The campaign known as Feminist Coming Out Day is back and bigger than ever.

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The AMAZING team of students and speakers behind the Feminist Coming Out Day effort at Pasadena City College. They marked the occasion by putting on a panel examining feminism in local, global, and personal contexts.
For more on the  panel discussion at Pasadena City College, read Professor Hugo Schwyzer’s account.

The AMAZING team of students and speakers behind the Feminist Coming Out Day effort at Pasadena City College. They marked the occasion by putting on a panel examining feminism in local, global, and personal contexts.

For more on the  panel discussion at Pasadena City College, read Professor Hugo Schwyzer’s account.

"Critiquing “princess culture” among middle-class American girls doesn’t mean that one has no interest in the plight of less fortunate women in the Congo, Afghanistan, or in undocumented migrant communities right here in Los Angeles. Furthermore, as I said last night, our personal liberation is a prerequisite for being a truly effective agent for change in the lives of others … Young women who are struggling with eating disorders often find that the disorder sucks up a tremendous amount of psychic energy. Sexual shame limits our capacity for compassion. If the privileged young women and men of America (and compared to the Congo, even working-class Americans of color are privileged) are beset by anxiety and self-doubt then they’re not going to be able to do as much as they otherwise might do for those who are suffering elsewhere. So teaching sex-positivity and a responsible, pleasure-centred sex-ed curriculum is vital justice work. Equipping young women to extricate themselves from relentless perfectionism is part of healing the larger world. It’s not bourgeois myopia to focus on sex and the body — rather, focusing on these intensely personal issues is the gateway to building a more peaceful, equitable, light-filled world"

- Hugo Schwyzer on Feminist Coming Out Day: a brief report, and a note on the connection between sexual liberation and global justice

Check out this post from a Pasadena City College professor of women’s studies on the recent event held on their campus for Feminist Coming Out Day
Source: hugoschwyzer.net

Hope Hariri, Hugo Schwyzer, and Simone Webster at Pasadena City College!
Want to set up a campus page for your school or organization? Email feministcomingoutday@gmail.com!

Hope Hariri, Hugo Schwyzer, and Simone Webster at Pasadena City College!

Want to set up a campus page for your school or organization? Email feministcomingoutday@gmail.com!

Sophia Jade Anderson at Pasadena City College!

Sophia Jade Anderson at Pasadena City College!

Hey Los Angeles area feminists, check out these local events happening at two schools on March 8th! There’s a lunch event and an evening event, so for those folks who can’t make it because of class or work … check out the panel at 6pm. And please forward/repost this information so that your friends and colleagues in California can take part :)
POMONA COLLEGEClaremont, California
Feminist Coming Out Day LunchUpper Lounge, Walker HallTuesday, March 8th, 12-1pm
Pomona College Women’s Union is going to be hosting a “Feminist   Coming Out Day” lunch event  centered around sharing some of our   favorite moments of feminist  consciousness. Come for conversation about   what feminism(s) means to us in our local,  global, and personal   contexts. Bring your own lunch; we’ll be providing an array of yummy    desserts.
Hosted by the Pomona College Women’s Union. [Facebook Event Page] [Facebook Fan Page]
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE Pasadena, California
Feminist Coming Out Day Panel The Circadian, Campus Center Tuesday, March 8th, 6-8pm
Calling all feminists at Pasadena City College! PCC Feminist  Club is   hosting a Feminist Coming Out Day panel on March 8th in the  Circadian   from 6-8 PM! Our panel will be focusing on why it’s important  to come   out as a feminist as opposed to the oft-said, “I’m not a  feminist,   but…” and how our panelists have incorporated feminism into  their   everyday lives.
Our panelists include:
Myra Duran, National Campus Organizer for Feminist Majority Foundation
Kathy Heintzman, Women’s Literature and English teacher at Arcadia   High School 
Krystle Madrid, therapist for female victims of trauma
Phoebe Brauer, Public Affairs Manager for Planned Parenthood Pasadena   & San Gabriel Valley 
Dinah Stephens, Public Affairs Coordinator for   Planned Parenthood Los Angeles.
Hosted by the PCC Feminist Club. [Facebook Fan Page] [Facebook Event [Twitter] [PCCFeministClub@gmail.com]

Hey Los Angeles area feminists, check out these local events happening at two schools on March 8th! There’s a lunch event and an evening event, so for those folks who can’t make it because of class or work … check out the panel at 6pm. And please forward/repost this information so that your friends and colleagues in California can take part :)

POMONA COLLEGE
Claremont, California

Feminist Coming Out Day Lunch
Upper Lounge, Walker Hall
Tuesday, March 8th, 12-1pm

Pomona College Women’s Union is going to be hosting a “Feminist Coming Out Day” lunch event centered around sharing some of our favorite moments of feminist consciousness. Come for conversation about what feminism(s) means to us in our local, global, and personal contexts. Bring your own lunch; we’ll be providing an array of yummy desserts.

Hosted by the Pomona College Women’s Union. [Facebook Event Page] [Facebook Fan Page]

PASADENA CITY COLLEGE
Pasadena, California

Feminist Coming Out Day Panel
The Circadian, Campus Center
Tuesday, March 8th, 6-8pm

Calling all feminists at Pasadena City College! PCC Feminist Club is hosting a Feminist Coming Out Day panel on March 8th in the Circadian from 6-8 PM! Our panel will be focusing on why it’s important to come out as a feminist as opposed to the oft-said, “I’m not a feminist, but…” and how our panelists have incorporated feminism into their everyday lives.

Our panelists include:

  • Myra Duran, National Campus Organizer for Feminist Majority Foundation
  • Kathy Heintzman, Women’s Literature and English teacher at Arcadia High School
  • Krystle Madrid, therapist for female victims of trauma
  • Phoebe Brauer, Public Affairs Manager for Planned Parenthood Pasadena & San Gabriel Valley
  • Dinah Stephens, Public Affairs Coordinator for Planned Parenthood Los Angeles.

Hosted by the PCC Feminist Club. [Facebook Fan Page] [Facebook Event [Twitter] [PCCFeministClub@gmail.com]