DIY FEMME FEST 2009
Saturday, 28th February 2009, Noisy (Gudang), Ampang, Kuala Lumpur
11am until late, RM15 donation, FREE Food + Door gifts for early birds!

WITH:

Straightjacket Nation (fast hardcore) - http://www.myspace.com/straightjacketnationseasiatour
Pazahora (dark crust) - http://www.myspace.com/pazahorapeace
Tormentress (thrash metal) - http://www.myspace.com/kuasawanita
The Pips (folk/acoustic) - http://www.myspace.com/thepips666
Abysmal Fornikate (neo-crust) - http://www.myspace.com/abysmalfornikate
Weot Skam (skate thrash) - http://www.myspace.com/weotskam
Mass Separation (thrash/grind) - http://www.myspace.com/massseparation
Apparatus (d-beat) - http://www.myspace.com/apparatusasfukk
Pusher (punk rock) - http://www.myspace.com/pushering

Workshops: Stencil Resistance (by Rat), No Racism (by Kecik), (How to Start Your Own) Food Not Bombs (by FNBKL), Reclaim Your Body (by Cher and friends)

Exhibitions: F-Code, Vantiani, Stoner Fairy, Haruka Hana, Poodien, Melissa, Niesa Assault, Hafiz Bastard, Epi, Carol, Ain, & more!

Infobooths: Pakatan Baju Rakyat, A//Liberty, United Against Discrimination, FNBKL, Massa Kritikal, Coathangers Revolt, and Human First.

**If you thought sexism and subtle forms of gender inequality are non-existent in the DIY hardcore-punk scene, well, think again.

Let's get ready to fuck shit up!

Call for submissions!

As usual, I will be doing a zine for this event. Please feel free to submit any articles, art and poetry (about all or one of these subjects: DIY, feminism, anti-sexism, gender issues, anti-capitalism) to thegirlatomic@gmail.com

Submissions can be either in English or Bahasa Melayu.

Looking forward to receive your stuff!

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Akan ada zine yang bakal dicetak untuk acara ini.

Jangan ragu-ragu untuk menghantar sebarang kontribusi berbentuk artikel, hasil seni, puisi dan sebagainya yang berkaitan dengan DIY, feminisme, anti-seksime, isu jantina, anti-kapitalisme kepada; thegirlatomic@gmail.com.

Kontribusi anda bebas menggunakan dwibahasa, bahasa melayu ataupun inggeris.

Kontribusi anda sangat kami nantikan!

Wow Cher Your Malay Power Mower Lah...
I Can't Even Pronounce Most Of The Words Used!!!

can make tshirt or not? the poster so cute one i love it! and yah fuck sexism! but i must also say i love sex or did you say fucking? i love it very bery much hehe

Reminder: The article contribution deadline is just less than a month away people!

2 days away to the submission deadline everyone!

EH ALAMAK KL AHHHHH WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

Well gilababi, K-Hell is only a 6 hour bus ride away.

By the way, just an update: the deadline for submissions to the Femme Fest zine has been extended to the end of the month, in hopes of garnering more submissions.

Please feel free to send in your art, poetry, prose, op-eds, scene reports, etc about one or all of any of these subjects: DIY, feminism, anti-capitalism, anti-sexism, gender issues, critique of punk scene and/or general society to thegirlatomic@gmail.com BY 30TH AUGUST 2008.

Submissions can be either in English or Bahasa Melayu!

Don't be afraid to express yourself! Speak out!

Cher,

Douglas from 97-shiki in Chicago, US, here. This fest sounds like a great idea. In Chicago, where we are from, we just played CLIT fest Chicago '08, "celebrating women in the punk scene!"...

http://www.myspace.com/chicagoclitfest

and...

http://www.chicagoclitfest.com/

In addition to the bands, there were workshops and discussions about a whole range of issues. Our drummer, Kammy, is female, and we've been big supporters of addressing male-dominated punk scene. I hope this fest goes well, and I look forward to reading about/seeing pictures/etc. If you want to know more about the Chicago CLIT fest, I can direct you to my friend Sarah who was one of the main organizers.

