Profile: Carmina Masoliver

Lives in: South west London, UK

Create: I am a writer and performer from London. I have studied at CSM and UEA. I recently completed an MA in Creative Entrepreneurship with Distinction. I am the Editor of Poetry&Paint, an anthology exploring the relationship between words and the visual arts. I am the co-creator of a Feminist group and arts production organisation 'She Grrrowls'.

Other creative stuff: I sometimes sing in my bedroom and post embarrassing videos of my self on YouTube. I started off writing song lyrics, have sung as part of my poetry sets and secretly want to sell-out to music. That said, I may buy a ukulele but my love for poetry will always keep me going.

  One thing I love about Feminism is... people are trying to change the world for the better! It is a very hopeful thing.


www.carminamasoliver.com

Profile: Edina Husanovic

 Create: Edina Husanovic was born in Bosnia, where they know something about having fun with absurd situations. She is a multi-media performance artist, resident in Brighton and studying for PhD in theatre. She is also known as Lily Lazuli in the weird and wonderful world of belly dance, and has been called a 'political belly dancer', as in her performance where she prayed to the temple of Angelina Jolie, hand-stretched an Axel Rose filo pastry pie and belly danced as David Cameron. Little wonder that reviewers were left 'bewildered', and saying "Orientalists will be disorientated and Disorientalists reorientated. Her mystical eyes are full of irony, so beware!"

 Other creative stuff: organise conferences, write poetry, draw ALL THE TIME (especially when I'm bored at conferences or lectures), sing (badly), dance (well), cook, paint, walk and dream.

 

What I love about Feminists is.. they are human beings who want to make a difference in an unjust world, and that they are women (mainly). I love men, but find that women-only environments give me something unique and special.


meda_eda@yahoo.co.uk

Profile: Steph Pike

  Lives in: Manchester, UK

Create: I am a performance poet and a lot of my work centres on Feminist issues, sexuality and left-wing politics. I have performed across the UK and been published in numerous anthologies. My first collection of poetry Full of the Deep Bits is published by Knives Forks and Spoons Press. I run a spoken word night in Manchester called Word Up, which supports and promotes the work of women artists. I am part of Women in the Spotlight, which is a network of women artists and performers. I am interested in the transformational power of poetry, both personal and political, and I believe that poetry is political activism.

Other creative stuff: I am an activist and have been involved in lots of creative actions, including peaceful direct action and civil disobedience. I write blogs and draw a bit.

Feminism: We dream of a world based on justice and equality, and I love working with other passionate, creative women to work towards making that dream a reality; toward liberation. It is empowering and beautiful.



http://stephpikepoet.wordpress.com

http://youtu.be/Sk3jZDygQ94

Profile: Beatriz Diaz

Reconstruccionll

Lives in: Toledo, Spain

Create: I love any artistic action, but I usually make paintings, photographs or video. My artwork usually talks about a Feminism point of view, about women and how we feel. I am interested in the use of the body and the relationship between that and mind, about violence or rape.

Hilos

Impulso

http://bdluci.wix.com/bdiazlucido

https://www.facebook.com/beatriz.diaz.589#!/pages/Beatriz-Diaz-Lucido/503748286342840

Profile: What The Frock! Comedy (run by Jane Duffus)

 

Lives in: Victoria Park, Bristol

Create: What The Frock! Comedy is a Bristol-based series of events that promotes talented female comedians and welcomes everybody in the audience. WTF! is fast growing. In it's first 18 months WTF! has put on more than 10 shows, been profiled on Radio 4's Woman's Hour, put on a show to 700 people at London's Royal Festival Hall and fundraised around £500 for women's organisations. WTF!'s vision is for a comedy circuit that treats female comedians equally to male ones.

Other creative stuff: Author. Editor. Journalist. Reviewer for theatre, books and comedy shows.

