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newsletter sommer / summer 2008
*institut für queer theory / institute for queer theory

*please circulate widely
& feel invited to come to Berlin for the ?Femmes 'R' Us" festival
*
Feminismus ? Staatsaufgabe? Wirtschaftsfaktor? Revolte?
Feminism ? government's mission? economic factor? insurrection?
*
Fr 08. August 08 17:00-20:30 Radialsystem, Berlin-Ostbahnhof, Holzmarktstr.
33

panel on queer/feminist politics (in English)
> inputs and discussion with

*María do Mar Castro Varela *(Berlin)
*Marina Gr?ini? *(Ljubliana, Slovenia)
*Rosa Reitsamer *(Vienna, Austria)
*Tiina Rosenberg* (Lund, Sweden)
*Chris Straayer *(New York, U.S.)
*Tim Stüttgen aka Timi Mei Monigatti *(Berlin)

moderated by / moderiert von
*Antke Engel *(Institute for Queer Theory, Berlin)

as part of the Festival / im Rahmen des Festivals
*Femmes 'R' Us. Feminismus in Pop ? Musik ? Kunst ? Film heute
*7.-16. August 2008
RADIALSYSTEM V, Holzmarktstr. 33, Berlin-Ostbahnhof
curated by / kuratiert von *Ina Wudtke and/und Christine Lang
*http://www.femmes-breaks.com/


*Feminism ? government's mission? economic factor? insurrection?
*Who are the actors in feminist politics today? Did feminism turn into a
field of official politics, defined by president's election campaigns,
federal administration, global economic strategising, and academic career
management? Does it make any sense at all to combine the terms feminism and
insurrection today? And secondly: How does feminist practice deal with the
fact that gender relations are no longer understood as structured
exclusively by the category of gender, but by various processes of social
differentiation like education, post/colonialism, economic globalization,
racism, heteronormativity? The idea of a simple binary of male versus female
is widely challenged. How is this insight taken up by feminisms? Is queer
feminism a promising answer to these questions?

*Inputs
*
María do Mar Castro Varela (Berlin)
*?Learning to Swim in the Main-Stream..."
*According to Wikipedia Mainstream is ?the common current of thought of the
majority. (?) something that is ordinary or usual; something that is
familiar to the masses; something that is available to the general public;
something that has ties to corporate or commercial entities." In my
presentation I will unpack the idea of ?Gender Mainstreaming" and
?Mainstream Feminism" and search for possibilities to swim against the
current flow. This includes some notes on the concept of the"masses" as well
as the "ordinary and usual". Can feminism be uncommon and extraordinary and
still make sense to the ?masses"? Does feminism have to be sensible? Or: How
can we learn to swim in the main stream without being mainstreamed and
without drowning?

*

Marina Gr?ini? (Ljubliana, Slovenia)
*?New Feminism and the Political Act"
*?New feminism is  politics!" is the subtitle of the book *New Feminism:
worlds of feminism, queer and networking conditions*, edited by me and Rosa
Reitsamer. The book is conceptualized with a clear idea not to be another
 sign of the globalized capitalist world that is capable today to present
together unthinkable positions and statements coming from theory and
practice of feminism. On the contrary, the book is conceptualized with the
idea to challenge this ?multi-culti" palette of variations on the ?same"
topic, that are now  coming from different parts of the world. It presents a
new conceptual and paradigmatic act that implies a new possible politics for
the movement. An act is a paradoxical short circuit between words and
activity. An act is always performed through enunciation and it not only
changes the subject but as well the Other to whom it was addressed.

*

Rosa Reitsamer (Vienna, Austria)
*?**How to Become a Successful Feminist-Queer DJ in the Music Capital of the
World"
*What are the feminist-queer networking strategies in Vienesse cluab
culture? Collective strategies like founding and establishing virtual and
local networks enable the exchange of knowledge and experiences. Projects
are realized on this basis. In how far do these networking strategies
reproduce dominant norms and values of ?the" music scene? In which respect
do ruptures and challenges appear?
*
*

*Tiina Rosenberg (Lund, Schweden)
*?Against Normal Feminism: The Queer Revenge in Swedish Contemporary
Performance"
*Sweden is seen internationally as wonderland of equality. There still is a
strong feminist tradition; though since 2005 one notices a decline.
Nevertheless, feminist movements are alive and activley disrupting public
normalcies. The oresentation will give examples of activist feminist
performance art, discuss its queer tendencies as well as its connections to
anti-racist and feminist class struggle.

*
*
*Chris Straayer (New York)
*?Flouncing About in the Hetero-Sexual Gaze:
Transsexual Women, Plastic Surgery, and the Dis-play of Femininity"
*Sexism and homophobia inhabit the heterosexual gaze as the oppositely
directed vectors of aggression and repulsion toward women and queers,
respectively.  In the documentary *Alexis Arquette: She's My
Brother*(Matthew Barbato, 2007), they are answered by a transsexual
woman's
complicated exhibition, a nexus that unhinges assumptions about feminism and
plastic surgery, sexual proof and access.

*

Tim Stüttgen aka Timi Mei Monigatti (Berlin)
*"Queerfeminist Desires: Notes on the Precarious Intellect"
*(MiniPerformance Lecture)

*
For more details and biographical notes:
*http://www.femmes-breaks.com/
*
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