Take care, Douglas

Yes I know! Actually this fest was inspired by the many Clitfests/Ladyfests; an Asian take if you must. I'm glad you're excited about it, it's sometimes hard to garner male support for the right reasons around these parts if I must say so myself. It's scheduled to happen in Nov (although the date is not confirmed), and it's a pity you're probably gonna miss it by a nose!

Argh! That is too bad we'll miss it. Maybe we can hand out fliers and announce it at our shows at least.

This looks really awesome but I can't seem to find a date for it anywhere. Has it already happened?

I'm going to be travelling through South East Asia real soon but probably won't get to Malaysia until December or January, so even if it this hasn't happened, unfortunately I'll probably miss it.

I'd like to see a copy of the zine though.

It hasn't happened yet. It's scheduled to happen sometime in Nov so I think you will probably miss it. However, I'll try to keep a copy of the zine for you!

Thank you. I will try to find you when I come to KL.

for the fest, are you going to try to have women doing the non-performing stuff too, like running the sound, making the arrangements, setting up, etc? One of the nice things at the recent Chicago CLIT fest was that women ran all the PA/sound equipment, which is a rarer sight than just women in bands. There was even a workshop about how to run/setup a PA for small shows. Just curious.

good point about time somebody pointed that out already.

some years back i was involved in a little 'collective' in Singapore that did DE-GENDER-ALIZE which was basically gender-equality events and gigs. some stuff went well, there was a healthy input by males and females. some things didnt go as well and (the idea of DE-GENDER-ALIZE) crumbled after sometime because some of the girls talked a hell of a lot and did nothing.

their main initiator/coordinator was male. and when he decided not to do anything anymore, the idea went flat.
a little sad.

ever since then, any event worthy of mention would be LadyFest.

its nice to have a girl centred event.

its even nicer to have a girl centered, girl initiated and girl arranged event.

when you realise that your mind and thinking is free from your phisical limitation.....you will be free as a sexless being. it is impossible and the biggest mistake when the mind think and function base on male and female matters. there is more then about girls and boys things around us. if you look around yourself (especially nature like plant, fish and all) there is no male and female actually. they are both the same.

that very idea that you are boy or girl is a condition. thats what you should be free from

Well, yes, except the point isn't to favor women over men, but promote confidence and self-empowerment for women. When girls and young women see nothing but men in performer/authority/technical/etc roles, then they perceive that as being told that only men can do those things, and women can't. The point of these women/girl focused fests is to demonstrate that doesn't have to be the case, and to encourage both genders to see men or women in these roles as normal.

on a related note

i cannot do a lot of technical set ups to save my life, and im sure there are girls who can. i'm more of use in other things.

would be nice to see girls do sound set up in some gig in the near future.

theres also always debatable arguments where males can do some things better than females and some where females are better than males but i will leave that for another thread for another time.

hi shiki..i agree with you 125%. i think we came from same thinking just that we say it differently.

shaiful thats what some (or most typical guys) man say about 2000 years ago. but you know ....who pressure you to carry all the heavy things?

i meant technical set ups. not lifting of equipment. it is a stereotype to say that technical set up is guys work, and while that is generally true around the world, i learnt that i have some female friends who do that set up too.

that to me is great to know because then it breaks certain impressions of gender roles, it shows girls can contribute to such gigs beyond just performing and organizing.

my thinking with you and shiki on this is very similar

I would even say that assuming that men are better at moving equipment around than women is also discriminatory. Anytime people are told they can or can't do something based on gender, it's wrong. I know plenty of strong women and weak men who are capable of different acts requiring physical strength. And I have no doubt that there are plenty of women perfectly capable of setting up speakers and amplifiers. It all has to do with what the _person_ is capable of: their gender shouldn't set the expectation.

So, brains or brawn, some men and some women can do these things, and everyone who wants to should be encouraged to try.

[ I edited this shortly after posting it, as I read your reply incorrectly trashcore! - sorry ]