Thursday, November 17, 2011

Dance Party Fundraiser!

Hey all! We wanted to make sure you were all in the know.

We're going to be serving up cinnamon whiskey, apple cider, vegan eggnog, cheap beers, cheap cheap champagne and vegan treats all for super low suggested donation rates. 

DJ Vore is going to keep the dance floor bumping with hot booty jamz and riot grrl tunes.

Friday November 18th, 9pm til late at 1406 Webberville, come to the backyard and shake your magnanimous booty to help us raise funds for .B.E.T.C.H. Rag #3 and the Austin Zine Fair.

We'll see you there, you lovely lions!

XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO
.B.E.T.C.H.

Sunday, October 16, 2011

.B.E.T.C.H. RAG #2 IS ON ZINE LIBRARY!!!!

We were ever so grateful to We're Hir, We're Queer for reviewing .B.E.T.C.H. Rag #2 http://werehirwerequeer.wordpress.com/2011/09/12/b-e-t-c-h-rag-2/ We're Hir, We're Queer is a blog out of Texas shedding light on marginalized, queer communities. They've got a pretty rad blog, so go take a look!
.B.E.T.C.H. Rag #2 is on zine library now! Thanks so much We're Hir, We're Queer for getting it on there and being fantastic allies. If you didn't get a chance to pick up a copy, you can certainly get your fill here.

http://zinelibrary.info/b-e-t-c-h-rag-issue-no-2

.B.E.T.C.H. BROADCAST!!!!

Hola all!

We've been busybusybusy working on our third zine and headbanging at metal shows.

STITCH N BETCH
Monday October 17th, 7pm at Bennu coffee shop on MLK. Come do crafts and shoot the shit with us, this is open to all genders and all of you. It's every other Monday night, same time and place so come on down!

.B.E.T.C.H. RAG/ZINE FAIR
We're working on the third issue to be out in December, and we have lots of copies of the first and second issue. Do you do a zine? Are you apart of a group or organization putting together a zine? We want to get a comittee together to have a zine fair in December. If you're interested in helping us organize this email us!
Also, .B.E.T.C.H. Rag 1 and 2 are on Zine Library:
http://zinelibrary.info/b-e-t-c-h-rag-issue-no-1 and http://zinelibrary.info/b-e-t-c-h-rag-issue-no-2

OCTOBER MOVIE NIGHT: THE DESCENT
I know we said Clueless but its October and we want to get creeped out by this movie filled with badass women fighting monsters. So join us at Arielle's house on Thursday, October 20th at 6:30pm. There will be cupcakes, there will be popcorn, there will be cave monsters and of course titillating conversation afterward. See you there!

.B.E.T.C.H. RAG NO. 3: MOTHERHOOD
Beautiful Educated Thunder Cunts from Hell are coming out with our third issue of the .B.E.T.C.H. Rag zine and its the Mother of all .B.E.T.C.H. Rags. We want to examine our relationships with our mothers, forced and assumed maternal roles, being a mother outside of normal expectations, childrearing, the cross-section of the virgin/whore and the mother/child.  We want to hear both the good and the bad, the ups and downs, the layers and dimensions of your relationship or lack of a relationship with your mother, motherhood, maternal roles, infantilizing and identity formation.
Who acted as your mother? Who was she then and who is she now? How has your relationship changed and what have you realized about her now that you're older? Is motherhood positive or negative? What challenges have you faced in approaching motherhood and/or having motherhood imposed on you? We want to explore mothers in the context of patriarchy, in the context of love and in the context of understand and relating to women as whole beings, both good and bad.
We're looking forward to your thoughts, artwork, photography, drawings, poetry, interviews and essays. Thanks, as always, for sharing with us and helping us to make bad ass, thought provoking zines. The deadline for submissions is Friday November 11th.
Email betchatx@gmail.com, put "zine submissions" in the subject field. You can also message us through facebook, or talk to us the next time you see us!

INTERNALIZED SEXISM DISCUSSION
Arwyn has been hard at work on facilitating this discussion. November 9th at 7pm, join us at Treasure City Thrift (at e. 7th and Robert T. Martinez) for a lady-identified only discusssion on internalized sexism, misogyny and how we can grapple living in a patriarchal society.

So we'll see you soon! Remember to work on your zine submissions and take your vitamins.

XOXOXOXO
.B.E.T.C.H.

Thursday, October 13, 2011

.B.E.T.C.H. Rag #3!


Dear Supporters, Friends, Siblings, and Co Conspirators,

Hello, Beautiful Educated Thunder Cunts from Hell are coming out with our third issue of the .B.E.T.C.H. Rag zine and its the Mother of all .B.E.T.C.H. Rags. We want to examine our relationships with our mothers, forced and assumed maternal roles, being a mother outside of normal expectations, childrearing, the cross-section of the virgin/whore and the mother/child.  We want to hear both the good and the bad, the ups and downs, the layers and dimensions of your relationship or lack of a relationship with your mother, motherhood, maternal roles, infantilizing and identity formation.

Who acted as your mother? Who was she then and who is she now? How has your relationship changed and what have you realized about her now that you're older? Is motherhood positive or negative? What challenges have you faced in approaching motherhood and/or having motherhood imposed on you? We want to explore mothers in the context of patriarchy, in the context of love and in the context of understand and relating to women as whole beings, both good and bad.

