[Smashpatriarchy] reading group: caliban and the witch and conquest

Mon Jul 29 15:09:12 EDT 2013

Sounds swell, is the idea to finish all of the book by then or a section
or...?

On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 6:46 PM, reg johanson <regjohanson at gmail.com> wrote:

> hi all. i'd like to propose tuesday sept. 10 or tues. september 17 for our
> first meeting, on Conquest? if this is okay with folks, i will write a
> draft version of a call-out to post on SAP fb page. Peter has volunteered
> to contact the feminist reading group currently running out of spartacus,
> to open a dialogue with them about it. what do you think?
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 10:58 AM, harjap <harjap at resist.ca> wrote:
>
>>  hey folks,
>>
>> around for the rest of the summer and looking forward to meeting up
>> again.  I'm okay with either book and most times aside from Monday and
>> Thursday evenings should generally be good for me. Have some updates from
>> the Allied Media Conference in Detroit as well, met up with some good peeps
>> from all over doing like minded work.
>>
>> harjap
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>  On 2013-07-25 9:16 AM, Peter Gill wrote:
>>
>> I think conquest might be a better book to get us started.  I've ordered
>> 4 copies into Spartacus books.  Hope that's alright with folks.  I think it
>> would be ideal to have the call out than 4-6 have our first open reading
>> group sometime in September.
>>
>>  One question however: how do folks feel about there already be a
>> somewhat active feminist book club already?  I like the idea of it being a
>> SAP reading group meaning predominantly men.  But it might be a good idea
>> to check in with the already existing feminist book club to see what their
>> thoughts are?
>>
>>  love
>> Peter
>>
>>  PS I'd love to see all of you sooner that September if that works for
>> folks.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 8:25 AM, <shrudolph at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Ooohhh late entry, all of August Sunday brunch would work fine, miss you
>>> guys!
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On 2013-07-24, at 8:22 AM, shrudolph at gmail.com wrote:
>>>
>>> > Hey folks,
>>> >
>>> > I'm really excited about doing some reading! I have rotating days off
>>> where I work for two day shifts followed by two nights then have five days
>>> off so it doesn't really matter what day we meet on for me. However, the
>>> evening after 730 whichever day will slightly increase the chances of me
>>> being able to attend.  I need about three weeks to read whichever book we
>>> choose.
>>> >
>>> > Xo
>>> > Sam
>>> >
>>> > Sent from my iPhone
>>> >
>>> > On 2013-07-23, at 10:49 PM, usman x <ayanacalana72 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> im really sorry but i cant do weeknights, once the kids are back from
>>> >> school im not free till theyre asleep. i can do weekends starting
>>> >> september though.
>>> >> ive read conquest a while back, ill start caliban soon, and yeah itll
>>> >> take me a good month maybe 6 weeks to finish it.
>>> >>
>>> >> On 23 July 2013 21:38, William Damon <wgdamon at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >>> Weekday evening would work for me, I could be available 6:30-7:30 or
>>> later.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> For me I'd guess it would take me about a month to read a 200-300pg
>>> book
>>> >>> cover to cover, depending on how easy it was to read.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Will
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 7:48 PM, usman x <ayanacalana72 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> caliban and the witch is about 275 pages. conquest is 200 pages.
>>> >>>> should we decide which one we're reading first so folks can start on
>>> >>>> it.
>>> >>>> also, how much time would we like to cover these books?
>>> >>>> u
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> On 23 July 2013 18:29, Christopher Leinonen
>>> >>>> <christopher.leinonen at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >>>>> I am interested, and am usually available weekday evenings (from
>>> >>>>> 6:30-7:00).
>>> >>>>> I can do Sundays, but I feel like the standard sunday meeting time
>>> has
>>> >>>>> helped contribute to us having fewer meetings.
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> Call out seems like a good idea, too.
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 10:59 AM, Peter Gill <
>>> petergill85 at gmail.com>
>>> >>>>> wrote:
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>> I was thinking that we would write a call out.  Kind of saying
>>> what we
>>> >>>>>> are
>>> >>>>>> about and that we are welcoming new folks to the reading group.
>>>  And
>>> >>>>>> have
>>> >>>>>> the discussion for the on a weekday evening in early September.
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>> If folks are down which it seems like folks are we could meet as a
>>> >>>>>> small
>>> >>>>>> group to discuss plans further.  Unfortunately Saturday mornings
>>> don't
>>> >>>>>> work
>>> >>>>>> for me.  Weekday evenings work best for me at the moment.
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>> love and respect
>>> >>>>>> Peter
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 10:51 AM, William Damon <
>>> wgdamon at gmail.com>
>>> >>>>>> wrote:
>>> >>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>> That would work a lot better for me.
>>> >>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>> W
>>> >>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>> On 2013-07-23, at 10:51 AM, Aylon C <aylon.c at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>> I'm free whenever - it seems that some of us have difficulties
>>> with
>>> >>>>>>> sundays. Would saturday brunch time work better?
>>> >>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>> On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 5:36 PM, Darren Chang <
>>> darren.chang at live.com>
>>> >>>>>>> wrote:
>>> >>>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>> hi all, i'm excited to get back together and do some reading
>>> >>>>>>>> discussions. i should be relatively free from now till end of
>>> august
>>> >>>>>>>> -
>>> >>>>>>>> darren
>>> >>>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>>> Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2013 11:48:20 -0700
>>> >>>>>>>>> From: ayanacalana72 at gmail.com
>>> >>>>>>>>> To: Smashpatriarchy at lists.resist.ca
>>> >>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Smashpatriarchy] reading group: caliban and the
>>> witch
>>> >>>>>>>>> and conquest
>>> >>>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>>> i cant make it last 3 sundays in august but apart from that id
>>> be
>>> >>>>>>>>> happy to meet to discuss.
>>> >>>>>>>>> u
>>> >>>>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>>> On 21 July 2013 11:24, Peter Gill <petergill85 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >>>>>>>>>> I think there is potential to change the day and time we
>>> meet. I
>>> >>>>>>>>>> ordered 4
>>> >>>>>>>>>> copies of andrea smith hope folks are okay with that. Also
>>> will
>>> >>>>>>>>>> be
>>> >>>>>>>>>> working
>>> >>>>>>>>>> on some kind of write up to open the group up a little bit.
>>> >>>>>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>>>> Love
>>> >>>>>>>>>> P
>>> >>>>>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 10:12 PM, William Damon
>>> >>>>>>>>>> <wgdamon at gmail.com>
>>> >>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>> >>>>>>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Yes! I'd be interested. Peter told me about the Silvia
>>> Deferici
>>> >>>>>>>>>>> book and
>>> >>>>>>>>>>> it sounds really interesting. The only trouble is that Sunday
>>> >>>>>>>>>>> evenings are
>>> >>>>>>>>>>> still out for me, that's when my housing collective meets.
>>> >>>>>>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>>>>> W
>>> >>>>>>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 6:24 PM, reg johanson
>>> >>>>>>>>>>> <regjohanson at gmail.com>
>>> >>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> hi all. sorry we haven't been meeting these days, but i
>>> know we
>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> are all
>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> busy with projects. peter and i talked today and thought it
>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> might
>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> be a good
>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> way to get busy again by doing a reading group around these
>>> two
>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> texts, by
>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> silvia federici and andrea smith, respectively. might also
>>> be a
>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> good way to
>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> open the group up to some fresh ideas and people. would
>>> folks
>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> be
>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> interested
>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> in this?
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