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[maingman]

Jiyeon Kim sent a message to the members of Planet ESL Teachers - South Korea.

Subject: Wild Women Performing Arts Festival and Fundraiser

Wild Women Performing Arts Festival and FundraiserSat. Jan 17thClub TA, Hongdae (15,000 won cover), 8:00PM onward An eclectic mix of mostly female singers, songwriters and performersgathering to celebrate and to raise funds for the Korean Women\'sAssociations United, an organization that supports women\'s humanrights in Korea. Performances:

The night starts at 8pm with singer songwriters and poets. From 9pm,some of Seoul\'s most exciting bands take to the stage, including:Trampauline, Korean \"heart-knocking electronica...with an acousticspirit\"; The Literallies, a Texas/Seoul combo with uniqueinstrumentation like \"a tandem bike with wobbly handlebars\"; BridgetMartin and The Puppycats, led by a folk-punk troubadour with twosuccessful international tours under her belt; and Juck Juck HaeseoGrunge, noisy and talented grunge rockers described by gig guides as\"the best band in Korea at the moment.\"
You will also be able to catchEshe\'s internationally acclaimed belly dance performance, extractsfrom The Vagina Monologues, and other powerful performances. There will be tarot readings available for donations as well as araffle with prizes donated by local businesses!A hot way to spend a winter night while contributing to genderequality in Korea.

For more information contact [email protected]

[Illysook]

I support this, but I do wish that femal arts groups would refrain from using terms such as "wild" in order to draw an audience for independant and free spirited women performers. That term in particular carries a "Girls Gone Wild" association and it makes me mad that women feel that they have to use their sexuality to gain an audience for their creative works...and maybe we don't actually need to do that. Maybe our work can speak for itself?!!

[RACETRAITOR]

Wanna bet more than half of the audience will be dudes with their hands deep in their pockets?

[Underwaterbob]

Sounds like a good time. Korea needs more of this and not just from the women. The arts are sadly neglected round here.

[seoulsucker]

[Beej]

[VanIslander]

[djsmnc]

[Illysook]

I'm not old enough to be second wave. In fact, I did the belly dancing, and the retro burlesque troop thing and I had a good long run at a third wave supposedly "sex positive" version of feminism. None of this stuff really raised my self image all that much. I ended up looking for something else. Less drama, less attention seeking, more modesty, more spirituality...that sort of thing...and I didn't have to take any yoga classes or subscribe to Oprah magazine to get there either. I just had to had a little faith in God and try to see myself as s/he sees me. S/He had a better life for me. Who was I to argue?

[it's full of stars]

You turned to Jesus for self-confidence, how's that working out for you?