Feminism, Work, and Study
Mar. 12th, 2023 08:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tcpipThis week, and appropriately for the week, I had the opportunity to see two lectures by two different feminists. The first was the ever-enjoyable Rosi Braidotti at The Capitol on International Women's Day, giving an almost utopian and science-fiction perspective of post-human feminism under conditions of neoliberalism, with Spinoza's ethics of joy and affirmation as empowering. It also out it was also her retirement from academia speech. Something like four years ago I have the honour of seeing her at the Philosophy of Human-Technology Relations Conference in the Netherlands, and like that conference, I managed to sneak in a bit of a chat at the end of the proceedings.
As a bit of a juxtaposition last night Liana F., and I went to see Charla Hathaway's "Naked at My Age" at The Butterfly Club a rather charming multi-story retro-bar and theatrette. Hathaway provided an amusing (and it has to be) recital of her life journey concerning teaching, sexual experiences, reproductive rights, and eventually her decision at 54 to become a sex worker (and as can be imagined she's also an advocate for decriminalisation of such work). We had quite a chat after the show, especially concerning her upcoming tour of Aotearoa New Zealand.
Apart from that most of this week (with the exception of a visit from Erica H., to watch the rather charming pro-animal rights Korean film, Okja my life has been utterly buried among work and study. From the former, I have recently completed two reviews on usage following training, and matters concerning a potential new HPC, along with attending a farewell function for a staff member who has spent the past twenty years in storage and data management, most recently with MediaFlux. For the latter, my first assignment for climate change science has been submitted, and I continue to power on towards an early completion for my psychology degree, with the first assignment (on identity as a social process) completed. Eighteen days before the end of the ridiculously busy month! Onwards!
As a bit of a juxtaposition last night Liana F., and I went to see Charla Hathaway's "Naked at My Age" at The Butterfly Club a rather charming multi-story retro-bar and theatrette. Hathaway provided an amusing (and it has to be) recital of her life journey concerning teaching, sexual experiences, reproductive rights, and eventually her decision at 54 to become a sex worker (and as can be imagined she's also an advocate for decriminalisation of such work). We had quite a chat after the show, especially concerning her upcoming tour of Aotearoa New Zealand.
Apart from that most of this week (with the exception of a visit from Erica H., to watch the rather charming pro-animal rights Korean film, Okja my life has been utterly buried among work and study. From the former, I have recently completed two reviews on usage following training, and matters concerning a potential new HPC, along with attending a farewell function for a staff member who has spent the past twenty years in storage and data management, most recently with MediaFlux. For the latter, my first assignment for climate change science has been submitted, and I continue to power on towards an early completion for my psychology degree, with the first assignment (on identity as a social process) completed. Eighteen days before the end of the ridiculously busy month! Onwards!
