Berlin Femme Mafia

Stammtisch für feminine queers, femmes and friends

2011-11-28T13:05:00.000-08:00

Stammtisch für feminine queers, femmes and friends -
femme performances in all shapes, forms, and colors
(english below)

nach dem Workshop "Femmpowerment" am 12.11. im Silvers Futere haben
einige von uns beschlossen uns zu einem regelmäßigen Stammtisch im
Silver Future zu treffen. Grund dafür war die banale Feststellung, dass
es toll ist, nicht allein zu sein, sondern sich mit den diversen,
tollen, aufregenden anderen zusammen zu tun. Ziel ist unser begonnenes
reden über queere femininitäten weiterzuführen, uns einfach erst mal
entspannt zu treffen, zu quatschen, vielleicht ein loses Netzwerk zu
bilden und wenn wir wollen evtl. sogar weitere Workshops oder
Veranstaltungen zu planen.

Der erste Stammtisch ist nun am Donnerstag den 1.Dezember 2011 um 19h im Silver Future!
Danach wird es immer am 1. Donnerstag im Monat einen weiteren geben, der
nächste ist also am 5. Januar 2012, falls ihr am 1.12. nicht könnt.

Wenn ihr diese mail bekommt, habt ihr Euch entweder für den
Femmepowerment Workshop registriert, oder Euch selbst auf die e-mail
Liste für den Stammtisch gesetzt oder kennt eine, die denkt ihr könntet
Lust haben zu kommen. Falls ihr gern weiterhin Infos zum Stammtisch
haben wollt, dann schreibt mir ne kurze e-mail an sofarbi@gmx.net und
ich setzt Euch auf den Verteiler. Gern könnt und sollt ihr diese mail
auch an andere Interessierte weiterleiten!

Ich hoffe wir sehen uns am 1. Dezember,

Regular meeting for feminine queers, femmes and friends -
> feminine gender performances in all shapes, forms, and colors
>
> After the workshop femmepowerment that took place at Silver Furture on
> the 12.11. some of us decided to meet on a regular basis. Reason for
> this was the simple fact, that we thought it would be wonderful not to
> be alone but to connect with all those diverse, great, exhiting others.
> The goal would be to continue talking about queer femininities, to meet
> in a relaxed atmosphere, chat, and maybe form a loose network, which
> could, if we want to, also lead to more workshops or other events.
>
> The first meeting will take place on December 1st 2011, at 7pm at Silver
> Future!
> From then on it will take place on the first Thursday of each month, so
> that the next one would be on January 5th, in case you cant come, but
> want to.
>
> When you got this e-mail, you either registered for the Femmepowerment
> workshop, wrote your own e-mail on my list, or know someone who
> forwarded this mail to you, thinking you might be interested. If you
> are, and would like to get more information on the meetings, just send
> me an e-mail at sofarbi@gmx.net and I include you in the list.
> If you want to forward this e-mail to others that would be great also!
>
> Hope to see you on December the 2nd,

Femme Day! Auf Deutsch (with some English translation..)

2011-11-08T06:53:00.000-08:00

12.11. femmöse momente FEMME TAG IN BERLIN

Saturday, November 12 · 2:30pm - 11:30pm

Location
Silver Future
Weserstr 206
Neukölln, Berlin, Germany

Workshops! Visuals! Performances! Info table! Audio installations!

-die genauere beschreibung für den ersten workshop um 14.30
Femmepowerement
Ein Workshop von Femmes, mit Femmes und über Femmes.
Ein Workshop für Femmes and Friends * and Feminine Queers.
Ein Workshop über Femmeness, Feminität und Femmepowerement.
Was ist das eientlich alles? Was bedeutet das für mich? Wie ist damit der Umgang im Alltag, in der queeren Szene und für jede allein? Wie sieht unsere queere Utopie aus?
Es gibt nicht „die Femme“ oder „die Feminität“. Was passiert, wenn Femmeminität und/ oder Feminität gelebt wird? Fühlen wir uns damit in der queeren Szene wohl?
Nach all diesen Fragen und noch mehr Input von Euch wollen wir zuguterletzt die femmösen femmetastischen Dimensionen zusammenfassen und im Silverfuture der Nachwelt aufzeigen.

*: „Friends“ sind alle, die Femmeness begleiten oder begehren b.z.w. Alle, die Interesse an Femmeness haben.
anmeldungen dafür an kollektiv@silverfuture.net oder am samstag von 14-14:30 uhr vor ort!
ausserdem gibt es noch einen anderen workshop zu femmetastischem make-up, audioinstallationen, einen büchertisch zum thema, tolle dias und visuals und zum abschluss verschiedene performances auf unsrer kleinen bühne bevor ihr dann weiterhotten könnt durch die 1. lange nacht der diskriminierungsfreien szenen!
und bald gibts auch noch mehr femmöse momente im SilverFuture aber davon bald genaueres..
wir freuen uns schon sehr!
*C U

Femmetabulous Brunch this Sunday 28/08!

