what about this weekend

We have a feeling that this weekend will be awesome. Hope you will enjoy it as much as we will do!!

Reading Materials:

Jessica Powers gives us the review for“Falling Apart in one piece: One Optimist’s Journey Through the Hell of Divorce”. How do people deal with a divorce? How they can handle every difficult situation? And at the end how easy is to be a single mom? (via Feminist Review).

“Nomad” by Ayaan Hirsi Ali. The author writes that her former faith, is "not just ugly but monstrous." Not just the Al Qaeda variety. All Islam. Read the book and discover a woman with powerful personality and with a life worthy of a book, as Bob Drogin wrote (via Los Angeles Times).

The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun. This is a book by Gretchen Rubin. A happiness project that can inspire everybody (Story Circle Book Reviews).

Events:

On Tuesday, June 15th the AAUW invites you to a luncheon presentation of a groundbreaking new research report about bringing more girls and women into STEM fields: Why So Few? Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. The event is taking place @ Alfredo of Rome @ 12.00pm. If you need further information email @ Jon Soohoo.

Are you looking for a midsummer Feminist Party? On Saturday June 19th Come along and meet like-minded people, have fun and help raise some money for Feminism in London 2010 at the same time!

What’s on feminist majority calendar for this weekend? Strategic Imperatives for Ending Violence Against Women. An event that is taking place in NYC.

Got an event coming up or a tip to share? Let us know!