We're looking forward to you thoughts, artwork, photography, drawings, poetry, interviews and essays. Thanks, as always, for sharing with us and helping us to make bad ass, thought provoking zines. The deadline for submissions is Friday November 11th.

Love
B.E.T.C.H.
email betchatx@gmail.com, put "zine submissions" in the subject field. You can also message us through facebook, or talk to us the next time you see us!

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Boadcast number, who's counting?

Hey hey lovelies!

Our Ghost World movie night was awesome - thanks to Dan for hosting and thanks to everyone who came out!
We've also started organizing the zine fair (see more info about it below) - pretty exciting!

Here's what we've got coming up soon...

STITCH N BETCH
Monday Sept. 19th, 7pm at Bennu coffee shop on MLK. Come do crafts and shoot the shit with us, this is open to all genders and all of you. It's every other Monday night, same time and place so come on down!

INTRO DINNER
BETCH is looking for awesome ladies who want to get more seriously involved in what we do. We're having a pot-luck Thursday, Sept 22nd for those who are interested in becoming collective members. Meet us at Chestnut Park at 6:30 PM. Bring stuff to grill!

.B.E.T.C.H. RAG/ZINE FAIR
We're working on the third issue to be out in December, and we have lots of copies of the first and second issue. Do you do a zine? Are you apart of a group or organization putting together a zine? We want to get a comitte together to have a zine fair in December. If you're interested in helping us organize this email us!
Also, .B.E.T.C.H. Rag 1 is on Zine Library:
http://zinelibrary.info/b-e-t-c-h-rag-issue-no-1 and issue 2 is now up!

OCTOBER DISCUSSION (DATE TBA)
In October there will be a discussion for lady identified folks on friends between women, sexism and internalized oppression. We'll keep you posted on where and when this discussion will happen. If you have ideas for future discussions, or if you're facilitating a discussion or workshop you'd like us to promo or attend tell us about it!

SELF DEFENSE CLASS
We're still working on getting a self-defense class organized. We know a few instructors, but we're also wondering if any of you know any awesome, lady self defense instructors you'd recommend who might work out a deal with us? Tell us if you do!

love
you favorite thunder cunts

Call for contributions to .B.E.T.C.H. Rag 3

Dear Supporters, Friends, Siblings, and Co Conspirators,

Hello, Beautiful Educated Thunder Cunts from Hell are coming out with our third issue of the .B.E.T.C.H. Rag zine. This time around our theme is our mothers, ourselves: examining our relationships with our mothers. We want to hear both the good and the bad, the ups and downs, the layers and dimensions of your relationship or lack of a relationship with your mother.

Who acted as your mother? Was she your biological mother? A grandmother, a sister or an aunt? The woman down the street? Who was she then and who is she now? How has your relationship changed and what have you realized about her now that you're older? We want to explore these relationships in the context of patriarchy, in the context of love and in the context of understand and relating to women as whole beings, both good and bad.

We're looking forward to you thoughts, artwork, poetry, interviews and essays. Thanks, as always, for sharing with us and helping us to make bad ass, thought provoking zines. The deadline for submissions is Friday November 11th.

Love
B.E.T.C.H.
email betchatx@gmail.com, put "zine submissions" in the subject field. You can also message us through facebook, or talk to us the next time you see us!

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

.B.E.T.C.H. Broadcast

Hey hey lovelies!
It's been a long and bloody summer drinking mimosas and fighting patriarchy with GWAR but we're all back home now and ready to bring you more events, discussions, support and fun times!
STITCH N BETCH
Revived! Monday the 22nd, 7pm at Bennu coffee shop on MLK. Come do crafts and shoot the shit with us, this is open to all genders and all of you. It's every other Monday night, same time and place so come on down!
MOVIE NIGHT: GHOST WORLD
Thursday the 8th of September 8pm at Dan's house, 2208 east 18th st.
 We'll have popcorn, a projector and interesting analysis!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0162346/ to check out the movie.
.B.E.T.C.H. RAG
We're working on the third issue to be out in December, and we have lots of copies of the first and second issue. Do you do a zine? Are you apart of a group or organization putting together a zine? We want to get a comitte together to have a zine fair in December. If you're interested in helping us organize this email us!
Also, .B.E.T.C.H. Rag 1 is on Zine Library: http://zinelibrary.info/b-e-t-c-h-rag-issue-no-1 and we're working on getting the second issue up as well!
OCTOBER DISCUSSION
In October there will be a discussion for lady identified folks on friends between women, sexism and internalized oppression. We'll keep you posted on where and when this discussion will happen. If you have ideas for future discussions, or if you're facilitating a discussion or workshop you'd like us to promo or attend tell us about it!
SELF DEFENSE CLASS
We want to take a self defense class with y'all where we pay for all of or most of the class. We know a few instructors, but we're also wondering if any of you know any awesome, lady self defense instructors you'd recomend who might work out a deal with us? Tell us if you do!
love
you favorite thunder cunts

p.s. Treasure City Thrift has given us a ton of free copies. They support us and a lot of other groups in Austin through mutual aid relationships. AND they're having a 25 cent sale this Saturday at 11am. GO!