NEWS

Truthout has republished "Why Misogynists Make Great Informants" by Courtney Desiree Morris, from our current print issue. Read it here.

We've been nominated for the 2010 Utne Independent Press Award for Best Social/Cultural Coverage. Read about it here.

Issue 7 is here! Look for it in independent bookstores near you, or order it directly from us. Subscribe now to be among the first to read it.

We're going on tour in the Pacific Northwest. Learn more here.

Congrats to Lenelle Moise, whose piece, “Seeing Skinhead,” from make/shift no. 6, is reprinted in the March/April 2010 issue of Utne.

For two years in a row, Utne's list of “50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World” has included numerous make/shift contributors, including coeditor/copublisher Jessica Hoffmann, reviews editor and columnist Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, and writers brownfemipower, Tyrone Boucher, and Alexis Pauline Gumbs. Read the 2009 list here, and 2008 here.

AlterNet re-published two articles from make/shift no. 3: “An Open Letter to White Feminists” by Jessica Hoffmann and “Misdiagnosis: Reproductive Health and Our Environment” by Mariana Ruiz Firmat.

Recent press:

* Review of make/shift no. 6 at NewPages

* Review of make/shift no. 5 at Feminist Review

* Interview with the editorial and publishing collective at Feminist Review

* Make/shift no. 3 featured at Utne’s “From the Stacks”

* Interview with the editorial and publishing collective at Grrrl Zine Network

* Profile of make/shift in the Winter 2008 issue of Ms. magazine

* Review of make/shift no. 2 at Feminist Review  

Make/shift was nominated for the 2007 Utne Independent Press Award for Best New Publication.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Allied Media Conference

June 18-20, 2010
Detroit, Michigan

Make/shift will be presenting a workshop on collaborative editing as well as a performance of Makeshift Reclamation. www.alliedmediaconference.org

U.S. Social Forum

June 22-26, 2010
Detroit, Michigan

Make/shift will be presenting a performance of Makeshift Reclamation. www.ussf2010.org

PAST EVENTS

Reading: Skylight Books

Sunday, May 2, 2010, 5 p.m.
1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles
Readers TBA
www.skylightbooks.com

Pacific Northwest Tour

Make/shift is teaming with filmmaker (and make/shift contributor) Hilary Goldberg for a Pacific Northwest tour. Our multimedia events will showcase grassroots, multi-issue feminist art and activism with readings, film and video works, and more. We've still got a few dates to fill, so if you'd like to bring us to your campus or community venue, please get in touch soon: jess@makeshiftmag.com. More info here.

3/27: In Other Words Bookstore, Portland
3/28: Reed College, Portland
3/31: Olympia Public Library, Olympia
4/2: University of Washington, Seattle4/3: Left Bank Books, Seattle

Actions, Conversations, and Intersections

Saturday, February 6, 2010, 11 a.m.
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park

Make/shift coeditor Jessica Hoffmann will present an interactive workshop on collaborative editing as part of this show exploring participation and collaboration in art and politics. Curated by Edith Abeyta and Michael Lewis Miller.

Make/shift at CSULB

Thursday, October 29, 2009, 7 p.m.
California State University, Long Beach
USU Alamitos Bay Room

Do It Yourself, Do It Together: Make Feminist Media

Friday, September 25, 2009
University of Southern California
Kerckhoff Hall, 734 West Adams Boulevard, Los Angeles
FREE

Two endeavors in contemporary feminist publishing will come together to explore the state of feminist discourse as it emerges in the form of online publications, handmade zines, and printed magazines. At 11 a.m., Jessica Hoffmann and Daria Yudacufski, copublishers/coeditors of make/shift, will describe the project and the broader state of feminist media. After that, participants will join Margarat Nee and Kim Riot of Grrrl Zines A Go-Go for a picnic lunch and hands-on zine-making workshop.