One thing I love about Feminism is..  I have made some of the very best friends imaginable.

whatfrock@gmail.com

http://whatthefrockcomedy.co.uk/

https://twitter.com/WTFrock_Comedy

https://www.facebook.com/WhatTheFrockComedy

Profile: Jacqui Furneaux

Jacqui Furneaux

Lives in: Bristol, UK

Create: Initial rides on a BSA Bantam and a Bultaco failed to alter my views as a nurse that motorbikes are 'dirty, dangerous things.' However a cooling, addictive ride on a Honda 90 during the hot summer of 1976 changed all that and I have owned a motorcycle ever since. Only when I reached 50 did I combine my love of travel with motorcycling, when I bought a 500cc Enfield Bullet in India. I am still bewildered that what started as a holiday became a 7-year-life-change which led to travelling back to Bristol, via 20 countries, where I live with the Enfield, my only means of transport. My motto is 'All you need in life is the right attitude and what you can carry on an Enfield.'

Other creative stuff: I do talks and write articles in the hope that other people will be inspired to follow their own dreams... I particularly like talking to women's groups.

www.jacquifurneaux.com

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At Feministcreate we're really excited to see how many people are viewing the blog from around the world, please feel free to send your profile in, we'd love to hear about you and your work too!

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Profile: Polly Thompson-Wilde

Polly Thompson-Wilde

Lives in: Bristol, UK

Create: I am a singer, I sometimes write songs. My songs often present an obsession with the sea and the female body, I have always felt as thought I was meant to be a mermaid and maybe my songs channel this. I work a lot with harmony singing and try to challenge my self and push expectations. I think the power of the unaccompanied female voice cannot often be rivalled for silencing a room. I am in the band In The Milkwood and I sing with And Then We Danced company. I also lead The Undergrowth Choir, although not right at the moment. 

Other stuff I do: Baking. I sometimes have trouble feeling like a housewife when I stand with baby in one hand a whisk in the other, baking cookies for my lovely partner, but it's what I love best! My flapjack has been known, on occasion, to make people swoon!

I am known to go on rampage with paint and canvas!

I am a new mum and feel like motherhood is one of the most creative times of my life.

Feminism: I have difficult relationship with labels and boxes and so the word Feminism gets confusing, it gets interpreted differently by everyone and can get pretty loaded. I prefer to think of it terms of gender equality and negoitiating what that means for each situation. I am interested how I will approach ideas of Feminism, equality and  gender with my son when he starts talking and noticing 'differences'.

I love to collaborate. Feel free to get in touch.

In the Milkwood

p.thompson-wilde@hotmail.co.uk

soundcloud.com/inthemilkwood

Profile: Aisling Efthimiou

Lives in: Manchester

Create: I love writing but have never written in blog form at all, but more poetry. I am often found debating with friends and course mates about issues such as above, morality, how sex comes into play in a world not only where men continue to seek to undermine women through more subtle forms of sexism but there are also men who have been brought up with feminism. I have many thoughts so I would love to write some blog articles about issues and also put out some more abstract prose or poetry.

Other creative stuff:  I do life drawing whenever I can too. I used to be in a local band in Manchester as a singer but I realised I couldn't sing but only write song lyrics, which is sad. I love art and reading.

One thing I love about Feminism is... the ability to shift and adapt. Gender equality is one of the things I am passionate about, and I am especially concerned with future of feminism in the aftermath of the initial wave of feminism during the mid 20th century. Nowadays sexism seems to still exist but in more subtle forms in our culture, in the education system. Focusing on what women have done and do, what challenges they face, the pursuit of perfection in every aspect of life whilst propelling themselves forward to achieve more, to be worthy of being equals with men, these are some of the issues that must be discussed. Not to mention the role of men in feminism - I think that women need be constantly conversing with men their ideas on feminism so that it can have a stable, permenant place in our future. A rise in men participating in feminism seems sore at times but this is what is needed for an equal world.

Profile: Nici Dunkelman

Lives: Bristol, UK

Create: I like making things and I love colour. I see a lot of beauty and magic in the world. and I like to share that with people. I struggle to spend time being creative or take my self seriously as an artist but I'm inspired by women artists that I know and read about.

Other creative stuff: Visual artist. Photographer. Craft-er. Gardener. Cook. Dome-builder. 

