us actually have ever visited Gettysburg. After making the game and shopping it around at various expos for a year, I really want to visit Pennsylvania now. While I have two jobs at school, once I get a “grown up” job that pays well I’ll buy tickets for Atsi, her boyfriend Kobe, and I to finally see the real thing. We may even give our own tour, haha. I still have like half the facts memorized for some odd reason. K: So one hiking simulator in the Rocky Mountains and a virtual tour of Casa Bonita are future possibilities? I’ll have to look out for them in a few years, haha. Let’s jump back to Player Known Battlegrounds for a bit. There’s a lot going on in this experience: there’s the purely historical aspect, the emotional strain the guide (that the player controls) is going through that bleeds into the narrative they tell in their descriptions, and the tour group itself which was a great source of stress for me when I was playing it, are there elements that you found more challenging to create or lessons you had to learn to get the game to the point it is at? As you’ve said there hasn’t been anything like this before, only very basic online tours, so it must have been a pretty steep learning curve. A: It was VERY difficult to find the facts that we were looking for, and making sure that the battleground was as accurate as we could make it giving the tools that we had. I would say that the narrative part was the easiest, and it was a stress reliever for me too as I was writing the facts. All that research took hours and was exhausting, but I found it fun (as weird as it sounds) to go back to writing about this tour guides divorce. The things I had to learn to make this game were basic game design stuff, since it was my first time making a complete game in Unity. Stevie had to show me a bunch of stuff all the time- small stuff like what functions do what and where I can find them. S: Just because there may not be any other tour guide simulators out there doesn’t mean we didn’t have a wealth of online material to pull from for reference. I would watch hours of YouTube videos of Gettysburg tours as visual references. The game development itself didn’t feel challenging, and that’s due to having such a great dependable partner to work with. While I’ve made more ambitious and polished projects since PKBG, it still remains one of my personal favorite projects because of how stress free the process of creating it was. K: Getting your facts right definitely seems like the most important part of making a game like PKBG. As someone who hasn’t even stepped foot on America media like this is a great resource for teaching me things I’ve never encountered before and I really enjoyed the tour group vibe from the point of view of the one giving the tour. Have you two discussed your dream project yet? The BIG THING you could make if you had the time and money? S: I don’t really believe in “dream projects” because I love working in limitation. Though, if I were ever in a creative director or lead game designer position at a large studio with tons of resources I’d really like to work on an immersive sim game. I love the idea of pointless interactivity that can flesh out character and world. I want to make games that make other designers question if that really cool thing that just happened was a scripted event or emergent systematic behavior. I don’t want to make a vast empty open world, but a mile deep and inch wide beautiful corner to explore with bustling life and absurd choices. I suppose a fun project to work on that comprises my background in theater and my love of the immersive sim genre would be a game about being a stagehand for a theater production. So much can go wrong if you don’t hit your mark and watching that play out with the actors adapting to it in real time could offer some really great player driven comedy. Not the type of press X to trigger Rupe Goldberg type comedy I often see in games, but something more natural. A: That’s kind of a loaded question, but I want to make a AAA wonder. K: “Pointless interactivity” like including a trash can you can talk about in PKBG? That was a beautiful moment of randomness. I need to get back in there and see how many other random objects I didn’t get to point out. From aspirations to reality, I’m curious about your other games, both past and present. Are there any other projects you’ve worked on that you’re particularly proud of? What are you working on now? S: Well, fun fact, if you click on that trash can a few times, you’ll get to know quite a lot about the tour guide. Just clicking objects once means you only get like a eighth of the writing. I’m proud of all my children in some form or another. Right now I’m working on a 35 minute long VR film about the time I was stuck inside in an elevator, it’s also a very mundane human narrative but I think there’s something special about it. I think if anything that’s the thoroughline of my proudest work. K: A stuck-in-an-elevator simulator? As someone who has been trapped in a few over the years I’m as intrigued as I am scared. This wouldn’t be Digital Diversity without asking my guests about advocacy. PKBG isn’t strictly about queer themes but no doubt you’ve got feelings about diversity within the games industry. I’m curious how you both think that things can be improved for marginalised creators and players with the tools we currently have. Are there games you think you need to be made or public statements need saying to help those who don’t feel they have a voice? S: Yes, I’m quite passionate about diversity and inclusion within the games industry. I think there’s been an incredible amount of progress in just the past few years alone, but there’s still a long way to go to making games more inclusive and less toxic. I used to spend all my time in online shooters, but I think sometime in my junior year of high school I just got turned off from it and became fed up with having to educate others or just flat out mute entire lobbies. People saying “that’s so gay” or worse as derogatory comments in chat, then backtracking saying “it’s just a joke” not realizing the impact of their words. While stating “I’m bi, and I appreciate it if you’d stop using that language” or asking open ended questions was usually enough to nip some of that toxicity in the bud, having that conversation over and over isn’t really the relaxing experience a match of CS:GO should be, therefore I stopped playing all-together and now gravitated to the more inclusive single player and mobile market in terms of where I spend my money and time as a player. What can be done? Well for starters, I think representation in games is incredibly important. However, that representation doesn’t even have to be entirely focused on a queer narrative. Literally just putting a character who happens to be LGBT among other things in a game is great. While making games that are explicitly queer for queer audiences is great, games for everyone that normalize this representation is, in my opinion, even better. Diversity isn’t just great for social justice, it’s good for business too. Look at the numbers. People show up to the box office when they seem themselves represented the way they want to be seen. Here’s my spiel: Representation is affirmation. It is the culture at large letting you know that you were considered in the making of this thing and that you are valid. Being able to see yourself represented with positive role models can allow people to feel comfortable in their skin and live their life to its full potential. Life imitates art just as much as art imitates life, so it’s incredibly important what message is being broadcasted, intentionally or unintentionally, in the media we consume. While the best option is to hire more marginalized folx to work in games and give them positions of power where they won’t fold in their values and bring a sense of authenticity to the representation, even games writers consulting with and organizing playtests with people within the community can go a long way. So if you’re an ally, but are hesitant to write queer characters because that’s not your life experience – I personally give you permission to fuck up and ask for feedback. Just don’t make Yaoi or weridly fetishize queerness in your work… because that’s like half of all the LGBT games on itch.io and it’s incredibly disappointing. With the all the free game development off the shelf tools and learning resources, all you need to become a game developer is a computer, an internet connection, time, a bit of self masochism, and an incredible lot of patience. I’m currently writing a free guide book to help lower some of the barriers and demystify the whole process, so here’s the rough draft if you’d like to read. There’s really no excuse not to get started. Be the change you want to see in games, don’t wait for it to be handed to you by some older exec suit who doesn’t give a shit about you until proven that you can be exploited and profitable. And ultimately if you just want queer games but don’t want to make them, then vote for a voice with your wallet. Support queer creators and curators already in the space, be it through financially backing them or giving them a retweet and spreading the word. I think game development is becoming incredibly democratized and soon will sooner join the ranks of photography in how accessible it is and the people will tell and share their stories unconstrained. K: These are some fantastic points, Steven, and plenty that I have strong familiarity with. The toxicity in online gaming is what has kept me away from it most of my gaming life, and getting more casual representation of queer characters in games that aren’t explicitly queer, are both big areas that could really do with improvement. Personally I think AAA studios need to be taking the lead on these since their games are the most readily seen and played by the wider community. And thanks for that great guidebook, I hope that lots of folks will give it a read and use it to tell their own stories. With all those points in mind I wonder if you have any particular games that have really done the community good? Or even just characters that did representation right that have stuck in your memory? S: I actually compiled a list a while back for my queer game a day spotlight and honestly think Borderlands 2 is one of the best in regards to AAA representation, not to mention it’s a great shoot n’ loot comedy to play with friends. K: I definitely recognise a few of the games on that list, even had some of them on Digital Diversity before. It’s great to see folks putting together collections of games with the sort of representation that really helps the community. Borderlands is a great franchise for rep too, I was so excited to see them include a non-binary character this year even. Well it’s about time we wrapped up this interview. It’s been an utter pleasure having you both on Digital Diversity, Steven and Atsi, and I can’t wait to see more of your work in the future. Player Known Battlegrounds is a great experience that has left me wanting so much more, even if it hasn’t made me want to take on the stress of being a tour guide. Haha Before we go are there any last things you’d like to say or shout-outs to make? S: Steven: I want to thank you for this wonderful interview, it’s been a pleasure chatting with you and I’d like to give a shout out to GaymerX, Katie and team for all the great work they do to carve out a safe space within games for the community and support LGBTQ+ developers make it in the industry. Soon we’ll be opening up our GDC scholarship for this year.

WATCH: Unhinged MSNBC Guest Calls for Revolution Against Trump... All through this memo brouhaha, leftists have been in meltdown mode. They've been pulling every card they can, all the way up to treason. Not surprising, seeing as the memo doesn't reflect too well on their side. Or their ambitions to paint the word "traitor" on Trump's tangerine-hued forehead. This next meltdown has all meltdowns before it beat. Donny Deutsch, a guest on MSNBC, used his airtime to call for an all-out revolution against the orange one. Yeah, for reals. Donny Deutsch said on MSNBC Friday that Donald Trump is a “dictator” and that “people need to start taking to the streets.” “Our democracy is under siege,” Deutsch said. “People need to start taking to the streets. This is a dictator.” “This is not time to analyze and pundit. People, this is a — we need a revolution at this point. And I’m not doing TV here — and going what is he doing? This is what’s going on.” Way to overreact there, chief. The thing that most interests me is how MSNBC goes about finding a guest. Because I have a sneaking suspicion they found this guy hiding in the alley behind their building. Wearing a shirt and hat made of tinfoil to block out the brain scanners. They cleaned him up, put him in front of the camera and just said "go." Hence, Trump is a despot and America needs rebooting Also, it's going to be kinda hard to get your revolution on when you don't believe in private gun ownership. Methinks 1776 Part II: This Time It's Personal won't be playing out so well when you're using dildos for weapons and your army is composed of 120-pound vegan non-binary genderqueers who still live with mommy. Typical of leftists, their only way of responding to a political loss is to throw a tantrum. They just can't accept they're in the wrong. Hence, they "take to the streets," setting things on fire and giving anyone who disagrees with them a no-expenses-paid trip to the emergency room. Though, this isn't the first time that thought's crossed the left's mind:

She Summits just hosted yet another event, but this time it was online—bringing together eight short films about femininity in the outdoors. Words: Linnaea Kershaw. From practicing cultural traditions in Haida Gwaii, Canada to deep dives in Jeju, Korea, She Summits continues to celebrate the greatness of the female spirit. In a lead-up to the festival, we asked a group of She Summits supporters to answer the following question: “Society has created a vision of what “femininity” should look like? What does femininity mean to you and how do you feel you’re changing that vision through being who you are and leading as you do?” Read on to explore. Founder of the Bad Academy and the Bad Climbers Club, Amanda has struggled with femininity her entire life, “The terms ‘girly’ and ‘tomboy’ always felt restricting to me—I never felt either/or. It wasn’t until my thirties and the start of my business that I realized that femininity was not only a good thing (as I always feel masculinity was more highly regarded in society), but a powerful thing. It’s creative, expressive, and ever-changing.” By creating the Bad Academy, she found herself challenging the idea of femininity by offering workshops that questioned why society didn’t naturally teach women how to do things that are generally deemed masculine, like fixing cars or sharpening knives. “Why don’t we allow women to get their hands dirty while still maintaining their femininity? Why don’t lipstick and skateboards go together? Femininity is all about perspective and individuality, and less about gender and social status. It represents the most intimate and personal part of a person whether they’re a self-identifying man, woman, or non-binary person. It’s unique, free, and beautiful.” Bryanna, a professionally trained photojournalist and surfer, believes that femininity means embracing her softer traits that make her feel powerful and nourish the instinct to connect and approach situations with compassion. “When I embrace my femininity, I feel strong and confident and my creativity flows. As I navigate my career in a male-based industry, I am aware of the moments I feel I need to present myself as more masculine to be taken seriously. I was trained to believe that my femininity was a burden and weakness when it came to being tough, but I have grown to know it is my power quality.” “I depend on my femininity to guide my photography process, as I am confident that when I lean into my feminine powers it creates imagery that is unique from the male photographers I shoot with. It allows me to approach situations differently and for that, I will always be grateful.” “I was trained to believe that my femininity was a burden and weakness when it came to being tough…” As a queer surfer from Vancouver Island, John reflects on hiding his femininity from a young age because to him, “it seems like our society only values femininity when it’s contained or controlled. It’s viewed as weak, non-dominant, and non-equal to masculinity. This narrative has been used to oppress for too long.” Recently, he’s allowed himself to explore the balance of the two and tries to challenge the voice that tells him that masculinity would keep him safe and get him further in life, even though he admits that it sometimes does. “Surfing can be a pretty intimidating sport, especially when there’s not much representation beyond what caters to masculinity. I’m guilty of using my masculine privilege to take up space and fake confidence in the water, as it’s apparent that’s what’s valued in surf culture.” “Surfing can be a pretty intimidating sport, especially when there’s not much representation beyond what caters to masculinity. After hearing too often about people quitting the sport because they don’t feel safe or welcome around other surfers and knowing that there’s work that needs to be done to create a more accessible and less toxic environment, John says he’d rather be a part of surfing communities that educate, uplift, and inspire other surfers to create safer, more fun, and more inclusive experiences in the water. “Femininity is beautiful, powerful, and deserves to take up space in this big old world of ours, in and out of the ocean. We need to keep encouraging and creating feminine representation that expands beyond the boundaries of gender, race, and sexual orientation.” Judy Kasiama, outdoor enthusiast and founder of Colour the Trails—a group advocating for more, and safer, access to the outdoors for POC—believes that femininity is having the choice in terms of how she represents herself. “My advocacy work is focused on giving experiences to people who’ve been left out of the conversation and to show them that adventure is for them too. My femininity and how I express it is not relevant to nature. I am just a being. I find [being in nature] very liberating. I’m not thinking about my womanness, I’m just present in the moment and the spectacular views.” That being said, Judy also wants to acknowledge that her femininity gives her the intuition to be aware and present, “Femininity oftentimes is seen as a weakness, when in reality it holds great power and trust in recognizing danger, unsafe conditions. Following those intuitions to have fun but also be safe because I’m not fighting against an ego, but trust in my instinct and making rational decisions.” Tara Llanes doesn’t find that the traditional idea of femininity totally resonates with her because she doesn’t see herself as either feminine or masculine. “Personally, I see myself as almost a unisex sort of person and don’t think that femininity should always be seen as dresses, pink, purple, and flowers.” Sarah Fenton Tippie For Sarah Fenton Tippie, femininity is mental, physical, and powerful. “I’ve learned over time to toughen up without losing sight of being kind.” By not letting others take away from her “now,” but knowing the need to find her voice when necessary, she’s learned to relish idle time and learning time in order to pursue her passions with intent. “Teaching my two young daughters that they themselves can do the work to facilitate where they want to take their lives every day is important to me as well as lifting other women up in whatever their passions and pursuits or purposes.” Even though she may not feel that she’s changing the definition of femininity, Elladee Brown thinks people should focus on what’s real and genuine about people instead of the social construct of what is expected of women and men. “I feel that expressing empathy, kindness, bravery or courage are best categorized as human traits rather than feminine or masculine. This gives both genders more flexibility rather than being boxed into rigid social categories defined as man or woman. One of my favourite sayings of late is ‘You do you, I’ll do me.’” These powerful statements offer a great start for conversations about the complex idea of what femininity means for different people. You can check out more stories about the inspiring female spirit at www.shesummits.org

So has society’s approach to this group been helping or hurting them? How much of a political ‘third rail’ is this topic? It’s so charged that a prominent Lesbian Tennis star has been stripped of her ‘Ally’ status as an early champion of LGBT rights for daring to ask hard questions about the consequences of charging ahead with the new normal. The topic, of course, is transgenderism. But the implications for women’s sports is only ONE of the questions being raised. Another is the concerns about what some are calling ‘social contagion’ where statistically-improbable concentrations of people from a close-knit social group all announce their new sexuality in a short period of time. Now there are also some NEW psycho-social questions being raised. Questions about the mental health of those affected. A new study has come out describing the well-being of such students but doesn’t clarify WHY there is an enormous connection between these psychological conditions and gender identity. Nearly 80 percent of college students who identify as transgender, gender nonconforming, genderqueer and non-binary reported feeling depressed, anxious or having an eating disorder. More than one-third reported that they had seriously thought about committing suicide in the past year. The team, led by Boston University, says the findings provide further evidence that these students need gender-affirming services on campus, and they need to be regularly screened for mental health concerns. Some will argue that social pressures ‘othering’ gender non-conforming students will put psychological strain on the students. That is one possible explanation. In that case, some of our extreme ‘acceptance’ approaches in society are not just well-meaning, but entirely warranted. Let’s not be so arrogant to assume we have all the answers at this early date. There is still a lot we don’t really know yet. Let us suppose for a moment any causal relationship between mental illness and sexual identity is actually the other way around — then what? We have been seeing a rise in gender-nonconforming attitudes in young adults of college age. But we have ALSO seen a sharp rise in mental health issues in that same group. From a 2018 article in Psychology Today: The take-home message is this: The college student mental health crisis refers to the massive increase in treatment-seeking in college students. Whereas perhaps 10% were self-identified and seeking treatment in the 1980s, now approximately 33% are. This massive rise is likely a function of both more accepting attitudes about reporting distress and seeking and receiving treatment, and actual increases in stress, anxiety, and depression and other related problems. Could you imagine a hypothetical future where scientific studies discover that pre-existing problems with social isolation, depression, anxiety, etcetera are not actually the RESULT of gender dysphoria, but are, in fact, one of the preconditions that LEAD to the various conditions of gender dysphoria? If that came to be accepted scientific consensus, what would those same hypothetical future psychologists say about our current politicized rush to social acceptance? Without actually knowing the driving factors of this new psychological phenomenon, will the current draconian enforcement of PC social changes forbidding us from asking certain ‘why’ questions actually be HARMING the very group those changes set out to protect? What if this enforced silence only masks the deeper problems that relatively new phenomena would otherwise indicate? In that case, wouldn’t a well-meaning approving smile given to this gender non-conformity be every bit as detrimental to their overall health as, say, affirming the body image of an anorexic might be to theirs? Look at those stats again. Eighty percent of that one sub-group of students have a concerning mental health issue, and one-third have contemplated suicide. Those are serious red flags, and one would hope we can all agree that nobody wants to see these young people come to any harm. But there are two very different remedies to this problem being offered, and the only real way to know for sure which path forward is the poison and which one is the cure is to have as full an understanding of the relationship between mental illness and gender nonconformity as we can possibly gain. Charging ahead half-cocked could be as dangerous to the people we hope to help as the well-meaning doctors who prescribed bloodletting were to George Washington. This observer doesn’t claim to have all the answers, can we at least be sure we’ve asked all the right questions?

