 LADYFEST returns to Dublin after 9 years with a bang!! Bringing you the best Dublin's music scene has to offer in female focused acts, LADYFEST kicks off at 7:30 in Sweeneys on Dame Street!
Tickets: €7.00 waged, €5 unwaged - available on the door. Featuring: Bitch Falcon Fauve Chapman Elaine Mai Marita Connolly Temper-Mental MissElayneous Big Girls Big Band Toy Soldier + more to be announced
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 We had a fantastic time marching in the 2013 Dublin Pride parade. Not only was it the 30th anniversary of gay pride in Ireland, but it was also the 20th anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexuality in Ireland. It's amazing to think we've come so far as a nation in terms of LGBTQ rights in such a short time. However, there is still so much more to do. Marriage Equality, parental rights and more widespread acceptance and respect for LGBTQ people are still to be achieved. Judging by the huge numbers, energy and great atmosphere at Pride this year, it's only a matter of time! Check out some photos of our banner and display below. 
 The next book club will be held on Thursday, 4th of June at 7:30pm in Bewleys cafe. All are welcome!
As chosen by the last book club's attendees and those in the online group, the play of the month is: Hedda Gabler (& A Doll's House) by Henrik Ibsen. You can read these texts for free from: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4093 & http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2542 "Hedda Gabler is the name, to my mind, of Ibsen's greatest play, and of the most interesting woman that Ibsen has created." "Over the years, Ibsen has been called a revolutionary, a nationalist, a romantic, a poet, an idealist, a realist, a socialist, a naturalist, a symbolist, a feminist, and a forerunner of psychoanalysis." Read more: http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/cs6/ibsen.html http://thebluebookcase.blogspot.ie/2011/03/review-dolls-house-by-henrik-ibsen.html To facilitate discussion, we'll have these ground rules: -Everyone has the right to contribute to the discussion -Refrain from personal attacks, criticise the idea and not the person -Everyone is welcome to attend regardless of age, gender, race, class, sexual orientation, gender identity, religious belief, disability, membership of the travelling community, marital status or family status. We'll be in the back of Bewleys in the restaurant section. The reservation will be under Irish Feminist Network.  The next book club will be held on Thursday, 2nd of May at 7:30pm in Bewleys cafe. All are welcome!
As chosen by the last book club's attendees, the play of the month is: The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler. You can find the script online for free, or probably also printed. There's a HBO TV series, or you could go to see the play (let us know if you find an Irish production this month!) "I was worried about vaginas. I was worried about what we think about vaginas, and even more worried that we don't think about them. . . . So I decided to talk to women about their vaginas, to do vagina interviews, which became vagina monologues. I talked with over two hundred women. I talked to old women, young women, married women, single women, lesbians, college professors, actors, corporate professionals, sex workers, African American women, Hispanic women, Asian American women, Native American women, Caucasian women, Jewish women. At first women were reluctant to talk. They were a little shy. But once they got going, you couldn't stop them." Good Reads Vagina Monologues Page Reviews: Guardian Review of The Vagina Monologues, http://knollpaper.wordpress.com/current-issue/gender/vday/ To facilitate discussion, we'll have these ground rules: -Everyone has the right to contribute to the discussion -Refrain from personal attacks, criticise the idea and not the person -Everyone is welcome to attend regardless of age, gender, race, class, sexual orientation, gender identity, religious belief, disability, membership of the travelling community, marital status or family status. We'll be in the back of Bewleys in the restaurant section. The reservation will be under Irish Feminist Network.  When: Tuesday, 2nd of October, 7:30pm to 9:30pm Where: Bewleys Cafe on Grafton Street How to find us: We'll have the book displayed upright on the table. The Book: Circle of Friends by Maeve Binchy Facebook Event: RSVP http://www.facebook.com/events/152011694938590/ About: It's fiction month, and we thought it would be good to read something by Maeve Binchy, who sadly passed away at the end of July. She was one of Ireland's most successful female writers. You can read more about her here: http://www.thejournal.ie/beloved-irish-writer-maeve-binchy-has-died-aged-72-538914-Jul2012/ "It began with Benny Hogan and Eve Malone, growing up, inseparable, in the village of Knockglen. Benny--the only child, yearning to break free from her adoring parents...Eve--the orphaned offspring of a convent handyman and a rebellious blueblood, abandoned by her mother's wealthy family to be raised by nuns. Eve and Benny--they knew the sins and secrets behind every villager's lace curtains...except their own. It widened at Dublin, at the university where Benny and Eve met beautiful Nan Mahlon and Jack Foley, a doctor's handsome son. But heartbreak and betrayal would bring the worlds of Knockglen and Dublin into explosive collision. Long-hidden lies would emerge to test the meaning of love and the strength of ties held within the fragile gold bands of a... Circle Of Friends." There are a range of reviews of Circle of Friends here: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41977.Circle_of_Friends There's also a movie from 1995. Here's the trailer: To facilitate discussion, we'll have these ground rules:
 You are invited to the fifth IFN Discussion Group!
