Julie Zeilinger, Caroline Rothstein
. . . . The Project Continues
Saturday, March 2, 2013
1:00pm-3:00pm
Friends Meeting House
15 Rutherford Place @ East 15th St. between 2nd and 3rd
Aves
(a short walk fr/Union Square) Suggested Donation: $25 /
$15
In March,
2011, The WTCI convened an international summit -
Endangered Species: Preserving The Female
Body. Out of that,
the Endangered Bodies
Campaign
was launched- partnering with like-minded body
positive organizations in 5 different countries who
are engaged in the the same fight to free
women's/girls' bodies from commodification and
objectification.
This year we
honor
Julie Zeilinger, a feminist
media activist and storyteller. Julie is originally from
Pepper Pike, Ohio and a member of the Barnard College
Class of 2015. She founded and edits The
FBomb, a
feminist blog and community for teens and young adults
who care about their rights and want to be heard.
Julie has been named one of the 150 Women Who Shake
the World by Newsweek, one of the eight most
influential bloggers under 21 by Women's Day Magazine,
one of More Magazine's "New Feminists You Need To
Know", one of the London Times' "40 Bloggers Who
Really Count", one of Jezebel.com's "The Jezebel 25",
and one of the Cleveland Magazine's "Most Interesting
People of 2011". Her writing has been published in
Forbes, HLNtv, The Huffington Post, and Feminist.com
among other publications. She recently published her
first book, "A Little F'd Up: Why Feminism Is Not A
Dirty Word" (Seal Press, 2012).
--Spoken
Word performance by
Caroline Rothstein.
Caroline
Rothstein is a New York City-based writer, performer, and
eating disorder recovery advocate. For over a decade, she
has performed spoken word poetry and facilitated
workshops at poetry venues, colleges, schools, and
nonprofit organizations around the United
States. She hosts the YouTube series “Body
Empowerment,” sits on the Board of Directors for the
NORMAL nonprofit organization, and has been a Resource
Person for ANAD since 2000. She was a member of the 2010
Nuyorican Poets Cafe slam team, which placed second at
the 2010 National Poetry Slam. Her award-winning
one-woman play “faith” debuted as part of the Culture
Project’s Women Center Stage 2012 Festival. Her writing
has appeared in The Huffington Post, xoJane, and
Narratively amongst other publications. She has a B.A.
from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.S. from
Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. For
more information, go to http://www.carolinerothstein.com/.
--For the last 30 years,
The WTCI has offered a Speakout, a time honored
traditional forum for women to find their individual
voice and share experiences, allowing the personal story
of each woman to be heard, dignified, and transformed by
our coming together.
--Reception