Called Canada’s Rachel Corrie, Eva Bartlett is an activist and journalist living in Gaza since 2008. Her eyewitness accounts from Occupied Palestine have been published in the Electronic Intifada, Inter Press Service, Countercurrents and her own blog.  As a volunteer with the International Solidarity Movement, Eva accompanied Gaza farmers and fishers under threat of harassment and sniper fire from Israeli forces. Eva rode with medics in their ambulances during Operation Cast Lead, Israel’s devastating assault on Gaza in 2008-2009 which killed 1500 Palestinians, and she documented the 2012 attacks from a central Gaza Strip hospital.

The event is sponsored by Interfaith Community for Palestinian Rights. For more information contact Bernice Hecker at bernran@aol.com.

Location: Central Presbyterian Church, 200 E. 8 St., near Brazos.

The first Women’s Empowerment Conference (WE Con Austin), presented by the Women’s Community Center of Central Texas, will be a two-day gathering in Austin for women, girls, and those who care about them.

Tickets and information online. There are low-income and student tickets available.

Location: Norris Conference Center, 2525 Anderson Lane, Austin

The first Women’s Empowerment Conference (WE Con Austin), presented by the Women’s Community Center of Central Texas, will be a two-day gathering in Austin for women, girls, and those who care about them.

Tickets and information online. There are low-income and student tickets available.

Location: Norris Conference Center, 2525 Anderson Lane, Austin

Once relegated to the margins of society, pornography has become one of the most visible and profitable sectors of the cultural industries in the United States. At the same time, the content of pornography has become more aggressive, more overtly sexist and racist. “The Price of Pleasure: Pornography, Sexuality and Relationships” features the voices of consumers, critics, and pornography producers and performers. The film, directed and produced by Miguel Picker and Chyng Sun, features interviews with scholars of mass media (Gail Dines and Robert Jensen), economics (Richard Wolff), and psychology (Ana Bridges); writers on pornography and popular culture (Ariel Levy and Pamela Paul); producers and performers from the pornography industry (John Stagliano, Joanna Angel and Ernest Greene); and a former stripper/porn performer-turned-author (Sarah Katherine Lewis).
“The Price of Pleasure” includes sexually explicit images. No one under 18 should be in the audience. Although those explicit images have been digitally blurred, some viewers may find those scenes difficult to watch.
After the film there will be discussion led by UT Professor Robert Jensen, who served as a consultant for the film. For more information, contact Sharla Biefeld, sharlabiefeld@gmail.com.
Location: Belo Center for New Media Auditorium (BMC 2.106), 300 W. Dean Keeton, Austin