A day of special programming of, by, and for women for International Women’s Day.
11:00am till 11:30am
The Incel Movement
Host/Producer- Jeannine Etter
On April 23, 2018 Alek Minassian drove a rental van onto a crowded Toronto city sidewalk, killing 10 people and wounding 14 more. His Facebook page indicated that this violent act was motivated by a group he aligned with who call themselves “incels.” We speak with Aditi Natasha Kini, a New York-based writer and author of vice.com article “How Reddit is teaching young men to hate women” about her research regarding the Incel movement and men’s rights groups.
After Alek Minassian drove a rental van onto a crowded Toronto city sidewalk, killing 10 people and wounding 14 more his Facebook page formerly introduced the world to the group “Incels” as he used the term on the page and referenced Ellitot Rodger, a 22 year old who in May of 2014, in Isla Vista, California, killed six people and injured fourteen others near the campus of University of California, Santa Barbara, before killing himself. We speak with Aditi Natasha Kini, a New York-based writer and author of vice.com article “How Reddit is teaching young men to hate women” about her research regarding the Incel movement and men’s rights groups.
11:30am till 12:00pm
Violence Against Women
Host/Producer-Nina Serrano
Includes conversations between 2 Latinx poet-activists Nina Serrano and Mamacoatl, (Silvia Parra). It was recorded in different years as they discussed their ongoing yearly local campaign to support UN-mandated days to end violence against women. Mamacoaltl performs her feminist poems and songs. In closing, Nina Serrano reads her memorial poem to Mamacoatl.