"Maybe it meant something. Maybe not, in the long run, but no explanation, no mix of words or music or memories can touch that sense of knowing that you were there and alive in that corner of time and the world." It's been a hell of a year for music, arts and theater in Charlotte, and we think it meant something. Here's what meant the most. Best Film Event - Charlotte Film Festival "We like to call ourselves an umbrella festival," Charlotte Film Festival programming director Jay Morong said prior to the kick off of the festival's 10th iteration at Ayrsley Grand Cinemas in September. "We welcome everything." Everything, in this case, was over 85 films, including features, shorts, documentaries and narrative cinema, culled from submissions from over 35 countries. Highlights included Theo's Trade, a fictional look at the tone and tenor of media coverage of racially charged events; the documentary In Pursuit of Justice, which examined the case of Greg Taylor, a North Carolinian who was wrongly imprisoned for a brutal slaying; My Name is Myeisha, a hip-hop musical inspired by the 1988 police shooting of a California teenager; and FP2: Beats of Rage — a sarcastic parody of 1980s and 1990s action films, it's about white trash anime characters competing to the death for a post-apocalypse cache of booze. Augmented with a slate of seminars, panels and workshops at Wheelhouse Media, the fest truly lived up to its tagline, "Discover Different." Best Creative - Davita Galloway With a shaved head, tattoos from head to toe, donning a pair of funky fresh glasses and clothes that may or may not match, Davita Galloway is half of Dupp&Swatt Studio along with her brother Dion "Dupp" Galloway. The creative studio reflects her infectious personality, stocked with clothes, sunglasses and art sourced from local designers. Along with her business, Galloway also co-owns a non-profit, CrownKeeper, that provides hands-on training as well as art and trade-based education to those lacking creative and entrepreneurial opportunities. She hosts various events that allow other creatives to share their talents among the Queen City art scene. Best Creative Crew - Permanent Vacation You might not hear the words Permanent Vacation as often as you did, say, three or four years ago when Elevator Jay, Rapper Shane and friends had folks wearing those signature red shirts across the country, but these folks are still putting in the work. Jay and the PV crew are still going hard with the monthly Player Made parties, and launched the fifth iteration of the legendary Squirt Day Party in August. They've also continued making sick clothes like the recent Race Vacation "Radical Sabbatical" tees they released with the folks from Gridlife South festivals. That's just a small fraction of the stuff they've got going on. All you need to know is that the PV family is still going hard. Best Breakthrough Crew - Southern Tiger Collective If you were to create a Venn diagram of the players involved with the above-mentioned Permanent Vacation and the Southern Tiger Collective, it would be pretty tight, but STC deserves its own nod for the work the group has put in around the city turning our boring walls into beautiful murals that have helped usher in a new understanding of the value of visual arts in a town of basic bankers. Founded by Alex DeLarge and Dustin Moats in 2017, then joined by core members like Mike Wirth and husband-and-wife duo Arko and Owl, the team has left an impressive and magnificent mark on the city over the past year. They also played a leading role in organizing the recent Talking Walls, Charlotte's first mural festival. We can't wait to see what they've got coming in the next year. Best Exhibit - Welcome to Brookhill Brookhill Village is more than just a sign on Remount Road, it's a place that has represented home for many Charlotte residents for decades. Image activist Alvin C. Jacobs Jr. tells the community's story with the exhibit Welcome to Brookhill at the Harvey B. Gantt Center, which consists of a collection of about 30 black and white photos that he shot of residents living life in Brookhill Village. Brookhill is one of the oldest historically African-American communities in the city. Despite all of the gentrification and urban redevelopment surrounding the neighborhood, Welcome to Brookhill shines a light on what makes Brookhill Village home. Best Art Show - Fried Chicken Deck Show Now going into its fourth year, the annual Fried Chicken Art Party continues to showcase some of the region's most impressive visual artists paired with live music and Charlotte's absolute best fried chicken (that's Price's — don't @ us). The concept was created by artist Phoebe Alicia to highlight street art, and has picked up sponsorships from Armada Skateshop and PBR as its grown. This year, Armada provided skateboard decks as canvases and PBR provided free beer for the event, which was held at Oso Skate Park. Just to summarize: skating, art, free chicken & beer. Of course this made the Best of Charlotte list. Best Art Workshop - Time Camp 002 Janelle Dunlap has been doing great work around gentrification in the community for a couple years now, but she felt the urge to go further. With Time Camp, Dunlap hosted a weekend of workshops that brought Afrofuturism to the forefront and showed how it not only ties into the black community's future, but also its past. Best Dance Troupe - Crayzee Collective Fusing hip-hop and theater, along with a passion for dancing while spotlighting individuality pushed A.J. Glasco to form the dance troupe Crayzee Collective. Most of the crew has been dancing together since childhood, but members are both self-taught and have studied various forms of dance. While the troupe has only been in existence for three years, they have made the most of it. Performing at the Breakin' Convention at Blumenthal Performing Arts, Taste of Charlotte and other events around Charlotte have allowed them to cultivate the city's dance scene. Best Burlesque Performer - Veritas Veridien As the founder and lead instructor at AFV Exotic Arts, Annie Vereen does all she can to spread her knowledge and talent in burlesque dancing, teaching her students skills ranging from classic burlesque to stripper style. She's doing the community a service, as she told us in February that many of her students are too shy to tell their friends or significant others that they're learning burlesque. As Veritas Veridien, Vereen is one of the most captivating performance artists in the city, and she demands to be treated as such. "As artists, we're very technical strippers," she said. "We have to know how the costume is going to come off and we have to rehearse. People do need to view us as artists. This is our art form." Best Photographer - Alvin C. Jacobs Jr. There was a time not long ago when a local black man being featured in the main exhibit of one of Charlotte's biggest art institutions was remarkable — let's be honest, it still is. But with the opening of Welcome to Brookhill at the Gantt Center in September (see above), and the K(no)w Justice, K(no)w Peace exhibit still showing at the Levine, Jacobs truly took hold of the city, becoming the first black man to be a lead exhibit artist at two of Charlotte's largest institutions simultaneously. When we talked to him this summer in the lead-up to the Gantt Center exhibit, the importance of the moment wasn't lost on him. "It's a responsibility and it's an honor," he said. "With all eyes on me, I have to continuously not only deliver the work — because that means more than anything — I have to constantly remind myself of who I am. I can't allow anyone else to paint a picture of me. It has to be how I represent myself." We think he's representing himself, and our city, pretty damn well. Best DJ - DJ Ray The resurgence of the DJ in Charlotte has been spectacular to watch over the past few years, and we're proud to say there are standout stars rocking parties and venues on any given night in CLT. The one who stood out most to us this year, though, keeps his profile relatively low-key. DJ Ray has been a resident DJ at Knocturnal since he moved here from Detroit five years ago. He is known for kicking off the patio party and emcee cypher beautifully. Within the past year, he co-created the Hazy Sunday Day Party at Petra's and released his fifth album with MC Exactly and their group, Stereoloud. Oh, and did we mention he does all this work on vinyl? His crates may be the deepest in town. Best Producer - Simon Smthng On Oct. 18, local producer Simon Smthng tweeted out, "gotta figure out a responsible way to let go of all these beats sitting dormant on my old computer." This is the type of shit that gets us excited. But let's not get ahead of ourselves. We're still very much enjoying you will know fear, his 2018 release that serves as the second installment of a trilogy-in-progress. Inspired by a breakup, the album ends hopefully, with the second-to-last track and the visuals to go along with it, "ascension," intriguing us for the coming third installment, such is life. As for those dormant beats, bless some of these CLT rappers with them. We'd love to hear that, too. Best Rapper - Erick Lottary Don't say we didn't warn you. When Erick Lottary came by the Hygge West studios to record episode 31 of our Local Vibes podcast back in February, two months before the 4/20 release of his newest EP, You Can Tell, he was in a sharing mood. He played three tracks from the then-untitled project, and it quickly became clear that Lottary was on top of his game. With top tier production throughout, the Fayetteville native made sure his own lyrical skill was not outshined with solid tracks like "Ball is Life" and "Week 15." We expect him to come visit again next time he's got some fire tracks he wants to preview. Best Emerging Rapper - Reuben Vincent It's hard to call Reuben Vincent up-and-coming, considering he's already signed by 9th Wonder's Jamla Records, something most folks around here could only dream of. But considering he's still a minor, we're going to give him some time to grow. Not that he needs it. The now 17-year-old rapper dropped his debut project, Myers Park, last October, and it's filled with melodic, conscious tunes like "BB Guns" and lyrical masterpieces like the 9th Wonder-produced title track. Vincent's flow, which reminds us of a young Nas, is well beyond his years, and we see quite a future from this CLT representative. Best Band - It's Snakes You'd be hard pressed to find two people more in love with the Charlotte music scene than Hope Nicholls and Aaron Pitkin. Most folks know the story of how the married couple found fame with Fetchin' Bones in the late '80s, then continued to rock on with locally iconic bands like Sugarsmack and Snagglepuss. Bad experiences with asshole record execs took away any desire for the limelight, and it's sure worked out well for our city. The couple's current group, It's Snakes, consists of Nicholls on drums — a first for her — and vocals, Pitkin and Greg Walsh on guitar and Darrin Gray on bass. The band's been around a few years, and they've always been good, but this year's release of the new album It's Snakes II has brought them to another level. The band shows a previously unseen range on the project, with a few of the best tracks entering into blues rock territory. There's no looking back for musicians like Nicholls and Pitkin who do it all for the love, and we're looking forward to hearing what's next. Best Album - Amigo, And Friends Amigo's latest album, released in January of 2018, a scant three months after Slade Baird and Co. were awarded Best Gram Parsons Loving Band in last year's Best of Charlotte issue, weathered 10 months of local releases to still emerge as 2018's Best Album. And Friends delivers on the promise of last years' award, with all the signature sounds Amigo has brought to the table, evoking the lazy West Coast sunsets of Workingman's Dead and Dr. Byrds and Mr. Hyde, while speaking to today's existential dread, but with a grin. It's a modern album with gorgeous old-school color (the organ and high energy spoken intro of "Underground Medicine" recalls Sir Douglas Quintet classic "Mendocino", while the vamp at the end of album opener "The Big Idea" conjures Lou Reed's "Satellite of Love.") Amigo also added on a newcomer since recording And Friends: keyboardist Molly Poe. So there's only the potential to keep progressing. We'll see you in Best of Charlotte '19. Best Song - "Ambitions (Remix)" - Lute feat. Deniro Farrar, Cyanca Two of Charlotte's most renowned rappers join up with the city's most promising up-and-coming R&B singer for a remix of one of the favorites from Lute's 1996 Pt. 2. While Lute's version was a head-nodder for sure, this remix was everything you could want out of Charlotte music. That's only helped along by the video, in which the trio cruise through the Queen City streets handing out groceries to folks in need. Our ambition is to hear more bangers like this in the coming year. Best New Band - Brut Beat Brut Beat is an eclectic new project by drummer Robert Childers (2013 Wolves, David Childers and the Serpents), upright bass player Korey Dudley (Hectagons!) and trumpet player Stan Graham. The group's sound is influenced by a fascinating variety of styles including Afro-beat, punk, jazz and old school hip-hop. It's hard to even pin down what genre to describe them as, so we'll just classify them as effing awesome. Best Local Show - Prince Tribute (Evening Muse) Local jazz phenom Harvey Cummings was not about to stand by and let Prince's birthday pass without a party, and for that, we thank him. Cummings called up some of his friends to come join him for a night that saw folks like Quentin Talley and Laurence Maher doing remixes of classic Prince jams. Perhaps the highlight of the night was when CLT's own Adrian Crutchfield, who used to play with the Purple One, jumped on stage despite not being in the original lineup and joined a bevy of other musicians to blow things down for a nightcap. The night was nonstop and probably won't be duplicated any time soon. Best Band with a Misleading Name - It Looks Sad. When most folks come across It Looks Sad. before hearing the band play, they expect a bunch of emo crybaby shoegazers. Not the case. The indie rockers' new album, Sky Lake, is a serene, melodious affair filled with summer nostalgia and positive vibes. The duo that recorded Sky Lake — Jimmy Turner and Alex Ruiz — recently added bassist Matt McConomy from Cuzco, so they'll be headed into 2019 looking happy as a trio. Best Musical Memoir - Poor Blue, Wasteground Coming up with The Mighty Shamrocks in 1980s Ireland, Mickey Stephens didn't sing about The Troubles. In a band with two Protestant members and two Catholics, it was better just to toe the line. Now with the religious turmoil of Ireland far behind him, Stephens has confronted those turbulent times in Wasteground, the newest album from his local band Poor Blue. In songs like "Mr. In Between" and "The Troubles," Stephens documents his feelings about growing up in Northern Ireland during that unsure time. Best Place for Girls to Rock Out - Girls Rock Charlotte Here at Creative Loafing, we're all about female empowerment in music. Which is why when we covered Girls Rock! Charlotte, we were happy to see the excitement that the campers had when they met one another and began their instrument assignments. Girls Rock Camp Alliance started in Portland, Oregon, and over the years has spread worldwide. The chapter here in the Queen City was started by Kelly Finley who was inspired to start Charlotte's Girls Rock! Camp after her own daughter attended the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill chapter. When she saw how empowered her daughter was after one week of learning to rock, she knew what she had to do for Charlotte. Thus began the best way for girls to rock out in Charlotte. Best Multitasker - SideNote With the 2017 release of her debut album, MR, it was clear that Summer "SideNote" Windham was a multi-talented woman. Throughout the record, she effortlessly blends spoken word, rap and singing in a way that almost makes the listener forget just how hard that really is to do right. But just when we thought we heard it all from SideNote, she broke out her new plans to us during a conversation in September: a dance album. That's right, as you know if you saw her set at the recent For The Love of She show at Snug Harbor, homegirl can move, too. She plans on releasing the full-length dance album in 2019, and we can only imagine what comes after that. Best Farewell on a High Note - Cory M. Wells Cory M. Wells spent 15 years in the Charlotte music scene, and performed his final show in the Queen City in August before saying goodbye and heading off westward. It was a bittersweet goodbye. Charlotte is where Wells launched his music career as a 17-year-old contestant on the Queen City Idol competition, and with the release of his latest EP, Out of the Dark, Wells showed that he was at the peak of his powers as a darkly romantic tunesmith who cuts to the emotional core of the obsessions and dreams that make us tick. Best Drama - Three Bone Theatre, Appropriate Actor's Theatre was a strong contender in this category as well, premiering two fine new scripts, The Luckiest People and The Mermaid Hour. Theatre Charlotte's Grapes of Wrath and Brand New Sheriff's Eclipsed were also contenders, while Charlotte's Off-Broadway gave a highly polished, highly professional account of Three Days of Rain. We're giving the nod to Three Bone Theatre, which brought Branden Jacob-Jenkins' Appropriate to the QC. The family squabbling over Daddy's inheritance was trashy and timely, since they discover that their heritage might include some virulent racism — and that some of it may have rubbed off on his heirs. Best Comedy - Actor's Theatre, Hand to God PaperHouse Theatre, with The Revolutionists and The Sherlock Project, and the newly stabilized Actor's Theatre of Charlotte, with Hand to God and The Legend of Georgia McBride, dominated this category. Unless you expected a Peter Pan prequel, Theatre Charlotte's Peter and the Starcatcher was a consistent delight; and Shakespeare Carolina's audacity to turn Life Is a Dream — a centuries-old nugget from Spain's Golden Age – into a royal Vegas comedy was surprisingly successful. With casting by director Chip Decker that was more convincing than the Broadway production, topped by an amazing performance by Chester Shepherd as the puppet-possessed protagonist, Hand to God is this year's winner. Best Musical - Children's Theatre of Charlotte, Mary Poppins If you've been hypnotized by the Broadway Lights series at Blumenthal Performing Arts' big boxes, you may not realize that we have four companies in town that produce high-quality musicals. CPCC may be the most readily recognized of the bunch, with Newsies a standout among their summer offerings and Evita heading the class during the school year. Theatre Charlotte also draws from an enviable talent pool as last spring's Spring Awakening made clear, and Actor's Theatre remains nonpareil in edgy Off-Broadway fare as their recent Lizzie reaffirmed. Vaulting to the top rung of local producers last season was Children's Theatre of Charlotte, which raised the bar technically for local musicals with last fall's unsurpassed production of Mary Poppins, flying its hero above the stage and over the audience. The ImaginOn encores, a merry Madagascar and a steely Matilda were also eye-opening. Best Actor - Chester Shepherd Among the actors who incredibly aren't getting the nod here are Sean Riehm (Georgia McBride), Dave Blamy (Starcatcher), Brian Lafontaine (Three Days), Dennis Delamar (Luckiest People), Dominic Weaver (Sex With Strangers), Caleb Sigmon (Poppins and Matilda), Deon Releford-Lee (Madagascar) and Tommy Foster (Matilda). Stealing the prize from these worthies — with his demonic puppet, Tyrone — is Chester Shepherd in Hand to God. Best Actress - Carolina Bower Actresses who are being robbed include Marla Brown (Hand to God), Andrea King (The Sherlock Project), Paula Baldwin (Grapes of Wrath), Sarah Clifford (The Crucible), Becca Worthington (Barbecue Apocalypse and Appropriate), Tracie Frank (Eclipsed), Janeta Jackson (Mary Poppins and Matilda), Lucia Stetson (Evita), and Katy Shepherd (Lizzie). Eating their cake is Caroline Bower, who not only portrayed an imperiously dimwitted Marie Antoinette in The Revolutionists but also gave us a tellingly contrasted mother and daughter in Three Days of Rain. Best Newcomer - Toni Reali Disqualifying themselves from both the above categories but trailblazing their own non-binary path was Toni Reali in The Mermaid Hour – and they are more than qualified for our newcomer-of-the-year accolades. Best Comeback - Katy Shepherd It was so tempting to make the Best Actor/Actress award a husband-and-wife affair, since Katy Shepherd really did deliver the most electrifying heavy-metal performance of the year as Lizzie Borden in Lizzie. What made her performance especially amazing was the fact that, stricken by celiac disease coupled with severe anemia, Shepherd had undergone surgery five times during 2016 and couldn't think of performing for months afterwards. Furthermore, when she was rockin' and hackin' and slayin' onstage in Lizzie back in August, Shepherd