...comes to Sydney
Host: ButchFemmeTrans Sydney
Date: Wednesday, October 21 & 28th, 2009
Time: 7:00pm - 10:45pm
Location: The Red Rattler Theatre
Street: 6 Faversham Street
City/Town: Marrickville, Australia
Tickets: $10 full / $7 concession per night @ door
Email: bft_syd@hotmail.com
Description
Col Cruise visits our shores to present two nights of international feature and short films from the London Film Festival. Take this opportunity to join Col in discussions on film making and creating a trans film festival.
"The Best Of The London Transgender Film Festival has being programmed for an Australian audience to increase trans visibility and acknowledgement, question the gender binary, to dispel ignorance and demystify stereotypes, unite and support a diverse LGBT community and celebrate trans spaces and their friends. Its focus is to exhibit content of transgender, intersex, androgyny, gender variant, trans feminists, gender queer, and gender fluid persons of all natures, all races and cultures, ages and abilities.
This mini trans film fest is also about communication and growth and will show films of dynamic and important themes from all over the world. It is living proof that biological sex is a continuum and that any rigid notion of binary gender excludes us all.
I hope all these screenings in Australia encourage and liberate self expression in all independent trans filmmaking to come. Thanks to ButchFemmeTrans Sydney and Melbourne and SA University for enabling this event to happen."
Director/programmer
Col Cruise
***Film List to follow***
See ButchFemmeTrans Sydney Facebook page for more details****
29 September 2009
28 August 2009
LATEST RELEASE: The Bee Hut, Dorothy Porter
The bookshop was saddened and reflective to receive today the latest work of the late, great Dorothy Porter.
The Bee Hut, Doroty Porter's fifteenth book, brings together the poems she wrote in the last five years of her life. By turns expansive and intimate, effusive and contemplative, these poems roam widely: there are journeys into history and to sacred places both mythic and deeply personal.
With a touching foreword by her partner Andrea Goldsmith, we will spend today reflecting on how much Dorothy's work deeply touched and aroused us.
In store now.
$24.95
21 August 2009
Wear Red On Sept 1st to support this campaign
Women in red see red - please join this campaign
It will take the average woman full time worker an extra 3 months to earn the same amount as the equivalent man earned in the last financial year. And the gap is getting bigger! This year it took four days more women's paid work to close the gap. To 'celebrate' our wages deficit, we recognise September 1 as the equal pay day, and women's groups are asking women to wear something red to show we are sick of still earning less!
Women's Electoral Lobby suggests a red rose as a way of reminding us all that life is about both bread and roses, but fair rewards for both are important. Give one to your boss and send one to your local member to remind them that too many 'women's jobs' are undervalued and under paid. It is not acceptable that women earn 82% of male ordinary time earnings and do not share equally in pay rises. Full-time adult ordinary time earnings rose by 6.5% for males and 5.2% for females in the twelve months to May 2009. (ABS).
We would like endorsements for the following Statement to be sent to the Federal Government:
Women's organisations call upon the Federal Government to take immediate action to redress growing inequality in wages between women and men. Equal Pay Day on the 1st September women will be wearing red and Women's Electoral Lobby will deliver red roses to politicians and employers because women workers are in the red compared to men's earnings. A red rose is a way of reminding us all that life is about bread and roses, but fair rewards are important for both.
Women's Electoral Lobby are calling on the Federal Government to immediately appoint the new Fair Wage Panel and asked them to start the process to increase the Federal Minimum Wage. The now disbanded Fair Pay Commission failed to grant an increase in its final decision. This Decision went against increases granted in State tribunals. The Federal Minimum Wage is important for women as women rely upon it more than male workers and women are more likely to be low paid.
Women in the red in retirement - Women have about a third of superannuation that men have.
Women more likely to be low paid and rely on awards and the safety net.
Women over-represented in the lower levels of the public sector.
Women are more likely to be part-time and have insecure employment contracts. Women's occupations still undervalued.
Only 1 in 12 of board directors of ASX 200 is a woman. And ....we still do most of the housework and care tasks!!!
Contact NSW Women's Electoral Lobby representaative NSW Representative, Eva Cox: Eva.Cox@uts.edu.au, if you are participating, either individually or as a group.
By the way, artificial roses are available at discount shops for 50c to $1.50.
It will take the average woman full time worker an extra 3 months to earn the same amount as the equivalent man earned in the last financial year. And the gap is getting bigger! This year it took four days more women's paid work to close the gap. To 'celebrate' our wages deficit, we recognise September 1 as the equal pay day, and women's groups are asking women to wear something red to show we are sick of still earning less!
Women's Electoral Lobby suggests a red rose as a way of reminding us all that life is about both bread and roses, but fair rewards for both are important. Give one to your boss and send one to your local member to remind them that too many 'women's jobs' are undervalued and under paid. It is not acceptable that women earn 82% of male ordinary time earnings and do not share equally in pay rises. Full-time adult ordinary time earnings rose by 6.5% for males and 5.2% for females in the twelve months to May 2009. (ABS).