2011-08-24T08:01:00.000-07:00

Hey femmes and friends,

Once again the time is upon to get together chat, bitch and organise our way through a delicious meal. Yes that's right it's the monthly Berlin Femme Mafia meet. This time we're doing it in the early afternoon so all the party grrls can make it, and it's gonna be great. All femme-identified people are super welcome to come, find out about the Berlin Femme Mafia and what we do, and get to know each other. So newbies don't be shy - we don't bite, unless asked.

As it's brunch please bring something yummy to eat or drink. I will provide some veggie food but we will always need more! Muffins, anyone?

Find out location via our Facebook event here: http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=189599631107319

Or email us at berlinfemmemafia@googlemail.com for directions!

We hope to see you all there!

The Berlin Femme Mafia crew

Berlin Slut Walk!!

2011-08-12T06:03:00.001-07:00

DEUTSCH UNTEN

hi everyone,

after some deliberation, we at hydra decided to join the slutwalk that will take place this saturday. our decision was based on a letter we sent to the slutwalk organizers - which many of you have seen and agreed to - that placed a list of demands on the organizers and the event. sorry the attachment in german only. they agreed to our demands and conditions, which included getting some education and representation from non-white-middle-class-german women, and so we decided to participate.

as we fear that time is too short to mobilize our friends and even ourselves to come, we thought of organizing a femme-and-sex-worker coalition block for saturday's march. seems that such a coalition worked well in other cities as well. please join us!

also - this friday we will be at the hydra office brainstorming for slogans and making signs for saturday's event. please join us!

so -
this friday 3pm- signmaking for femmes and sex workers! hydra office, Köpenicker Straße 187/188- D
this saturday, 13.08 at 3pm - for more info on the location and route, check out this site: http://slutwalkberlin.de/

*if you have any objection or opinion on the femme-sex-worker coalition block, come voice it live on friday.

xxliad.

Hallo

nach einigem Hin-und her haben wir bei Hydra beschlossen, beim diesem Samstag beim Slutwalk (Schlampendemo) mitzumachen nach einem Briefwechsel, in dem wir ein paar Bedingungen gestellt haben (siehe Anhang). Sie haben zugestimmt und fanden unsre Kritik berechtigt.

eS istdammt wenig Zeit zum mobilisieren, deshalb wollen wir eine femme- und sexworker Koalition bilden und einen Block zusammen machen, so wie das in anderen Städeten gut funktioniert hat....

am Freitag treffen wir uns bei Hydra um Slogans zu entwickeln und schilder/transpis zu machen- kommt gerne dazu...

diesen freitag um 3 Hydra
Köpenicker Straße 187/188- D

diesen samsatg um 3 demo http://slutwalkberlin.de/

Wenn Ihr femme/hurenblock doof findet, kommt bitte zu Hydra am Freitag und wir diskutieren das...

xxliad.

The Feast of Fabulousness Returns!

2011-05-14T12:04:00.001-07:00

(Deutsche unter)

You are invited to the second Berlin Femme Mafia picnic - more fabulous than ever before and this year without the dramatic electrical storm halfway through! I've been scanning the weather forecast obsessively and can confirm that there is NO RAIN reported this year. Possibly it might get a little cloudy, but thats what frisbees are for!
If by crazy fluke it begins to rain again, we have a contingency plan in place and you will find yourself evacuated to a nice warm apartment thats only 10 mins away :)
Femmes, friends and fans are welcome! *

We are choosing Tempelhof park again, mainly because it has a barbecue area, toilets & an icecream truck.
Suggestions for what people want this year include balloons, mobile makeovers, strawberry cake, frisbee, cheap sekt, dressing up (obv.s) and games! Games that involve getting messy (food fight!) games that are silly and pointless (pin the tail on the femme donkey!) and games that involve flirting (think of some!) I would also personally like a pie eating contest :) If you have any suggestions of your own, please contact us and we will do our best to make your dreams come true!

The Femme Mafia will provide some food, but please bring some of your own as well. I think the general consensus is that we keep it meat free or at least have a 'discreet meat' policy.
The picnic starts at 14.00 and will go on until late or until we all get too cold.
We really want to create a fun day for all Berlin femmes and of course our lovely supporters, lovers, friends and fans. The emphasis is on making a positive & safe space for femmes, so please come with a femme-positive frame of mind & be respecful :)

See you all there!!

The Berlin Femme Mafia XXX

* - Please consider the appropriateness of your presence if youre a straight, CIS gendered man, particularly if you do not know anyone else there! We like to be welcoming but also prefer to avoid creepy scenarios. If you are confused by this then contact us and we can advise you.

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Berlin Femme Mafia Picknick
Wann: Sonntag, 15.05.2011, ab 14 Uhr
Wo: Tempelhof Park, nahe Eingang Herrfurthstr. (nahe U-Bahn Leinestr. oder Boddinstr.)

