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Fall 2007

Courtney Martin : “Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters: The Frightening New Normalcy of Hating Your Body ”
Monday October 29, 7:30pm
Stapleton Lounge, LeMans Hall

Courtney Martin, activist, teacher, and public commentator will be speaking on the topic of her new book, Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters: The Frightening New Normalcy of Hating Your Body. Her book is based upon extensive interviews with sufferers, psychologists, nutritionists, academics, and others, the book discusses the current generation of "perfect girls" who are obsessive, overachieving, and self-sacrificing in multiple and dangerous ways. For more information, see Courtney's website

This event will take place on Monday, October 29th at 7:30 p.m. in Stapleton Lounge, Le Mans Hall. The event is open to the public and is being sponsored by: Feminist United, Office for Civic & Social Engagement,History Dept.,Justice Studies, Women's Health & Counseling Center, Women's Resource Center, Sociology Dept.,Multicultural Affairs, Communication & Performance Studies Dept., IUSB Women's Studies, Psychology Dept., The Center for Women's Intercultural Leadrship, Intercultural Studies.

Michiana Monologues: Calling all Michiana Women!

For the past several years, at Saint Mary's College, women on campus have been writing and performing their own monologues in the style of the Vagina Monologues. Some monologues are serious, some are funny, some are heart-rending, but all are thought provoking. The goal of the production has been to increase awareness of women's issues and combat violence against women.

Well, this year we're taking the Monologues a step further. Not only are we doing them here at SMC (save the date- Feb 15 and 16), but we are also working with IUSB as they follow our model and produce Michiana Monologues! (Feb 22 and 23) More than that, in April we're hoping to collaborate with IUSB, Ivy Tech, and local women's organizations to perform South Bend Community Monologues downtown. Can you imagine how many women's voices will be heard?

In preparation for this community-wide event, Catherine Pittman from Saint Mary's and IUSB organizers April Lidinsky and Danica Duensing are sponsoring Monologue Writing Workshops around town to encourage local women to participate. The workshops are designed to explain what a "monologue" is, how to write one, and why we know that every woman has a monologue inside! We need voices from all over Michiana!

Please come, and bring your friends to one or more of these Monologue Writing Workshop. Here are the dates:

• Tuesday, September 25th workshop at Carroll Auditorium in Madeleva Hall at St. Mary's College (7pm-9pm)
• Saturday, October 6th workshop at the Main Public Library, South Bend, Dickinson room (10:30am-12:30pm)
• Nov. 11 workshop in Wiekamp Hall, room 1185 on the IUSB campus (2-4 pm)

Please feel free to email questions to cpittman@saintmarys.edu. More info is also available at www.michianamonologues.org.

For more information on these events, please contact Assistant Professor Amanda Littauer, Acting Coordinator of the Women’s Studies Program, at littauer@saintmarys.edu or 284-4461.

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