was already pregnant with her first child! "I'm in awe of her," her director, Joanna Gerdy declared. Who can disagree? Oh yeah, according to the sonogram, it's a boy. Best Mix of Chaos & Beauty – Susan Brenner, The State of Things The trite truism "out of chaos comes order" - often attributed to the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, but actually a line of dialogue from Mel Brook's Blazing Saddles – was turned on its head by Susan Brenner's The State of Things at the University of North Carolina Charlotte's Rowe Galleries last winter. Brenner, a painter and retired associate professor of Art and Art History at UNC Charlotte, seemed to be saying that out of chaos comes even more chaos. As a meditation on collapse and divisiveness, The State of Things jumbled and juxtaposed photography, digital imaging, line drawing and painting. The result was multi-textured paintings that were dense and hypnotic. Images that were either biological or mechanical — or a combination of the two — leapt out at the viewer from the coiling lines of her canvasses before merging back into the labyrinthine lines of her composition. It was a vision of society in a biofeedback loop spiraling to inexorable collapse. Best Onstage Heist – Matthews Playhouse, Bonnie & Clyde Depression era bandits and lovers on the lam Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow met their gruesome end and passed on into American folklore on May 3, 1934, but the bank-robbing pair were resurrected for a tuneful, if bullet-riddled encore at Matthews Playhouse last February. Director Billy Ensley managed to balance the play's tone and historical accuracy with the story's ability to make audiences empathize with the dustbowl desperados. To put theatergoers in an understanding frame of mind, Ensley and scenic designer John Bayless used background projections of the duel disasters of the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl to evoke the atmosphere that gave rise to the desperate path chosen by Bonnie and Clyde. "There will be blood," Ensley promised prior to the production, adding that he hoped there wouldn't be too much clean up between scenes. "It won't be like when I directed Evil Dead at Actor's Theater," he said. "There was so much blood with that show that the dancers were slipping in it." Best Gender-Bending Interactive Mystery - Paperhouse Theatre, The Sherlock Project Last April, PaperHouse Theatre's artistic director Nicia Carla, put the "her" in Sherlock by making the world's most famous consulting detective a woman. In the Sherlock Holmes stories and shows, even the most ghastly doings in gas-lit, fogbound Victorian England have a cozy feel. So it is fitting that The Sherlock Project would be staged in The Frock Shop, an intimate comfortable dress shop in Plaza Midwood. Andrea King's brisk and brilliant Holmes was paired with Chaz Pofahl's warm and slightly dotty Watson, while Angie Chandler and Berry Newkirk portrayed a bevy of clients, policemen and villains drawn from the Arthur Conan Doyle canon. The show has proven to be PaperHouse's most popular show to date, capturing the fun of old-fashioned whodunnits while focusing on the emotional core of the Sherlock stories, the enduring platonic love between Holmes and Watson. Best Activist Art Show - OBRA Collective, Resist The Trump administration's assault on civil liberties, the environment and immigrant rights has spurred an artistic renaissance, an outpouring of expression in opposition to the White House's policies. This was the focus last May of OBRA Collective's Resist: An Activist Art Show at C3 Lab. Original works – paintings, drawings, sculpture, and mixed media as well as poetry and dance performances - spotlighted various social issues. Police brutality was the focus of Beth D. Mussay's small portraits of people who have been killed by police. Environmental concerns figured heavily in Noah Hartley's "I Resist Litter, Deforestation, and Human Pollution," a series depicting wildlife in their compromised habitats, while Trump's proposed border wall and the Republican Party's embrace of virulent racism inspired many works. Resist's pièce de résistance may have been sculpture like "Disgusting" and "Such a Nasty Woman," ceramic undergarments created by Doris Kapner to critique Trump and the Republicans' misogyny and the sexism which has spawned the "Me Too" movement. Best Examination of Nature, Decay & Mushrooms - Katie St. Clair, Fruiting Bodies Colorful paintings — collages of fractured shapes and brilliant hues — lined the walls of Central Piedmont Community College's Ross Gallery when Katie St. Clair's exhibit Fruiting Bodies opened last August. But the main event was St. Clair's startling ice sculptures. Mushrooms, natural pigments, parts of plants and even roadside trash were encased in the ice, and these verdant and/or decaying materials came unlocked as the spheres slowly melted on canvasses spread below. So as one art work was destroyed another was created. The ice spheres resulted from St. Clair's hikes in the Carolina woodlands foraging for mushrooms. Once seen, the sculptures were difficult to forget, a symbol of decay and renewal, and a celebration of the ephemeral. Once installed, the ice spheres only existed for 48 hours, disintegrating as they melted to create paintings underneath. Best Fiction Book - Jeff Jackson, Destroy All Monsters Local author Jeff Jackson's edgy and electric new novel kills rock stars — literally. Destroy All Monsters, which takes its name from a group of 1970s Detroit shock-and-art-rockers, follows a group of young fans and fledgling bands trying to make sense of an epidemic of killings sweeping the music scene. Bands are getting slaughtered on stage for no reason, rhyme or motive. Like an old-school vinyl single, Jackson's tome is split into two sides. Side A is the fleshed-out novel, documenting a young woman and her friends' obsession with the killings. Flip the book over, and you'll find the novella My Dark Ages. Named after a proto-punk single by Cleveland noise terrorists Pere Ubu, Jackson's B-side reads like a radical remix of Destroy All Monsters. The B-side is a deepening of the story of the A-side, dramatizing events that are only mentioned in the A-side. The book's flip side also depicts an alternate reality where the characters from the A-side have radically different roles. The result is read as bracing and brain stretching as a listen to Iggy and the Stooges "Search and Destroy." Best Medieval Crusade with Kids - XOXO, All Our Innocence (The Children's Crusade) Matt Cosper's experimental troupe XOXO got Medieval on theatergoers' asses last August with a preview of their latest production All Our Little Innocence (The Children's Crusade). The playful and freewheeling production was based on the most poignant and/or pointless of the Crusades that electrified Europe throughout the Middle Ages. Children across the continent, motivated by visions of Jesus Christ, were convinced that the Mediterranean Sea would part so they could walk across the dry seabed to Palestine and deliver the holy city of Jerusalem from its Muslim conquerors. At least that was the plan. In fact, half the children boarded ships that were lost at sea while the other half ended up in the slave markets of Egypt. That's if the crusade ever happened in the first place, because most accounts of this disaster are pure folklore. The legend of the misbegotten pilgrimage, with its echoes of fairy tales and the Pied Piper, served as a jumping off point for XOXO's weird and wonderful work-in-progress.

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You make the decisions about what’s healthy and not healthy for all your kids. As she is an only child, we are already giving her undivided attention. I respect them. Close. After an initial assessment, you and your child are seen by the team at GIDS. It's also important to remember that you, as a parent, need support too. And if you’ve never clearly established yourself as being in control, it may seem as though it’s almost impossible for you to do it after your child becomes a teenager. Close. Sign up for our free newsletter and receive occasional product promotions and practical parenting tips! statewide crisis hotline. She will now be doing all of her own laundry. Will my child grow up to be trans or non-binary? I have two children, Josie 4 and Ike 2. Children who do continue to feel they are a different gender from the one assigned at birth could develop in different ways. Is she saying it when she wants something like an ice cream cone or a toy at the store, then she's just saying that to get a rise out of you and to get what she wants. And eventually, you start to resent them because you don’t have a way to tell them what to do. The team will help you keep your child safe and reduce any stigma around exploring their gender identity. What often emerges is not only a lack of respect for parental authority but also a situation where your child wants to be the boss. View Entire Discussion (0 Comments) More posts from the aww community. The baby is due in February. She is a good person but just has abusive tendencies toward me. I love my husband and our two surviving children, but I couldn’t simply transfer my love for Daniel to them. She thinks she's a child! James Lehman, who dedicated his life to behaviorally troubled youth, created The Total Transformation®, The Complete Guide to Consequences™, Getting Through To Your Child™, and Two Parents One Plan™, from a place of professional and personal experience. But when adolescence hits, the whole game changes. You may even want him to own the choice and decide for the family—that’s perfectly fine. If your child continues to be upset or confused about their gender identity and is nearing puberty, you and your child may be seen more often by the team at GIDS. My father, Jainulabdeen, had neither much formal education nor much wealth; despite these disadvantages, he possessed great innate wisdom and a true generosity of spirit. All three roles—limit-setter, teacher, and coach—are needed for you to be a highly effective parent, particularly with adolescents. Intimidation... aggression... physical abuse and violence... Are you concerned that your child may physically hurt you or others? I keep telling her theres a difference between being a minor and being unequal, but she doesn't listen. I’m teaching my children Trans are real men and women! save hide report. It doesn’t mean you need to treat them as adults, but it does mean they should be treated with respect. It’s admittedly difficult for parents to walk the fine line between being the boss and giving your child enough independence. Y’all ever seen a man get knocked out there gym shoes? Avoiding Power Struggles with Defiant Children: Declaring Victory is Easier than You Think, “Go to Bed NOW!” Winning the Bedtime Battle with Young Kids and Teens, “Answer Me When I’m Talking to You!” What to Do When Your Child Ignores You, "My Child Thinks He's the Boss!" share. That’s my role. Does your child not cooperate and argues with you all the time? Amy says. Reply. They see the world and form opinions you may or may not like, and you need to accept that there is going to be a point where they fully and truly believe they are smarter than you. Archived. Children who do continue to feel they are a different gender from the one assigned at birth could develop in different ways. February 17, 2018 by Katharine … Menu As a result, it’s natural for kids to start thinking they have a say in everything unless you are clear about the choices you’re giving them. I think we need to look at the things she has written about in her blog,” the British comedian said in an interview with the Daily Telegraph, urging people “look at the things she has written about in her blog.” … I love my husband and our two surviving children, but I couldn’t simply transfer my love for Daniel to them. I’m not saying you should give it to them, but make no mistake, they want it. Forgotten Login Details? Would you like to learn about how to use consequences Your parents have the right and a responsibility to challenge the points of your statement if it doesn’t sit right with them. An erotic wall sticker illustrating a sexy lady standing in a stylish pose. Please help. Nothing will upset these children more than a condescending or patronizing attitude. Why can’t I?” The best answer is as follows: “We’re not talking about me. ! I want to tell Josie especially, but I don’t know how she’ll react. In fact, She is the parent I appreciate the most, because her opinion matters to me. hide. She carries lots of toys around inside a great big sack and keeps her eight pet reindeer with her sleigh out in the back. best. That’s a natural part of adolescence. Encourage your child to make those soft decisions—and then honor them. In many cases, gender-variant behaviour or feelings disappear as children get older – often as they reach puberty. It’s really kind of cute. So we stopped the medication and she … You must select at least one category to create your Personal Parenting Plan: We're just about finished! She seems over-responsible, and lacks some boundaries, and seems to think the non-negotiable is negotiable. But why can't they give a little respect too? no comments yet. I do want to love and be loved (in addition to living my children) but please advice me how to protect myself from falling for a trap of another narcissist again. 137k. He Said, She Said: 5 Things My Parent’s Didn’t Tell Me About Marriage. Kids also think they should have a vote in everything because they want to be equal to their parents—and they’ll try to argue with you until they’re blue in the face to convince you of that fact. You make these decisions because you are the boss and that is your job. It was for him alone. You make these decisions because you’re in charge of taking care of your family to the best of your ability. share. You must log in to leave a comment. 2 comments. The baby is due in February. 137k. She is a Millenial child as I am a baby boomer and we do not agree on alot yet this sweet young lady has a complete different set of values that the first two daughters do not possess. Neither you nor your child know why she is sabotaging herself. But parents need to make the ultimate decision. Think your child might be trans or non-binary? And you’ll often see children from the age of about six to ten being compliant most of the time. Together with his wife, Janet Lehman, he developed an approach to managing children and teens that challenges them to solve their own problems without hiding behind disrespectful, obnoxious or abusive behavior. your family. That way, you won’t get distracted and defensive. We … Give Reasons, But Don’t Debate . But you need an outlet for your anger other than arguing and screaming. 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This just happened and @TheRealMarilu was awesome. #EscapeAtDannemora https://t.co/JS6PSu5Htc Stiller and Vaughn teamed up for a very brief sequel to 'Dodgeball' this week, launching a charity initiative for Omaze. Recent years in cinema have been plagued by a spate of ill-advised re-makes of classic noughties comedies. Seriously, nobody would wish a screening of the appalling sequels to Anchorman or Zoolander on their worst enemy. However, the team behind the 2004 comedy Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story have come up with a rather better idea that doesn't necessitate a full-length sequel, with its stars Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn coming together to reprise their characters for a short and sweet video clip for a charity initiative launched by Omaze on Wednesday (June 14th). The four-minute clip sees Peter LaFleur (Vaughn) and the annoying White Goodman (Stiller) offering a select few lucky fans the chance to actually play dodgeball with them. Entrants can sign up either for Vaughn’s Average Joe’s team, or for Stiller’s Globo-Gym outfit. The nominations are in for the award season gong no one wants to receive. The nominees for the 37th annual Golden Raspberry Awards, aka the Razzies, have been revealed and according to organisers 2016 was so bad for movies there’s more contenders than ever. Leading the pack with nine nominations is Zoolander 2, described as a "15-years-too-late sequel”, which is up for nine awards, followed by Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, a "WTF comic-book battle royale,” which has eight nods. Zoolander 2 leads the 2016 Razzie nominations Speaking on Howard Stern's radio show, Stiller revealed he was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2014, and has since undergone successful treatment. Ben Stiller has revealed in a candid new interview that he was diagnosed with “immediately aggressive” prostate cancer two years ago, at the age of 48. The actor, speaking on Howard Stern’s SiriusXM radio show on Tuesday (October 4th), went public with his secret battle for the first time. “It came out of the blue for me,” Stiller, now 50 year old, said. “I had no idea. At first, I didn't know what was gonna happen. I was scared. It just stopped everything in your life because you can't plan for a movie because you don't know what's gonna happen.” Continue reading: Ben Stiller Reveals Secret Battle With Prostate Cancer It's been 15 years since Zoolander hit movie screens in 2001. So why did it take so long for Ben Stiller to return to one of his most beloved, iconic characters? "We probably would have made a sequel the year after the movie came out," he says, "but nobody came to see the first one in the theatre really, so no one wanted it." Of course, the film is considered a cult classic around the world. So the time finally seemed right for the actors to revisit the characters. "Comedies don't always translate cross-culturally," says Owen Wilson, who plays Derek Zoolander's fellow supermodel Hansel. "But the characters of Derek and Hansel have a level of ridiculousness I think people appreciate. And a kind of following developed. I noticed when I was travelling that there were a lot of people who came up to me quoting Zoolander." Continue reading: Stiller And Wilson Enjoyed Finding The Old Groove In Zoolander 2 With virtually the same blend of wit and idiocy as the 2001 original, this fashion-scene comedy is funny enough to spark some solid laughter in between the gags that fall flat. The punchlines are simple and the characters paper thin, but this world is so ripe for parody that the rather awkward mix of in-jokes and satire can't help but hit the bullseye every now and then. Things haven't been great for top supermodel Derek Zoolander (Ben Stiller) over the past 15 years. His reading school collapsed in tragedy, sending him to live as a "hermit crab" in the wilds of northern New Jersey. And with a facial injury, his cohort Hansel (Owen Wilson) has retired in the wasteland of Malibu. Then Italian designer Atoz (Kristen Wiig) summons them to Rome, just as Interpol agent Valentina (Penelope Cruz) is investigating a series of popstar murders that seem linked to Derek's past. Teaming up with Valentina, Derek and Hansel track down their old nemesis Mugatu (Will Ferrell), reconnect with Derek's long-lost son (Cyrus Arnold) and discover a sinister conspiracy. Stiller directs the film as if it's the next instalment in the Da Vinci Code saga, complete with shadowy secret rituals and ominous chase sequences. But the dialogue remains utterly ludicrous, as this "ridiculously good-looking" duo go through their individual existential crises, clueless that the world has moved on without them. Stiller and Wilson reprise the hang-dog charm that made the characters so likeable the first time round. Although this time Derek gets some emotional depth, while Hansel plays the action hero. Ferrell and Wiig camp it up to the rafters in their colourful roles, while Cruz vamps through the film in bombshell love-interest mode. Her deadpan performance might actually be the funniest thing in the movie. And each scene is packed with big-star cameos, some of which are genuinely amusing. Continue reading: Zoolander 2 Review There's not many positive comments on this long-awaited sequel. One sequel that has apparently divided critics this month is the long awaited 'Zoolander 2'; apparently not worth the wait as the ridiculous jokes have either been brutally slammed by reviewers, or wholeheartedly accepted as deliberately stupid. Either way, no-one's raving too much about the return of Derek and Hansel. Critics not laughing so much at Zoolander 2 Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson's return for this sequel fifteen years after the first movie, in which their male model characters attempt to save the world while saving face at the same time in the ruthless fashion industry. And while the original movie was praised for its silliness, 'Zoolander 2' doesn't seem to have had the same effect on many critics. Continue reading: Zoolander 2's Stupid Humour Has Left Critics Unenthusiastic Even though zero women suffer from erectile dysfunction... As usual, the weekend's Super Bowl featured some hilarious commercials from a range of celebrities including Amy Schumer, Liam Neeson, Christopher Walken and Kevin Hart. But also it seems a lot of ads didn't make the cut, and Ben Stiller revealed on 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon' that he featured in one of those ads. And it's just as, if not more, funny. Ben Stiller mocks Super Bowl commercials Okay, so it wasn't a real commercial, but for all its ridiculousness, it could've been (seen the Doritos ad, anybody?). He decided to shoot a spoof ad for Female Viagra which he unveiled on 'The Tonight Show' on Monday (February 8th 2016), after explaining to Fallon that the Super Bowl pulled his video before it could be shown. Continue reading: Ben Stiller Addresses Female Viagra In Parody Super Bowl Commercial Channeling their 'Zoolander 2' characters Derek and Hansel, they gave their opinions on the presidential candidates' fashion senses during the faux news segment 'Weekend Update' Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson made a surprise appearance on ‘Saturday Night Live’ as their dim-witted characters from the Zoolander sequel, and gave their unique insights into the pressing political issues of the day. The pair have reprised their roles as Derek Zoolander (Stiller) and Hansel (Wilson) for the long-awaited follow-up to the much loved 2001 original, which comes out on February 12th, and they came in character to visit the ‘SNL’ segment Weekend Update with Colin Jost and Michael Che on Saturday (February 6th), getting huge cheers as they made their way onstage. However, their commentary on the presidential nomination races didn’t extend to much more than the candidates’ fashion senses, as they were asked about Ted Cruz, Bernie Sanders, Hilary Clinton and, of course, Donald Trump. Continue reading: Ben Stiller And Owen Wilson Turn Up As 'Zoolander' Characters On 'SNL' The cast of the comedy sequel walked the blue carpet in London, serving blue steel all the way. Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson brought fun, fashion and laughs to London last night, for the premiere of Zoolander No.2 in the capital’s Leicester Square. They were joined by co-stars Christine Taylor, Penelope Cruz and Will Ferrell, who all walked the special ‘blue carpet’ in honour of Derek Zoolander’s infamous ‘blue steel’ pose. Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson at the Zoolander No. 2 premiere. But before the screening got underway, Ben Stiller managed to break a world record for the longest selfie stick, after taking a huge selfie on the blue carpet. Stiller’s special stick measured a massive 28 feet. Continue reading: Ben Stiller And Owen Wilson Strike A Pose At 'Zoolander No 2' Premiere As part of a promo stunt ahead of 'Zoolander 2' on February 12th, Stiller revealed some interesting facts about the filming of the 2001 original. With less than a fortnight to go until Zoolander 2 hits the big screen, its star Ben Stiller decided to get nostalgic and live tweet the original movie from 2001, in the process revealing quite a few interesting facts about its production and filming. The 50 year old actor, who reprises his famous role as the “ridiculously good looking” model Derek Zoolander in the sequel out on February 12th, watched the 15 year old original on Sunday night (January 31st), tweeting fans as he did so. Ben Stiller live-tweeted his experience watching the original 'Zoolander' Continue reading: Ben Stiller Live Tweets His Experience Watching First 'Zoolander' Movie The male model is serving some serious blue-steel on the cover of US Vogue, alongside Penelope Cruz. Derek Zoolander is the cover star for February’s issue of Vogue, alongside Penelope Cruz. With Zoolander 2 hitting cinemas on February 12th it’s about time the ridiculously good-looking male model landed on the cover of the world’s biggest style magazine and inside actor Ben Stiller spills on getting some of fashion’s biggest names onboard for the comedy. Continue reading: Blue Steel Hits The Big Time: Derek Zoolander Lands First Vogue Cover There are a number of fantastic movies due out in 2016. Contactmusic.com's resident film reviewer, Rich Cline talks us through some of the most anticipated. As always, there are far too many sequels, spin-offs, remakes and reboots clogging the cinemas, but surely some will be worth the effort. (Release dates are subject to change.) 10. The Hateful Eight Tarantino kicks off the year with an epic Western starring Samuel L. Jackson and Kurt Russell (Jan). And there's more manly action with Charlie Hunnam in Knights of the Round Table: King Arthur (Jul), Jack Huston in Ben-Hur (Aug), Chris Pratt in The Magnificent Seven (Sep). Continue reading: 10 Most Anticipated Films Of 2016 An online petition has called for a boycott of the film, which features Cumberbatch as an androgynous model named Ali. Zoolander 2 co-writer Justin Theroux has the defend the film against critics who have called for it to be boycotted over Benedict Cumberbatch’s character. Cumberbatch’s character Ali was accused by some of being ‘transphobic’ when the film’s trailer hit last month and an online petition was launched calling for a boycott of the film. Zoolander 2 co-writer Justin Theroux Speaking to The Wrap about the petition, which has so far received over 21,000 signatures, Theroux said: “I don’t even know what to make of it, because it hurts my feelings in a way. I take great care in the jokes I write, and the umbrage being taken is out of the context of the scene.” The comedy sequel stars Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson as two male models. Zoolander 2 is still months away from hitting cinemas, but it’s already broken a record thanks to its trailer. The comedy, starring Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson, is released on February 2nd, but fans have been viewing its trailer so much that its made the record books. Owen Wilson, Ben Stiller and Penelope Cruz in Zoolander 2. According to studio Paramount, the Zoolander 2 trailer is now “the most successful comedy trailer launch of all time”, having been viewed over 52.2 million times. The two-and-a-half minute clip was released on November 18th and even including a glimpse of Justin Bieber, who will cameo in the film. Continue reading: 'Zoolander 2' Breaks Record For Most Watched Comedy Trailer Benedict Cumberbatch plays an androgynous model named Ali in the comedy sequel. Just days after its first trailer hit, the upcoming Zoolander sequel has come under fire due to Benedict Cumberbatch’s character. Cumberbatch plays an androgynous model named Ali in the film, but some LGBT activists have labelled the portrayal ‘a 'cartoonish mockery' of transgender, androgyne and non-binary individuals’. Benedict Cumberbatch’s Zoolander 2 character is the subject of an online petition to boycott the movie. The petition was started on change.org by Sarah Rose, has has so far received over 7,500 signatures. It reads: ‘In the Zoolander 2 trailer, an androgynous character played by Benedict Cumberbatch is asked by Zoolander and Hansel if he is a ‘male or female model’, and if they ‘have a hot dog or a bun’.’ Derek, Hansel and some other familiar faces are back in Zoolander 2! After offering their services to 'The Derek Zoolander Center for Kids Who Can't Read Good and Wanna Learn to Do Other Stuff Good Too' Derek and Hansel find themselves pining for a time when they were the biggest names in fashion. Only a few years might've past but the fashion industry is a very different place and one that's left them FAR behind. 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'Zoolander 2' is coming in 2016 Modelling is a serious business, so naturally your posing has to be on point at all times - even if it's yourself taking the picture. At least, that's the philosophy of Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson's characters, who both gave a furrowed brow, duck-face pout to their smart phones in one of the new posters. Their dress sense is as outlandish as ever, Ben in a black sequined jacket and Owen - sporting an on trend curly bob - in a white fur number. Continue reading: Ben Stiller And Owen Wilson Snap Selfies In 'Zoolander 2' [Posters] Ricky Gervais and Ben Stiller have paid tribute to their late co-star. The cast of Night At The Museum: Secret of the Tomb has paid tribute to cast member Robin Williams who died earlier this year. Speaking to People Magazine, the film’s stars celebrated the life and performance of their late co-star whose suicide in August devastated Hollywood. Robin Williams and the cast of Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb In what would be one of his final film appearances Williams reprised his role of President Theodore Roosevelt in the third instalment of the comedy franchise. The Interview's release is indefinitely cancelled, as the Night at the Museum 3 cast holds premieres in New York and London, and James Bond hits the Thames as filming begins on Spectre. There are also new trailers for Sean Penn's The Gunman, the Divergent sequel Insurgent and a new Thomas Hardy adaptation... The big movie news this week has been Sony's decision to cancel the release of the James Franco/Seth Rogen comedy The Interview due to threats made by a hacking group. The film had already held its Los Angeles premiere, attended by Franco and Rogen, costar Diana Bang and cowriter-director Evan Goldberg, who were photographed on the red carpet. But the New York premiere was cancelled, as was all press and any plans for a theatrical or home video release. 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The death of acting legend and comedic master, Robin Williams, has prompted many tributes from colleagues, friends, family and fans to pour in from around the world as people come to terms with the loss of an icon. The 63-year-old versatile star of such classics as Mrs Doubtfire and Good Will Hunting was found dead at his home on Monday 11 August in what has now been confirmed as suicide by asphyxiation. Robin Williams was 63 when he took her own life His untimely death has left many devastated that they will no longer be able to frequently witness his talent with the potential for a Mrs Doubtfire sequel now unlikely to come to fruition. There are, however, four films as yet unreleased in which Williams stars and will be seen on screen. Continue reading: The Final Projects Of Robin Williams Looking back at the late movie star's 88 year-long and illustrious career. Mickey Rooney, star of the big screen for 88 years, has passed away aged 93 after a long illness, according to Variety. He died on Sunday in the company of his family in his North Hollywood home, Los Angeles police have reportedly confirmed. Skilled in comedy, drama, singing and dancing, Rooney was regarded as the consummate entertainer and enjoyed a prolific career on stage and screen. Mickey Rooney, The New York-Born Screen Legend, Has Died Aged 93. Margaret O'Brien, who had recently been working with the actor on Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, said "He was undoubtedly the most talented actor that ever lived. There was nothing he couldn't do. Singing, dancing, performing [...] all with great expertise. Mickey made it look so easy. He seemed fine through the filming and was as great as ever," she said in a statement. Continue reading: Mickey Rooney Dies Aged 93: Remembering The Child Star And Screen Legend Award-nominated actors work through Super Bowl weekend, as Night at the Museum 3 takes to the streets of London, which also features in the A Long Way Down trailer. And we get glimpses of Owen's Blood Ties, more Rio action, a sinister Oculus and an eerie Maleficent theme song... In the lull between big awards shows, media attention turns to Super Bowl halftime performances and adverts, while award-nominated actors and filmmakers travel around the world to squeeze in their next projects before Bafta and Oscar nights. Judi Dench is in India filming The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 2 with the reunited cast from the original. Chiewtel Ejiofor is in New Zealand filming something top-secret. Cate Blanchett is taking a well-deserved holiday. Meanwhile, Ben Stiller and Robin Williams have been snapped on the streets of rain-swept London filming scenes for Night at the Museum 3. We braved the British weather to snap the filming in action. We got our first glimpse of the comedy-drama A Long Way Down this week, with a new trailer that plays up the film's black humour and warm emotion. Pierce Brosnan, Toni Collette, Aaron Paul and Imogen Poots play four people who meet as they're planning to end it all by leaping from a London skyscraper. In the media circus that follows, they make a pact to live for at least one more month. It looks funny and rather sweet, with the terrific cast on great form. It's out in March. Watch 'A Long Way Down' Trailer here. 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty' - what's the verdict? Ben Stiller's movieThe Secret Life of Walter Mitty - based on James Thurber's classic story - has severely divided critics ahead of its release on Christmas Day. Back in October, we speculated on the possibility it being too avant-garde for Hollywood based on the strength of the trailer and with a 37% score on Rotten Tomatoes, it seems Stiller's project hasn't quite worked out (at least most people don't think so). Ben Stiller in 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty' "It's too airless, too perfect, a dream of connection with humanity that flees contact with actual people," said Tom Shone of The Guardian. Christine Taylor and Ben Stiller - AFI FEST 2013 Presented By Audi - "The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty" Premiere At TCL Chinese Theatre - Hollywood, California, United States - Thursday 14th November 2013 Mark Fishkin - Ben Stiller and his wife Christine Taylor at the Mill Valley Film Festival where Ben received the Mill Valley Film Festival Award, held at the Rafael Film Centre - San Francisco, CA, United States - Sunday 13th October 2013 Ben Stiller and Kristin Wiig, who play the lead characters in the new comedy 'The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty', pose together at the New York Film Festival Centerpiece Gala Presentation held at the Film Society Lincoln Centre. Ben Stiller and Christine Taylor - The 2013 New York Film Festival Presents The Centerpiece Gala Presentation of The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty at Alice Tully Hall NYC 10 5 13 - NYC, NY, United States - Sunday 6th October 2013 Ben Stiller - Celebrities attend the Men's Singles semi-final match between Rafael Nadal and Richard Gasquet at the US Open Tennis Tournamnt at the Billie Jean King Tennis Center - New York City, NY, United States - Saturday 7th September 2013 The Zoolander star is rebooting the 90s classic Ben Stiller will fulfill a producer role as NBC reimagine the 1994 cult comedy, Reality Bites. The film, which starred Stiller as well as providing his directorial debut, was released in 1994 and gained a cult following years after its release, Deadline report. Reality Bites seemed to capture a generational issue: fresh out of college and struggling to get a job. “Although it never became the definitive document of Generation X, Reality Bites is a touchstone for anyone just out of college and stuck with more ideals than job prospects, not to mention a head full of bad-TV trivia,” explained Rolling Stone at the time. And in these times of austerity - youngsters out of school are finding employment space – a show based on such a dilemma could be perfectly timed. Co-producing with Uni TV are Stiller’s Red Hour Television and Double Feature Films, the company run by Michael Shamberg and Stacey Sher – both worked on the 94 movie. Continue reading: Reality Clearly Bites For Ben Stiller, He's Kicking Off A Sitcom The trailer for the enchanting upcoming comedy, 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty', has been released and promises a visually spectacular adventure with Ben Stiller and Kristen Wiig. 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Continue reading: Greta Gerwig Gives Performance Of A Lifetime In 'Frances Ha' [Trailer] In a jam packed and fairly unforgettable week in Hollywood, Reese Witherspoon was arrested, Jennifer Lawrence debuted her new shorter locks, and Justin Bieber continues to do his best to forget about his pet monkey. Walk The Line: arrested?! That was our first thought upon hearing the news this week. The amiable Louisiana native and all-round darling of Hollywood was cuffed by cops after getting rowdy over her husband Jim Toth's arrest. Oh, and she pulled out the "do you know who I am?" line. Cringe. New Hair Alert: Jennifer Lawrence sort of stole the show at the GLAAD Media Awards this week, despite the appearance of former President of the United States, Bill Clinton. Debuting a shorter, darker hairstyle, Lawrence sent the social media world into overdrive. What do you think of the change? The fans get what they want as the Dodgeball sequel is ordered Fans of the Stiller school of comedy should pop muzzles over their easily impressed faces, as Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story will resurrect itself in the form of a sequel. The name? Well it’s Dodgeball 2 of course. It’s not really surprising that a sequel has been ordered. What is surprising, though, is that it’s taken this long to come to fruition. The film was a huge hit in the box office, and made more than 114 million US dollars in the States. “It's really hard to get most movies made," Ben Stiller said about the current state of the industry. "Especially independent films, and even just regular, mid-range budgeted dramas. The genre movies and sequels are obviously what becomes the thing." He’s not wrong there. 20th Century Fox can guarantee in increase on the first film’s gross, given everyone who went to see it at the cinema will want to catch the sequel, and taking into account inflation. It’s a sure-fire winner, and one that the film’s stars Stiller and Vince Vaughn were just waiting to cash in on. You might know him as White Goodman - Stiller Continue reading: Dodgeball 2 – Yeah You Heard, It’s The Return Of The Underdog Eugene Levy, Ben Stiller and Martin Short - Eugene Levy, Ben Stiller, Martin Short Thursday 15th November 2012 during the 26th American Cinematheque Award Gala honoring Ben Stiller at The Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hillls After billionaire Arthur Shaw (Alda) is sent to prison for fraud, the manager of his insanely posh Manhattan apartment building, Josh (Stiller), is furious that his staff's pensions have been lost. So he teams up with his employees (concierge Affleck, chef Sidibe and lift operator Pena), a disgruntled ex-tenant (Broderick) and a local crook (Murphy) to steal back what they're owed. But they have to be careful, because an FBI agent (Leoni) is poking around Arthur's penthouse. And then there's the question of where all of those stolen millions are hidden. Continue reading: Tower Heist Review Underneath the famous Muppet Theatre, oil has been discovered. Tex Richman, an oilman, finds out and plans to demolish the theatre so he can start drilling. Walter, Gary and Mary are three friends who also happen to be huge fans of The Muppets. They plan to stage what they call 'The Greatest Muppet Telethon Ever', so they can raise $10 million to stop the destruction of the Muppet Theatre. Continue: The Muppets Trailer As their twins (Daisy Tahan and Colin Baiocchi) are about to turn 5, Greg and Pam Focker (Stiller and Polo) are planning a big birthday party involving both of their sets of parents. While Pam's intense dad Jack (De Niro) is pressuring Greg to be a family leader, her mom (Danner) tries to keep the peace. Meanwhile, Greg's parents (Streisand and Hoffman) are on separate quests of their own. But it's Pam's ex Kevin (Wilson) who really stirs things up. As does a drug rep (Alba) who gets a bit too close to Greg. Continue reading: Little Fockers Review An orphan from a destroyed planet, Megamind (voiced by Ferrell) has been pushed into the role of the villain of Metro City. His only superpower is his intellect, with which he creates outrageous gadgets to battle his lifelong nemesis, the publicly adored Metro Man (Pitt). When one plan actually succeeds, Megamind and his sidekick Minion (Cross) take over the city, but are bored without someone to fight. So he decides to create a new superhero. Meanwhile, he starts to fall for Roxanne (Fey), a journalist who hates him. Continue reading: Megamind Review Our favourite dysfunctional family returns to the screens once again in Meet The Parents Little Fockers. It's 10 years on since Greg and Jack first met, and after finally marrying his daughter and raising two children with her, Jack seems to finally be accepting Greg for who he is; however it doesn't seem Jack's ever going to be 100% happy with his son-in-law, when he finds out Greg is short on money and working for a drug company Jack becomes dubious about Greg and if he'll ever be a strong enough man to lead his family. Continue: Meet The Parents Little Fockers Trailer While her boss Phil Greenberg (Messina) and family are on holiday, Florence (Gerwig) is taking care of their home and dog. And she also ends up taking care of his brother Roger (Stiller) when he comes to stay in the house. Roger is obsessive-compulsive and not very good at relationships. He gets in touch with his old pal (Ifans) and his newly single ex (Leigh), but is unable to avoid