Ihr seid herzlich eingeladen zum zweiten Berlin Femme Mafia Picknich - fabelhafter als je zuvor und dieses Jahr auch ohne dramatisches Gewitter. Der Wetterbericht sieht bislang gut aus. Falls es dennoch regnen sollte, gibt es einen Notfallplan :)

Femmes und Freund_innen und Fans Willkommen!

Das Ganze wird wieder im Tempelhof Park stattfinden (ehemaliger Flugplatz), es wird gespielt und gegessen (Flirtspiele und Kuchenwettessen stark bevorzugt :) Falls Ihr noch andere Vorschläge oder Ideen habt, dann nur her damit.

Die Femme Mafia wird sich um Essen kümmern, aber bringt doch bitte auch selbst was mit, wenn es möglich ist, am allerliebsten vegetarisch, dann haben möglichst viele was davon.

Das Picknick geht ab 14:00 los und so lange wie wir Lust haben oder wenn uns kalt wird oder oder.
Wir möchten einen tollen Tag für alle Femmes und natürlich unsere Unterstützer_innen, Liebsten, Freund_innen und Fans genießen. Und wir möchten betonen, dass dies ein femme-positiver und möglichst safer Ort sein soll :)

Kommt vorbei!
Die Berlin Femme Mafia

Feminine queers! Be part of our zine project!

2011-03-23T15:20:00.000-07:00

[Deutsch Version unten]

The Berlin Femme Mafia presents
Feminine Voices on Sexism in the Queer Community, a zine.
Call for submissions! Please distribute promiscuously.

Have you ever felt excluded from or experienced prejudice in the queer community because of your gender expression? The Berlin Femme Mafia is creating a zine of stories about sexism in the worldwide queer community by feminine trans* folk and queers.

The Berlin Femme Mafia knows that sexism against femininities continues in the queer community and we want all our feminine-identified trans* and queer sisters to share their perspective. Why does this gender inequality still exist in a self-named 'feminist' movement? We want to hear your thoughts about and experiences of discrimination against female and feminine gender expressions.

This project will be from the perspective of queer and trans* feminine folk and focus on sexism against our expressions of femininity. We invite contributions from all self-defined trans* and queer femininities, including trans*women, femmes, genderqueers, and queer ciswomen and -men with a feminine gender expression, no matter if part or full-time feminine.

Tell us about the stuff that makes you angry or sad. This can include being excluded for the way you walk, talk, dress, and negative comments about female bodies. Tell us what you would like to see change. What would a perfect queer community look like to you? Queertopia!

Contributions can be anything that will fit onto a half-size page, including creative writing, personal accounts of incidents, theory and artwork. We will print the zine in German and English, but will do our best to translate submissions in other languages into English.

To be included in a zine project by the Berlin Femme Mafia and made available online and in Berlin.

Contributions should be emailed to Laura at pinklab[at]hotmail[dot]com

DEADLINE: 23rd May 2011

http://berlinfemmemafia.blogspot.com/

N.B. For artwork, please send as pdf or write for postal address. Note that the zine will be in 'half size' or A5 format. (148 x 210 mm -- 5.8 x 8.3 inches)

Die Berlin Femme Mafia präsentiert
feminine Stimmen über Sexismus in der queeren Szene, ein Zine
Call for submissions! Bitte weiterleiten.

Hast du dich schon mal aus der queeren Szene ausgeschlossen gefühlt oder Vorurteile erlebt wegen deines Genderausdrucks? Die Berlin Femme Mafia will ein Zine rausbringen mit Geschichten von femininenen Trans* und Queers, über Sexismus in den queeren Szenen dieser Welt.

Die Berlin Femme Mafia weiß und erlebt immer wieder selbst, dass es Sexismus gegen Femininitäten in der queeren Szene gibt und wir würden uns freuen, wenn ihr aus eurer Perspektive als sich als feminin identifizierende Queers oder Trans* erzählt. Warum gibt es solch eine Genderungleichheit in einer sich doch oft als feministisch definierenden Bewegung? Wir möchten eure Gedanken und Erfahrungen von Diskriminierung gegen Leute mit femininem Genderausdruck hören.

Dieses Projekt ist aus der Sicht von femininen trans* und queeren Leuten und es soll dabei um Sexismus gegen die verschiedensten Ausdrucksformen von Femininität gehen. Wir freuen uns über Beiträge von allen selbst-definierten Weiblichkeiten, seien es Femmes, Trans*Frauen, Genderqueers und queere Cisfrauen und -männer mit einem femininem Genderausdruck, egal ob ihr den jeden Tag lebt oder nur zeitweise.

Erzählt uns von den Dingen, die euch wütend oder traurig machen. Dabei kann es darum gehen, ausgeschlossen oder diskriminiert zu werden entweder für die Art wie ihr euch bewegt, redet oder anzieht oder auch negative Kommentare über als weiblich gelesene Körperteile. Erzählt uns, was sich eurer Meinung nach ändern sollte. Wie sähe eine perfekte queere Szene für euch aus? Queertopia!