Make/shift Reading at Modern Times, San Francisco

Thursday, August 6, 2009
Modern Times, San Francisco
FREE

Hosted by coeditors/copublishers Jessica Hoffmann and Daria Yudacufski, with readings by Hilary Goldberg, Lailan Huen, Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, and Stephanie Yang.

Make/shift House Party in L.A.

Sunday, June 28, 2009, 7 p.m.
RSVP for address

Join coeditors/copublishers Jessica Hoffmann and Daria Yudacufski for an evening of readings, conversation, and food at a house party to build community and benefit make/shift. Readings by Maria Alexander, Erin Aubry Kaplan, Fabiola Sandoval, and others TBA. Suggested donation: $5+. No one will be turned away for lack of funds; those who donate $20 or more will get a subscription to make/shift.

make/shift in Brooklyn!

Saturday, January 10, 2009, 6:30 p.m.
RSVP for address

Join coeditors/copublishers Jessica Hoffmann and Daria Yudacufski for an evening of readings, music, and food at a house party to build community and benefit make/shift. Hosted by Mariana Ruiz Firmat and Chad Jones. Readings by Jen Benka, Blackamazon, Mariana Ruiz Firmat, Maegan "la Mala" Ortiz, Masha Tupitsyn, and others TBA. Suggested donation: $5+. No one will be turned away for lack of funds; those who donate $20 or more will get a subscription to make/shift.

make/shift at Women and Children First

Friday, December 5, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Women and Children First, Chicago

Our first event in Chicago! Join coeditors/copublishers Jessica Hoffmann and Daria Yudacufski for an evening of readings by make/shift contributors Keidra Chaney, Chelsey Clammer, Lisa Factora-Borchers, Yasmin Nair, and Lewis Wallace.

Mayra Sirias: Learning from Nicaragua

Saturday, November 1, 2008, 2 p.m.
Southern California Library
6120 S. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles

Mayra Sirias of La Red de Mujeres Contra Violencia is in Southern California for just a few events. In her only L.A. event, she will speak about Nicaraguan women's work to end violence, reproductive justice, grassroots feminisms, and more. This is a bilingual (English/Spanish) event. Refreshments will be provided. This FREE event is cosponsored by make/shift and INCITE! LA.

make/shift + Bitch at the Echo Park Film Center

Thursday, September 25, 2008, 8 p.m.
Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles

Join make/shift coeditor/publishers Jessica Hoffmann and Daria Yudacufski and Bitch publisher Debbie Rasmussen for a film/video screening followed by a participatory discussion about feminisms. Film/video selections curated by Andrea Richards.

Media, Action, and Social Justice: Let’s Talk!

Saturday, June 28, 2008
Session W3, 4:00 to 6:00 p.m., Room THH 213
Los Angeles Social Forum

Join us to talk about the relationship between social-justice-oriented independent media and grassroots action. This participatory discussion will be a space to explore together how media makers and other community workers collaborate toward social justice. What works well? What’s hard? How can we collaborate better? Bring your experiences, questions, and ideas. This workshop will center the voices and work of women and trans people of color who are active in local, volunteer-centered media and action. All are welcome to attend and participate. This workshop is co-presented by make/shift, the Downtown Women’s Action Coalition, LOUDmouth, and CureThis.

International Women’s Day at the Echo Park Film Center

Thursday, March 6, 2008, 8 p.m.
Echo Park Film Center
1200 N. Alvarado Street, Los Angeles, CA 90026

Short films by Sophie Barthes, Hilary Goldberg, Michelle Hung, Mariam Jobrani, Lois Weber, and Sarah Wickliffe. Readings by make/shift contributors Myriam Gurba, Christine Petit, and others TBA. Followed by a Q&A with the media makers and a reception.

This event is co-presented by the American Cinematheque and make/shift. Films curated by Kim Adelman, Andrew P. Crane, and Andrea Richards. Filmmakers, curators, writers, and the collective behind make/shift in attendance.