falling for Florence along the way. This doesn't go too well at all, mainly because Roger can't think through anything clearly. Continue reading: Greenberg Review It's been a few years since Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) worked as a night watchman at the Museum of Natural History in New York. He has since become a highly successful infomercial pitchman. When he learns from the statue of Teddy Roosevelt (Robin Williams) that most of his favorite exhibits, including the miniatures of cowboy Jedediah Smith (Owen Wilson) and Roman Emperor Octavius (Steve Coogan), are being "decommissioned" and taken to the Federal Archive in DC, he's sad. A late night phone call from his "friends" has him headed to the nation's capital and breaking into the Smithsonian. There, he discovers Kahmunrah (Hank Azaria), evil brother of Ahkmenrah (Rami Malek), who wants a fabled golden tablet so he can take over the world. With the help of Gen. Custer (Bill Hader) and Amelia Earhart (Amy Adams), Larry must stop the resurrected despot and save the day. Continue reading: Night At The Museum: Battle Of The Smithsonian Review After being stranded on the tiny, titular African island, our four heroes -- egomaniacal lion Alex (Ben Stiller), hypochondriac giraffe Melmen (David Schwimmer), smart alecky zebra Marty (Chris Rock), and lovelorn hippo Gloria (Jada Pinkett Smith) -- are finally headed home. On a junk airplane refurbished by those pesky penguins, self-proclaimed King Julien (Sacha Baron Cohen), along with his right-hand advisor Maurice (Cedric the Entertainer) will take the quartet back to New York. Of course, things don't go as planned, and everyone ends up in the middle of a wildlife preserve in Africa. There, Alex meets up with his dad (Bernie Mac), mom (Sherrie Shepherd), and conniving Uncle Makunga (Alec Baldwin). When the fun-loving feline fails at the tribe's right of passage, however, it's clear these big city critters need to get back to Manhattan, and fast. Continue reading: Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa Review For three Hollywood heavyweights, the film adaptation of Vietnam vet Four Leaf Tayback's (Nick Nolte) war bestseller is rapidly spiraling out of control. Action hero Tugg Speedman (Stiller) is having a hard time digging up the requisite emotion, while Australian Method actor Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey Jr.) actually has some "controversial" plastic surgery to up the authenticity. Pulling up the rear -- literally -- is fat funnyman Jeff Portnoy (Jack Black). After appearing in a collection of crude yet profitable comedies, the borderline junkie wants to go legit. Along with rapper Alpa Chino (Brandon T. Jackson) and bit player Kevin Sandusky (Jay Baruchel), these celebrities fall victim to Tayback and director Damien Cockburn's (Steve Coogan) scheme to add realism to the project. The plan? Take everyone into the Asian jungle and shoot it, guerilla style. The problem? A deadly drug cartel. Continue reading: Tropic Thunder Review No, this isn't a comedy like Little Shop of Horrors, but a shocking and disturbing experience that slaughters any comedic notions audiences may have after realizing they're watching a movie about killer flowers. Does the sight of a girl cutting herself open and pulling plants from her wounds make you cringe? Then prepare for one of the most unsettling horror films of the year. Continue reading: The Ruins Review Perhaps a reunion with Ben Stiller rekindled a little of that Farrelly fire. because The Heartbreak Kid, a remake of the Charles Grodin-Cybill Shepherd comedy from 1972, is the brothers' most deliberate effort to recapture that Mary magic. Continue reading: The Heartbreak Kid (2007) Review Blades begins with the backstory of figure skating prodigy Jimmy MacElroy (Jon Heder). Plucked from an orphanage and given his last name by creepy entrepreneur Darren MacElroy (William Fichtner), Jimmy is groomed to become a champion. His only competition is the exquisitely named Chazz Michael Michaels (Ferrell) who brings the swagger only a self-proclaimed sex addict can to the sport. Continue reading: Blades Of Glory Review That Levy -- the pandering director responsible for this year's atrociously unnecessary Pink Panther installment -- would stoop to such levels doesn't surprise me. No, I'm more upset that it took me so long to begrudgingly accept that what could have been inspired fluff for the whole family is, in fact, is a silly parade of slapstick antics aimed at audience members age eight and under. Continue reading: Night At The Museum Review Ben Stiller plays a well-meaning dreamer who is down on his luck and short of cash in the ingenious action-adventure comedy, NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM. A divorced dad, he reluctantly takes a post as a night security guard at New York's Natural History Museum. It seems like a dead-end job, but proves to be life changing and challenging in ways he could never have imagined. When the lights go down and the last visitor leaves the museum, a strange magic takes hold and all the exhibits come to life - from prehistoric animals to gladiators and cowboys. The film also stars Robin Williams and movie legends Dick Van Dyke and Mickey Rooney. Continue reading: Ben Stiller, Q&A, Night at the Museum Scoundrels gets off to a sluggish start as it introduces its main character, Roger (Jon Heder), a geeky New York City meter maid (meter butler?) whose life is falling apart. He gets robbed at work. His boss is unsympathetic to his problems and his coworkers ridicule him. He regularly humiliates himself in front of his gorgeous neighbor, Amanda (Jacinda Barrett). And even his volunteer work is a disaster, as his Little Brother asks to be assigned to someone else. Heder channels the inner nerd that carried Napoleon Dynamite to its stratospheric success, but the script doesn't provide enough originality or comic punch to bring his character to life. The opening 15 minutes are flat, dimensionless, and largely laugh-free. Continue reading: School For Scoundrels Review This charm may not be entirely expected. After all, it is (1) an adaptation of a 1970s cop show, (2) arriving maybe a decade after the peak of seventies nostalgia, (3) assembled by director-writer Todd Phillips (Road Trip, Old School), whose previous movies were only funny to the extent that the actors could overcome his aimless, slapdash staging (Will Ferrell, no problem; Breckin Meyer, less so). Continue reading: Starsky & Hutch Review The hardest thing about an outsider trying to infiltrate a subculture and explain it to the masses is that the truth is often lost in the translation. Toback throws together a huge canvas of characters and actors in attempt to create a clear picture of why white kids are motivated to impersonate black rappers' lifestyles and why rich whit guys treat black rappers like Arnold and Willis from Diff'rent Strokes. Continue reading: Black And White (1999) Review Shore's movie isn't terribly amusing -- as the single joke wears paper-thin over its 80 mercifully short minutes -- but Shore does pull off a serious coup in recruiting several dozen major celebrities -- Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, Vince Vaughn, Pamela Anderson, and more -- to appear in the film as themselves, alongside some lesser-known but equally curious picks -- Heidi Fleiss, Roco Suave, Tommy Chong, and Todd Bridges, to name just a few. Continue reading: Pauly Shore Is Dead Review This adage is wholly true for the Tenenbaums, a charismatic dysfunctional family set in a slightly surreal New York City. With an all-star cast and crisp dialogue, this film does what many other films of its genre lack -- it creates a family environment that is entertaining as well as easy to relate to. Continue reading: The Royal Tenenbaums Review If you've seen the trailer, you know the story: Ted (Ben Stiller) finally gets to go out with Mary (Cameron Diaz) to the prom and is stymied by a freak zipper accident, sending him into years of therapy to wonder what-coulda-been. Thirteen years later, we find that he's not the only one fixated on Mary... as no fewer than five suitors appear to win her heart. Continue reading: There's Something About Mary Review Perhaps best known as the chief influence behind the TV show ALF, Midnightis a simplistic retelling of Stahl's tell-all autobiography. Ben Stiller, the only remotely passable part of this film, plays Stahl with gusto, but twenty minutes of Stiller going berserk as a strung-out junkie are more than enough. Continue reading: Permanent Midnight Review The answer is irrelevant and really doesn't matter at all. It's just something that struck me during one of the many lulls in the surprisingly uneven and marginally entertaining Meet the Fockers. Trust me: You'll have plenty of time to ponder this and other cinematic riddles when you're watching Fockers. Continue reading: Meet The Fockers Review The reality of Reality Bites is that it's simply too lightweight a romantic comedy to succeed at being emblematic; and, as far as I can see, it never was really meant to carry such heft. This directorial debut of then-green Ben Stiller portrays twenty-somethings floundering in dead-end jobs, nursing big dreams, or simply trying to find themselves as they enter the real world. In the least, it's a slice of life; and at its best, it's an often funny and very endearing little movie. Continue reading: Reality Bites Review It begins with two working stiffs, Tim (Ben Stiller) and Nick (Jack Black) plodding their lives away at a 3M facility. By-the-book Tim is creeping into middle management while dreamer Nick wallows on the factory floor concocting wacky ideas for useless products. All of that changes when one of Nick's hare-brained schemes, a spray that dissolves dog excrement called Vapoorize (No. Stop. I think I'm gonna bust a gut.), pans out and makes millions. Continue reading: Envy (2004) Review Of course, there are worst ways to spend your Memorial Day weekend than to share in the adventures of four wild animals at the Central Park Zoo. The zoo's star, Alex (voiced by Ben Stiller), is a headlining lion who loves being the limelight. His best friend, Marty (Chris Rock), a zebra, yearns to go beyond the zoo's walls and return to the wild. At the duo's side is boisterous, level-headed hippo, Gloria (Jada Pinkett Smith) and hypochondriac giraffe Melman (David Schwimmer). Continue reading: Madagascar Review Mystery Men is one of the funniest films I've seen all year. It combines the hilarious randomness of films like Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, with a satirical twist that today's audiences are sure to appreciate. Now don't get me wrong, Mystery Men is no masterpiece, but it made me laugh (a lot) and that's what the film is about. Mystery Men scores high in all areas. It has an entirely kooky and original plot fueled by crack up dialogue, mesmerizing scenery, (which is reminiscent of the Batman movies) and an awesome cast. Continue reading: Mystery Men Review Much like Derek, Zoolander is a sweet simpleton of a movie. It's not complex in either its social commentary or its comedy, and it never produces any gut-busting laughs (except maybe a scene when Derek's model roommates all die in a tragic "gasoline fight" accident -- a riotously funny take-off of Tommy Hilfiger ads). But it has a satisfying handful of strong chuckles, wild characters and performances, and mildly harsh potshots at the fashion industry to keep you amused. Better yet, this exaggerated version of the original three-minute skit is only blown out to an efficient 95 minutes -- just enough time to string together its goofball plot without exhausting the gag. Continue reading: Zoolander Review Keeping the Faith may not be quite that bad, but it's nothing to, ahem, preach about. Setting the film up with all the trappings of your classic, neurotic, New York relationship comedy, Faith wants to be a wry When Harry Met Sally... tale of opposites attracting and love conquering all. Oh, the opposites aren't the rabbi Jake (Ben Stiller) and the priest Brian (Ed Norton) -- that might actually be a movie worth watching. The kink in this picture is Jenna Elfman's Anna, the old childhood friend of Jake and Brian, who swishes into town and promptly falls in love with our rabbi. Continue reading: Keeping The Faith Review The thing is, on paper this movie doesn't seem like a pointless timekiller -- or at least like such a forgettable one. The writer-director is John Hamburg, who previously worked with Stiller as a writer on Zoolander and Meet the Parents, two projects that make particularly good use of the actor's talent for silliness and embarrassment, respectively. And there's a fairly crack supporting cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Alec Baldwin, Hank Azaria, and Debra Messing. The lack of inspiration and the accompanying clichés about the value of "taking risks" and opposites attracting, then, are like a supernatural force, weighing the movie down. Like gravity, but more persistent. Continue reading: Along Came Polly Review So, am I getting soft for romances? Maybe so, but the quality of American comedy writing really seems to be on the rise. If Lucy Fell was written, directed, and stars one of our most promising up-and-comers, Eric Schaeffer, whose docu-comedic first (independent) film, My Life's in Turnaround, was a sleeper hit in 1994. Continue reading: If Lucy Fell Review The sophomore effort of writer/director David O. Russell (whose first film, Spanking the Monkey, was a real jaw-dropper by virtue of its title alone) is a comedy/romance that somehow captures the feel of both a home movie and an acid trip together. On the surface, the story of Mel Coplin (Ben Stiller) and his search for his birth parents is a tried-and-true tale. In reality, Flirting With Disaster has more twists than a French braid and as much comedy as, well, as much brash and uncompromising comedy as anything else has given us this year. Continue reading: Flirting With Disaster Review Remember that great Z-grade 1969 protest picture "Brothers Divided," about the conjoined twins drafted to serve in Vietnam? No? How about the blaxploitation classics "Venus De Mofo" and "The Foxy Chocolate Robot?" Or the tree-hugging girlie biker flick "The Eco-Angels"? Or the midget Gidget movie "Teenie Weenie Bikini Beach"? Those don't ring a bell? Surely you've seen at least one of the 427 movies directed by schlock filmmaker Morty Fineman over the last 38 years, right? Continue reading: The Independent Review Even if you have not yet tired of the eye-bugging, eyebrow-dancing, class-clown schtick of Jack Black or the eye-bugging, eyebrow-dancing, fretful straight-man schtick of Ben Stiller, the first collaboration between these two one-trick ponies is still unlikely to draw a single laugh for its slapdash story of one-dimensional "Envy" run amok. The pair star as K-Mart-class stiffs in the sandpaper trade who are best pals and neighbors in an under-the-power-lines cul-de-sac of the San Fernando 'burbs. A fusspot pragmatic by temperament, Stiller slowly turns bitter green when Black -- a wild-eyed daydreamer full of half-baked inventions and get-rich-quick schemes -- gets rich quick by helping conceive an aerosol spray that makes pet poop evaporate. Soon Stiller and family (Rachel Weisz is wasted in a do-nothing role as his wife) are living across the street from the gaudy uber-mansion that replaced Black's tract home, complete with a carousel on the grounds and Corinthian-styled stables for a white horse that's always getting loose and nibbling on their apple tree. When jealous Stiller accidentally kills the horse in a midnight fit of drunken archery (Black's yard also boasts a bow-and-arrow target range), he tries to hide the body with the help of a weird hobo (Christopher Walken), and hilarity is supposed to ensue. Continue reading: Envy Review Jennifer Aniston must have been struck with serious deja vu while filming one pivotal scene from "Along Came Polly," in which she discovers that a neurotic risk assessor (Ben Stiller) -- whom she's been seeing since his bride dumped him on their honeymoon -- has used his laptop computer to make a list of pros and cons about their relationship, hoping to analyze his way to Ms. Right. Almost the exact same circumstances once led to the breakup on "Friends" between her Rachel and David Schwimmer's neurotic, risk-averse Ross. It's just such a tendency toward the derivative that leaves "Along Came Polly" lacking any fresh romantic-comedy punch. A blind pet ferret that wreaks havoc on Stiller's attempted seductions smacks of the dog that did the same in "There's Something About Mary." A scene in which Stiller kisses up to his boss (Alec Baldwin) in the men's room recalls an awkward moment in "Brazil," and the urinal humor that drives the scene is straight out of "Austin Powers" (which was hardly the originator of such gags in the first place). Continue reading: Along Came Polly Review Can somebody please stop Ben Stiller? Since becoming a box-office draw with "There's Something About Mary," the guy has been a horrendous ham, devouring scenery with an eye-bugging, eyebrow-stitching schtick so stale and predictable that his last dozen movies have all included the same gag: slow-motion scenes of Stiller madly mugging while dancing, or running, or playing the titular game of schoolyard pain and humiliation in "Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story." The only variation in his on-screen persona is that sometimes he's an irritatingly neurotic, hapless chump ("Along Came Polly," "Envy," "Meet the Parents") and other times he's an irritatingly arrogant, mock-sexy-pouting, self-obsessed moron ("Starsky & Hutch," "Zoolander"). Continue reading: Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story Review Date of birth 30th November, 1965 This just happened and @TheRealMarilu was awesome. #EscapeAtDannemora https://t.co/JS6PSu5Htc RT @chelseahandler: Does Escape at Dannemora make anyone else horny? Asking for a friend. 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Adidas and Stella McCartney launch Beach Defender collection and campaign Adidas and Stella McCartney have launched a new campaign and collection under the Beach Defender title as the final drop in the Adidas by Stella McCartney SS21 offer. It’s heavily tech-based and the campaign pays homage to “today’s change-makers and the unique ways in which they move through the world”. The campaign was creatively directed by Netti Hurley and Monika Mogi, “capturing a new line-up of activists connected by their passion for change, conserving our planet’s waters and the invigoration that physical movement brings”. The new collection itself is an interesting mix of the technical, the practical and the strongly eco-focused. For instance, new pieces include a high-performance Trisuit and Pull On lightweight jacket, the latter coming with a built-in mesh bag “to collect sea trash” . The offer is very big on technical detail and we’re told it “delivers on the performance needs of next-gen athletes”. The 3-in-1 ClimaCool Vento shoe with removable inner sock can be worn for a large variety of workouts, helping to provide items for use on both land and in the water. Meanwhile, the Bikini Top and Bikini Short made with recycled polyamide offer a supportive, racer style for run and swim. Taking inspiration from water, the palette features a fresh colour blocking style with tones of white and storm blue. Water has a big part of play in the creative that comes along with the collection too. Hurley and Mogi have picked a line-up of creators and activists include marine biologists, waterfall climbers and wild water swimmers, “enlisted to capture their message on film against a stunning natural world backdrop”. They include Nagakura Nami, an activist and mineral water researcher, Monika Mogi travelled to where she lives by Mount Fuji, using the landscape "to document tender moments between mother and daughter as they swim in the wild and preserve the land around it”. Starring alongside Nagakura, Takigawa Ayaka is a Sawanabori practitioner, mountain guide and hiker “who is a firm believer in all forms of movement that foster a connection to nature”. She’s seen climbing the rocks and swimming in the pools of a Japanese waterfall. And UK-based Hurley chose cast members “who are setting the tone for a better future, celebrating their passion and energy on film”. That means open water swimmer and journalist, Seren Jones, “chosen for championing the importance of swimming as a life-saving skill, encouraging more people in BIPOC communities to learn how to feel safe in the water”. There’s also Ayesha Tan Jones, artist and musician and co-founder of Shadow Sistxrs Fight Club – “a physical and meta-physical self-defence class for women, non-binary people and QTIPOC”. They’re seen “with emotive visuals as they move across the banks of Bewl Water”. Mccartney said of all this that the aim is to “shine a spotlight on those connected to, and helping to protect the world and its waters. I was so inspired by the idea of creating multipurpose pieces that are designed to be both kinder to the planet, but also perform in different environments and for different workouts”. Copyright © 2021 FashionNetwork.com All rights reserved.