Date: Tuesday, 18th of September Topic: Migrant Women's Rights Guest: TBC Location: the Exchange, (Exhange Street Upper, Temple Bar) an arts collective whose website can be found here: http://exchangedublin.ie/ Time: 7:00pm-9:00pm RSVP on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/events/312643945500036/ To facilitate discussion, we'll have these ground rules: -Everyone has the right to contribute to the discussion -Refrain from personal attacks, criticise the idea and not the person -Everyone is welcome to attend regardless of age, gender, race, class, sexual orientation, transgender status, religious belief, disability, membership of the travelling community, marital status or family status. Hope to see you there!  When: Tuesday, 7th of August, 7:30pm to 9:30pm Where: Accent's Coffee Shop - Downstairs How to find us: We'll have the book displayed upright on the table. The Book: 'Pride and Prejudice' by Jane Austen Facebook Event: RSVP http://www.facebook.com/events/343964049014730/ About: Not only is this a great classic novel, there's also a 2005 movie. The trailer is below. There's even a BBC series! You can download the book for free from Project Gutenberg! Here's the link: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1342 Happy reading & hope to see you next month!  You are invited to the fourth IFN Discussion Group!
Date: Tuesday, 17th of July Topic: Single Parents Guest: Louise Bayliss, spokesperson for SPARK Location: the Exchange, (Exhange Street Upper, Temple Bar) an arts collective whose website can be found here: http://exchangedublin.ie/ Time: 7:30pm-9:30pm (Facebook http://www.facebook.com/events/382141078512053/ ) To facilitate discussion, we'll have these ground rules: -Everyone has the right to contribute to the discussion -Refrain from personal attacks, criticise the idea and not the person -Everyone is welcome to attend regardless of age, gender, race, sexual orientation, transgender status, religious belief, disability, membership of the travelling community, marital status or family status.  When: 6pm – 8pm, Tuesday, March 27th
Where: Exchange Dublin, Exchange Street Upper, Temple Bar Why: To ask your TDs to support the X case legislation Join the IFN on Tuesday, March 27th for an evening of tea, cake, and a bit of lobbying! We’ll be holding a letter-writing group in Exchange Dublin encouraging people to write to their local TDs asking them to support the X case legislation when it comes before the Dáil after Easter. The aim of the Medical Treatment (Termination of Pregnancy in Case of Risk to Life of Pregnant Woman) Bill is to legislate for the 1992 Supreme Court judgment in the X case, which ruled that abortion is legal in Ireland when the life of a woman is at risk, including the threat of suicide. Successive governments have failed to legislate for this basic human right but opposition TDs Clare Daly, Mick Wallace, and Joan Collins have put forward this Bill to implement the X case ruling. In advance of the Dáil debate, all TDs need to know their constituents support this legislation. If you have a laptop you can bring along – great! If not, no worries – we’ll have a plentiful supply of paper and pens for some good old-fashioned handwritten letters. We’ll also have sample letters for inspiration and background information on the legislation. Feel free to bring the kids along as we’ll have a colouring corner and a mountain of biscuits to keep them occupied. The event will run from 6pm to 8pm so feel free to drop in for half an hour or join us for the evening. Any questions? Contact us on irishfeministnetwork@gmail.com  When: Tuesday, 3rd of April, 7pm - 9pm Where: Accent's Coffee Shop - Downstairs How to find us: We'll have the book displayed upright on the table. The Book: 'Saints & Sinners' by Edna O'Brien Facebook Event: RSVP http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/events/203179833115295/ About: Edna O’Brien won the 2011 Frank O’Connor Short Story Award for her collection, 'Saints and Sinners'. 'In spite of its title, Edna O'Brien's lush and melancholy new collection of stories is populated not so much by the holy or damned as by imperfect characters we can all recognise: the sad and the stranded, the hopeful and the lovelorn – people who fully inhabit their complex present, yet anticipate the losses that will befall them. O'Brien's folk are washed by longing rather than regret, and find friendships in unusual corners; they may not seek redemption, but their author is forgiving enough to grant it to them anyway.' www.guardian.co.uk
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