Público Tránsitorio: The Political Equator

November 15, 2007, LA, SD, TJ

Coeditor/copublisher Jessica Hoffmann and contributor Irina Contreras cofacilitate a discussion on feminist collectives as part of a multidisciplinary event looking at transnational political art in the Americas.

Issue 2 Release Party, Bay Area

Friday, October 19, 2007, 7:00 p.m.

Mama Buzz

2318 Telegraph, Oakland, CA

Hosted by the editorial and publishing collective, with readings by Irina Contreras, Myriam Gurba, Nomy Lamm, Kaya Oakes, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Julia Serano, and Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore.

Issue 2 Release Party, Los Angeles

Wednesday, October 10, 2007, 7:30 p.m.

Skylight Books

1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90027

Hosted by the editorial and publishing collective, with readings by Stephanie Abraham, Myriam Gurba, Erin Aubry Kaplan, and Dean Spade.

Feminism: Gender, Race, and Class

A Workshop at the United States Social Forum

Saturday, June 30, 2007

USSF, Atlanta, Georgia

Sponsored by Solidarity (lead organization), Black Radical Congress, Circle Connections, Gabriela Network, make/shift, National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum, NOW, Pro-Choice Public Education Project, Project South, SisterSong, Spirit House, and Triangle WILPF.

Angela Davis Speaks on the Legacies and Potentials of Feminism

Sunday, June 10, 2007, 2 p.m.

Colburn School, Los Angeles

This event was part of the Ralph Tornberg/Museum Director’s Distinguished Lecture Series presented in conjunction with “WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution.” Make/shift was the media sponsor of this lecture. For more information, visit the WACK! site.

New York Launch Reading

Wednesday, March 28, 2007, 7 to 9:30 p.m.

Bluestockings

172 Allen Street, New York, NY 10002

Cohosted by Jessica Hoffmann and Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, with readings by Tara Betts, T Cooper, and Felicia Luna Lemus.

Los Angeles Launch Party

Friday, March 16, 2007, 6:30 to 9 p.m.

LACE, 6522 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90028

Featuring Erin Aubry Kaplan, Raquel Gutierrez, Irina Contreras, and Bryant Alexander; presented in conjunction with LACE’s “Shared Women” exhibition.

ISSUE 7, SPRING/SUMMER 2010:

COLUMNS

SPECIAL TO ISSUE 7

WHY MISOGYNISTS MAKE GREAT INFORMANTS
Essay by Courtney Desiree Morris

THREE POEMS
Jade Foster

COMMUNITY REPARATIONS NOW!
Dialogue between Tyrone Boucher and Tiny aka Lisa Gray-Garcia

APPALACHIAN WOMEN AGAINST MOUNTAINTOP-REMOVAL COAL MINING
Report by Dea G.

HONDURAS: FEMINISTS IN RESISTANCE
Interview with Maribel Gomez by Adele Nieves
Interview with Indyra Mendoza Aguilar by Ruth Blandon

SHAWTY GOT SKILLZ TO SHARE
How-tos by Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Moya Z. Bailey, Zachari Curtis, Summer McDonald, and Gwendolyn Long Robinson

TEACHING GENDER (AND THEN SOME)
Roundtable by Christine Petit featuring Dionne Espinoza, Emily Hobson, James McKeever, Andrea Smith, and Karen Tongson

THE PATRON SAINT OF BEARDED LADIES
Essay by Lewis Wallace

RAUDA MORCOS
Interview by Arwa Aburawa

BURLESQUE GETS BRAINY
Essay by Charlotte Loftus

POEM
Camille Alexa

Plus: imMEDIAte justice, Timmy Straw, Young Women's Empowerment Project, feminist poetry publishers, Deanne Cuellar, Youth Justice Coalition, Sistah Vegan, Rana Husseini, lots of reviews, the make/shift crossword puzzle, and more.