Visible Labor http://www.visiblelabor.com/blog working body Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:57:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 Association for Research on Mothering, York University, Toronto http://www.visiblelabor.com/blog/2010/03/02/association-for-research-on-mothering-york-university-toronto/ http://www.visiblelabor.com/blog/2010/03/02/association-for-research-on-mothering-york-university-toronto/#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:57:59 +0000 nita http://www.visiblelabor.com/blog/?p=145 Association for Research on Mothering, York University, Toronto.

tragedy - Due to York University’s continued refusal to provide base funding

ARM WILL CLOSE MAY 1, 2010

]]> http://www.visiblelabor.com/blog/2010/03/02/association-for-research-on-mothering-york-university-toronto/feed/ Mom 2.0 Summit http://www.visiblelabor.com/blog/2010/02/03/mom-20-summit/ http://www.visiblelabor.com/blog/2010/02/03/mom-20-summit/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:16:46 +0000 nita http://www.visiblelabor.com/blog/?p=143 “An open conversation between moms and marketers.”

http://www.mom2summit.com/

The Mom 2.0 Summit is a place for marketers, mompreneurs and social media enthusiasts to get to know one another. A place to connect, converse, and build relationships. This year’s Summit discussions will focus on three smart paths you can take to even more enlightenment in social media, marketing, networks, and brand building. After receiving hundreds of submissions of speaking topic ideas, we’ve realized we need to lay down a few tracks to include even more great content this year.

The Mom 2.010 Content Paths

The Professional Path.
Each panel discussion in this path will revolve around hot topics, growth trends, and new ideas to enhance your network, your brand, and your professional online presence.

The Product Path.
Each gathering in this path will focus on your online product. We’ll discuss new ways to further develop and enhance your site’s platform, functionality, structure, and optimization.

The Personal Path.
This path will cover a variety of ways to develop your personal passions and to enhance your work as a content creator, a documentarian, a mother, and a community leader.

Of course, it isn’t all about work. This is a “social” conference, so we will have fun things planned and plenty of opportunities for you to network.

]]> http://www.visiblelabor.com/blog/2010/02/03/mom-20-summit/feed/ A video essay about motherhood by Katherine Center http://www.visiblelabor.com/blog/2010/02/03/a-video-essay-about-motherhood-by-katherine-center/ http://www.visiblelabor.com/blog/2010/02/03/a-video-essay-about-motherhood-by-katherine-center/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:04:22 +0000 nita http://www.visiblelabor.com/blog/?p=141 A video essay about motherhood by Katherine Center

http://www.katherinecenter.com

for the Mom 2.0 Summit in Houston this February

http://www.mom2summit.com

co-produced by

http://kirtsy.com & http://opmom.com

photos from Shutter Sisters

http://www.shuttersisters.com

via YouTube - Mom 2.0: Defining A Movement .

]]> http://www.visiblelabor.com/blog/2010/02/03/a-video-essay-about-motherhood-by-katherine-center/feed/ “Real Lives of Artists” Symposium | Smith College Museum of Art http://www.visiblelabor.com/blog/2009/12/17/real-lives-of-artists-symposium-smith-college-museum-of-art/ http://www.visiblelabor.com/blog/2009/12/17/real-lives-of-artists-symposium-smith-college-museum-of-art/#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:39:11 +0000 nita http://www.visiblelabor.com/blog/?p=139 This symposium brings together women artists across generations for an honest examination of their work lives. These women will talk frankly about the challenges each faces creatively and on a practical day-to-day basis. Dealers, writers, critics and curators will join in the discussion offering their candid insights into the promotion and business of contemporary art.

Homepage | Emily Hall Tremaine Symposium | Smith College Museum of Art.

]]> http://www.visiblelabor.com/blog/2009/12/17/real-lives-of-artists-symposium-smith-college-museum-of-art/feed/ Reframing the conversation about “women’s work” http://www.visiblelabor.com/blog/2009/10/26/reframing-the-conversation-about-womens-work/ http://www.visiblelabor.com/blog/2009/10/26/reframing-the-conversation-about-womens-work/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:53:02 +0000 nita http://www.visiblelabor.com/blog/?p=137 ” caregiving is a fact of life worthy of serious attention. It is not something that is each person’s individual responsibility to be carried out in private. How it is perceived and supported affects all of us. One of the best gifts we can give our children is to place caregiving on an equal level with other worthy endeavors.”

via Your Woman in Washington®.

