FEMINIST FLICK: Pope Joan

This movie is about the only female pope. Whether this is true or not is still under debate. I own the novel but haven't gotten around to reading it yet. I'm really excited to see this movie. Not sure if it will play in theaters or go straight to dvd.

Check out the trailer for the film (Faramir from LOTR is in it!):

SALE: Spooky Savings!

HALLOWEEN SALE!


$10 OFF ALL ITEMS in my etsy shop this weekend! (sat 10/31-sun 11/1)

Place your order and then before paying, wait for me to send you a revised paypal invoice!

Grab this deal up while it's hot! I probably won't have another sale until after Christmas!!

*excludes custom orders and sale items

OCTOBER STENCIL: Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath with the accompanying text in typewriter font "Lady Lazarus" - an autobiographical poem that she wrote. For sale in my shop - click here!

NEW ITEMS: Feminist Face Off & Feminist Frenzy

Feminist Face Off Hoodie - Size Medium - For sale - $50

Feminist Frenzy Sweatshirt - Size medium - For sale - $55

Neither item is up in my etsy shop yet. Each face is hand printed one at a time, and same with the words, each word was done one at a time (print one, let it dry, then print the next etc).

NEW ITEM: Feminist Montage Sweatshirt

PS- The list of women in the entry below is a list of women that I have compiled from customer suggestions, it's an ever growing list. Names get added to it all of the time! It is not a set list, but a growing one.

LIST OF WOMEN TO STENCIL

Please vote for your top two favorite feminist on this list!

Matilda Joslyn Gage
Sylvia Plath
Virginia Woolf
Assata Shakur
Leila Khaled
Pochahantas
Hillary tubman
Ann hutchinson
Dolores hurerta & ceasar chaves
Eleanor Roosevelt
Agnes Varda
Cynthia Enloe
Betty Friedan
The Guerrilla Girls
Angela E.V. King
Winona LaDuke
Wangari Maathai
Rosa Luxemburg
Clara Zetkin
Rigoberta Menchu
Mother Jones
Lucy Burns
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648-1695)
Aung San Suu Kyi
Lucy Parsons
Julia de Burgos
Dorothy Parker
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
Marie Curie
Helene Cixous
Natalie Barney
Luce Irigaray
Shirley Chisholm
Dr. Vandana Shiva
Les Feinberg
Sylvia Rivera
Donna Haraway
Linda Coffee and Sarah Weddington, the attorneys for Roe in Roe v. Wade
Tina Modotti
Judith Butler
Joesphine Baker

MIA: But now I'm back

RANDOM UPDATES!

PERSONAL

Hey. Sorry blogosphere for being gone for so so long. The past couple weeks have been crazy with moving, and we still don't have our new house set up. There's still boxes everywhere. I'm trying but we still need to acquire 5+ pieces of furniture.

We still do not have heat in the house and half the electric still isn't working. Plus the garage door lock doesn't work so all our bikes are in there - yikes! I'm so PISSED our landlord has promised us on 3 or 4 different occasions that the electrican would be coming to do the repair. Well he came was here for about 5 minutes, and left. Then he came back and fixed one or two outlets (10 minutes tops) and then said something and left! Then was a no show the following 2 days which our landlord said he'd come. Then yesterday some guy came to fix the heat but couldn't because the electric wasn't fixed! So he was here for 5 minutes and left - RIDICULOUS! Just fucking get an electrician here -to STAY and finish the job! I'm FREEZING!

We are heading to Chicago this weekend for our dear friends wedding. I'm a bridesmaid and Allen is the...minister/master of ceremonies! Haha! So cool! Allen got this certificate on universal life church online. Anyone can do it. My dad's been calling him "Reverend Al" and "The Rev" haha.

We're pretty excited that we've found a 5th roommate for our house! It's me, Allen, his cousin Matt, Matt's dog Evie, our friend Matthew, and now this gal Clara, who none of us know but is friends with a bunch of our friends, is moving in by November 1st

We are rescuing a BOSTON TERRIER soon! We are going to apply in about a week or so. I'm pretty sure we're going to go with the MidAmerica Boston Terrier Rescue. They seem REALLY great! And they have transports in every state so you don't have to drive or atleast you don't have to drive far to get your dog! They get new dogs every weekend and have them posted by Wednesday. They really seem to be on the ball. I also thought about calling the humane society - they have about 4-5 locations here in MN, and asking them if they had any boston terriers. But I'm not sure if the humane society knows much about the dog. Whereas the private rescues know if they dog is good around other dogs, cats & kids. And if it's housebroken. I should look into that. I'm so EXCITED! I'm going sew it a sweater :D

Now I'm back in business! Moving on...

KM STITCHERY

Frantically getting an order ready for Bookwoman. It really sucks being frantic about consignment, because who knows if any will even sell. I need to start asking stores to just buy wholesale.

Hopefully getting a large wholesale order soon - fingers crossed! :)

I want to recut like 3-4 of my stencils that are getting gunked up...but I need to have a new stencil also for this month since I skipped the past 2...I have a list of over 40 women...that should keep me busy for years to come ;)

I started posting some new items. I'm experimenting with indoor lighting/backgrounds. It's getting too cold to do photos outside.

Stencil contest winners to be announced this week!

GYNO UPDATE: Beaurocracy

Well. I decided to contact the HR department at the clinic I went to to get a physical and pap smear. You can read about my experience here.

So finally I get in touch with the correct person who tells me I can email her about my experience, which I do, in detail, and then TWO WEEKS goes by and I don't hear ANYTHING from her or the clinic. So I email her letting her know this and she said that she forwarded my email to the Chief Operations Officer. Who apparently told the HR rep she would be respond to me....and she apparently didn't because two weeks and nothing. So HR rep checks in with COO who says a letter was mailed to my home. Well, I have not received the letter, it's been a week and nothing.

So I just emailed the HR rep AGAIN and hopefully the COO will send me this letter and get in touch with me. God....RIDICULOUS.

I plan on getting a pap once every 5-10 years now. I really don't ever want to get one again. When I actually do go, which will be very rare, I'll definitely get a GOOD recommendation from close friends. UGH.

TRIBUTE POST: Victoria Woodhull

My favorite feminist blog, Feministing, just did a tribute post to one of my favorite feminists! Victoria Woodhull!

You can check out my Victoria Woodhull tshirt here.

CUSTOMER PHOTO: Giovanna of Planet Art

Here's Giovanna of PLANET ART (one of my favorite etsy shops) modeling her new KM Stitchery shirt!