Als Beiträge könnt ihr alles schicken, was in ein DIN-A-5 Format passt, seien es fiktionale Geschichten, persönliche Erlebnisse oder, aber auch Zeichnungen, Comics oder oder oder. Es wäre gut, wenn die Texte auf Deutsch oder Englisch wären, aber wir nehmen auch andere Sprachen, mit der Erlaubnis, die Texte dann zu übersetzen.

Das Ganze wird dann als Zine von der Berlin Femme Mafia sowie online veröffentlicht.

Schickt eure Beiträge an Laura pinklab@hotmail.com

DEADLINE: 23. Mai 2011

http://berlinfemmemafia.blogspot.com/

PS: Für grafische Beiträge schickt uns bitte eine pdf-Version oder kontaktiert uns für eine Postanschrift, an die sie ihr uns schicken könnt. Denkt daran, dass das Zine im DIN-A-5 Format gedruckt wird (148 x 210 mm -- 5.8 x 8.3 inches)

First Femme Mafia Meeting of 2011!

2011-02-21T15:23:00.000-08:00

After an unintentional but much needed festive break, we're ready to begin 2011 with lots of new plans & Femme energy :)

All self-identified femmes are welcomed to our next dinner: Monday 28th, 18.00 onwards.
Please contact Emma at ekca_1980 @ yahoo.com for the address.
There will be food available. Please feel free to also bring some with you.

Spread the word to any other femmes you think might be interested! <3

next femme dinner dez. 1st

2010-11-23T00:32:00.000-08:00

yeiiiiiiiyyy

wednesday dec 1st at 8pm!

Juli's and Anna's place

please email freizeitfemme at yahoo.de for address and directions

looking forward to hanging out!

Anna

Mittwoch 1. Dez um acht!

Bei Anna und Juli.

bitte email an freizeitfemme at yahoo.de, um nach Adresse und Wegbeschreibung zu fragen!

Freu mich auf rumhängen!

Anna

Das nächste Dinner der Berlin Femme Mafia!!

2010-10-21T04:57:00.000-07:00

(English below)

Das nächste Dinner der Berlin Femme Mafia findet am Dienstag, dem 26. Oktober um 19:30 statt. Die Adresse ist Böckhstr. 40 (U-Bahn Schönleinstraße) HH 1. OG, klingeln bei Ashby.

Alle self-identified Femmes und Femme-ininitäten sind willkommen und wir hoffen vor allem, ein paar neue Gesichter zu sehen, also, traut euch ruhig :) Es wird veganes Essen geben, aber falls ihr könnt, bringt doch auch noch was zu Essen oder zu Trinken mit.

Wir haben uns gedacht, an dem Abend mal ein bisschen darüber zu reden, was für Projekte wir gerade so haben, sei es Lohnarbeit, Kunst, politische Dinge, Kinder etc., und in welcher Form wir uns gegenseitig unterstützen und z.B. Ressourcen teilen können.

Wir freuen uns auf Euch!

English:

The next dinner meeting of the Berlin Femme Mafia is scheduled for Tuesday 26th at 19.30 at Böckhstr. 40, 1OG HH, bell name: Ashby.
All self-identified femmes are welcome, and we especially hope to see some new comers - dont be shy! :)
There will be nice vegan food available, please also bring some if this is possible for you.
We are planning to have a discussion around finding positive, productive and practical ways to support each other and also discussing some of our ongoing projects.
Hope to see you there!

Berlin Femme Mafia xxx

Fest of Fabulousness this Thursday!!

2010-08-10T01:38:00.000-07:00

- My apologies that this is only in English! -

Your appearence is eagerly anticipated this Thursday at the Fest of Fabulousness - summer picnic/grill for femmes and our fans, allies and appreciators! Thursdays will never seem the same again! Come and enjoy some tasty food and drink and the presence of some very fabulous people. All genders welcome, especially femmes, our allies and appreciators. There will be cake and music and dancing...and hopefully sunshine! If not, we ha...ve a plan B. We are very welcoming so dont worry about feeling shy! Please bring some food or drink with you if you can and any friends you think might be interested in joining. This is an informal Femme Mafia event (ie, not an official one) but if you are curious about who we are as a group and what we do, it would be a good time to meet and chat and find out more :)

If you need clearer instructions for finding the park, send me a message or I will post a map up on here.

See you soon! ♥

ps - the people there will be about 1000 times hotter than the picture!

http://maps.google.fi/maps?hl=fi&ie=UTF8&ll=52.476468%2C13.419971&spn=0.006195%2C0.01929&t=h&z=16

Next Femme Dinner!!!

