Profile: Erin Gutknecht

Lives in: Chicago, IL, USA

Contact: erinegutknecht@gmail.com

Create: Music is therapy to me. I write music to come to resolution, to express internal struggles and share those struggles. I fight with anxiety and depression and share my music hoping it will help others to not feel so alone. 

Other stuff: I love to paint, write poems and plays, dance, and act! I'm going to school for theatre, actually, though music is the artistic passion I plan to pursue. 

One thing you love about Feminism is... it reminds me that we are all sisters and brothers, rather than enemies. Feminism helps me to see other people as human beings rather than assholes or bitches. It helps me to accept myself for who I am, rather than trying to be someone else.

http://www.soundcloud.com/erin-gutknecht

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