[lit-ideas] FW: MUST SEE: Guns and Tampons: A History of Violence Against Women I Know
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From: Info/Asian Arts Initiative <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>(by way of
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Subject: MUST SEE: Guns and Tampons: A History of Violence Against Women I
Know
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 16:56:36 -0500
The Asian Arts Initiative presents:
Guns and Tampons: A History of Violence Against Women I Know
Hanalei Ramos
Friday, February 9, 8:30 p.m.
Asian Arts Initiative, 1315 Cherry Street, 2nd Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
$10 admission, $5 for members
Guns and Tampons: A History of Violence Against Women I Know is the debut of
new work by spoken word artist and writer, Hanalei Ramos. In her first
multi-media solo show, Hanalei has created one act plays based on the
experiences of three women who are victims and survivors of domestic
violence. By staging portraits of some of the most intimate moments in a
woman's life, Guns and Tampons challenges our working definition of
womanhood and examines how it is warped by cultural expectations, societal
conditioning, and subtle forms of violence. Ultimately, the patchwork
testimony of several individuals becomes the story of all women, and a
compelling glimpse into a world of survival and strength.
Hanalei Ramos is co-founder of the 101Project artists collective. She has
toured around the nation to various college and university campuses as a
spoken word artist, and has also been a performer and panelist at Girlfest
Honolulu, NAASCON, ECAASU, and the March for Women's Lives. In the last two
years, she has been deeply involved with various women's organizations in
the Jersey City/New York City area. Most recently, she has authored Letters
to Martha, a personal testimony to her first-hand experience with domestic
violence and Foiled Stars, a collection of poems and prose. Hanalei lives
in her native Jersey City, NJ.
This performance was made possible by the generous support of the donor of
the Asian Arts Initiative.
Images available upon request.
* * * * *
The Asian Arts Initiative is grounded in the belief that the arts can
provide an important political and cultural voice for the Asian American
community in Philadelphia. We serve as a community arts center where artists
and everyday people are developing means to express our diverse experiences
as Asian Americans.
1315 Cherry Street, 2nd Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107
(215)557-0455 | info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<http://asianartsinitiative.org>
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