We are witnessing a tipping point: the rise of Menopause Power: a growing activist movement which will change the Change in the same way that Period Power fought period poverty and stigma. On social media, on podcasts and in newspapers, there’s a huge menopause conversation, as confrontational as it is celebratory. I’ve just produced a Channel 4 documentary, Davina McCall: Sex, Myths and the Menopause, and there’s nowhere we don’t go: losing jobs to hot flushes, vaginal dryness, memory loss, orgasms after menopause, and the shocking misinformation we’ve been fed on hormone replacement therapy. But above all, we give the menopausal taboo the kicking it has long deserved. As Davina McCall, who’s presented everything from Big Brother to Long Lost Family and had her first hot flush at 44, says: “I was advised not to talk about it, that it was ageing and a bit unsavoury, but clearly that didn’t work out very well, because I’m sitting here talking to you… I’m not going to be ashamed about a transition that half the population goes through.” There are 13 million menopausal women in the UK and 4.5 million of us make up the fastest-growing demographic in the workplace, while nine out of 10 say the menopause has adversely affected their work. Indeed, if you clapped for a key worker in lockdown, she was probably menopausal: 50% of nurses are over 50 years old. Some women find their periods stop early in their teens, 20s and 30s, and menopause affects some trans men, intersex and non-binary people on different hormonal journeys. Tackling symptoms and stigma is a feminist issue, and equal access to safer hormones is key. This is not about luxury and vanity. This is about long-term health and sanity. Until I met the menopause and its dastardly little sister, the perimenopause, I thought I’d be fine: “Periods stop. Full stop. And whatever you do, don’t take HRT.” I was so wrong that I made the documentary and am writing a book, too. Those were fuelled by my own journey, which was more a Thelma and Louise car crash as my hormones went off a cliff. My passage through midlife’s magnificent shitshow has been an education that put me in my place, and helped me understand how tough that place is for others. I thought perimenopause was just the run-up to the menopause and not a treacherous passage in itself. I had no idea it would make me so furious – or give me surprise periods like tsunamis. In the kitchen at various times during my deranged perimenopausal mood swings I threw: 1) a butternut squash, 2) Nigella Christmas, 3) broccoli, 4) a full butter dish, and 5) blue poster paint at the wall. No one was injured. Indeed, the missiles actually released family tension – and at least the dog began to treat me with more respect. I had no idea that progesterone and oestrogen drained erratically but inexorably away over the course of years in perimenopause, and that symptoms could be mental as well as physical. In my late 40s I started getting erratic heartbeats in the night – sudden, fast, panicky pounding in my chest, for no reason at all. I still had my periods, but I also had a few hot flushes. My GP said: “Oh you’re too young to be menopausal. They can’t be hot flushes.” She sent me off for an electrocardiogram. My dog and I run most days. My heart was fine. The diagnosis was “too much coffee”. Now that I’ve been researching the menopause for two years, I know that those harmless palpitations were a classic sign of falling oestrogen, something that is reported by 11% of women. My doctor, however, did not. That’s because menopause – and perimenopause – is not a separate compulsory module in a GPs’ training. There are oestrogen receptors in every part of your body and if fluctuating hormones are sending erratic electrical signals to your heart and internal thermostat, what messages might they send to your mind? Not long after my mother died after a long haul with Alzheimer’s disease, and I’d juggled going up to Glasgow to help care for her, a full-time job as the Times film critic in London, and raising three children, I suddenly needed to escape all responsibility. I got divorced and I changed career. I just couldn’t cope, waking up at 3am sweating and anxious. It wasn’t just the menopause but midlife unravelling, too, or as psychotherapist Susie Orbach puts it: “The menopause arrives, seeking out our vulnerabilities like a guided missile, just as we need all our strength to cope with daily life.” London fashion designer and campaigner Karen Arthur, who set up the @menopausewhilstblack Instagram and podcast during the growth of the Black Lives Matter movement, was offered antidepressants by her doctor when she suffered hot flushes and low mood. She now prefers to see her menopausal breakdown as a breakthrough, having navigated the transition with therapy, mindful meditation, exercise and healthier eating. “The menopause gave me my voice,” she said. She launched a survey of the experiences of black Caribbean/African women based in the UK. “When I Googled menopause, I scrolled down, and all I saw was images of sad-faced, white-haired, white women. You’d think that black women didn’t get the menopause.” There’s a lot of disappearance around the menopause. As film director Jane Campion once said, “we become invisible and unfuckable”, and there is also the shame and omertà among women themselves, particularly those in powerful positions. Dorothy Byrne, the former head of Channel 4 news and current affairs, broke that silence in 2019 in her MacTaggart television lecture about her executive-level hot flushes. “The problem barely discussed is the menopause,” she said. “Even getting your boss to understand there is such a thing as the menopause can be a problem.” Dr Nighat Arif, the BBC Breakfast GP and menopause specialist, tries to reach out to her underserved community by doing TikToks in Urdu. The #MakeMenopauseMatter campaign is aiming for 150,000 signatures on a petition to parliament demanding mandatory menopause training for all GPs, and menopause policies in every workplace. The conversation is getting louder, but while some lucky women joyously “sail through” the menopause with little more than red clover tea, the reality is that 80% have symptoms – from brain fog to anxiety, depression, sleeplessness, exhaustion, vaginal dryness and stiff joints – and most (like me) don’t tell their employers, partners or each other. Yet the period of menopausal change is also a peak time for suicide, and one survey of 3,000 women who went to their doctor during menopause revealed that 66% were offered antidepressants rather than HRT. I was terrified to demand HRT from my reluctant GP although my memory was short-circuiting and my body was screaming for oestrogen. The breast cancer-risk headlines from the older oral HRT pills – made from synthetic progestins and conjugated oestrogen from horse urine – were seared on to my retinas. So I asked around my 50-something friends, and one by one they revealed they were on natural compounded hormones from fancy private clinics, at £300 for an initial consultation. I paid up. The compounded oestrogen, progesterone and testosterone worked brilliantly at first – within four days my hot flushes and palpitations disappeared forever, my memory returned and – unexpectedly – my mood lifted and my joints became supple. Oestrogen was the oil I needed in my engine, but a year later, I got a bad batch of the compounded hormone lozenges, which turned out to be from an unregulated pharmacy, and ended up having bleeding and then cervical and uterine biopsies. Those tests were clear, thankfully, but I dumped the compounded HRT and went cold turkey until a friend recommended Dr Louise Newson, a campaigning menopause specialist with a clinic in Stratford-upon-Avon employing 40 doctors and there’s still a three-month waiting list – most of the patients are women who have been refused HRT by their GPs. Dr Newson solved my problems in an instant and prescribed plant-based body-identical hormones, made from yams. These are also available on the NHS – micronised progesterone and transdermal oestrogen gel or patches – which the British Menopause Society says have “no or lower risk of breast cancer” compared to the old oral combined pills. I just wish my GP had told me about body-identical HRT in the first place. But as I left Dr Newson’s clinic, I thought that if I, as a white, cis, rather privileged, well-informed journalist had made such an omnishambles of my own health, what was happening to those who couldn’t afford a private consultation? As Dr Kate Pickering, a GP on the frontline in Glasgow, tole me: “If you’re 10 floors up in council flat in Easterhouse and you’re a grandmother getting up to look after a baby because the mother is looking after the other kids and you’ve got night sweats – well HRT should be bog standard to help. Menopause is a big issue, and there’s not enough information available. No one ever talks about working-class women and it’s a real inequality.” The more I found out, the more I got incensed by the ignorance, discrimination and disregard for older women’s quality of life. I’m now helping Dr Newson launch The Menopause Charity, and it turns out the safer body-identical HRT isn’t available in all parts of Britain. Micronised progesterone isn’t licensed on the NHS formulary in Scotland, Darlington, Doncaster and most regions in the north, while it’s much more easily available in London. It’s yet another injustice tossed on the pile. Inequality is coupled with medical sexism, which fails to take account of the latest science, and leaves women to keep calm and carry on. While researching my book, I discovered the grim toll of oestrogen deficiency in the second half of every woman’s life, and the latest research on HRT’s extraordinary long-term health benefits for osteoporosis, diabetes and dementia, which women are twice as likely to get as men. The documentary was made by menopausal women, for menopausal women – and their partners and families. Four of the production team at Finestripe in Glasgow were on HRT, and the director, Linda Sands, has three young children. How we managed all the filming in lockdown, I don’t quite know, apart from the fact it seemed imperative that the message got out there, with Davina McCall acting as our menopausal masked avenger. Working on the script gave me a new purpose, and I’ve been lucky enough to find a new partner, a new home, some new and old friends, and even a new dog, all of which emerged from the painful chaos of the last few years. I want to tell my story, and that of the tribe of menopausal women, so that others don’t need to drive off the cliff before picking themselves up. Menopause Power is going to require a massive cultural and medical shift. The silence around the menopause needs to become a cacophony and, one day, a symphony. Davina McCall: Sex, Myths and the Menopause is on Channel 4 this Wednesday at 9pm. Everything You Need to Know About the Menopause (but were too afraid to ask) by Kate Muir will be published by Simon & Schuster later this year (@menoscandal)

Snapshots is your overview of the past week in the Hamilton arts and entertainment community. From people, moments and opportunities, Snapshots is everything you need to know, at-a-glance, to stay connected. To add your announcement, call for submissions or news to Snapshots, please email contact [@] beyondjames.com This Week’s Highlights - Congratulations to the Burlington Waterfront Sculpture Trail artist winners: Mary Philpott (Best in Show); Tom Wilson & Mark Pflieger (Audience Choice) and Robyn Lightwalker (Emerging Artist). - Hamilton Artists’ Inc. is still accepting applications for vendors for the Quirky AF Art Fair on November 11 – 12. Applications are due today via email at [email protected]. - The City of Hamilton and Cobalt Connects are now accepting applications for Hamilton Winterfest 2023 Community Events, taking place from February 2-20, 2023. The deadline to submit an event is November 25. Learn more on their website. - The Cotton Factory is currently seeking vendors for their Hello Winter curated handmade market on November 26. To apply, please fill out this form. - The arts community mourns the loss of Valerie Jackson; a ceramic artist who was a long-time member of the Dundas Valley School of Art pottery studio - St. Catharines’ Suitcase In Point is currently accepting applications for their eight-month Nest residency to deepen the relationship between local new generation artists and the broader artistic community. For more details or to apply by October 24, visit their website. - Toronto’s STEPS Public Art invites applications from Black, Indigenous, racialized, rural and youth with disabilities for the 2023 CreateSpace Public Art Forum. The deadline to apply is November 27. - The Westdale Cinema is seeking Theatre Supervisors and Theatre Associates. The deadline to apply is October 28 at 6pm. - Theatrix Costume House is seeking a Show Coordinator. The deadline to apply is November 4. - Cobalt Connects is currently seeking a Hamilton Winterfest Volunteer Coordinator. The deadline to apply is November 15. - Factory Media Centre celebrates their new gallery and studio opening on October 21. From 6-11pm, visit their new 1-366 Victoria Avenue North location for an evening of exhibition receptions, tours and performances. - The Hamilton Indie Musician Development Program is accepting applications from musicians/bands wanting individual assistance on marketing or branding, tour planning or fan/audience development. Space is limited with applications accepted until all spots are filled or October 29. Apply through the City of Hamilton. - The City of Hamilton City Enrichment Fund (CEF) is accepting applications until November 2 for funding areas including Agriculture, Arts, Communities, Culture & Heritage, Community Services, Environment, Sports & Active Lifestyles and Digital (New Pilot Program). For more details, please visit their website. - The Hamilton Festival Theatre Company invites applicants from artists, companies or collectives with a community-engaged arts practice or whose current work explores themes of social justice to apply to perform in Frost Bites 2023. The deadline to apply is November 7. For more details, please visit their website. - The Hamilton Festival Theatre Company invites writers to submit to the Hamilton Fringe New Play Contest. The deadline to apply is 1pm on November 14. For more details, please visit their website. - The Hamilton Arts Advisory Commission is presenting a Symposium: The Big Picture, Celebrating Resilience in the Arts on November 18 at the Cotton Factory. For more information, or to register for this free event through the Hamilton Arts Council, please visit this link. - The Hamilton Black Film Festival (HBFF) is now accepting applications for its 2023 film festival, running from May 25-30. Film submission is open until March 25. For more details or to submit a film, please visit their website. - Mulberry Cafe is accepting submissions from artists interested in having their art up in the Cafe. Send submissions/inquiries to [email protected] - Farside Hamiton is now accepting submissions for their DIY arts space. Visit their website to learn more about potential dates and submission guidelines. Here & There - The 2023 CBC Short Story Prize is now open for submissions, The deadline to submit is Oct. 31 at 11:59pm. For full guidelines, including prize details, visit their website. - The annual Gina Wilkinson Prize is now accepting applications until December 15. The award seeks to recognize theatre artists from underrepresented genders which includes cis women, trans women, and non-binary folks who have acquired foundational training (from a training program or through experience) and have worked for at least 5 years. Please see the full details for nomination and submission information. - The Playwrights Guild of Canada presents the Playwrights Resiliency Program until March 2023. The program offers free programming in Agency, Effective Workplaces, Legal and Mentorship to professional playwrights to enhance their career resiliency skills. To learn more about the program, please visit their website. - The Arts Reactivation Program provides a one-time relief payment of up to $2,500 for live performance workers in Canada outside of Quebec, with a focus on theatrical and technical disciplines. Funds will be distributed between July 2022 and March 2023. To determine eligibility or for more information, visit https://www.artsreactivation.ca/ - The Professional Association of Canadian Theatres (PACT) is launching a new Green Award to recognize projects that have a sustainable impact and passion for the connection between the arts and environmental stewardship. Find out more here. - The Government of Canada via the Department of Canadian Heritage has given the Unison Fund $16 Million to disburse to Canadian live music workers. Any independent or self-employed live music worker can apply for a one-time payment of $2,500. - The Burlington Performing Arts Centre seeks a Front of House Coordinator. The deadline to apply is October 28. - The Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra seeks a Marketing and Communications Manager. The application process will continue until the role is filled. - The Art Gallery of Hamilton is seeking on-call Artist Instructors and Freelance Bartenders on an ongoing basis. For full job descriptions or to learn more, please visit their website. - Arts for All is hiring Artist Educators on an ongoing basis. - Hamilton Theatre Inc. is seeking a Choreographer, Musical Director, Stage Manager, Costume Designer and Prop Designer for their 2023 production of Something Rotten! For more information or to apply, please visit their website. - The Westdale Theatre is seeking volunteers. For more information, please visit their website.

