"The Aggressives": Race & Sexuality Film and Lunch Discussion
Abigail Francis
Fri Jan 19, 12-01:30pm, Rainbow Lounge, Rainbow Lounge
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
In this striking and illuminating documentary, director Daniel Peddle explores and exposes the secret subculture of New York lesbians living as "agressives". Often mistaken for men, these women range from pretty tomboys to
the blatantly butch, boldly creating their own identities outside of society's established sexual categories. Stripped of pretense, they lead us to fashion shoots and prison cells to reveal their work lives, love lives and social lives. The resulting documentary is the culmination of five years spent uncovering the no appologies lifestyle of six self-identified agressives as they defign their dreams, share their most intimate secrets and reveal their deepest fears.
Sponsors: lbgt@mit, Women's Studies Program, MIT Race-Sexuality Task Force
For lunch, please RSVP to: sdelmore@mit.edu
Contact: Abigail Francis, 50-005, x3-0684, afran@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Division of Student Life
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"Women, Work, and Life": a discussion w/ MIT faculty members on balancing careers & life
Emily Meghan Morrow Howe, MIT gradfeminists, MIT Center for Work, Family, and Personal Life
Wed Jan 24, 11am-12:30pm, 14E-304
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Speakers include the following faculty members:
Professor Ann Bookman (Sloan School of Management)
Professor Sally Haslanger (Linguistics and Philosophy, Women’s Studies)
Professor Kristala Jones Prather (Chemical Engineering)
Professor Ted Adelson (Brain and Cognitive Sciences)
Contact: Emily Meghan Morrow Howe, x3-8844, womens-studies@mit.edu
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Birth of Nations and Partitions
Meriam Belli
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
In the period following World War II, new nations, nation-states, and political identities emerged from territorial partitions, which social consequences people are still struggling and living with today. This five-day film series presents three such cases of partitions that occurred between 1947 and 1949: India/Pakistan (1947), Israel/Palestine (1948), and West Germany/East Germany (1949).
Contact: Mabel Chin, E51-285, x3-4965, mchin@mit.edu
Cosponsor: History
Partitioned Identities - Earth (Deepa Mehta, 1998)
Haimanti Roy
Based in Lahore of 1947, the film revolves around the lives of some of its subaltern citizens whose idyllic lives are fractured by the Partition. We see the absurdities of Partition through the eyes of an eight-year-old Parsi girl, Lenny. The film is based on the award-winning novel by Bapsi Sidhwa, Cracking India (Ice-Candyman).
Mon Jan 8, 07:30-10:30pm, 32-141
Partitioned Identities - Meghe Dhaka Tara (Cloud Capped Star)(Ritwick Ghatak, 1960)
Haimanti Roy
The film revolves around the predicaments faced by a Bengali family who tries to come to grips with their new status as refugees in the wake of the Partition in Bengal. Nita, the main character in the film clearly embodies both the socio-economic implications of the Partition as well as the gendered nature of the event itself.
Tue Jan 9, 07:30-10:30pm, 32-141
Crossing Borders - The Syrian Bride/Kala Ha-Surit (Israel, 2004)
Meriam Belli
1947-UN approved Palestine's partition. 1948-Jewish nationalists won independence of Israel. Borders created in 1948 & 1967 Arab-Israeli War resulted in Palestinian refuge problem & separation/alienation of people from one another. In The Syrian Bride-E. Riklis tells the story of a Druze-Israeli bride who leaves Israeli-occupied Golan Heights to marry a Syrian t.v. star, knowing crossing the border she can't return home.
Wed Jan 10, 07:30-10:30pm, 32-141
Crossing Borders - Rana's Wedding (Jerusalem, Another Day)
Meriam Belli
Hany Abu-Assad (Palestine, 2002). 90 minutes.
A romantic drama about a Palestinian girl who wants to get married with the man of her choice. She only has ten hours to find her boyfriend in an occupied and chaotic Jerusalem. When the abnormality of barriers and occupation becomes an everyday reality, love and marriage turn into fiction.
Thu Jan 11, 07:30-10:30pm, 32-141
Breaking the Wall - Good bye Lenin (Germany, 2003)
David Ciarlo
"East Germany"(GDR)est.1949 Soviet occupied zone/"West Germany" occupied by US/GB/FR. Germany reunified after popular protest movement leading to fall of Berlin Wall-1989 & free elections-1990. This film, a brilliant comedy:Christiane, socialist/supporter of GDP, falls into a coma on eve of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Upon wakening, Germany is reunited; her son protects her from the truth/creates an alternative reality.
Fri Jan 12, 07:30-10:30pm, 32-141
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MIT grad Marissa Acosta's film: "The Late Risers Club" (screening & discussion w/ director)
Emily Meghan Morrow Howe Women in Film and Video/New England
Thu Jan 11, 07-10:00pm, 6-120
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: interest in film, media, women's studies, gender issues, or
Chicks Make Flicks: film screenings & discussions with directors.
MIT grad Marissa Acosta's film tells the tale of "The Late Risers Club" a ragtag group of community radio disc jockeys who band together to create the first radio program in Boston to play punk rock on a daily basis. Vintage footage, photo montages and great interviews tell the story of the gestation period of a 25 year plus institution. As a bastion of the alternative, WMBR's Late Risers Club created the template that's now a staple of college radio programming .
Begun in 1977, the Late Risers Club program showcased punk and alternative music, and was a forerunner of what we now consider college radio, one of the few noncommercial stations in the country at that time championing unheard of bands, both local and national.
Contact: Emily Meghan Morrow Howe, 6-120, x3-8844, emmh@mit.edu
Cosponsor: WMBR Radio
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The Art & Science of Friendships: IAP Workshops for Women Students.
Emily Meghan Morrow Howe, Lynn Roberson
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Come explore one of our most valuable relationships in life: Friendships!
Learn perspectives, approaches, and tools to expand your own present and future friendships here at MIT and beyond.
No matter if you are shy or outgoing you are welcome to this great afternoon of learning and self-discovery!
Chocolate, Fresh Fruit, & Tea will be served.
Contact: Emily Meghan Morrow Howe, 14E-316, x3-8844, emmh@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Student Support Services
"Creating New Friendships"
Emily Meghan Morrow Howe, Lynn Roberson
For undergraduate women. We'll address the art & science of “what to say after ‘hello!’ & ‘what’s your major’. You'll create a foundation for meaningful friendships, learning about different types of friends (from buddies to best friends). We'll explore the richness of diverse friendships, sharing tips on what makes friendships flourish between women of different identities.
Tue Jan 30, 02-04:00pm, TBA, to those who sign up
"Deepening Your Friendships"
Emily Meghan Morrow Howe, Lynn Roberson
For undergrad & graduate women to explore making current friendships more meaningful: enhancing strengths & working w/ challenges on the friendship journey. What makes friendships deep? What happens when a true friend moves away, falls in love, changes…? You'll come away with tips & potential next steps for friendship conflict resolution, keeping friendships vibrant.
Thu Feb 1, 02-04:00pm, TBA, to those who sign up.
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