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BOOK LAUNCH

FEAR of TENNIS
David Cohen

A novel about the impossibility of avoiding sport.
The back of Jason Blunt?s head filled me with
unease. I could already feel my chest muscles
tightening. I could almost hear them tightening ?
a creaking sound, like someone had inserted a key
in my back and was slowly winding me up.

Launched by ANGELA PIPPOS,

ABC television sports presenter & author of
The Goddess Advantage

MONDAY 3 SEPTEMBER, 6 for 6.30 pm

Readings Books & Music Carlton

309 Lygon Street, Carlton (Tel: 9347 6633)

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see Vita's quick links for other 'blackpepper'
publications AT the black pepper website..

Vita

Blog is a Feminist Issue- Women?s voices resonate
in the Blogsphere

Women are using blogs and online forums to build a
political voice that is inclusive and transparent.
The capacity to reach more people, and have ones voice
heard has become not only possible but is escalating.

Liza Sabater; Publisher of the ?culture kitchen?
website says; ?some of my readers are mothers I meet
at soccer or at gym events involving my children. I
have had friends who have thanked me for the site
because, "you help me make sense of all information
that's bombarded to me from TV and newspapers". I am
not just a blogger or online pundit. I am a real
person and a real mom who helps people gather an
understanding of politics by evaluating the spin
from the facts.?

Liza is a ?netactivist?, a blog publisher and news
media consultant. She is the creator and lead writer
of www.culturekitchen.com Her site features in the
Top 100 progressive blogs [www.ndnpac.org] in the
United States.

She was born in New York City and worked as a Latin
American Literature college instructor before joining
the corporate world. Liza is a ?wordsmith?, she has
worked as a writer, translator, and freelance journalist.

Liza was a panel member on the political track at the
BlogHer conference in Chicago 2007. The BlogHer site
burst into the Blogsphere 3 years ago. BlogHer? is a
community website where more than 9000 women have
registered their blogs.

The site created by Lisa Stone, Jory les Jardins and
Elisa Camahort came to life after, Stone posed the
question, ?Where are the women bloggers?. Blogher is
a forum where women can post their views and share
experiences and beliefs they have about life in the
21st century.

The third Blogher annual conference was an extraordinary
logistical feat .. 'A World of Difference' was held in
Chicago this past July and was host to over 800 women
mostly American bloggers featuring a massive contingent
of political artistic technical and the ever present
business "mommy" blogger...
blogger

The three-day conference focussed on how blogging is used
and how women?s voices are resonating online and ?making
a difference?. Liza said 'The influence of women in
technology blogs has grown dramatically, thanks in part
to women like Mena Trott (Six Apart) and Mommybloggers at
(BlogHer)." See my quick links for Mena's Corner.....

PEW Internet and American Life Project is a key research
organization that follows the trends in the various media
which people use to keep aware of issues. In these times
of ?citizens media,? of particular interest is how people
use the internet to have a voice. Their extensive research
shows that ?twice as many Americans used the internet as
a key source for information about the 2006 campaign.

A post-election survey shows that ??the 2006 race produced
a notable class of online political activists. 23% used the
internet for political purposes. These people: called
campaign internet users, actually created or forwarded
online original political commentary or politically-related
videos?

Former Premier of Victoria, Joan Kirner recognizes the ?use
of this technology as a valuable tool and an accessible
resource for women to have ones voice heard and listened to.

Hutch Hussien the Convener of ?EMILY?s List (Australia) says
of the Australian EMILY's Lista website (see my quick links0
?it definitely gives us wider reach and allows our ?expat?
members to stay in touch and the opportunity to shape the
society of their home country?.

Websites are a powerful tool for the global citizen and has
expanded our influence and the opportunities for activism for
women.?

Vita

'Capsule' by Weave Movement Theatre

'Civilised' humans are the ultimate
control freaks. We clock, cramp, crush
and cage our wild natures. Yet we are
clutched by breathless urges to break out,
take flight.

From Icarus to Aristophanes to our
obsession with jetting away from it all
in a claustrophobic capsule.

Weave Movement Theatre is an inclusive
company of performers with and without
disability, combining dance, physical
theatre and inprovisation.

They dance on the edge. They break out
into motley characters who vehemently
expound a skewed view of reality.

When you bend something out of shape,
it doesn't break, you might just create
something more interesting.

September 2007
13th 14th 15th 8PM 16th 5PM
Tickets $15 &$10
Bookings: Dancehouse 03 9347 2860
Dancehouse 150 Princes Street Carlton

Supported by the City of Yarra and
The Transport Accident Commission (TAC)

Back from New York to see the dance of
Melbourne
Vita

Breezes on the Hudson, lofty heights in midtown, sharp talking
dudes, on the upper west, clean food at "caravan of dreams".
Elegant women with handbag dogs and yesterday's garbage ..
Men looking for love and buying takeout... Rice in many
forms in very hip Brooklyn...

linkwww.riceny.com/

Live music on the East river and magical views of the
Manhattan Bridge...Clear days with the "the Lady of
Freedom" and men from Montreal. Sadness and questions
that must be answered on the on the subway down town ...
Wee little Italy reminding us of the old country...
Brazilian Goddess's and fresh raspberry smoothies on
East 17th...Himalayan art and more mountains to climb
in the west village.

Life in New York
Vita

Hey loved ones well New York is hot intense and worth
the walk to Central Park..... Fast and full of fabulous
people where the volume is turned up...The East Village
filled with varenki and higher love.

Hip staff and international guests at Hotel 17 on East
and third ...Sophisticated friends just in from Paris..
Home delivered "Monster Sushi" in the west village ...

/www.hotel17ny.com/

A plethora of Andy Warhol and Keith Haring art..Bargains
at Barney's and Buddhas's in China town.. Latte by
the gallon in Little Italy on Mulberry and Spring......
Pizza by the acre and iced green tea in Lincoln Square.
Fast talking spiritual NYPD on 32nd and Broadway.

Everything is bigger than a Cecil B De Mille film and
sold by the pound. Perfect days on the Hudson kind women
from Barbados looking for a new life...Sad men from
the upper west side wondering why his siblings died...

Hot new talent in Brooklyn Mexican Musicians
on Third ..Handsome Germans on 17th and whole real
food being created at Chelsea Market..

More from the Big Apple later...

Vita