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Gender & Sexuality Center 1 North College Street Northfield MN 55057 http://apps.carleton.edu/campus/gsc/ OUT OF THE BASEMENT Mark your Calendars! Upcoming Events Basement Scoville Scoville Basement GSC Staff -GSC- Kaaren Williamsen, GSC Director Kristen Askeland, GSC/OIIL Secretary Spring Break Spectacular Alicia Morrell, GSC Advisor Gender and Sexuality Center Sara Cantor, Educational Associate Tuesday, March 8 Center Associates Nimo Ali, Seth Althauser, Sarah Berlin, National Feminist Coming Out Day features Kendall Bills, Beth Budnick, Hannah Button- Friday, April 8 March 2011 Harrison, Sara Cantor, Patty Dana, Marlene Edelstein, Michael McClellan, Jean Rhodes, DRAG SHOW! Manny Silvestre, Kristy Spiak, Kristina Tuesday, April 12 What to Do Over Taketomo Healthy Communities and Relationships (HCR) Dinner Break! CONTACT INFORMATION AND EDITORIAL POLICY Friday, April 29 Annual Pride Banquet Who’s That Girl? The Gender and Sexuality Center publishes this newsletter monthly for the campus community And don’t forget about ongoing events at the GSC like LGBTea time, and meetings and friends. Information in the newsletter is Guide to Getting It based on the best available information at the student orgs like CIAO, CWI, GDG, the Sex Positivity Group, and SaGA On: All Genders time of publication. Items in the newsletter are provided for informational purposes only, and Welcome? do not necessarily represent the views of the Student Org Meetings: Gender and Sexuality Center or its employees, Sex-Positivity Discussion Group: Wednesdays, Willis 204 7:00pm Planned Parenthood nor do they represent the views of the students, Carleton In and Out (CIAO): Odd Tuesdays, Leighton 330 8:00pm staff, faculty, or administration of Carleton Reflection College. Sexuality and Gender Activism (SaGA): Wednesdays, GSC 8:00pm Collective for Women’s Issues (CWI): Thursdays, WA (Berg House), 8:00pm Please submit articles, calendar entries, letters Gender Support Group: contact althausb for time and location Reflections on and news to the Gender and Sexuality Center or via e-mail to: billsk. We reserve the right to Creating Change edit for clarity and space. Vagina Monologues Reflection Cover art by Qwill Duvall ‘14 What To Do Over Spring Break Standing on the Side of Love con’t Worried that you’ll get bored over spring break? Are you the kind of Carl that loves ongo- After that, college students from both Carleton and St. Olaf chatted with members of ing education? Although the GSC would be thrilled to bring some programming to wher- PFLAG and the Northfield community, including many members of the UU congregation. This experience was extraordinarily valuable, as people gathered to discuss LGBTQ issues ever you may be during our two week hiatus, there are workshops and cool events hosted over food, across generational and educational lines. all over the country all the time. Here are a couple examples of things you might want to check out if you’re in the area— maybe even good excuses to take a road trip? While this term has been a success so far in terms of community outreach, I challenge every Carleton student who is interested in issues such as these to watch for more pro- New York grams like these in the spring. I’ve met many interesting people in the past few weeks, and plus, who doesn’t like to get off campus to share a hot meal with new friends? Sexual Violence against Jewish Women during the Holocaust Sunday, March 20, 2:00PM Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor Match the GSCA to their The Brooklyn Museum 200 Eastern Parkway Manny Silvestre ‘11 Patronus/Daemon/Spirit Animal Gloria Steinem will moderate a panel discussion featuring the co-editors of the groundbreaking book Sexual Violence A. Kendall B. 1. Ke$ha against Jewish Women during the Holocaust, recently published by Brandeis University Press/University Press of B. Nimo A. 2. dog dressed as a Lion New England. The program is one of several during March that mark the fourth anniversary of the Elizabeth A. 3. Owl Sackler Center for Feminist Art. Dr. Sonja M. Hedgepeth and Dr. Rochelle G. Saidel will speak about the book C. Jean R. 4. Real Lion and its genesis. Nava Semel, whose novel And the Rat Laughed is the subject of a chapter of the anthology, will D. Sara C. 5. Otter discuss her fictional exploration of the issue of sexual abuse of women during the Holocaust. A book signing will E. Patty 6. Elephant follow the discussion. Free with Museum admission. F. Sarah B. 7. Rabbit G. Michael M. Chicago 9. Caribou 10. Giraffe H. Hannah B.H. 11. Armored Bear Gloria Feldt presents"No Excuses: 9 Ways Women Can Change How We Think About I. Seth A. 12. Cat Power" J. Marlene E. 13. Chinchilla Wednesday, March 16, 7:30PM K. Kristina T. 14. Hamster Women & Children First Books L. Kristy