We would like endorsements for the following Statement to be sent to the Federal Government:
Women's organisations call upon the Federal Government to take immediate action to redress growing inequality in wages between women and men. Equal Pay Day on the 1st September women will be wearing red and Women's Electoral Lobby will deliver red roses to politicians and employers because women workers are in the red compared to men's earnings. A red rose is a way of reminding us all that life is about bread and roses, but fair rewards are important for both.
Women's Electoral Lobby are calling on the Federal Government to immediately appoint the new Fair Wage Panel and asked them to start the process to increase the Federal Minimum Wage. The now disbanded Fair Pay Commission failed to grant an increase in its final decision. This Decision went against increases granted in State tribunals. The Federal Minimum Wage is important for women as women rely upon it more than male workers and women are more likely to be low paid.
Women in the red in retirement - Women have about a third of superannuation that men have.
Women more likely to be low paid and rely on awards and the safety net.
Women over-represented in the lower levels of the public sector.
Women are more likely to be part-time and have insecure employment contracts. Women's occupations still undervalued.
Only 1 in 12 of board directors of ASX 200 is a woman. And ....we still do most of the housework and care tasks!!!
Contact NSW Women's Electoral Lobby representaative NSW Representative, Eva Cox: Eva.Cox@uts.edu.au, if you are participating, either individually or as a group.
By the way, artificial roses are available at discount shops for 50c to $1.50.
17 August 2009
CELEBRATING 35 YEARS IN 2009
THE FEMINIST BOOKSHOP
In conjunction with
TALKING HEADS AT TOXTETH
invites you to
A Feminist Trivia Night
Level 1 Function Room
Toxteth Hotel
345 Glebe Point Road Glebe
THURSDAY 22 OCTOBER
6.30 FOR 7 PM
COST: $25.00 includes heaps of finger food
Dinner available for a “buy one get one free” meal deal
Drinks available at function room bar
Come along for a night of fun, prizes and to check out your feminist knowledge and memory.
Tables of 6 – 12. Book for a team or take your chances on congenial company and join any table.
Bring a friend or two - blokes welcome!!
Bookings:
Gail Hewison at The Feminist Bookshop
Tel: 9810.2666
feministbookshop@iprimus.com.au
Kate Barton
Tel: 9518.5560
katebarton3@optusnet.com.au
In conjunction with
TALKING HEADS AT TOXTETH
invites you to
A Feminist Trivia Night
Level 1 Function Room
Toxteth Hotel
345 Glebe Point Road Glebe
THURSDAY 22 OCTOBER
6.30 FOR 7 PM
COST: $25.00 includes heaps of finger food
Dinner available for a “buy one get one free” meal deal
Drinks available at function room bar
Come along for a night of fun, prizes and to check out your feminist knowledge and memory.
Tables of 6 – 12. Book for a team or take your chances on congenial company and join any table.
Bring a friend or two - blokes welcome!!
Bookings:
Gail Hewison at The Feminist Bookshop
Tel: 9810.2666
feministbookshop@iprimus.com.au
Kate Barton
Tel: 9518.5560
katebarton3@optusnet.com.au
11 August 2009
Lady Sings it Better
A little night music at the Red Rattler Theatre.
Six women take on some of the greatest male musicians of the 20th century and reinvent them as sassy old-school cabaret.
This is Midnight Oil, AC/DC, Leonard Cohen, Hilltop Hoods and the Rolling Stones as you’ve never heard them before...masculinity mixed up in sultry female vocals.
Book now at for a great night of live music at the inner west's hottest new venue.
Singers Tanya Hennessy, Chandra Franken, Sonia Allan, Siobhan Towner, Anna Martin and
Maeve Marsden will present a range of songs for all tastes.
Special Guest and Sydney music scene regular Kate Duffy will open the doors with her own host of sassy covers while audience grab a drink and find their seats.
August 12, 14, 15
Doors open 8pm
August 16.
Doors open 7pm.
Tickets available though MCA-TIX
Phone 1300 306 776 or book online,
www.mca-tix.com.au
Cost
Tickets cost $30 Adult and $20 students, unemployed and underpaid
That's right friends, we've got a show coming up and we'd love for you to come! Seats are limited so please do book online. You'll see that we've added 'underpaid' to the concession option so if you are a struggling minimum wage type, feel free to check that box. If you can afford the adult option, then of course please do support independent theatre!
Friday and Saturday nights we'll keep the party going with a DJ or two!
Send your grandparents to the matinee for a saturday arvo thrill!
Invite your friends! and your enemies!
Just come... x
The Red Rattler Theatre
6 Faversham St
Marrickville, Australia
05 August 2009
Balmain Mental Health Carers Support Group
Meets 1st Tuesday of every month
7.15pm
Balmain Town Hall
(side meeting room)
This is a support group for mental health carers and support people. Guest speakers are invited to talk at each meeting.
Contact: Kerry Homes 9555 7164
email: balmain.mhcsupport@gmail.com
Supported by Schizophrenia Fellowship.
7.15pm
Balmain Town Hall
(side meeting room)
This is a support group for mental health carers and support people. Guest speakers are invited to talk at each meeting.
Contact: Kerry Homes 9555 7164
email: balmain.mhcsupport@gmail.com
Supported by Schizophrenia Fellowship.
03 August 2009
Cards & Gifts
A great new range of postcards has arrived at the shop. Check these out...
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...and there's more in store too....
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...and there's more in store too....
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