Feminism: What’s it All About?
Women’s Center Brown Bag
Thursday, Oct 25, 2007, Noon – 1 pm
Women’s Center, Baker Center 403
Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
Screening of the short film The F-word: A Video about Feminism, followed by discussion.
The F-Word is a provocative look at the power of the word “feminism” in the U.S. Why does it [...]
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Little Cities of Black Diamonds Day
Sunday, October 21, 2007 Noon-5pm
Miller School, St. Rt. 155, Hemlock, Ohio (map)
Little Cities of Black Diamonds Day celebrates the history, culture, and natural environment of the former Hocking Valley Coal Boom region, which once impacted the portions of four southeastern Ohio counties, and that today is the heart of the [...]
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Love Your Body Day 2007 is Thursday, October 18!
Love Your Body Day is a day of action and consciousness-raising about images of women that are harmful and offensive.
The Ohio University Women’s Center will host 2 events to celebrate.
1.) Table in Baker University Center, 10 am-6 pm
Materials about body image, healthy eating, and positivie body [...]
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Screening: Cinematheque: FIRE
Saturday, October 13, 8 pm & Thursday, October 18, 2007, 8 pm
Athena Cinema
20 South Court St., Athens, Ohio
FREE for Ohio University students; FREE for local high school students; $4 General Admission
Directed by Deepa Mehta, 1996, 101 min., 6 awards. In Hindi, Urdu, Gujarati, and Punjabi with English subtitles, PG-13.
FIRE is a probing [...]
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Screening: Can You Hear Me? Israeli and Palestinian Women Fight for Peace
Wednesday, October 10, 7pm
Athena Theater
20 S Court St, Athens, Ohio
FREE!
Screening and panel discussion generously sponsored by The Max Family Program at Ohio University. All are welcome.
Can You Hear Me? Israeli and Palestinian Women Fight for Peace (50 min., 2006), is the first documentary [...]
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