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This year's More Than Music Fest is going to be womyn-centered. This
means we are working to highlight and appreciate the achievements of womyn in our
communities as well as create an environment that womyn feel is truly theirs. We have
chosen bands, workshops, artists, etc. that showcase womyn doing amazing things and
exemplify strong feminist/womanist politics.
By prioritizing womyn's perspectives, our goal is not to make people feel uncomfortable or
alienated, although this may be inevitable for some people who have never experienced a
feeling of being marginalized. For people who have spent their entire lives within a
patriarchal culture and environment that focuses only on their needs and desires, this is
going to be awkward.
Such awkwardness is a good place from which to start analyzing privilege which is a
starting place for rejecting such unfair positions of power. Female and feminist/womanist
perspectives deserve to be valued and supported. And an event planned around what some
womyn in the d.i.y. community are interested in, believe in, value, love, and enjoy should
appeal to womyn and men.
A lot of people have questioned our selection process for bands this year.
Having a strong presence of womyn on stage is important in creating a womyn-focused space,
so yes, we looked for bands with womyn in them to play the fest. To say that celebrating
the work womyn have created is mere tokenism (that's one of the words that's been thrown
around a lot) is undermining and belittling of their talent and creations. And of course,
we took into consideration much more than a person's sex in our selection process! In
general, we like bands that don't just sound good, but also think about stuff (i.e. rights
of queers, womyn, immigrants, animals, humans...anti-capitalist and anarchist stances,
racism, the prison-industrial complex, womanism, etc.) We take feminist politics seriously
(plus so much more), and we expect them to be present on stage and elsewhere in our
communities. And we look for them from womyn and men.
Also, please don't forget that there's more to d.i.y. than bands; our lives are not JUST
music. We get excited about so much more, so we don't want to overemphasize bands at the
expense of workshops, discussions, activism or interaction. And let's continue the
dialogue!
(schedule subject to change) |
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karma
the sparklers
lovesick
everyone asked about you
reversal of man
kill the man who questions |
(local)
tel quel
ereshkigal
the lazarus plot
nineteen/nineteen
former members of alfonsin
world inferno friendship society
red monkey |
(local)
yum yum tree
nymb
retsin
bread & circuits
morser
anti-product |
these are confirmed:
-abortion access
-body image (includes sizism, eating disorders for womyn and men, etc)
-domestic violence
-girl army self-defense
-mental health (support group for womyn)
-men's workshop focusing on men recognizing, talking, & dealing with social
interactions & conversational sexism
-prison labor
-sex positivity
-sex workers
-womyn in the labor movement
-womyn's health
these are tentative possibilities:
-automotive 101
-how to support survivors (of all abuse -sexual assault, violence, etc.)
-men's health
-men talking to men about rape
-midwifery
-radical child raising
-sewing
-support group for sexual abuse survivors
-vegan pregnancy
-welfare reform
-womyn in Palestine
-womyn in prison
performance art, speakers, a womyn's breakfast, womyn's art show, children's workshops,
80s dance party, challenging and impromptu discussions, new friendships, and old
friendships renewed! *also the queer pride march that will take place on sunday of the
fest weekend again this year!*
*childcare will be available! contact 614.294.3957*
PROCEEDS GO TO:
CENTRAL OHIO ABORTION ACCESS FUND which is a grassroots organization that
assists low income womyn with everything they may need if they choose an abortion like
housing, transportation, childcare, etc. The fund works to remove economic/class
restraints from access to reproductive choice and freedom.
$25/3 days or $10/1 day (workshops are free)
The action begins on Friday, the 25th at NOON. The Womyn's Breakfast will be on
Saturday at 10 a.m.
we finally have a confirmed space for the fest!!! yahoo! everything is going to be
taking place at this place called MEKKA which is a dance club/concert space. lots of room
for workshops, bands, etc. etc. (it's in a big warehouse building) here's directions-
from 71 N or S:
TAKE 670 WEST TO THE NEIL/GOODALE EXIT. TURN LEFT ONTO NEIL AVE. GO SOUTH ON NEIL UNTIL
YOU REACH THE DUBLIN AVE. INTERSECTION. TURN RIGHT ONTO DUBLIN AVE. 382 DUBLIN AVE.
to contact us:
E-MAIL= morethanmusic@hotmail.com or
girlmilitia@hotmail.com
PHONE= 614.421.9746 or 614.421.1269 or 614.291.4805
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