2010-07-11T11:17:00.000-07:00

****English Below****
Die Berlin Femme Mafia möchte Euch einladen zum nächsten Femme Dinner, den perfekten Ort, um gutem Essen und einer Femme-positiven Atmosphäre zu frönen. Dieses Event ist kein Orga-Treffen, sondern ein Abend, an dem wir einfach gegenseitig unsere Gesellschaft genießen, andere Femmes treffen und gute Gespräche führen können. Alle, die bislang noch nie bei einem Femme Mafia Event dabei waren, sind besonders herzlich Willkommen! Wir möchten uns an dem Abend auch ein bisschen verhätscheln, also bringt alles, was euch zum Verhätscheln einfällt, sei es Nagellack, Gesichtsmasken, Lotion, was auch immer :)

Falls ihr dieses Mal nicht dabei sein könnt, hoffen wir, euch beim nächsten Mal zu sehen. Die Berlin Femme Mafia wird wieder monatliche Dinner veranstalten und hat eine Reihe weiterer Events/Projekte in Planung. Weitere Details hierzu findet ihr jeweils auf unserer Facebook-Seite oder auf berlinfemmemafia.blogspot.com.

Femme Dinner (bringt Essen und Getränke und was immer mögt).
Offen für Femmes/Femme-ininities aller Gender)

The Berlin Femme Mafia would like to welcome you to our next dinner party, the perfect place to indulge in good food and a femme-positive atmosphere. *This event is not a planning meeting* it is a night to enjoy each others company, meet other femmes and get some good discussions going. People who have never been to a femme mafia event before are particularly welcome to come! We are also treating the event as a pamper party and encourage you all to bring along nail polish/face masques/hand lotion or whatever you like to pamper yourself with.
If you can't make it this time, we hope to see you at our next gathering. The Berlin Femme Mafia meets monthly and has a number of ongoing projects. Further details of these will be announced on Facebook or berlinfemmemafia.blogspot.com.

Femme Dinner (bring food and drinks, nail polish, whatever you like)
Open to femmes/femme-ininities of all genders

address: Boeckhstr. 40, bell name: Ashby. U-bahn: Schoenleinstr.

2010-06-25T04:45:00.000-07:00

Hallo Femmes und Friends,

Zum einen möchten wir euch ganz herzlich einladen, sich beim Transgenialen CSD am 26. Juni um 14:00 am Rathaus Neukölln zu uns zu gesellen. Wir werden in der Nähe des Blocks vom Schwarzen Kanal laufen, den ihr leicht am mitfahrenden Traktor erkennen könnt. Außerdem werden wir Femme Mafia Buttons und Aufnäher tragen, so dass ihr uns leicht findet. Es gibt außerdem Geschenke! Wir würden uns sehr über Unterstützung von Femmes und Femme-Verbündeten freuen :)

Der nächste Termin ist das queer DIY Filmfestival "Entzaubert" nächstes Wochenende auf dem Schwarzen Kanal. Es gibt am 3. Juli eine kleine Auswahl aus Femme Filmen zu sehen mit dem schönen Titel "Femme Heroes". Nach der Vorführung gibt es eine große, von Queer-o-matic organisierte Party, bei der auch Femme-Performances zu sehen sein werden! Kommt also vorbei :) Der Bauwagenplatz Schwarer Kanal ist umgezogen und befindet sich jetzt in der Kiefholzstr. 74 in Treptow.
Auch der Rest des Festival-Programms sieht großartig aus, für mehr Infos schaut einfach mal rein:
entzaubert.blogsport.de.

Und zu unserer großen Freude wird es im November wieder eine "Femme Show Berlin" geben. Einen genauen Termin und Ort gibt es bislang noch nicht, aber wir werden euch auf dem Laufenden halten.

Liebe Grüße,

die Berlin Femme Mafia

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Hello femmes and friends,

Firstly, we would like to invite you to join us at Transgenialer CSD this Saturday, 26th of June, 2pm @ Rathaus Neukoelln. We will be marching close to Schwarzer Kanal who are easily recognisable due to having a tractor and will be wearing our Femme Mafia patches and pins so you will easily find us. We will also have lots of free presents to give away! We appreciate the participation of any femmes and femme allies :)

At Entzaubert (the queer DIY film festival) one of our members has curated a selection of femme films called 'Femme Heroes.' After the screening there will be a big party organised by Queer-o-matic with femme performances. It will be a great evening and we invite you to join us with that also :) Entzaubert takes place at Schwarzer Kanal which is now located at
Kiefholzstraße 74. The rest of the Entzaubert programme also looks excellent, for more information visit entzaubert.blogsport.de. The Femme evening and party will be Saturday 3rd July.

Our next big 'Femme Show Berlin' will take place in November. So far we dont have a decision on the exact date or location, but we will keep you informed.

Lots of Love,

The Berlin Femme Mafia

2010-04-14T13:06:00.000-07:00

Some amazing, inspiring media to share with you all!

First up: Dorothy Allison's keynote speech from the Femme Conference 2008. I think it has been edited, I've heard quotes that dont seem to be in this version. But its still super powerful and affecting. Be aware that its also extremely intense in places so take care.

This is a femme homage by Ivan Coyote. I love it!