George Mason University and Break Through Tech are working to diversify the D.C. region’s tech ecosystem Funding for this initiative is provided by Break Through Tech as part of Gender Equality in Tech (GET) Cities. Break Through Tech DC propels students who identify as women and non-binary into computing degrees and careers in tech—through curriculum innovation, career access, and community building. Who we are Break Through Tech DC propels women into tech careers through educational programs, work opportunities, and community building. The grant’s goal is to increase the number of these students graduating with a tech degree at Mason by 12.5 percentage points by 2026. The demand for technology talent is unprecedented. This need is coming at a time when the percentage of college degrees awarded to women is near a historic high of 57 percent. Mason’s Break Through Tech program will include: A summer program for rising first-year students designed to ignite interest in tech by teaching them how to code real-world applications that are mission-driven; New, innovative introductory computer science sequences; A paid, three-week mini-internship program called a “Sprinternship®” that gives first- and second-year students a resume credential and real-world experience to make them more competitive when applying for a paid summer tech internship; and The development of a networked community of individuals who identify as women and non-binary—both peer-to-peer and student-to-professional—in the D.C. metropolitan area to support, engage, and motivate one another.

Frontier is a Purpose Design office. We’re built to deliver an idea: Purpose-Driven Performance. To deliver on this idea, we do a few things. We collaborate with organizations using a process called Purpose Design to help define their core purpose and long-term ambition, then build all the communications tools they need to express that internally and externally. That could be a logo or a website, a product or an environment. We create media to help ourselves and others discover the leaders of Purpose-Driven Performance who are making the world a better, more inspiring place. Finally, we design and manufacture high-performance products built on socially and environmentally responsible foundations. By designing, manufacturing, and selling our own products, we understand all the parts of a business in a way that many other design and advertising agencies cannot. We believe this combination of collaboration, content, and product development helps us create better companies, stories, and products because we understand how businesses work from idea to execution. Dedicating ourselves to a big idea instead of a single product means we are really good at figuring out how to get lots of things done. And it means we have a pretty deep toolbox. Our capabilities include content, brand strategy, communication, digital, graphic, spatial, and product design. We create exhibits, websites, products, logos, names, and films that all express an organization’s core purpose. 2208 Dundas St W, Toronto, ON M6R1X3 Canadian National Exhibition Cushman & Wakefield Diamond Schmitt Architects Fogo Island Inn Government of Ontario Interior Design Show National Arts Centre The Design Exchange Wayhome Music Festival Paddy Harrington — Senior Founding Director Paddy is the founder of Frontier, a Design Office focused on collaborations, media, and products with a purpose driven performance philosophy. He has almost 20 years experience in the design field. He has degrees in literature and architecture and has worked in research, architecture, advertising, and design. Among clients he has collaborated with are PepsiCo, MaRS, Unilever, The National Arts Centre, Electronic Arts, the Holy City of Mecca, and the Fogo Island Inn in Newfoundland. He is an award winning writer and filmmaker and has spoken at several design conferences as well as at Brown, Harvard, and the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. Paddy is formerly the SVP Design Innovation and Digital Creative Director at Indigo Books and, prior to that, Executive Creative Director at Bruce Mau Design. Paul Kawai — Design Director Paul has ten years’ experience designing and leading teams in creating visual identities, architectural environments, publications, websites, and campaign initiatives for a wide range of clients. As design director at Frontier, Paul provides creative and organizational leadership across all projects while also fostering relationships with clients and collaborators. Prior to Frontier, Paul contributed to teams at Roundabout Studio as an architectural designer, Bruce Mau Design as an environmental and graphic designer, and Indigo Books as the senior design lead on brand and innovation. He is a graduate of OCAD University and continues to guest lecture and critique for the Faculty of Design. Paul also studied Culinary Arts at George Brown College. His work has been featured as part of Nuit Blanche and the Gladstone Hotel’s Come Up to My Room exhibit in Toronto, as well as part of the Pratt Institute’s Design Incubator in Brooklyn. Jessica Leong — Senior Design Lead Jessica is a detail-led designer who helps motivate and lead the design team to craft thoughtful and engaging experiences for clients big and small. She teaches graphic design at OCAD University and was previously a Creative-Professional-in-Residence. Jessica was lead designer at Design Exchange, where she was responsible for creating and visualizing exhibitions and museum communications. She has also worked on teams at ERA Architects, Indigo Books, and Bruce Mau Design. Tristan Marantos — Senior Design Lead Tristan helps organizations figure out who they are and where they want to go, translating research into strategic ideas and visual expressions. Outside of Frontier, he teaches graphic design at OCAD University. Tristan was previously a designer at Bruce Mau Design and is a graduate of OCAD U, where he was awarded the Medal for Graphic Design. Hannah Vance — Senior Business Lead Hannah is a project and operations manager at Frontier. She cares most about making our team and collaborators feel safe and excited about exploring new ways to bring their visions to life. Hannah sets up projects, keeps them on track, and makes sure to celebrate studio successes, whether big or small. She’s known to bring the calm to the office. Prior to becoming a project manager, Hannah was a cake maker and a fashion director. She’s worked in retail, advertising, and marketing at companies like Novelle Bridal, Publicis, and eBay. Hannah draws from this diverse background to solve unique challenges. Hannah is a graduate of the University of Alberta, where she studied Human Ecology—a multidisciplinary field that explores the relationships between people and their environments—focusing on clothing, material culture, marketing, and design. Brian Sholis — Media Director Brian leads Frontier’s media projects and serves as editor and copywriter for the company’s collaborations. He is an editor, writer, and independent curator with nearly twenty years’ experience in the fields of contemporary art and photography. He was most recently executive director of Gallery TPW in Toronto and, before that, curator of photography at the Cincinnati Art Museum. Earlier in his career he worked as an editor at Aperture Foundation and at Artforum. He is the author of the 2016 book Kentucky Renaissance: The Lexington Camera Club and Its Community, 1954–74, which accompanied an exhibition at the Cincinnati Art Museum, and Art’s Biggest Stage: Collecting the Venice Biennale, 2007–2019, which accompanied an exhibition at the Clark Art Institute. Phillip Novak — Environmental Design Lead Phillip is a graphic designer with a specialty in environmental graphics and signage systems for wayfinding. Working with creative teams, clients, fabricators, and end-users from the design and planning phases through to realization and implementation, Phillip creates work that is compelling, effective, and accessible. Phillip is co-chair of the Toronto chapter of the Society of Experiential Graphic Design. As a graphic designer and avid photographer of the everyday, he draws inspiration from a life lived around the world, from Germany and South Africa to the United States and now Canada. His experience includes working with a variety of specialty consultants and as an integrated member of graphic, architectural, and interior design teams. He has worked for clients in healthcare, education, cultural, and corporate environments. Sarah Paul — Senior Design Associate Sarah is an ever-curious multidisciplinary designer with experience in branding, editorial, digital, and product design. Her approach with clients is to learn, distill, and visually communicate their essence through branding and editorial design. She is enthusiastic about collaborating with organizations that instigate change and advocate for something greater than themselves. Prior to Frontier, Sarah worked as a designer at The Felt Store for five years and as a freelance designer in Toronto with companies such as The Globe and Mail, RallyRally, and Van der Pop. Outside of studio work, Sarah has championed outdoor experiences in the Canadian landscape through initiatives such as Outdoor Studio, and continues to support environmental activism through organizations such as Friends of Temagami. Originally from Trinidad and Tobago, Sarah immigrated to Toronto in 2006, where she studied in York/Sheridan’s Bachelor of Design Program. Nicholas Hanlon — Design Associate Nicholas is a designer whose areas of focus include digital design and visual identity development. He loves working with people, sharing ideas, problem solving, and watching projects come to life. Hailing from Nova Scotia, his influences include studying nature, and playing music. Nicholas values the power of communication—how design can be a voice or vehicle for any message. Prior to Frontier, Nicholas was a designer at the Toronto International Film Festival. He is a graduate of NSCAD University. We’re looking for a Junior & Intermediate Designer to work with us for a two-month, full-time contract. We’re located in Toronto, but we are open to applicants across North America for this contract. At Frontier, we view diversity as fundamental to the way we work and think, and we are always looking to increase the diversity of our team. Groups that are typically underrepresented in the creative space are Black, Indigenous and racialized people, LGBTQ+, women, non-binary people, people with disabilities, and people for whom English is not their first language. We invite you to voluntarily let us know if you identify as being a member of one of these groups. Applications Close: March 26, 2021 Projected Start Date: April 12, 2021 Design and Magic — Creative Mornings Branding Is for Cows, Stories Are for People — Brand New Conference Why Designers Must Put Invention First — FastCo Design The Power of Networks — MAS Context News Logic — FastCo Design Straight Talk on American Design — FastCo Design The Power of Stories — FastCo Design What’s Next for Nest — Azure Magazine

Trans and Questioning Support Group A structured support group providing free one-to-one counselling, life-skills, workshops, peer support and facilitated group work for gender diverse people. On the first and third Friday of each month. In Southampton, Basingstoke, Portsmouth & Fareham Significant Others Support Groups For family and close friends whose life is impacted by the gender diversity of a loved one Offering support, free one-to-one counselling, peer support, workshops, and facilitated group work One evening of each month In Southampton, Portsmouth&Fareham, Bournemouth, Basingstoke opening soon Wellbeing Drop-In Centre A casual inclusive space for all trans, intersex, non-binary and questioning people offering social space, workshops, talks, peer support and access to trained counsellors. One evening of each month In Southampton and Portsmouth, Basingstoke opening soon The location of all the meeting centres is confidential If you are interested in joining a group then first of all speak to the office team who will run through some questions with you to determine which group is most appropriate for you. You will then be contacted by one of our facilitators who will arrange a face to face chat with you in a coffee shop or similar so that you have a familiar face and voice to meet you when you attend your first group. The location of the meetings is only disclosed by the facilitators after they have had this chat, this is for the safety and privacy of all group attendees. Chrysalis recognises that not everyone can be out and would never expect you to conform to any kind of gender expression however we will undertake to always strive to get your name and pronouns right. Southampton Trans+ Wellbeing Drop In Opening What Goes On At Groups? It can be a daunting prospect getting in touch with Chrysalis. We very frequently get people who hang up when we answer the phone; reaching out for help can be really nerve wracking. What am I signing up for? There’s a group… are they sending me to group therapy? I’m not ready to talk about my thoughts and feeling in front of strangers. Last week I ventured to the Basingstoke Trans* and Questioning group to gain an insight into what happens in these session, which I’d like to share with anyone who would love the support but is (like me) uncomfortable at the notion of walking into a room full of people they don’t know. I met the facilitator, Hannah, beforehand. We had a great chat with a person looking to be the new co-facilitator, when asked why she wanted to volunteer for Chrysalis her answer was that she wants to do more to help trans* people than just standing up to transphobes online… I think she’s the right person for the job! Hannah led me to the meeting place, where we met two more volunteers. We set up the room, tea and coffee facilities. Once the beneficiary arrived, Hannah unveiled an array of boardgames, which we played for most of the evening, just us volunteers played together whilst the individual counselling happened… We may have gotten slightly competitive. It was good fun, and despite not knowing a single person, I felt very much at home. Usually there are several beneficiaries in the Basingstoke group and as there was only one on this evening, she said she felt bad that four of us had come out just for her. Well no, I thought, that’s what Chrysalis is here for; it doesn’t matter if we’re helping just one person or one hundred people – trans lives matter, all of them. Callum - Fundraising and Social Media Officer The Frist Bournemouth Trans* and Questioning Group After a lot of planning and consideration, last week saw the first Trans* and Questioning Support Group in Bournemouth. Our Dorset Area Co-ordinator Julie said the evening “Overall went very well,” and “Bearing in mind that as of this Monday at 9am we had no signed-up beneficiaries, I was pleased with how successful the evening turned out.” Julie spoke very highly of all of the team involved in making the first session happen. Earlier this week, Dawn made a series of phone calls to people who had connected with us at Bourne Free, where Julie and others in the Chrysalis team held a stand. Julie followed up Dawn's calls later in the day, securing enough attendees to run the first Bournemouth T&Q support group - with another signed up for the following session too. In a workshop Julie talked about Chrysalis as a charity and other services who operate in the building, she read through the Meeting Centre Agreement, covering boundaries and guidelines that we should follow in the encounter group (utilizing Max's Southampton guidelines). Our trained counsellors then gave 1-1 counselling for half an hour to each of the beneficiaries, and then the counsellors left for the evening. Julie then held the Encounter Group with the attendees, a safe space where everyone gets a chance to talk about what’s going on in their life at the moment. It was a very positive and fulfilling session, with both people opening up and discussing their gender identity issues. At the end of the Encounter Group both beneficiaries indicated they were more than happy that the evening met their expectations. Memoirs of a Wellbeing facilitator in 500ish words Alan devised and ran the first ever Chrysalis Wellbeing drop in. A space for all trans+ people to meet and socialise in a safe, facilitated space. Before Alan leaves Chrysalis he agreed to share his own experiences and reflections. From myself and the whole Chrysalis team, the volunteers and beneficiaries, I would like to say a heartfelt 'thank you' to Alan for all his hard work and the fantastic legacy he leaves us. I hope you enjoy reading his words. Andi (CEO of Chrysalis) "Running and setting up the Wellbeing has been a mixture of amazing and stress (mostly in a good way?). I have had so much fun meeting fellow volunteers and getting to know them and also the new beneficiaries who have come to the Wellbeing. It all started over a year ago and was designed to be a place for any non cisgendered person to come and meet like minded people in a safe environment. This took a few months to set up and weirdly wasn't as straight forward as I thought. I had many meetings with Andi who helped me to work through the small details like a time, place, who it is for, and also other volunteers to help. Andi along with the office team helped me to workout a new process to enrolling new beneficiaries, not an easy task. There was so much to think about, a task which for as one as pretty disorganised as myself, was interesting. After a few short months were opened our doors to... one beneficiary and about 5 volunteers. It was great as it meant more cake for us all. The months rolled on and we managed to enrol new beneficiaries and run the group with actual people, which was anxiety inducing. I had many meetings with Andi who heard my anxieties and worries with a calm demeanour and advice, but I am sure with increasing thoughts of just give it time and stop stressing as the months passed. As the months passed and Max and I learnt more about each other and bounced off each other pulling on each others strengths to welcome the new beneficiaries making them feel welcomed and getting them to meet new people. Over time our we had our regulars and this meant that we could instigate our secret weapon: Trans-bingo. Trans-bingo was a big success and has been rolled out across the charity and is a big favourite with our beneficiaries. We also learnt that it is would be and now is a great spring board to and from the Exploration groups. The success of the first Wellbeing enabled it to be copied and all the mistakes and learning curves Max and I learnt from could be avoided. Portsmouth was opened like our one in Southampton to one beneficiary and 4 volunteers. But luckily they came to our one to pick our brains about it and I know that it will be a roaring success soon. The great thing I have learnt is that the Wellbeing is a weird beast and can adapt to any area or occasion and run well even with someone who has severe anxiety about running it (thank you again Andi and Max). The Southampton group has exceeded my expectations in the fact that it is a wonderful place to come and meet people and it has uplifted my mood many times. I will be sad to leave the group and move on after such a short and crazy time. I am happy in the knowledge that the hard work, stress (mostly good) and anxiety (also mostly good) has paid off. I know that although I am leaving it is being left in very capable hands of Founding Facilitator Max and Hannah who came in about halfway through and unofficially facilitated the group with us. I just want to end by saying thank you to Max and Andi for the help and support and to Carole and Dawn in the office who's patience and help were much needed and accepted during my whole time as a volunteer. Thank you to the beneficiaries. " Alan Chrysalis Southampton Wellbeing Drop In founder and volunteer facilitator from Aug 2017 to Jan 2019

