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SUMMARY:Poetry Event: GEARS TURNING w/ Kim Shuck
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an afternoon of wonderful poetry by SF Bay Area based poets\, artists\, and musicians with your host Kim Shuck. \nTo participate in the open mic sessions\, please arrive by 4 and plan to listen to all of the featured poets. Seating/space is limited.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poetry-event-gears-turning-w-kim-shuck-5/
LOCATION:Adobe Books\, 3130 24th St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Alice Bolin / Dead Girls: Essays on Surviving an American Obsession
DESCRIPTION:The Bindery hosts a special afternoon event with Alice Bolinfor her superb debut\, Bad Girls: Essays on Surviving an American Obsession. Please join us! \n  \nIn this poignant collection\, Alice Bolin examines iconic American works from the essays of Joan Didion and James Baldwin to Twin Peaks\, Britney Spears\, and Serial\, illuminating the widespread obsession with women who are abused\, killed\, and disenfranchised\, and whose bodies (dead and alive) are used as props to bolster men’s stories. Smart and accessible\, thoughtful and heartfelt\, Bolin investigates the implications of our cultural fixations\, and her own role as a consumer and creator. \n  \nBolin chronicles her life in Los Angeles\, dissects the Noir\, revisits her own coming of age\, and analyzes stories of witches and werewolves\, both appreciating and challenging the narratives we construct and absorb every day. Dead Girls begins by exploring the trope of dead women in fiction\, and ends by interrogating the more complex dilemma of living women – both the persistent injustices they suffer and the oppression that white women help perpetrate. \n  \nReminiscent of the piercing insight of Rebecca Solnit and the critical skill of Hilton Als\, Bolin constructs a sharp\, perceptive\, and revelatory dialogue on the portrayal of women in media and their roles in our culture. \n  \n\n  \n“Dead Girls is everything I want in an essay collection: provocative lines of inquiry\, macabre humor\, blistering intelligence… I love this book.” –Carmen Maria Machado\, author of Her Body and Other Parties \n  \n“Bracing and blazingly smart\, Alice Bolin’s Dead Girls could hardly be more needed or more timely.”  – Megan Abbott\, Edgar Award-winning author of You Will Know Me \n  \n\n  \nAlice Bolin is the author of Dead Girls: Essays on Surviving an American Obsession\, a collection of essays forthcoming from Morrow/HarperCollins on June 26\, 2018. It was named one of the most anticipated nonfiction reads of 2018by Bitch magazine. Kirkus called it “an illuminating study on the role women play in the media and in their own lives.” \n  \n  \n  \nPlease note: this event will be at The Bindery at 1727 Haight. \n  \nThis is an all ages event\, which begins at 4pm. The bar will be open. \n  \nRSVP appreciated but not required.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/alice-bolin-dead-girls-essays-on-surviving-an-american-obsession/
LOCATION:The Bindery\, 1727 Haight St\, San Francisco \, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Jessamyn Stanley\, Every Body Yoga
DESCRIPTION:This event will be a part of Bookshop Santa Cruz’s Women’s Voices effort in August. You can read more about the program here. \nBookshop is delighted to welcome Yoga teacher Jessamyn Stanley\, who will discuss and sign copies of her book\, Every Body Yoga\, in which she shares her path to becoming a yogi and embracing looking different from the lean practitioners typically shown in the media. This mix of memoir and guide is suffused with Stanley’s enthusiasm and honesty. Part one reveals her early encounters with yoga\, along with the discouragement that stemmed from being a “fat girl”; it goes back to her childhood eating habits and family life\, and also includes an honest\, vulnerable FAQ (“What if I’m the fattest person in the class and everyone stares at me?”). Part two includes Stanley’s witty nutshell history of modern yoga and breaks down the different styles and recommends useful clothing\, mats\, and props. Part three is devoted to the “ABCs of Asana\,” or yoga postures\, and also recommends asking “How do I feel?” rather than “How do I look?” In part four\, Stanley teaches readers to do yoga on their own by sharing stories of her own triumphs. In part five\, Stanley reminds readers that everyone struggles while doing yoga\, including her. This touching work is a must for those new to yoga\, no matter their age or body type. – Publisher’s Weekly \nHere are “directions to 50 basic yoga poses and 10 sequences to practice at home\, all photographed in full color. It’s a book that challenges the larger issues of body acceptance and the meaning of beauty. Most of all\, it’s a book that changes the paradigm\, showing us that yoga isn’t about how one looks\, but how one feels\, with yoga sequences like ‘I Want to Energize My Spirit\,’ ‘I Need to Release Fear\,’ ‘I Want to Love Myself'” \nAs an internationally recognized yoga teacher and Instagram star\, Jessamyn Stanley conducts yoga workshops across the country\, teaching students of all shapes\, sizes\, and colors how to make yoga a permanent part of their lives. A rising media favorite\, Jessamyn has been profiled and featured by a wide range of international and national news outlets\, including Good Morning America\, New York\, Glamour\, Shape\, Al Jazeera English\, the Huffington Post\, The Daily Mail\, The Sunday Times Style\, and People\, among others. She won a 2016 Shortie Award (honoring excellence in social media) in the Healthy Living Category. She lives in Durham\, North Carolina. \n  \nThis free event will take place at Bookshop Santa Cruz. Open seating is usually set up about an hour before the event begins.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/jessamyn-stanley-every-body-yoga/
LOCATION:Bookshop Santa Cruz\, 1520 Pacific Ave\, Santa Cruz \, CA\, 95060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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