]]> http://www.visiblelabor.com/blog/2009/10/26/reframing-the-conversation-about-womens-work/feed/ Sandra Steingraber Keynote address at ARM conference http://www.visiblelabor.com/blog/2009/10/22/sandra-steingraber-keynote-address-at-arm-conference/ http://www.visiblelabor.com/blog/2009/10/22/sandra-steingraber-keynote-address-at-arm-conference/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:12:18 +0000 nita http://www.visiblelabor.com/blog/?p=130 Amazing talk by Sandra Steingraber at the ARM conference - the hidden connections that she reveals between the economy, the environment, and our bodies (male and female) are startling and effective. These links are a human rights issue and fundamental to the future of humankind. It’s amazing how hard it is to convince governments, industry leaders, and consumers to MAKE CHANGE! Their lack of action is killing us and our children. Cancers, birth defects, autism - these are not accidents.

Having Faith

I bought her book Having Faith right away. It “reveals the alarming extent to which environmental hazards—from industrial poisons found in amniotic fluid to the toxic contamination of breast milk—now threaten each crucial stage of infant development.”

Sandra Steingraber’s Website.

Also, check out the Living Downstream Trailer - movie to come out soon based on her first book.

]]> http://www.visiblelabor.com/blog/2009/10/22/sandra-steingraber-keynote-address-at-arm-conference/feed/ Testosterone-fuelled rides get male hormones revving http://www.visiblelabor.com/blog/2009/10/22/testosterone-fuelled-rides-get-male-hormones-revving/ http://www.visiblelabor.com/blog/2009/10/22/testosterone-fuelled-rides-get-male-hormones-revving/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:49:18 +0000 nita http://www.visiblelabor.com/blog/?p=128 Testosterone-fuelled rides get male hormones revving .

What about MEN and hormones -

Male hormone levels are affected by the car they drive. Fast cars more testosterone, older, high-mileage cars less.  Accessaries really do make the man.

]]> http://www.visiblelabor.com/blog/2009/10/22/testosterone-fuelled-rides-get-male-hormones-revving/feed/ National Family Caregivers Association http://www.visiblelabor.com/blog/2009/10/22/national-family-caregivers-association/ http://www.visiblelabor.com/blog/2009/10/22/national-family-caregivers-association/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:42:21 +0000 nita http://www.visiblelabor.com/blog/?p=126 National Family Caregivers Association.

November is National Caregivers Month!

Please NOTICE who is taking care of who around you.

]]> http://www.visiblelabor.com/blog/2009/10/22/national-family-caregivers-association/feed/ Nita is in Toronto at the (M)Otherworld conference http://www.visiblelabor.com/blog/2009/10/21/nita-is-in-toronto-at-the-motherworld-conference/ http://www.visiblelabor.com/blog/2009/10/21/nita-is-in-toronto-at-the-motherworld-conference/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:10:31 +0000 admin http://www.visiblelabor.com/blog/?p=118 Mothering and the Environment: The Natural, The Social, and The Built with embedded A (M)Other world is Possible: Two Feminist Visions: Matriarchal Studies and The Gift Economy
October 22-25, 2009,
York University, Toronto, Canada

SESSION C3: MOTHERING AND VISUAL CULTURE
(McLaughlin College Screening Room 001)

CHAIR – Deirdre M. Condit (Virginia Commonwealth University)

1. Greetings from Motherland - Mindy Stricke (Artist; Photographer)

2. Visible Labor | Working Body - Nita Sturiale (Massachusetts College of Art and Design), Amber Davis Tourlentes (Photographer; Activist; Instructor)

3. Joining the Dots - Martina Hynan (Feminist Artist; Co-ordinator of Keeping Mum)

Check out Nita’s powerpoint presentation here >>>>

follow Nita in Toronto http://www.twitter.com/nitasturiale

]]> http://www.visiblelabor.com/blog/2009/10/21/nita-is-in-toronto-at-the-motherworld-conference/feed/ Moms at the MA State House today http://www.visiblelabor.com/blog/2009/10/07/moms-at-the-ma-state-house-today/ http://www.visiblelabor.com/blog/2009/10/07/moms-at-the-ma-state-house-today/#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:54:52 +0000 nita http://www.visiblelabor.com/blog/?p=116 Moms at the MA State House today « MomsRising Blog.

Why do we need paid sick days?

Today, nearly 1.4 million working people in Massachusetts aren’t allowed to earn a single paid sick day–and even folks with paid sick days are often not allowed to use them to take care of sick kids.1 When we’re talking about stopping the spread of illnesses like the swine flu, that’s a serious problem. In today’s economy, folks just can’t afford to lose a day’s pay (or risk losing their jobs!), and as a result simply have no choice but to go to work sick, or send sick kids to school.

Lacking paid sick days is not only really hard on individuals and their families, it also has health consequences for the general public. We all want people who are sick to be able to stay home so that they will not, unintentionally, get others in their community sick as well.

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