Comments on: Help Us Plan a Book Tour!

By: Mary H

Mary H — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:49:20 +0000

Kate, if you will come to Grand Rapids Michigan I will personally pick you up at your door, drive you both ways and provide food and lodging if you are willing to stay in my messy house. I’ll even take you home again if Al agrees to the ransom. :)

We sat next to each other at the first Fat Rights Coalition meeting!

Marianne AND Kate – I’m going to talk to my social work department and the Masters Social Work Student Organization about paying for you to do a fat acceptance workshop here at GVSU. We are big into diversity social justice at our school. Then you can stay at a nice clean hotel instead of my messy house. :)

By: mon

mon — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:04:16 +0000

First off, good luck to you ladies on your book tour and i look forward to reading the book!
Secondly, i asked my husband, who works at EMU, (eastern michigan university, in ypsilanti, mi – right near ann arbor) he said you should get in touch with the womens and gender study program, being a little bit smaller university, they might provide you with a forum.

By: WU Student

WU Student — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:49:40 +0000

Delurking just for this. :)

I go to WIllamette University, in Salem, Oregon, and think you might be able to speak here. I know our gender studies department has funds for speakers. Not sure when you’re planning to tour (plus we’re waaaaaay out here on the west coast), but I could talk to the department if you’re interested.

Plus we’re close to Portland, if you do a stop there. Powell’s does speakers all the time.

By: eyelinerpirate

eyelinerpirate — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 18:47:18 +0000

@interfacings: That is an excellent way to describe Plans.

I second Grinnell, by the way. When Marilyn Wann came, she drew a huge (for Grinnell*), enthusiastic crowd. The current FAC leaders here seem to be really into fat acceptance.

Also body positivity more generally has been a pretty visible issue around here since a campus publication called Riots Not Diets came out. (If you come, you should get someone to find you a copy, it’s great.)

*I’d guess there were between 100 and 200 people there.

By: Nima Beckie

Nima Beckie — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:31:16 +0000

If you’re going to be in the NY area, why not swing by Bent Pages in Staten Island, I’m sure they’d love to have you, and I can put you in touch with the owners.
Or you can go their Facebook or MySpace pages.

The other place you might consider stopping by is The Real Women Summit , which will take place June 26-28 th in Chicago. For More information go to:http://www.realwomensummit.org/

By: Nia

Nia — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:36:18 +0000

Please come to Boston in the springtime! :)

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:49:40 +0000

I would be so jazzed if you guys came to Toronto. Hey… there’s at least three of us. ;)

By: skiptomylou

skiptomylou — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:56:13 +0000

Ooh ooh! Another plug for the DC area. A newly opening feminist sex shop and community center, Whole DC, might be a go. http://www.wholedc.com. They’re going to host book readings, classes and community events. wholedc@gmail.com

By: O.C.

O.C. — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:13:07 +0000

A general suggestion: If you’re interested in visiting a college campus, another office that might provide funding and/or housing in exchange for a presentation would be the housing department, sometimes called residence life, residential living, or some variation thereof. Resident Assistants or Advisors, the students who live in and manage dormitories, are required to put on developmental programming for their students, and usually have access to funds to pay for speakers and snacks. Your topic would be so relevant to undergrad students in terms of their emotional health and well being, that I think you could find some support there.

I still have some connections in residence life at Texas A&M and the University of Texas, if you’d be interested in either. Obviously Austin would be a more appealing destination for an out of towner and non-Aggie than College Station!

Good luck! I’ve got my fingers crossed that you’ll show up somewhere in Texas. :-)

By: spacedcowgirl

spacedcowgirl — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:51:13 +0000

(Oh, and I’ll go see whoever comes to either or both places if MI ends up on the schedule! This is really exciting. :)