Cripping Femme pt. 2 – NYC Launch

Hi Everyone! so remember a few weeks ago when I posted my review of the fantastic Cripping Femme Zine edited by the lovely Leslie Freeman?  I’m back with more exciting news (if you are in NYC that is)

This Saturday, November 21st will be the Cripping Femme Zine’s NYC Launch at Bluestockings Books (172 Allen in Manhattan) at 7pm!!!

from the event’s facebook event page:

“Cripping Femme Zine launches in New York City with readings and performances by editor Leslie Freeman, contributors including poets Arden Eli Hill and Martina Robinson, electropop star Nicky Click, and special guest Sassafras Lowrey.  Zines are $5, with proceeds to support Bluestockings.

We’re working hard to make this event, and all Cripping Femme events, accessible and inclusive. Though we can’t guarantee a scent-free event, we do ask that you refrain from wearing scented products to the event. Please, don’t hesitate to contact us with accessibility needs, preferences, and questions (or for suggestions about scent-free cosmetics.) Email Leslie, efemmera at yahoo dot com ( efemmera@yahoo.com ).

Join Cripping Femme for an evening of sexy, edgy, and of course sparkly resistance to in/visibility, essentialization, and marginalization.”

***And a quick note on accessibility- I found out yesterday that the event is going to be wheelchair accessible, and will have ASL interpretation!

Admittedly I’m a little bit biased (i’m the special guest reader) but this event is going to kick some serious ass. As I discussed in my initial review of the zine, Cripping Femme is a collection of pieces all by queerly feminine folks who had really smart, sexy, important, complicated, challenging, exciting, inspiring, and innovative things to say about their own experiences with disability, community response, accessibility, and the intersectionality of identity. If you are in NYC I hope to see you at Bluestockings on Saturday night!

Other posts by Sassafras

• Femme friends are the desserts of my world - July 26th, 2010
• Sunday Morning Cartoons! - July 25th, 2010
• July Femme Prompt - July 1st, 2010
• being out & visible - June 26th, 2010
• The beauty of femme - June 13th, 2010