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Caitlin
01-29-08, 03:23 PM
Please note that there will be 4 opportunities to catch the film in Atlanta. Details below. All events are free and open to the public.

'One in 2000'

Did you know that each year an estimated one in two thousand babies are born with anatomy that doesn't clearly mark them as either male or female - with what is known as an intersex condition? Join us for a screening and discussion of the provocative documentary, One in 2000, that demystifies the issue of sexual difference. Interweaving personal stories with educational films from the 1950's, One in 2000 invites us to take a serious second look at how the media have dealt with sexual "normality." Join us after the film for a discussion and Q & A with film maker Ajae Clearway and intersex activist Caitlin Childs.

Wednesday February 6, 2008, 6:00pm
Intersex Awareness Film Screening And Discussion: Gender, "Normality", and Medical Intervention
Emory University
White Hall, Room 206
Sponsored by The Department of Women's Studies; Rollins School of Public Health, Center for Health, Culture, and Society; Office of LGBT Life; and The John and Susan Wieland Center for Ethics. Contact awilley@<hidden> for more information.

Thursday February 7, 2008, 7:00pm
Agnes Scott College
Buttrick Hall, Room G-4
Sponsored by the LGBTQIA Collective

Friday February 8, 2008, 3:00pm
Spelman College
Women's Resource and Research Center, Cosby 2nd Floor
Contact moyazb@<hidden> for more information.

Friday February 8, 2008, 8:00pm
One in 2000: A Film Screening and Discussion
Charis Books and More, 1189 Euclid Ave. NE in the Little 5 Points Business District
This program is presented by Charis Circle. For more information visit chariscircle.org or call 404-522-9912

Also, please mark your calendars for this exciting event:

Whose Vagina Monologues?: A Forum for Feminist Critique of V-Day
Tuesday February 12, 2008, 6-8pm
Harland Cinema, Dobbes University Center, Emory University

V-Day campaigns have become a powerful force, bringing visibility to various feminist and "women's" issues on college campuses all over the U.S. While widely celebrated as a local and global achievement for feminism, V-Day's "movement to end violence against women" raises red flags for many feminists. The reclamation of the "vagina" (as opposed to the clitoris, vulva, labia..) as a site of female sexuality has been critiqued by feminists concerned with V-Day's heteronormativity. The use of vagina as that which defines and unites "women" has been broadly critiqued by feminists concerned with both intersex and trans politics. Post-colonial and antiracist feminist critiques have also been concerned with the deployment of "vagina" as a concept with shared meaning and significance for women globally. Bringing together panelists with a wide range of concerns about and investments in V-Day and The Vagina Monologues, this event will provide a forum for debate about the pros and cons of the V-Day movement and the nature of our engagement with it.

Before the panel discussion, there will be a performance of alternate monologues.

E-mail awilley@<hidden> for more information

pidgejen
02-14-08, 01:26 AM
this is so great. I wish I brought this up with the cast and directors of Vagina Monologues at my school (DePaul). I took part in it last year, and constantly felt like something was missing. In our ice breakers, we always talked about when we first got our period, etc. I, being intersexed, never got a period and had a much different relationship with my "vagina". Alas, I applaud all of you at Emory that are attempting to bring an awareness to this event.

Thank you,

jen pagonis

fraulein_Maria
02-16-08, 03:23 AM
was written by IS'er Esther Morris and i believe is now included in the script.

uriela
02-18-08, 12:49 PM
I wanted to go to the Vagina Monologues at a community college just before I went for surgery. A suitable adieu I thought. But things were a bit hectic then and a friend just got the willies thinking about it. I couldn't convince her it would be a gas. I thought it was a real kudo getting it into such a conservative county.

BTW pidgejen I am a DePaul (Chicago) graduate (MA, 1971) and I went to a gender event some years ago--when there was that foo-fa-rah about only WomenBornWomen being admitted to the Michigan Women's Music Festival. All that is probably before your time.

Nice to see another Illinoisian here.

Is V-Day over or coming up. I'm not keeping track.

I think the Missing Vagina Monologue is still available on the web. Of course I have a copy.

;-)