And last but not least, here are some of our very own performers from the Berlin Femme Show!

surrender dorothy @ berlin femme mafia show from paula varjack on Vimeo.

Femme Clothes Swap!!

2010-04-14T12:48:00.000-07:00

You are all invited to a Femme clothes swap, Monday 19th at 20.30pm hosted by Anna :)

This is *not* a femme mafia meeting, but we will be having a discussion earlier on in the evening about some issues that have arisen recently. Come at around 22.00 if you just want to look at clothes and enjoy some fabulous femme company!

email berlinfemmemafia@googlemail.com for details!

XXXx

Femme Dinner No. 5

2010-03-16T01:40:00.000-07:00

THE BERLIN FEMME MAFIA INVITES

ENGLISH VERSION BELOW

Liebe Femme-ininitäten,

erneut möchten möchten wir euch einladen zu einem femmetastischen Abend, an dem wir miteinander chillen und essen wollen. Wir wollen uns und euch feiern und in dem Glanz der ersten Femme Show Berlin baden! Über alles reden, worüber wir reden wollen, seien es Klamotten oder Politik - wer immer noch denkt, diese beiden seien Gegensätze, wird bald herausfinden, was sich hinter diesem und anderen Mythen versteckt, mit denen sich feminine Queers und Trans* tagtäglich herumschlagen.

Sowohl die Femme Show als auch das Feedback nach der großartigen Lesung zum Femme-Buch in Hamburg Mitte März lassen jedoch hoffen, dass Femmes vielleicht doch interessanter und willkommener sind, als wir bisher dachten :) Also, immer schön pink und positiv denken und kommt vorbei. Und falls ihr es diesmal nicht schafft, kommt beim nächsten Mal, die Berlin Femme Mafia dinniert einmal im Monat. Termin und Örtlichkeit immer zu finden auf Facebook oder berlinfemmemafia.blogspot.com

Femme Dinner (Bringt zu essen und zu trinken mit, was euch gefällt)
24. März 2010
20 Uhr
Waldemarstr. 46 10999 Berlin (Ecke Adalberstr./Glastür im Erdgeschoss)
Offen für Femmes und Femme-ininitäten aller Gender

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ENGLISH

Dear Femme-ininities,

again we wanna invite you to a femmetastic evening, where we can meet and eat and celebrate ourselves and bathe in the glory of the amazing Femme Show Berlin! Talk about everything we wanna talk about, be it clothes or politics - who still thinks that these are opposites :) will find out about this and all the other myths, feminine queers and trans* still are struggling with.

But the Femme Show and also the feedback after the release event for the first German anthology on Femme in Hamburg in March can be seen as signs that femme might be more interesting and welcome than we thought :)) So, think pink and positive and come to the next dinner. And if you can`t make it this time, the Berlin Femme Mafia gathers monthly, date and location will be announced on Facebook or berlinfemmemafia.blogspot.com

Femme Dinner (bring food and drinks, whatever you like)
Date: March 24th
Time: 8:00 p.m.
Location: Waldemarstr. 46 10999 Berlin (corner Adalbertstr./glass door on ground floor)

Open to femmes/femme-ininities of all genders

Excited? - Not as much as we are!!

2010-02-20T16:10:00.001-08:00

The FEMME SHOW BERLIN
-a subversive queer experience-

(German below)

Your attendance is requested at the first FEMME SHOW BERLIN on March 6th @ the L.U.X: a large mixed showcase of queer feminine gender performance, media art, cup cakes, a kissing booth, party w/ DJs, and so much more!!

Performances by:
Anna Peak, Fifi Bonlady, Goldie Dartmouth, Juli Saragosa, Katinka|CayaTe|Rabea, Mademoiselle Kla, Pro Lipstick, Sir La Muse and many, many more!

DJs will include:
DJ Cisnita, DJ Draufgänger, DJ Goldie Dartmouth und DJ Sarah Adorable

When: 06.März 2010
Where: L.U.X. / Schlesische Straße 41 / 10997 Berlin
Doors: 22:00 / Show: 23:00 / DJs & Dancing: 24:30
Cost: 4 Euro before 1:00, 3 Euro after

The FEMME SHOW BERLIN is presented by the Berlin Femme Mafia which is a new group of femme and queer feminine presenting or identified queers, formed in response to the lack of visibility and value given to feminine gender expression in the Berlin queer scene. The Femme Mafia is here to shake things up and show how radical, subversive, smart, tough, genderqueer, diy, and fucking sexy femme gender really is!!! (For further information go to: berlinfemmemafia.blogspot.com or find them on facebook).
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Berlin Femme Mafia präsentiert:
The FEMME SHOW BERLIN
-queer und subversiv-

Wir werden sichtbar – Spot on für die erste FEMME SHOW BERLIN.

Euch erwartet ein exquisiter Showblock mit queer-femininen Genderperformances – von Burlesque über Spoken Words bis hin zu sexy Tanzeinlagen.

