I still love you...

... Even if I never come visit.

This post is just to let you all know that although it's getting more and more painfully obvious that I never update my blog, I still exist.

I'm just stupid busy with other things. They are all happening all around me and while I still find time to play with my toys, I don't have time to truck them around to bookfairs lately.

My hope is that next year when things calm down a bit I will be more active, get a few better product photos, and stop slacking off quite so hard.

Thanks for all the support in the meantime. Please do feel free to contact me if you want to order a zine or a product. It just might take me a while to get back to you.
And please keep loving and fucking and bringin' The Man to his knees.

See ya
xooo
BG

Workshop May 31 with Hamilton Freeskool

I am continuing to re-vamp the cervical self-health workshop, and this one promises to be the best yet. May thanks to the Freeskool for hosting me. The workshop will take place on

May 30th at 7pm, 43 Hess St, Hamilton.

Following the workshop, there's a dance party planned to fundraise for Sacha, the Sexual Assault Centre HAmilton. Details below.


Please come join and jam out with your clam out!


Public Cervix Announcement - An Introduction to DIY Sexual Health

Do you have a cervix? Have you ever just wondered what one looks like? This workshop is an introduction to the fascinating world of internal genitalia. It will address the function and mystery of the cervix, as well as its medical significance. We'll discuss self-care and brainstorm strategies for improving our experiences with sexual health care providers. This workshop is open to all, but participants should be aware that there is frank discussion of sexuality and sexual anatomy, as well as a demonstration of cervical self-exam (complete with a real, live cervix!). Following the workshop, participants who are interested may remain to learn the practice of cervical self-exam. Speculums will be provided.

Fierce. Fabulous. Feminist.
......a loud rock show of women-identified/gender non-conforming folks......

When: Thursday, May 30th – Doors at 9pm. Bands at 9:30pm.
Where: Homegrown Hamilton – 27 King William Street, Hamilton

FEATURING:
Unfinished Business - pre teen punk rock from Toronto
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Unfinished-Business/183186148386054?sk=info
Matt Damon - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Matt-Damon-the-band/317675604915296
Dark Breakfast - https://www.facebook.com/DarkBreakfast
Cost: $10 Pay What You Can. NO ONE TURNED AWAY!

Accessibility: Homegrown Hamilton's space is accessible but the washrooms are a bit small.
All genders and ages are invited to come and get their loud dance on.

Presented by SACHA (www.sacha.ca) as a FUNdraiser for their work supporting survivors of sexual assault and ending violence and oppression

May is Sexual Assault Awareness Month
Visit the Facebook event page here -http://www.facebook.com/events/355893717856287/355908941188098/?notif_t=plan_mall_activity

May-hem coming up

Here is a shout out to Montreal, because I wish I were there in the streets with you. Because you all struggle so hard, and rock my activist world.
Life calls me far away elsewhere, but I will be (unofficially) attending the bookfair this year (MAY 25th and 26th) for sure.
Hope to see you all there.

 **NB - I lied. I can't make it to the bookfair this year. But I will be thinking of y'all fondly**

For those interested in spreading propaganda, flyers and posters are downloadable at this URL: http://www.anarchistbookfair.ca/downloads-2013

Sexual Health Network of Ontario

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Invites you to a discussion on

What's Happening In Abortion Care Today

with

Debi Copes, M.D., abortion provider, and

Carolyn Egan, pro-choice activist

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

09:30 – 12:00

North York Civic Centre, 5100 Yonge Street

Members Lounge

For more information, please contact Jessica Abraham at 416 338-3631 or jabraha@toronto.ca

Please bring your own refreshments

Date of next meeting:  Wednesday, April 24, 2013

North York Civic Centre, Members Lounge

Criminalizing Pregnancy

Not just because I think about pregnancy all the time,
and not just because I have a huge crush on Amy Goodman,

I am passing on this news program on the erosion of reproductive freedoms in America since Roe vs Wade 40 years ago.

In this piece, Democracy Now exposes countless cases of forced institutionalization of pregnant women for such offences as seeking abortion, or refusing medical treatment. It's a really messed up reminder that the definition of reproductive rights needs to include much more than just access to safe and affordable abortion care.

Enjoy.

Because it's Movember

...and because the whole cancer research industry is corrupt,
and because our world is sick and it makes people sick,
here's a picture of a really great moustache:

which i got from this blog, in case you're curious.

Birth in Prison

Someone brought this news story to my attention yesterday:

Inmate's rights allegedly violated in jailhouse birth

Disturbing, but not shocking. All the more reason to abolish prisons. 

I figured this post was appropriate considering the post inviting you all to the info session for the Prisoner Correspondence Project (below). 

And while I'm introducing you to things, take a look at The Birth Attendants: Prison Doula Project, based out of Washington State. I went to see a presentation of theirs a few years ago. They assist pregnant/labouring people and new moms in jail, despite a lot of frigging barriers. The've got a few good resources on their, and a lot of interesting stories to tell.

No Freedom Without Reproductive Freedom.