In February of this year, USCIS announced that the proposed rule to eliminate the ability of foreign nationals in H-4 status to apply for an Employment Authorization Document (EAD) was sent to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for final approval. Five months later, OMB has still not released the proposed rule for publication. The delay likely reflects substantive issues and is more than mere bureaucratic delay. In the meantime, the H-4 EAD is alive and well. The proposed rule must still clear several administrative hurdles before it becomes effective and can be implemented. Continue Reading The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced the filing window for the newly required Component 2 pay data opens July 15, 2019. Private employers with at least 100 employees are required to submit pay data for calendar years 2017 and 2018 by Sept. 30, 2019. This new requirement is ordered by the court decision in the National Women’s Law Center v. Office of Management and Budget case. The EEOC has taken a number of steps to assist employers with this new filing requirement. When did canned web-based presentations become the norm for harassment, discrimination and other inappropriate workplace conduct training? Companies who rely on pre-prepared, generic materials often find those trainings for HR, management, supervisors and employees to be ineffective, particularly now that #MeToo is a part of our vocabulary. For the employer who has the goal of efficient and effective HR trainings, it is helpful to look to best teaching practices. Educators know that teaching a lesson in a memorable and engaging way will help student retention…algebra or workplace harassment alike. Simply put, face-to-face, interactive training is the most effective way to communicate key concepts and reduce complaints related to workplace behavior. True engagement requires connection We all have a favorite teacher. Perhaps it was your third-grade teacher, who smiled as they asked how you were doing each day. Maybe it was a college professor whose lectures were so engaging that you couldn’t help but absorb their every word. My favorite was one I had in high school, who used storytelling in his teaching. He was an expert at weaving in vivid details of his life into his lessons; memories of being a young boy in South Africa, or the experience of the first time he held his newborn son into his lessons. I will always remember these lessons in vivid detail because true engagement requires connection. In order to affect learning and ultimately change behavior, one has to make a genuine connection with another person to bring about new understanding. My high school teacher did this, and undeniably your favorite teacher did too. Building a culture of transparency in the age of #MeToo Discrimination manifests in many shapes and sizes, through workplace harassment, sexual harassment or retaliation (to name a few). In the age of #MeToo, employers are seeking efficient and effective HR trainings for their workers that will resonate with their employees, and will produce more than just a printed certificate of completion. Trainings that push past the discomfort of the topic, engage their audience, generate thought and encourage open discussion will ultimately have the greatest impact on employee behavior. The more we engage our employees in these trainings, the more likely our workplaces will develop a culture of transparency. This will aid in helping your employees feel comfortable coming forward with situations they feel the need to discuss. Efficient and effective HR training as risk management It’s far more pleasant to educate your staff than to prepare for a deposition. Training is an essential part of the defense to harassment, discrimination, or retaliation charges and lawsuits. Further, the EEOC strongly recommends these trainings, and are required by law in some states. In short, harassment and other improper workplace conduct is not just a legal risk; it is a day-to-day damage that can effect employee morale, retention, attendance and more. Effective training is your best chance to actually change employee behavior. Porter Wright holds effective, in-person training for HR, management, supervisors and employees for many businesses. If you have interest in talking about cost-effective training sessions, visit the HR Audit page at porterwright.com. It has been a decade since the United States Department of Labor (DOL) made any changes to the FMLA regulations, but we now have an indication that the DOL is at least willing to consider issuing new regulations at some point in the next few years. The United States Office of Management and Budget announced that, by April 2020, the DOL will “solicit comments on ways to improve its regulations under the FMLA to: (a) better protect and suit the needs of workers; and (b) reduce administrative and compliance burdens on employers.” Employers interested in offering suggestions for the DOL’s consideration will be invited to do so. No promises, however, that the DOL will actually make any changes or that the changes, if made, will meaningfully address the aforementioned “administrative and compliance burdens.” But this is a start. The Ohio House of Representatives passed a two year $645 million workers’ compensation budget on June 5, 2019. As part of the budget bill, a provision was added that requires anyone who files an application for a workers’ compensation claim through the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, to identify themselves as either a U.S. citizen, a noncitizen with permission to work in the country or an illegal alien or an unauthorized alien. All applicants may be eligible for workers’ compensation benefits regardless of citizenship identification. However, under the bill, anyone providing false information on a claim application will be ineligible to receive workers’ compensation benefits and may be subject to criminal prosecution. Prior to this budget bill, anyone, regardless of citizenship status, who was injured in the course and scope of employment was entitled to receive workers’ compensation benefits through the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation. Previous attempts in Ohio to introduce language to bills and laws to prohibit illegal or unauthorized aliens from obtaining workers’ compensation benefits have failed to be signed into law. In addition, the current House budget bill includes a provision permitting first responders such as police, firefighters and emergency medical personnel diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder to be eligible for workers’ compensation benefits. Presently, Ohio law only permits a claim to be recognized for a psychological condition such as post-traumatic stress disorder when it arises out of an underlying physical injury. The House budget bill will now proceed to the Ohio Senate for consideration. We will keep you updated should this budget bill become law. Kentucky recently enacted the Pregnant Workers Act, which amends the Kentucky Civil Rights Act to provide accommodations to pregnant and lactating employees. The law goes into effect on June 27, 2019. Below are the important implications of the Pregnant Workers Act, which will affect employers that operate or maintain business locations in Kentucky. Who does the law cover? Covered employers are those that employ 15 or more persons during 20 or more calendar weeks in the current or preceding calendar year. Employees limited by pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, including lactation, are eligible for reasonable accommodations under this law. What are reasonable accommodations? Covered employers must engage in a timely, good faith and interactive process to determine effective reasonable accommodations for the employee. The law goes beyond what the federal law specifically requires, in that it identifies a number of reasonable accommodations to consider: - More frequent or longer breaks - Time off to recover from childbirth - Acquisition or modification of equipment - Appropriate seating - Temporary transfer to a less strenuous or less hazardous position - Job restructuring - Light duty - Modified work schedule - Private space, that is not a bathroom, for expressing breast milk Employers cannot require an employee to take time off of work, if another reasonable accommodation is available. Like under federal law, covered employers are not required to provide reasonable accommodations for pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, if doing so would result in an undue hardship. A number of factors may be considered when determining whether a particular accommodation is an undue hardship, including the duration of the requested accommodation and whether similar accommodations are required by policy or past practice for any group of employees. If a covered employer has provided or is required to provide a similar accommodation to another group of employees, there is a rebuttable presumption that the particular accommodation will not pose an undue hardship on the employer. Are there any notice requirements? Employers must give new employees written notice of the right to reasonable accommodations at the commencement of employment and to existing employees no later than July 27, 2019. Finally, employers must display a written notice of the right to reasonable accommodations. Employers with operations in Kentucky should review full details of the law with counsel and update policies and notices to comply with the Pregnant Workers Act. These types of laws are a growing trend across the U.S. Multi-state employers should be aware of similar pregnancy accommodation laws in a number of other states. Special thanks to Taeylor Stanley for her assistance on this article. On July 1, 2019, the minimum wage will increase in several locations throughout the country. While the federal minimum wage has remained $7.25 per hour since July 2009, many states, cities and counties have adopted their own minimum wage laws which provide for a higher rate. In areas where minimum wage laws overlap, employees are entitled to receive the highest applicable rate. The following minimum wage increases will become effective July 1, 2019: - Alameda, California: $13.50 per hour - Berkeley, California: $15.59 per hour - Emeryville, California: $16.30 per hour for all businesses (the rate is no longer differentiated by employer size) - Fremont, California: $13.50 (for businesses with 26 or more employees); $11.00 (for businesses with fewer than 26 employees) - Los Angeles, California (city and county): $14.25 (for businesses with 26 or more employees); $13.25 (for businesses with fewer than 26 employees) - Malibu, California: $14.25 (for businesses with 26 or more employees); $13.25 (for businesses with fewer than 26 employees) - Milpitas, California: $15.00 per hour - Pasadena, California: $14.25 (for businesses with 26 or more employees); $13.25 (for businesses with fewer than 26 employees) - San Francisco, California (city and county):$15.59 per hour - San Leandro, California: $14.00 per hour - Santa Monica, California: $14.25 (for businesses with 26 or more employees); $13.25 (for businesses with fewer than 26 employees) The District of Columbia - $14.00 per hour - Chicago, Illinois: $13.00 per hour - Cook County, Illinois: $12.00 per hour - Portland, Maine: $11.11 per hour - Montgomery County, Maryland: $13.00 (for businesses with 51 or more employees); $12.50 (for businesses with fewer than 51 employees) - Minneapolis, Minnesota: $12.25 (for businesses with 101 or more employees); $11.00 (for businesses with fewer than 101 employees) - $10.00 per hour - Portland Urban Growth Boundary, Oregon (applies to employers located within the urban growth boundary of Portland’s metropolitan service district, including those in Washington, Multnomah and Clackamas counties): $12.50 per hour. - Nonurban Counties, Oregon (Baker, Coos, Crook, Curry, Douglas, Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Jefferson, Klamath, Lake, Malheur, Morrow, Sherman, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa and Wheeler Counties): $11.00 per hour - Standard Rate, Oregon: $11.25 per hour Additional minimum wage increases are set to become effective later in 2019 and in January 2020. Porter Wright will continue to provide updates on future increases. Special thanks to Abigail Thederahn for her research and assistance in preparing this update. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled recently that Title VII’s administrative exhaustion requirement – whereby an employee must file a claim with the EEOC prior to filing a lawsuit – is not a jurisdictional rule. This means that the employee’s failure to file a charge does not automatically mean the case cannot go to court. Instead, the employer must raise the “failure to file” issue as an affirmative defense and do so in a timely fashion. The case is Fort Bend County v. Davis. Lois Davis filed a charge against her employer, Fort Bend County, with the Texas Workforce Commission (Texas’ EEOC equivalent) claiming sexual harassment and retaliation. While that charge was pending, Davis was terminated. She claimed it was for failing to report to work due to a church commitment. After her termination, Davis attempted to raise the issue of religious discrimination in the ongoing Texas Workforce Commission investigation, but she did not add it to the actual charge. Shortly thereafter, she filed a lawsuit in federal district court alleging sexual harassment, retaliation, and religious discrimination under Title VII. Continue Reading This fall the Supreme Court will hear the case of EEOC v. R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes, in which it will decide whether Title VII prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender identity. The case is on appeal from a 2018 decision of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. EEOC v. R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes. In Harris Funeral Homes, a former employee of a funeral home was terminated after she transitioned from male to female. The Sixth Circuit ruled that, while transgender status is not specifically protected under Title VII, alleged discrimination based on transgender status can be pursued under Title VII as a form of sex or gender-based stereotyping. The Supreme Court has accepted the case for appeal and is expected to resolve a split among federal appeals courts on the issue. The number of people who openly identify as transgender, meaning a person whose sense of personal identity does not correspond with their birth sex or gender, or non-binary, meaning people who do not identify with or fit into the two-gender binary of male and female, is on the rise. The Supreme Court case may provide some clarity under federal law. In the meantime, many state and local governments have enacted laws to promote gender non-binary and transgender inclusive workplaces. Here is a brief summary of the major issues under federal and state law. The EEOC and OSHA take a position The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) interprets Title VII’s prohibition of sex discrimination as forbidding any employment discrimination based on gender identity, contrary to the position taken by the Department of Justice that Title VII does not forbid gender identity discrimination. This difference in opinions will likely be resolved when the Supreme Court hears the R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Case later this year. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) takes the position that employees should be permitted to use the restroom that corresponds with their gender identity, regardless of their birth gender. The federal EEO-1 form filed each year by companies with over 100 employees and certain federal contractors requires identifying employees by gender, among other things. The current EEO-1 form only recognizes two genders—male and female. Thus, employers must classify each employee as either male or female, without exception, but doing so can be more difficult as employees increasingly identify as non-binary or transgender. To this point the EEOC has not issued any guidance on how to best report gender non-binary and transgender employees on the EEO-1 form. One option is to allow employees to self-identify and report their genders accordingly. However, if an employee chooses not to self-identify as male or female, employers are still obliged to make a good-faith determination for the purpose of completing the EEO-1 Report. Several years ago, California became the first state in the nation to require all single-occupancy restrooms in businesses, government buildings, and places of public accommodation to be gender neutral. Cities like Washington D.C., Philadelphia, Seattle, Chicago, and New York have adopted similar requirements. Twenty-two states and Washington D.C. prohibit workplace discrimination on the basis of gender identity or expression, and a number of municipalities, including New York City, have passed similar laws. In Ohio, over twenty cities have adopted similar protections, and a bill introduced in the state legislature could extend these protections to all employees working in the state. We anxiously await the Supreme Court’s guidance in R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes later this year. Regardless of the Supreme Court’s decision, employers would be wise to recognize that this is an emerging area of the law in which state and city specific legislation is constantly enlarging the rights of transgender and non-binary employees. On Friday, May 3, a Federal District Judge in North Carolina enjoined the Trump Administration’s effort to change the immigration policy on “unlawful presence” as it is applied to foreign students, in Guilford College et al. v. McAleenan, et. a.l. The concept of unlawful presence was first introduced into the immigration laws in 1996 to impose a penalty on those who remain in the U.S. after their authorized period of stay expires. This penalty, a bar, known as the “3/10-year bar,” is imposed from the day the foreign national departs the U.S., preventing their return for either 3 or 10 years, depending on whether they remained more than 180 days or 365 days after their authorization expired. The key to imposing this bar, however, depends on the calculation of the date the authorized stay expired. For foreign students, who are admitted for the duration of status (d/s), there is no certain date by which they are told they must depart the United States. Therefore, in 1997 Legacy INS announced a policy that students would be deemed unlawfully present only when an immigration officer or Immigration Judge made a determination that they had violated their status. In the event such a determination was made, the student was informed of the decision and then given 180 days to depart the U.S. before the 3- or 10-year bar would be imposed. Continue Reading

Posted by Jenni The 'Friend Zone'. *cue dramatic music here* Let's face it, most of us have heard of the friend zone. It's a big enough part of internet culture that it's hard to avoid. If you've been lucky enough to avoid it, take a quick look over at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friend_zone for a bit of background. But why write about it now, you may ask? Some of you may be aware that I did an article a while ago for the BBC on being asexual (find it here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/ In each case, the woman has no say in this -- compatibility doesn't matter, prior relationships don't matter, nothing else factors in. If the hero accomplishes his goals, he is awarded his favorite female. Yes, there will be dialogue that maybe makes it sound like the woman is having doubts, and she will make noises like she is making the decision on her own. But we, as the audience, know that in the end the hero will "get the girl," just as we know that at the end of the month we're going to "get our paycheck." Failure to award either is breaking a societal contract. The girl can say what she wants, but we all know that at the end, she will wind up with the hero, whether she knows it or not." But yes, the friend zone. What exactly is it? Well, most descriptions of it are variations of the following: "Boy likes girl. Boy is super nice to girl and really awesome and the best friend ever. Girl dates asshole. Boy is friend-zoned. That bitch." I mean, yes, there are descriptions where it's a girl who gets friend-zoned. But they're usually brought up to show how honestly, its not a sexist thing, really, its not! So let's go with the majority and look at why exactly the friend-zone is so problematic, and how mainstream culture reinforces it as okay. The first thing you'll notice, of course, is that it's the girl's fault. How dare she not like him? After everything he's done for her? How dare she? This, dear readers, is entitlement. Quite frankly, as a girl, I owe you nothing. Especially not dating, or sex. And let's face it, this is about sex. Yes, it's played off as romance, but one look at the meme I was featured in and we'll see the crux of the issue. I was (and am) in a romantic relationship with that boy. The reason he's apparently 'friend-zoned'? The assumed lack of sex. So it's not enough to date these 'nice' guys, there has to be sex. Basically, the friend-zone? It all comes down to "I'm nice, why won't you have sex with me?" And here's the thing. Whilst it is most definitely the person in question's fault for feeling 'owed' sex in return for niceness, this is a view that does not happen on it's own. This is a view shown throughout mainstream culture. Whilst cracked.com doesn't have the best track record, and most of the article this quote is from is nowhere near as good as the quote itself, here is a lovely summation by David Wong on why this is the case: "We were told this by every movie, TV show, novel, comic book, video game and song we encountered. When the Karate Kid wins the tournament, his prize is a trophy and Elisabeth Shue. Neo saves the world and is awarded Trinity. Marty McFly gets his dream girl, John McClane gets his ex-wife back, Keanu "Speed" Reeves gets Sandra Bullock, Shia LaBeouf gets Megan Fox in Transformers, Iron Man gets Pepper Potts, the hero in Avatar gets the hottest Na'vi, Shrek gets Fiona, Bill Murray gets Sigourney Weaver in Ghostbusters, Frodo gets Sam, WALL-E gets EVE ... and so on. Hell, at the end of An Officer and a Gentleman, Richard Gere walks into the lady's workplace and just carries her out like he's picking up a suit at the dry cleaner... (If you are interested in the rest of the article, it can be found here. The rest of its rather dodgy, and the comments are nasty, though: http://www.cracked.com/ It's no surprise then that this level of entitlement pervades everyday discussion. Of course, in real life, the girl gets to choose who she wants - be that you, someone else, or no-one at all. In claiming the 'friend-zone' as some awful, awful thing that only horrible people would ever condemn someone to, people are relegating any relationship with a woman that is non-sexual in nature to something worthless. Or, in other words, the worth of a woman in a relationship is measured solely by how willing she is to sleep with someone. And that is definitely a problem. Firstly, it encourages male/female relationships to be viewed as either worthless, strange, or manipulative - there's either no point to it, they're not 'normal' or she's leading him on. For younger people especially, this sets in early - I know I remember some of my (male) friends being tormented for being friends with me, and not 'getting any'. This is a real issue - it encourages treating women as 'the other', and makes it easier to form negative views of them. Secondly, it encourages (hetero-normative) sex to be seen as the ultimate goal of a male/female relationship (romantic or none). I won't get into this much here, but let's face it - treating (hetero-normative) sex as some kind of end goal is really not a great thing. It's bad for everyone - be it asexual people who don't desire that, people who simply prefer other kinds of sexual intimacy, and queer people with no interest in a sexual relationship of that kind. Finally, it leads to resentment - if you truly believe you are owed something, and that something is not given to you, it's no surprise that you would be bitter and take that out on those who have denied it you. The friend-zone is a self-perpetuating cycle of misogyny. So what exactly can we do about this? Well, it's not easy to break down something that's this much a part of mainstream culture, that's for sure. And I'm not entirely sure of what is the best way to go about it. What we do need, however, is strong representations of male/female relationships that don't end in sex, and that are treated as a perfectly good thing for their own sake. Cases where the boy doesn't get the girl - and is okay with that. So here's hoping to that. Final note: I am aware that this article relies heavily on binary language/concepts, but the way I figure it is that the friend-zone issue is very much a binary issue - it is very much about how society views women one way, and men another. Obviously, it also affects non-binary folks too, but for ease of discussion, I chose to focus on that side. If you have any thoughts on how it also affects non-binary folks, please do let me know in the comments! *If you're curious, it can be found here: (Warning: Lots of nasty comments on sexual entitlement, asexuality, rape and other such things) http://www.reddit.com/ r/funny/comments/wkwzd/making_ the_news/ and more recently, http://www.reddit. com/r/funny/comments/13kbv0/ friendzoned_so_hard/