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Engaging Men Digest - September 2010 |
Welcome to the September issue of the SATF's Engaging Men Digest! This month our prevention staff has been busy presenting at the Oregon Prevention Conference, supporting the Mid-Valley Women's Crisis Service in their cultivation of the new Marion County Men Against Violence, and working with a new research assistant from Portland State University! While we are at it we want to make sure we keep you up to date with the latest news, ideas, and resources pertaining to the engagement of men in the prevention of gendered violence, so check out what we have for you this month... |
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- Pacific Lutheran University's Men Against Violence are putting on "Paving a Rocky Road: Removing Barriers to Men's Engagement", a conference that seeks to broaden the ways our movement to end gendered violence seeks engages those who identify as male while challenging us all to explore the intersections of oppression and violence. The conference, October 14th-16th, includes a presentation on intersectionality from our prevention specialist, Cliff Leek, as well as lectures and workshops from many regional and national experts. Registration is open!
 - Kristopher Wells, a researcher with the Institute for Sexual Minority Studies and Services at the University of Alberta, wrote a fabulous piece for the Edmonton Journal (also published on xyonline) about homophobia, hyper-masculinity, and sport culture that can be found here.
- Masculinity made the front page of Newsweek this month. Writers Andrew Romano and Danny Dokoupil constructed the feature "Men's Lib" taking on the supposed "end of men" and arguing the need for a "New Macho" that involves men deepening their participation in parenting and taking on what have been known as "girly jobs". Check out their article here.
 - There is some great work happening up in Vancouver, BC! The Warriors Against Violence Society there is committed to helping First Nations families unlearn abusive and violent behaviors and reclaim their traditional values of equality, honor and respect for themselves and others. WAV began as a program for abusive Native men. Today, there are services for men, women, families and youth. A video made by the organization is here and you can go here to check out their website. Special thanks to Nancy Greenman for passing this on to us.
 - Big Voice Pictures, which previously produced a film called The Healing Years, has now released a new film, Boys and Men Healing. Boys and Men Healing, a documentary about the sexual abuse of boys, focuses on the impact sexual abuse has on the individual and on society as well as on the importance of healing in the survivor's lives. Check out the trailer here and then find a way to check out the film itself! I know I will! |
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Am I Sleeping With the Enemy?
Redefining Masculinity in the Evangelical Faith Community
Join author, minister, sexual- and domestic- violence prevention advocate, and community leader Ron Clark as he draws from his new book to address masculinity in the evangelical faith community.
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Featured Author
 Dr. Shira Tarrant Shira Tarrant, PhD is an expert in gender politics, feminism, pop culture, and masculinity. She is the author of When Sex Became Gender (Routledge) and Men and Feminism (Seal Press), editor of the provocative anthology Men Speak Out: Views on Gender, Sex and Power (Routledge), and co-editor of Fashion Talks: Undressing the Power of Style (SUNY Press, forthcoming). Shira Tarrant is currently at work on The Sex Wars: Pole Dancing, Porn and Other Things That Freak People Out.
Shira Tarrant writes for the Ms. Magazine Blog and she is a frequent invited speaker at college campuses and other public venues across the country. An authority on contemporary gender issues, Dr. Tarrant has been quoted widely in print, television, radio and online media. Her articles, essays, and reviews have appeared in publications including AlterNet.org, Huffington Post, Bitch Magazine, BUST Magazine, Women's Studies Quarterly, The Journal of Intercultural Studies, and Fix Me Up: Essays on Television Dating and Makeover Shows (McFarland).
Shira Tarrant grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, and lives in Los Angeles. She is Associate Professor in the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department at California State University, Long Beach. She has a PhD in political science from UCLA and fond memories of lounging on the grass in the campus sculpture garden. Read more at http://shiratarrant.com.
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