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Apr
5
Thu
Think & Drink – Pretty Angry: Feminism and Protest from Miss America to #MeToo @ Boundary Bay Brewery & Bistro
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Apr 5 @ 7:00 pm
Think & Drink - Pretty Angry: Feminism and Protest from Miss America to #MeToo @ Boundary Bay Brewery & Bistro | Bellingham | Washington | United States

Join Humanities Washington for this free, public event!

At the Miss America pageant in 1968, activists descended on Atlantic City to protest what they saw as the event’s objectification of women. Though the protesters only numbered several hundred, their ideas and outrage—and the widely televised reach of the event they disrupted—propelled the next wave of feminism to the national spotlight, resulting in major changes to attitudes and laws.

Exactly fifty years later women’s anger has taken a different form, this time focused less on public spectacles than private moments. It’s a movement calling attention to sexual assault, harassment and similar abuses that often happen in the quiet corners of offices, big box stores and movie studios. The #MeToo movement is emerging as the tip of a new feminist moment, a movement that also includes the Women’s March (considered the largest single-day protest in US history) and the unprecedented numbers of women running for office.

But as one of the organizers of the Miss America protest said, “I thought that the things we accomplished would stick—not that they would be always in danger.” Will #MeToo and other new efforts bring about lasting social changes, or are they mostly a hyped-up hashtag? Join us as we explore the last 50 years of women’s political and social power in America. Featuring Amy Peloff, University of Washington professor; and Vicki Hsueh, director of the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program at Western Washington University. Moderated by Joy Wiggins, Western Washington University professor and director of Global Peaceful Paths.

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Categories: Education Food & Beverage Women Focused Events Workshops, Classes and Lectures Tags: #feminism #gender #history #protest
Aug
4
Sat
Tret Fure Concert Backstage at the Border @ Christ Episcopal Church
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Aug 4 @ 7:00 pm
Tret Fure Concert Backstage at the Border @ Christ Episcopal Church | Blaine | Washington | United States

Backstage at the Border Presents Tret Fure

Proceeeds after expenses are donated to Community Outreach Programs Christ Episcopal Church 382 Boblett Street in Blaine.

A prolific artist in the contemporary singer-songwriter arena, Tret Fure has released 15 albums and CDs over the course of her 48 year career. In addition to being a gifted songwriter, Fure has engineered and produced countless recordings by a variety of artists, including her own work. Now after seven acoustic releases on her own label, Tomboy girl Records, Tret has re-established herself in the folk world, winning the South Florida Folk Festival Singer/Songwriter Competition in two out of three categories.

 

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Family Events Music Concerts Non-Profit Fundraising Events Tags: #activities #feminism #FingerStyleGuitar #Folk #folkmusic activism concerts in whatcom county Tret Fure;Concert;Backstage at the Border;Blaine
April – August 2018 Apr – Aug 2018