Stuff you should go to:
Sunday April 22:
Swap-o-Rama-Rama: Unleashing Creativity and Attacking Consumerism
NYU’s Kimmel Kimmel Center, E&L 4th Floor
1pm-6pm
Earth Matters joins Swap-o-Rama-Rama in unleashing a massive clothing swap, a series of DIY (do-it-yourself) stations and a fresh, alternative message which touts a resistance to consumerism, discovery of creativity and development of community. Swap-O-Rama-Rama events recycle tens of thousands of pounds of clothing each year by teaching creative reuse through clothing alteration: sewing, embroidery, silk screening, etc. At Swap-o-rama-rama, do-it-yourself workshops combined with artist-run how-to areas, and recycled fashion shows let people gather together for the purpose of transforming would be textile landfill into a celebration of community creativity.
Swap-o-Rama-Rama begins with each attendee and their contribution of one bag of unwanted clothing. Collectively this produces a 5,000 to 10,000 pound pile of free clothing that is saved from landfill and made new as it is redistributed and then transformed by each participant. Artist taught how-to workshops, and thematic workstations such as silk screening, stenciling, or hand & machine sewing, offer inspiration. As well, skilled local re-use designers, artists and do-it-yourselfers are there to share their knowledge.
Kate Goldwater of AuH2O and Caroline Flach will be designing and producing the fashion show which will feature recycled clothing and cutting edge designs while exploring re-use, as well as a fashion show for attendees of the event in which they are invited to show off the modified wearables that they made earlier in the day.
Swap-o-Rama-Rama will feature DJs from WNYU, Brad and Kareem.
I’ve promoted AuH2O before, but I’ll reiterate that Kate makes amazing clothes, which are feminist, environmentally-friendly and sweatshop-free. And if that’s not enough to inspire to show up, I’ll be walking in Kate’s show this Sunday.
Saturday:
Living Liberally Launch Party
Plus all this cool stuff going on tonight.
Stuff you should buy:
Tiny Revolutionary: Hip baby clothes for progressive families
Adorable.
And Feministe shirts, as always.
Stuff you should watch:
Atlas Shrugs on the HPV vaccine. Warning: Will lower your IQ at least 10 points, and may rot your brain.
If you want to regain some of those IQ points, check out the amazing Jennifer Pozner on Fox News.
Pamela geller Oshry is obnoxious in this clip, but she’s a demagogue in others. Just check her site right now. She just won;t give up her paranoid theories about the VA Tech shooting being somehow the work of Islamic extremists. She wants mass vioence against Muslims sooooo badly.
Hey, you mentioned the HPV vaccine! That gives me an excuse to trot out my “what the hell” moment for the week!
I went to the doctor on Tuesday and got the first of the HPV series. My doctor gave me the vaccine fact sheet (written by the Department of Health and Human Services and the CDC). Here is what it says about pregnant women and the HPV vaccine (emphasis mine):
Sorry for the threadjack, but that little piece of assbaggery has been irking me for a couple of days. The CDC calling a fetus a baby! Classy!