If you love reading and talking about feminism this book club is for you.
Through reading and discussion we want to explore intersectional feminist texts that critically and reflectively engage with our worlds as they are, and open up our imaginations to the worlds that could be.
This group is for anyone who is interested in learning and discussing feminist texts with others, and anyone who has an eye on changing the status quo.
Like the FCA more generally we aim to be a harassment free space for everybody. If you are new to our meetings, or feel you need a refresher please read our code of conduct to find out what behaviors we hope for from you, and hold ourselves to in our sessions (http://www.thefeministclub.nl/coc)
Everyone who participates can suggest texts for future sessions.
Future reads:
Beyond the Gender Binary by Alok Vaid-Menon on 21st September at 16:30 in NieuwLand
Our next read is Beyond the Gender Binary by Alok Vaid-Menon and at 64 pages this is a rather short read.
In Beyond the Gender Binary, ‘the author, whose parents emigrated from India, writes about how enforcement of the gender binary begins before birth and affects people in all stages of life, with people of color being especially vulnerable due to Western conceptions of gender as binary. Gender assignments create a narrative for how a person should behave, what they are allowed to like or wear, and how they express themself. Punishment of nonconformity leads to an inseparable link between gender and shame’.
(https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/alok-vaid-menon/beyond-the-gender-binary)
You can learn more about Alok Vaid-Menon and see more of their work here: https://alokvmenon.com/#about
There will be a donation jar and some refreshments available (cash or pin). NieuwLand receives no subsidies and is run entirely by volunteers, please think about donating something if you are able as this helps us keep the lights on and our events free. To learn more about NieuwLand visit their website (https://nieuwland.cc)
Currently there are heavy roadworks outside of NieuwLand and the street has been dug up leaving replacement panels instead of a pavement. If you have access needs regarding the event, that you feel may not be in place, please get in contact with us so that we can do our best to incorporate these.
The beautiful Het Fort van Sjakoo in Amsterdam has several copies listed as being in stock and is usually open to be contacted if you wish to order something they do not have https://sjakoo.nl/product/beyond-the-gender-binary/
If you want to attend the session but find it difficult to get hold of the book we will try to help
If there are topics or questions you would like to discuss please bring those with you. We don’t plan our meetings in a very structured or top-down manner so all contributions are welcome and appreciated. We are looking forward to discussing together!
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Our previous reads:
- Feminism, Interrupted by Lola Olufemi (24.09.2020)
- Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall (29.10.2020)
- Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde (10.12.2020)
- Delusions of Gender by Cordelia Fine (21.01.2021)
- The Will to Change by bell hooks (04.03.2021)
- The Power by Naomi Alderman (15.04.2021)
- Whipping Girl by Julia Serano (20.05.2021)
- Ecofeminism by Maria Mies & Vandana Shiva (08.07.2021)
- Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Davis (28.10.2021)
- We Do This ‘Til We Free Us by Mariame Kaba (25.11.2021)
- I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman (02.02.2022)
- The Politics of Morality: The Church, the State, and Reproductive Rights in Postsocialist Poland by Joanna Mishtal (09.03.2022)
- Living a Feminist Life by Sara Ahmed (12.04.2022)
- The Sexual Politics of Meat by Carol J. Adams (24.05.2022)
- Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi (27.07.2022)
- Aphro-ism: Essays on Pop Culture, Feminism & Black Veganism From Two Sisters by Aph Ko & Syl Ko (16.09.2022)
- A Cyborg Manifesto: Science, Technology, and Socialist-Feminism in the Late Twentieth Century by Donna Haraway (02.10.2022)
- A Decolonial Feminism by Françoise Vergès (06.11.2022)
- Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo (04.12.2022)
- Abolish the Family: A Manifesto for Care and Liberation by Sophie Lewis (05.02.2023)
- The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (02.04.2023)
- Feminism and Nationalism in the Third World by Kumari Jayawardena (07.05.2023)
- Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor (04.06.2023)
- Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez (02.07.2023)
- White Innocence: Paradoxes of Colonialism and Race by Gloria Wekker (22.10.2023)
- Greater Than the Sum of Our Parts: Feminism, Inter/Nationalism and Palestine by Nada Elia (19.11.2023)
- Sexed Up: How Society Sexualizes Us, and How We Can Fight Back by Julia Serano (10.12.2023)
- Women, Race & Class by Angela Y. Davis (21.01.2024)
- Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation by Silvia Federici (17.03.2024)
- Feminism Without Borders: Decolonizing Theory, Practicing Solidarity by Chandra Talpade Mohanty (19.05.2024)
- King Kong Theory by Virginie Despentes (14.07.2024)
- Free Them All: A Call to Abolish the Prison System by Gwenola Ricordeau (25.08.2024)
- Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight for Sex Workers Rights’ by Molly Smith & Juno Mac (15.09.2024)
- Tomorrow Sex Will be Good Again: Women and Desire in the Age of Consent by Katherine Angel (17.11.2024)
- I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem by Maryse Condé (19.01.2025)
- Counter-sexual Manifesto by Paul B. Preciado (06.03.2025)
- Earthseed Series: Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler (18.05.2025)
- Earthseed Series: Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler (20.07.2025)