Außerdem können mediale Kunstwerke bestaunt, wunderbare Cupcakes verschlungen und zur Musik großartiger DJs getanzt werden. Wer sich traut, kann nebenbei vielleicht den ein oder anderen Kuss in der Kissing Booth abstauben.
Taucht ein in die Welt queerer Feminitäten!

Wann: 06.März 2010
Wo: L.U.X. / Schlesische Straße 41 / 10997 Berlin
Doors: 22:00 / Show: 23:00 / DJs & Dancing: 24:30
Eintritt 4 Euro vor 1:00, danach 3 Euro

Mit Performances von
Anna Peak, Fifi Bonlady, Goldie Dartmouth, Juli Saragosa, Katinka|CayaTe|Rabea, Mademoiselle Kla, Pro Lipstick, Sir La Muse and many, many more!

An den Plattentellern:
DJ Cisnita, DJ Draufgänger, DJ Goldie Dartmouth und DJ Sarah Adorable

Die FEMME SHOW BERLIN wird präsentiert von der Berlin Femme Mafia, einer Gruppe von Wesen, die sich als Femme oder feminine Queers präsentieren oder identifizieren. Die Gruppe gründete sich als Reaktion auf die Unsichtbarkeit und geringe Wertschätzung, die feminine Gender-Inszenierungen in der Berliner Szene erfahren. Die Berlin Femme Mafia ist auf den Plan getreten, um alle Vorurteile durchzuschütteln und zu zeigen, wie radikal, subversive, smart, genderqueer, diy und vor allem wie verdammt sexy das Gender Femme wirklich ist.

Mehr Infos gibt unter berlinfemmemafia.blogspot.com

Notes from the January Meeting!

2010-02-06T12:10:00.000-08:00

Unfortunately we aren't able to post the January notes here - something to do with the file, blogspot wont let us cut and paste. But they are easily available so if anyone wants to see them, please drop us an email and we'll forward them to you!

Most of the discussion was around the big Femme Show that we are producing, which is taking place on March 6th at LUX! Its going to be an amazing variety extravaganza of different femme performers - spoken word, burlesque, drag, music, dance, performance art and so on.

Further details will be posted soon! The price is set to be 4€ before 1am and 3€ after

xxxx Emma

2010-02-03T13:27:00.000-08:00

New meeting dates!!

Right now we are planning to meet on Thursdays instead of Wednesdays. So our new calander is:

Feb 11th

March 11th

April 15th

May 13th

June 1oth

July 15th

August 12th.

Next meeting next week!

xxxxx

2010-01-08T06:41:00.000-08:00

Hello femmes,

Happy 2010!!!!!!!!!!

Here are the dates for femme mafia dinners in 2010, note that the first one is next Wednesday!

Time: 8pm Various locations, every 2nd Wednesday of the month.

January 13th
Febuary 10th
March 10th
April 14th
May 12th
June 9th
July 14th
August 11th

Hope to see you all soon xxx

2009-12-08T10:36:00.000-08:00

Hello lovelies!!

We have two things lined up: first being a group outing to SOAP this Friday - we have been talking in meetings about going out in a group to femme-up the berlin queer scene, and also as a display of solidarity for each other, following recent incidents of harrassment and so on. This is happening this friday, details for the event can be found here: http://www.myspace.com/soapparty get in touch with us if you want to join!

We are also holding a dinner party next wednesday evening, which is going to be a fabulous night of homemade mexican food, cocktails and plotting and will be the perfect antidote to the darkness and gloominess of winter! - please come along! time: 19.30. for the address please email berlinfemmemafia@gmail.com. This is for femme identified folks only.

hope to see you all soon

xxx

2009-11-24T13:46:00.000-08:00

Femmetastic Stencil Party!

Wednesday 25th, 20.30 at Leinestr. 51 (bell graney-saucke)

Come make stencils and then go out and make femme visibility street art!

xoxo, BFM

p.s. invite a friend!

Minutes from the first meeting <3

2009-11-18T03:49:00.000-08:00

Berlin Femme Mafia – first meeting!

Minutes and agenda

Hello Berlin femmes!
It was great to see you all last Wednesday, hope you enjoyed the meeting and came away feeling positive and inspired J
Here is a brief run down of the meeting. I also have the meeting recorded so if anyone wants a copy or would like to listen to it sometime just let me know! I thought recording the meetings would be a good way of keeping track of what has been discussed. In a typical scenario someone would take notes, but this can often mean that the person taking notes isn’t so able to join in the meeting. And taking notes can be a pretty big task if a lot is being discussed. But if anyone is unsure about us recording the meetings then let me know. The recordings are just for us and we can decide what we want do with them. I also thought it would be cool to have this sort of archive of how we progress as a group – maybe on our one year anniversary we can listen to the first meeting and feel nostalgic!

