Vagina MuseumThis week at the Vagina Museum, the Minge Fringe continues. As well as that, we have our regular film and book clubs, and even more treats for you! https://www.vaginamuseum.co.uk/events/eventscalendar
Tomorrow night, join us online for #Cliterature. This month, our friendly bookish discussion focuses on A Ghost In The Throat by Doireann Ní Ghríofa https://www.outsavvy.com/event/19734/cliterature-the-vagina-museum-book-club-a-ghost-in-the-throat
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***Online event - Zoom link will be sent to you on the day of the event***Cliterature, the Vagina Museum's book club, offers you a generous and satisfying fingering through the feminist pages. We’ll include a mixture of fiction, non-fiction, essays and poetry. Everyone is welcome. Our book club is led by former trustee, Niharika Jain. About the book: When we first met, I was a child, and she had been dead for centuries.I am eleven, a dark-haired child given to staring out window ... Her voice makes it 1773, a fine day in May, and puts English soldiers crouching in ambush; I add ditch-water to drench their knees. Their muskets point towards a young man who is falling from his saddle in slow, slow motion. A woman hurries in and kneels over him, her voice rising in an antique formula of breath and syllable the teacher calls a caoineadh, a keen to lament the dead.'A true original, this stunning prose debut by Doireann Ní Ghríofa weaves two stories together. In the 1700s, an Irish noblewoman, on discovering her husband has been murdered, drinks handfuls of his blood and composes an extraordinary poem that reaches across the centuries to another poet. In the present day, a young mother narrowly avoids tragedy in her own life. On encountering the poem, she becomes obsessed with finding out the rest of the story.Doireann Ní Ghríofa has sculpted a fluid hybrid of essay and autofiction to explore the ways in which a life can be changed in response to the discovery of another's -- in this case, Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill's Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire, famously referred to by Peter Levi as 'the greatest poem written in either Ireland or Britain during the eighteenth century.'A devastating and timeless tale about finding your voice by freeing another's.About the authour: Doireann Ní Ghríofa is a bilingual writer devoted to exploring how the past makes itself felt within the present. ‘A Ghost in the Throat’ finds an 18th century poet haunting a young mother, leading her through visions of blood, milk, lust, and murder. Written on the roof of a multi-storey car park in Ireland, it went on to be described as “powerful” (New York Times), “captivatingly original” (The Guardian), and a “masterpiece” (Sunday Business Post). 'A Ghost in the Throat’ won the James Tait Black Prize and was voted overall Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards, while the US edition was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and a New York Times Notable Book of 2021. It is to appear in 19 further languages worldwide. Doireann is also the author of six critically-acclaimed books of poetry, each a deepening exploration of birth, death, desire, and domesticity. Awards for her writing include a Lannan Literary Fellowship (USA), the Ostana Prize (Italy), the James Tait Black Prize (Scotland), a Seamus Heaney Fellowship, and the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, among others. How to get the book: If you can, try to get your hands on a copy via your local independent bookshop or library as a physical book, e-book or audiobook.As this is a participatory event by nature, not a performance, anyone who doesn't engage - which can via audio, text, or any method accessible to you - will be automatically removed to ensure safety of all participants. Don’t worry if you’ve not finished the book in time for the session, having read some or most of it will help you take part in our discussion. Live transcription will be enabled on Zoom for all our events. If you need a transcript after the event, please email us at [email protected] to get a copy.Sign up to the Cliterature e-news for book club summaries, giveaways and more.
If comedy's your bag, you can join us in person on Wednesday night as Candace Bryan works through foot fetishes, unrequited love, mommy issues and long distance situationships https://www.outsavvy.com/event/20981/candace-bryan-work-in-progress
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Foot fetishes. Long distance situationships. Mommy issues. Exile. Unrequited love. Come watch acclaimed American standup comedian Candace Bryan in her new work-in-progress show about the absolutely wild year she’s had. “Displays a keen studied intelligence…maximum laughs.” — British Comedy Guide Candace Bryan is an American comedian and writer based in London. Her sharp writing has helped her accrue various accolades: she was a 2022 2Northdown New Comedian Semi-Finalist, was long-listed for 2023 Funny Women Best Comedian, and is a 5X undefeated Roast Battle winner at the Bill Murray. You can find her writing in Cosmopolitan and Vice.