One thing I love about Feminism is... it's for everyone, it's about women and men getting to be our biggest selves and have more of each other (women get to have more of other women, men get to have more of other men, and women and men get to have more of each other), and the wider implications to the world; what it would mean for us all to live without sexism.

Profile: Abs Arnold

Lives: Between Manchester and Weymouth at the moment

Create: I'm one of those people who loves any sort of creative project. Mainly, I'm a photographer and Jewellery Maker. I'm also a feminist, so you'll find some of my jewellery to be things like Female symbols. If you see something of mine which isn't currently for sale, you can always contact me about making custom orders. No trouble. On the photography side, I love portraiture, especially Weddings!

Other creative stuff: Photography. Jewellery Making. Embroidery. Glass Vases. Graphic Design. Home Projects

One thing I love about Feminism is...Solidarity! Feeling like I finally fit in and I'm not alone

Contact: abi@absarnold.com

www.absarnold.com
www.pinterest.com/absarnoldphotog

Profile: Jan Martin

Lives In: Bristol, UK

Create:  I've done quite a bit of design/creative work on behalf of women's groups and in support of women's issues in Bristol, including:
Graffiti for End Violence Against Women Day 2009
Graffiti for Anti Slavery day 2012
Design for 2 women's history exhibitions - Sistershow Revisited and Music & Liberation
Art & writing workshops - for End Violence Against Women Day 2010
cover design for Bristol Rape Crisis annual report 2012
Logo design for Women & Poverty Conference 2013
Design for Bristol Fawcett's report 'Cutting Women Out'

Other creative stuff: Illustrator




www.janmartin.co.uk/

janmartin.carbonmade.com

Profile: Ruth Gordon

Ruth Gordon in Cakes and Ale

Lives in: Easton, Bristol 

Create:  I write songs and poetry and also play in a band, called Cakes and Ale. I like to play around with automatic writing and cut-up poetry. Most of my songs have got stories in them, I find I tend to use animal imagery a lot too. At the moment I have one about being swallowed up by a whale and another about an abandoned wolf.Somehow I find that writing about animals is a good way for me to express emotions. The one about the whale was written whilst I was living in a community which I had gone to as a retreat- I felt like I wanted it to swallow me up and keep me safe. Now the whale has spat me out into Bristol and I am in the process of drying off and exploring the new land. I'm up for new projects so get in touch if you'd like to play!

Other creative stuff: collages, keffir-making, gardening, would like to start children's music and gardening workshops

Ruth at Poetry Pulpit, Leftbank, Bristol

One thing I love about Feminism is... I like the chance to think about the ways people limit themselves through gender stereotyping and the ways we can blast through those perceptions!

www.soundcloud.com/ruthgordon

www.soundcloud.com/cakes-and-ale
www.cakesandale.bandcamp.com

Contact: ruthfrancesgordon@hotmail.co.uk

Profile: Louise Jane

Lives in: Watford, UK

Create: At the moment my creative stuff is doodles and trying to find a way back into my work.  I'm into flattening and simplifying architectural structures. The idea is I want find a way to layer backdrops and layer text and images of a political nature on top, I haven't figured out how to do it yet but that's the aim!


Other creative stuff: Drawing. Mixed media. Painting. Photography. Printmaking. 

One thing I love about Feminism is it's a very simple idea to be equal.

Profile: Jen Steiner

Jen Steiner, The Arnolfini, July 2013

thejensteiner.blogspot.co.uk/sharp

Still image from video 'Newington Green' by Jen Steiner, Youtube

Lives in: Bristol, UK


Create: My main creative practice is singing and song writing. I've been singing since I was a teenager. I love getting to use the whole of my body to produce a variety of sounds, I love hearing words in my head and making them into a song, I love noticing what I really think, finding my own kind of truth. And I really love getting to share the uniqueness of my voice and songs with other people.  


Other creative stuff: Activist. Artist. Blogger. Gardener. Maker-of-stuff. Musician. Photographer. Poet. Producer. Writer. Reviewer. Founder and Editor of Feminist Create!

"One thing I love about Feminism is it's a glimpse of a world that would not be dominated by, or for, anyone."


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facebook.com/Thejensteiner

soundcloud.com/thejensteiner

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