Saturday, March 31, 2012

Julia @ Southern Oregon University!

So on April 5th I will be speaking at Southern Oregon University on the topic of Intersections of Feminism, Queer and Trans Politics. A Facebook invite for the event can be found here:

https://www.facebook.com/events/348937678481830/

For those who eschew Facebook, here is the pertinent info:

Thursday, April 5 at 7:00pm
at Meese Auditorium @ SOU

Refreshments will be provided!
For more information, call 541-552-8329.
If you require accommodations, please call Casey at 541-552-6222.

Presented by the Queer Resource Center and the Gender and Sexuality Union.

Sponsored by the Women's Resource Center, the College of Arts and Sciences, SOPride, EPIC, The Gender Sexuality and Women's Studies Program, the Multicultural Resource Center and Res Life.

hope some of you can make it!!

Best wishes, -julia

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Come to the "Girl Talk" pre-show mixer Thursday @ 6pm!

Hey "Girl Talk: A Trans & Cis Woman Dialogue" ticket holders:

We (the co-curators of Girl Talk) are throwing a mixer just before the show! There will be food and drink, plus music provided by the amazing DJ CPI! There will be a merch table where you can check out (and perhaps even procure) books, CDs, zines, etc., by Girl Talk cast members. But most importantly, this will be a chance for those of us who are committed to fostering community between queer trans women and queer cis women to meet one another, chat, and have a bit of fun before the event begins!

The mixer takes place at 6pm (one hour before the show begins) in the lobby just outside of the Rainbow Room. In other words, just show up to the event an hour early, and we'll be there having a blast!

btw, please *spread the news about this mixer*! It wasn't mentioned in the initial promotion for the show, so if you know you know anyone else who is also attending Girl Talk, be sure to encourage them to come out early for the mixer!

Hope you can make it!
-Gina de Vries, Julia Serano & Elena Rose

show details:
Thursday, March 29th, 2012
7:00pm - 10:00pm
mixer @ 6pm!!!
San Francisco LGBT Community Center - Rainbow Room
1800 Market Street between Octavia & Laguna

Advance tickets have sold out. A limited number of tickets will be available the day of the show - $12-$20 sliding scale; no one turned away for lack of funds.

Saturday, March 10, 2012

Girl Talk tickets selling like hotcakes!!!

Hey folks, a quick reminder to purchase your tickets for Girl Talk 2012: a Trans & Cis Woman Dialogue *as soon as possible*, as over half the advance tickets are already sold! Every year the show has sold out, so we highly advise you to get your tickets right away - all of the show info (including a link to purchase advance tickets) can be found below...

Hope you can make it! -julia

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Girl Talk: A Trans & Cis Woman Dialogue

Thursday, March 29th, 2012
7:00pm - 10:00pm
San Francisco LGBT Community Center - Rainbow Room
1800 Market Street between Octavia & Laguna
Tickets: $12-$20 (no one turned away)

curated by Gina de Vries, Elena Rose and Julia Serano

cast includes: Charlie Anders, Dominika Bednarska, Gina de Vries, DavEnd, Thea Hillman, Nomy Lamm, Emily Manuel, Elena Rose (aka Little Light), Julia Serano and Jos Truitt.

here are some links:

Facebook invite:
https://www.facebook.com/events/217563091671401/

QCC website:
http://queerculturalcenter.org/Pages/HealthyC/girlTalk12.html

my blog:
http://juliaserano.blogspot.com/2012/01/announcing-girl-talk-2012-trans-cis.html

purchase advance tickets from Brown Paper Tickets:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/223538

show description:
Queer cisgender women and queer transgender women are allies, friends, support systems, lovers, and partners to each other. Trans and cis women are allies to each other every day - from activism that includes everything from Take Back the Night to Camp Trans; to supporting each other in having "othered" bodies in a world that is obsessed with idealized body types; to loving, having sex, and building family with each other in a world that wants us to disappear.

Girl Talk is an annual spoken word show fostering and promoting dialogue about these relationships. Trans and cis women will read about their relationships of all kinds - sexual and romantic, chosen and blood family, friendships, support networks, activist alliances. Join us for a night of stories about sex, bodies, feminism, activism, challenging exclusion in masculine-centric dyke spaces, dating and breaking up, finding each other, and finding love and family.

full video of Girl Talk 2011 is available on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?p=PL6C0BC77CA710AB76

a link to an mp3 of Girl Talk 2009 can be found here:
http://juliaserano.blogspot.com/2011/08/girl-talk-cis-and-trans-woman-dialogue.html