Sex Workers' Writing Workshop TONIGHT! / Rebel Girl & Girl Talk @ Nat'l Queer Arts Fest!

Hi folks, Sex Workers' Writing Workshop is TONIGHT, and my writing workshops and shows for the National Queer Arts Festival in June are listed below. (Btw, I strongly encourage you to get tickets for Rebel Girl and Girl Talk in advance from BrownPaperTickets -- the seats are gonna fill up fast!) Come write! Come see me & a lot of other fabulous read! And have a fabulous end of a lovely spring & beginning of a gorgeous summer! XOX, Gina ---- *May Sex Workers' Writing Workshop*: Wednesday, May 20th, 7-9pm *June Sex Workers' Writing Workshop*: Wednesday, June 3rd, 7-9pm (Please note that there is only doing *one* Writing Workshop in June.) Center for Sex & Culture 1519 Mission Street, San Francisco (cross street 11th -- it's the building with the pink awning) Sliding scale $10-$20 *more if you can, less if you can't, nobody turned away* Workshop facilitated by Gina de Vries This is a writing workshop for current and former sex workers to share their writing and get honest, non-judgmental feedback. Workshop participants are not obligated to write exclusively about sex work, but writing about work in the sex industry (as well as writing about other topics) will be welcomed. This is a place where people can write and share about their sex work experiences without having to censor themselves or explain every detail. Beginning writers are encouraged to attend along with more seasoned wordsmiths. --- The National Queer Arts Festival & San Francisco in Exile Present: REBEL GIRL: a riot grrl nostalgia show Thursday, June 11th The Garage 975 Howard, San Francisco Show at 7:30; Doors at 7pm Tickets: $10-20 Buy Tickets on-line!!: www.brownpapertickets.com http://www.queerculturalcenter.org/Pages/QFest09/Rebel.html All Star, All Grrrl Cast!: Gina de Vries Chan Dynasty Melissa Gira Grant Liz Henry Nomy Lamm Zuleikha Mahmood Melodie Younce Join the National Queer Arts Festival and San Francisco in Exile for a Riot Grrrl Revival -- where you can once again dress in your leopard print thrift store finery, scrawl SLUT across your midriff, toss that Huggy Bear 7" on the turntable, and make a fanzine extolling the virtues of veganism + vibrators. It's Revolution Grrrl-Style, Now! -- with tongue firmly planted in cheek. Past and present zinestars and grrrl revolutionaries will tell wax nostalgic about the old days, and let you know what they've been up to recently. Zines and cupcakes will be available for purchase. ---- The National Queer Arts Festival Presents: Girl Talk: A Cis & Trans Woman Dialogue Curated by Gina de Vries & Julia Serano Wednesday, June 17th LGBT Center - Ceremonial Room 1800 Market Street, San Francisco 7:30pm Tickets: $12-$20 Buy Tickets on-line!!: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/66001 http://www.queerculturalcenter.org/Pages/QFest09/GirlTalk.html Featuring the lovely & fabulous!: Ryka Aoki de la Cruz Tina D’Elia Gina de Vries Dorian Katz Nomy Lamm Julia Serano Rose Sims (aka Little Light) Lauren Steely Queer cisgender women and queer transgender women are allies, friends, support systems, lovers, and partners to each other. Trans and cis women are allies to each other every day -- from activism that includes everything from Take Back the Night to Camp Trans; to supporting each other in having “othered” bodies in a world that is obsessed with idealized body types; to loving, having sex, and building family with each other in a world that wants us to disappear. Girl Talk is a spoken word show fostering and promoting dialogue about these relationships. Trans and cis women will read about their relationships of all kinds – sexual and romantic, chosen and blood family, friendships, support networks, activist alliances. Join us for a night of stories about sex, bodies, feminism, activism, challenging exclusion in masculine-centric dyke spaces, dating and breaking up, finding each other, and finding love and family.