On Thursday, our film club, collective rage, comes together for a screening of dystopian docu-fiction Born in Flames, followed by a workshop led by Crip Club where we'll be pirating the radio! https://www.outsavvy.com/event/20631/film-club-collective-rage-presents-rage-2-rage-against-the-system
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EVENT DESCRIPTIONScreening of Born in Flames, an American dystopian docu-fiction directed by director Lizzie BordenAfter screeningOption 1 - drink & mingle in the bar until 22:00Option 2 - workshop Pirate the Radio 21:10 (limited number of tickets)ABOUT THE FILMWhen Adelaide Norris (Jean Satterfield), the black revolutionary founder of the Woman’s Army, is mysteriously killed, a diverse coalition of women—across all lines of race, class, and sexual orientation—emerges to blow the system apart. Filmed guerrilla style on the streets of pre-gentrification New York, BORN IN FLAMES is a Molotov cocktail of feminist futurism that’s both an essential document of its time and radically ahead of it. Topic/content warning: Racism, Feminism, Revolution, Violence, MurderInfo: Docu-fiction feature, 1h20, 1983, EnglishThanks to the Film Foundation and the Hollywood Foreign Press. Film courtesy of the director WORKSHOPCalling all members of the lesbian army. . The screening will be followed by a workshop facilitated by Clare Baines (she/her), the founder of Crip Club @thecr1pclubLet's rage collectively through the medium of the 21st century’s answer to radio, the podcast. Crip club is a BSL translated podcast which uses film discussion to pull into focus ableism behind the camera, on screen and in cinemas. It dissects the history of Cripping Up*, creates an accessible community and celebrates disabled film talent & joy.This 30-40 minute workshop is the perfect brave space to explore the reactions, rage and themes you’ve experienced in watching Lizzie ‘Born In flames’. This workshop will intro with the history of radio & podcasting as a tool for powerful change and share Crip Club’s learnt lessons about creating an accessible intersectional format. Then, it will be your turn to become your very own radio host and guest. This workshop is a chance to connect with old friends or someone new, to create community & change through the power of raging through film.*Cripping up is when a non-disabled person plays the part of a disabled person. Due to limited space capacity, there are only 16 places available for the workshop. The workshop is accessible to people attending the screening. Clare is a visually impaired queer activist, creative, and a ‘classic taurus’. She currently works at the British Film Institute as Inclusion Partner with a focus on accessible filmmaking & exhibition. EVENT BREAKDOWNDoors open: 19:00Screening starts: 19:30Screening ends: 20:50Workshop: 21:10Bar closes: 21:40Doors close at 22:00 ACCESSIBILITYService Animals WelcomeHearing LoopStep Free AccessWheelchairs AccessibleSeating: Cafe chair - seat height: 46 cm, seat width: 39 cm, no armrest, tested for 110 kgEvent chair - seat height: 48 cm, seat width: 44 cm, no armrest, tested for 160kgGender-neutral toiletBaby changing benchIndoor cycle parkingIf you have any accessible needs, email us at [email protected] NEXT SCREENINGSrage 3 - Herstory Cinema - Thursday 29th Augustrage 4 - Asian Grandma Rules - Thursday 26th Septemberrage 5 - Fast & Furious -Thursday 31st Octoberrage 6 - Cut to Black - Thursday 28th November FILM CLUB COLLECTIVE RAGEcollective rage is a monthly film club, by and for marginalised people, taking place at the Vagina Museum. collective rage aims to screen films from under-represented filmmakers and give the collective agency. Watching films is never a passive experience. collective rage film club is a form of cinema therapy, offering a safe space for personal expression and healing. Through workshops and activities led by artists, filmmakers, and social advocates, attendees are invited to engage, connect, and find solace in the power of storytelling. Genesiscollective rage emerged from our own rage towards the current state of society and cinema. collective rage is thought of as a shape-shifter cinema experience, like the divinity Nǎga, a fluid creature oscillating between snake and human forms. Rage is powerful. Rage is beautiful. Together, let’s slough our rage into a joyful, positive embodiment. Instagram @collective.rage Free ticket: for every screening, we reserve free spaces for people on a low income/unwaged. If you can’t afford a ticket, email us at [email protected]
On Friday, experience some Intrusive Thots on a split bill with Lizzie Simpson and Orion Lewis. Expect over-sharing, innuendo, with a refreshing dose of self-awareness https://www.outsavvy.com/event/20411/intrusive-thots
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A stand-up comedy split bill by two Gen Z/Millennial cuspers exploring mental health, cultural identity, body image, and butt stuff. With a healthy dose of oversharing, innuendo, but a relatable self-awareness, these modern women will make you really think, "wow, maybe I shouldn't come off my meds.” Lizzie Simpson - A chronic over-sharer with a dry yet likeable edge who started performing stand-up as a student in 2016. Chortle Student Comedy Award Semi-Finalist 2018, Funny Women Nominee 2023, Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year Semi-Finalist 2023, West End New Act of the Year Finalist 2024, Winner of Beat the Frog clap off and finalist in your mum's pants. Orion Lewis is a stand up comedian, writer and actor Based in London. Delivering sharp observations in a warm, chatty style, she’s a Soho Theatre Labs alumnus (2022, 2023), Roast Battle winner, and So You Think Your Funny semi-finalist (2023).
On Saturday, Lucy Peach is bloody delighted to welcome you to the launch of her audiobook, Period Queen, with intimate storytelling and live acoustic music https://www.outsavvy.com/event/19741/period-queen-audio-book-launch-and-music-performance
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Join West Australian author, singer songwriter and women's advocate Lucy Peach for an eye opening, heart warming celebration of our cyclical nature. Her best selling book 'Period Queen' now in its 3rd reprint is now available as an audio book and she is BLOODY thrilled to be launching it at the Vagina Museum with an intimate evening of story telling and acoustic performance.Lucy has spent the past two decades studying human biology, woman’s health & wellbeing, and menstrual education. She has a Bachelor of Science in human biology and biomedicine with honours in medicine, and a graduate diploma of education in human biology.As a long-time champion of the power of the menstrual cycle and an advocate for self-love and positive body literacy, Lucy is also an award winning performer who has educated and empowered thousands with her theatre performances, public speaking, workshops, and her best selling book, ‘Period Queen’ using science, stories and songs to shift the period narrative in our culture from one of shame to one of pride. Devoted to raising cuntciousness, she believes that embodying cycles of being supports a thriving world.
And on Sunday afternoon, if you're a storyteller, why not join our regular Writer's Gym, a friendly space full of prompts to get your creative juices flowing and encourage experimentation https://www.outsavvy.com/event/18364/writers-gym
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A gathering of storytellers, this Writer's Gym provides a casual space to explore the written word. Each meeting will feature a new variety of prompts to encourage experimentation. Be playful. Find what excites you about writing. All writers of any genre and experience level are welcome to join. Writer's Gym meet every other Sunday in the museum cafe. Sign up for a ticket and ask at the desk when you arrive.