Topics covered

As this was our first meeting, a large part of its content consisted of introductions and a general discussion of our experiences as femmes. To give a brief list* we talked about coming out as femme, our different experiences as femmes - also relating to this is those of us who are from or who have lived in other countries, the search for femme community, experiences of hostility and femme phobia, dating experiences, how we relate to our gender, how we conceptualise our gender, gender fluidity, limitations in the current gender system and so on.
We spoke about feeling expected to compromise ourselves – i.e. be less feminine, in order to not be ignored/be taken seriously/be visable. We also discussed performing as femmes – we seem to be a big group of performers!
There was also a discussion about the recent article ‘Schone lesben’ and the related photoshoot – fortunately you were all here to give us the inside story!
We also spoke about the need to expand on femme and femme gender to make it more inclusive, i.e. so that there is more solidarity among feminine queers of all types, regardless of whether or not they identify as femme.

The action agenda!

Stencilling and graffiti – this is taking place pretty soon! The plan is to meet at Elliat’s apartment, Wednesday 25th at 20.30.

Going out as a group of femmes, especially to less femme friendly queer venues – we all seemed pretty into this! We also discussed the possibility of having coordinated outfits, or something marking us out as a group (the same coloured scarves for instance). It was suggested that we use the mailing list to contact each other when we want to femme-up go out in the company of other femmes.

Radical cheerleading – this is something everyone is welcome to join in. Since the weather got cold our previous open air practise arrangements don’t seem so practical. I’m working on finding an indoor venue.

Instructional videos related to being an ally and/or calling out femme phobic behaviour – we want to make some instructional videos about our experiences to hopefully create a more appreciative attitude amongst the queer community! I think this was a future project in the sense that I don’t think we made any concrete plans to put it into action just yet. Lets start thinking of some ideas!

Femme performance night! – this was a very popular idea, and personally I’m already excited. We had a lot of ideas included choreographed dance pieces! We also seem to know a lot of other femme performers/DJs/musicians/etc who we could ask to join us. We discussed it as a dual plan, one part being to integrate ourselves as femme performers in venues that don’t normally include femme performers (the soap party was suggested here) and another part being to host a huge femme extravaganza ourselves that will hopefully bring some exciting new femme culture to Berlin J
The action plan is that Kla is going to speak to the promoters for Soap party to see if we can perform there at their next night, December 11th, and Katinka is going to book Lux for Febuary for our big extravaganza! Kla has also suggested rehearsing at her house.

Take back the night march – this is another item for the future, how far in the future we haven’t decided upon. This idea was raised due to the high level of harassment that femmes and feminine people experience in Berlin. The idea of the action is to march around areas of the city, particularly those that are not usually safe to go alone at night and make a strong femme presence with lanterns and banners and so on.
As femmes seem to be a particular target in Berlin I would like this to be a femme lead event. It also emphasises that being safe on the street regardless of your appearance is a feminist issue. Take back the night marches have been traditionally women only, but I am personally in favour of all queers being welcome.

So that is our action list so far! We have also since been talking about meeting as a group for more parties, dinners, film nights and so on. The community building aspect of a femme group is particularly important, especially as a lot of us have experienced problems with a lack of community.
Please use our current resources (the facebook group, mailing list and blog) to share further ideas and thoughts!

xxx

* These are all important subjects but I wasn’t sure how much people wanted to hear about the discussion rather than the actual agenda.

Our First Meeting!!!

2009-11-05T14:09:00.000-08:00

Hi femme and friends!!

Yes its true, we are finally having our first meeting! We wanted to kick things off in style so we are having a fabulous dress-up dinner which we are going to combine with a meeting/action planning!

Please come along, bring any food and drink you want with you and feel free to dress up as much or as little as you want!

The meeting/dinner is for femme identified folks only, but we are also having an after-meeting at Silver Future for our allies and fans!

Please spread the word and invite anyone who you think might be interested. Bring your ideas, femme friends, plans and fabulous selves!

The meeting will start at around 20.00, the address is in Leinestraße, please email for the exact address: berlinfemmemafia@gmail.com.

See you all soon!

xxx

Welcome to the Berlin Femme Mafia blog!

2009-10-13T06:25:00.000-07:00

"The only thing an autonomous femme needs is a nation of autonomous femmes standing behind her" - Dorothy Allison

Femme Feminism is here to take over the streets of Berlin and educate the Berlin queer scene on how fabulous, fierce, foxy and fucking sexy feminine queer gender is! Visibility Now!

The Berlin Femme Mafia recognises the importance and relevence of building a strong and proud community of femmes that reinforces, challanges and celebrates femmes of all genders. This community is our starting point for our actions, projects and femme-centric events, as well as an opportunity to bask in each other's fabulousness and have fun!

Femmes of all genders are welcome to join us. We totally recruit.

Current projects:

Radical Cheerleading at Schwarzer Kanal, next practise this Monday at 20.00! (this isnt femme exclusive, everyone is welcome!)

Dress up dinner planned for early November

We are also planning stencil street actions and group outings to femme up queer events!