S. 15. Duck 5233 N. Clark St. M. Manny S. N. Beth B. For every man who receives a bachelor’s degree this year, three women will do the same. Yet there is still a 20% pay gap between men and women, and women represent only 4% of Fortune 500 CEOs. What’s wrong with this pic- O. Alicia M. ture? In her new book, former CEP and President of Planned Parenthood Gloria Feldt asserts that nobody is keep- ing women from parity – except themselves. Revealing how women limit themselves by adhering to outdated social Answers: A:11, B: 6, D: 10, E: 9, F: 13, G: 15, H: 12, 12, H: 15, G: 13, F: 9, E: 10, D: 6, B: A:11, structures and succumbing to pressure to conform, Feldt offers eye-opening and invaluable information to help women 1 O: 14, N: 7, M: 3, L: 2, K: 5, J: 4, I: equalize power in politics, work, and love. Volume 10 Issue 4 Page 2 Page 13 Out of the Basement February 2011 Minneapolis Standing on the Side of Love Dragmanity: Dragshonista! A Fashion Extravaganza! Michael McClellan ‘13 Saturday, March 19, 10:00PM (9:30 doors) Bryant Lake Bowl 810 West Lake Street The past few weeks have provided many opportunities Did someone say "Haute Couture?” How do we perceive line, color, and pat- for Carleton students to get plugged into the Northfield tern? The March 2011 Dragmanity Show will not only feature some of the community around LGBTQ issues and acceptance. Twin Cities' most talented performers, but will ALSO showcase some of the Whether these events have been student-run—like the MOST ORIGINAL fashion designers! Queens, kings and models galore! LGBTQA Northfield Community Potluck, organized by Come see them strut their elegance on the runway! And meet the creative- SaGA—or planned by the community with invitation to minded designers who construct such beauty! Presented by Esme Rodriguez. students, we have set a collaborative precedent that I hope will be continued. During this time, I have at- San Francisco tended the various events held by the Unitarian Univer- salist Fellowship of Northfield, and I have met many “Girl Talk: A Cis and Trans Woman Dialogue” Thursday, March 24, Time TBA Photo Credit:: people in our community that are just as excited and knowledgeable about LGBTQ issues S.F. LGBT Community Center, Ceremonial Room http://www.bryantlakebowl.co as many students on campus. m/calendar/shows/dragmanity- 1800 Market Street On Saturday, February 12, the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Northfield hosted their dragshonista-fashion- Tickets: $12-$20 (sliding scale! nobody turned away!) extravaganza third annual Rainbow Dinner, which celebrated the presence and inclusion of LGBTQ members of the community and the world. Delfin Bautista (MSW, M. Div), the new LGBT Girl Talk is a spoken word show curated by Julia Serano, Gina de Vries and Elena Rose, and intended to ministries coordinator of the Unitarian Universalist Association spoke. She led an open dis- foster dialogue about the myriad relationships and overlapping issues that exist between queer cisgender (i.e., cussion with the community member s present about what everyone can do to address ine- nontransgender) and transgender women. In past years, the show has taken place in June as part of the Na- quality and promote love, the key tenets of the UUA program “Standing on the Side of tional Queer Arts Festival, but this year the Queer Cultural Center (who organizes the festival) suggested that Love.” we have the show in March as part of Women’s History Month! Sunday morning, Rev. Bautista was again present to speak to the congregants’ responsibil- This year’s performers are TBA, but the cast will include Julia Serano, Gina de Vries, Tobi Hill-Meyer, ity. Reflecting on his own religious history, Bautista said, “Most of my people consider Marlene Hoeber, Sadie Lune, Elena Rose, and Rachel Rubin. themselves to be Catholic. But I’ve usually been the rebel. I’ve always enjoyed having inter- faith, ecumenical conversations and looking to other faith traditions for guidance. There’s Ryka Aoki de la Cruz (left) beauty in Judaism, in Buddhism, in Islam. As I’ve grown older, I’ve really taken that to and Julia Serano (right) will heart and have tried to embrace alternative approaches to theology and devotion.” He im- be contributing spoken plored all to use these ideas to promote love and acceptance, starting within the congrega- word performances at Girl tion, extending to Northfield, Minnesota, United States, and the world. Talk: A Cis and Trans The following week was the LGBTQA Northfield Community Gathering and Potluck, Woman Dialogue which was a rousing success. Organized by SaGA, this event provided a forum for North- field community members to share their stories. A mini-panel was presented in the first Photo Credit:: http://www.queerculturalcenter.org/Pages/QFest09/GirlTalk.html portion of the program.