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.
Thursday, November 17, 2011
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
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.
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-
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
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-
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!
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!
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!
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
.B.E.T.C.H. Rag Zine Library!
which means you and your friends can read it online, print it to read it from your hands, print it to give to friends and share it in whatever form you like. we recommend checking out other zines on Zine Library, too. And pamphlets and posters. the second issue of .B.E.T.C.H. Rag is almost done and will be at the zine release party, then at bookstores and on zine library!
Monday, June 27, 2011
B.E.T.C.H. Broadcast
It's that time of year when Hell opens up in Austin and every body gets into the water or outta the town. We've all been running around visiting friends and family (right now Arwyn is in rainy Minneapolis) and when we're not running around we're at Kinko's or Treasure City Thrift (who let's us use their copier) printing,
editing and compiling the zine. It's been a lot of work and we'd really like to thank everyone who
submitted something to this issue, it means a lot to have you share your thoughts and feelings and lives with us.
***
Slut Walk was fantastic! Never has fighting rape culture been so stylish. This event, as well as Take Back the Night!- which happened in April- remind us how sad, intense and utterly empowering it is when survivors share their stories of sexual assault. Whether we're at a protest, or at the side of a friend who is dealing with assault this work is important and real. Thanks to the people who put on things like this and to everyone fighting rape culture. If you have pictures from Slut Walk we'd love to put them on our blog!
***
JUNE 30th is our zine release party! Come celebrate the release of B.E.T.C.H.'s second zine! This issue is about navigating the space of our lives and it's a Masquerade, dahling. Get all gussied up to read the zine, listen to music, and hang out at our new favorite bar- Bernadette's!
Featuring:
Eliens
Planets
Kay Leotard
the smouldering duo Djs of Alien She
and DJ Lovecat spinnin' the late night tunes at the Crooked Castle Afterparty!
Bernadette's is on 2039 Airport Blvd just north of MLK blvd. on the
East side of the street. It starts at 7pm, be there!!!
***
After June 30th look for B.E.T.C.H. Rag 2 at Domey Books, Monkey Wrench Books, End of an Ear and other fabulous book and record stores.
***
If you would like to be move involved with us, either by helping out at events, hosting a discussion or eventually joining the collective please contact us! email us back or talk to us in person when you see
us.
ALSO, if you have a project or event you'd like our help with we'd love to help you. We're here to support ladies doing bad ass shit, and that means you!
love
your favorite thunder cunts!
<3
Friday, April 29, 2011
BETCH Broadcast
*If you'd like to get all of these all the time PLUS regular event updates you can sign up for our email list by emailing betch at gmail.com*
Hello Beautiful People!
The Anarchist Bookfair was amazing! We finally go to share space with our sister chapter in HTX and were able to donate the bulk of our sales to the bookfair, hopefully helping them in their momentum to make this an annual event.
For those of you that weren't able to make it out to "Valencia" the Michelle Tea Film Benefit at Chaindrive last Tuesday, it was quite the gala as well. .B.E.T.C.H. was pleased as pie to be there and was able to donate some scratch to the cause. They made over their projected profit and hopefully the segment, coming out (get it?!) in August, has a good footing to put together something amazing. We have no doubts.
Don't forget to give us your zine submissions DUE MAY 22ND (!!!!!). Write, draw, collage, whatever and email, hand over or snail mail 'em in to us. This time we're exploring space. Not outer space, but the space we already occupy and move through everyday. How we are perceived in this space and how we learn to live in it. At home, at work, walking down the street, at parties, at shows, everywhere we are. We want to hear your experiences navigating the space of your life. Being fat, being queer, working in the service industry, as
.B.E.T.C.H. Rag #1 is currently available at End of an Ear, Domy Books and at any events that we rep. We are in the works with Monkey Wrench Books, other record stores in ATX and Bound Together Books in San Francisco. Keep your eyes peeled for the Rag!
What's the next event we're reppin'? We'll be at the May 1st March for Immigrant's Rights. As you may or may not know, there have been some fucked up laws being signed off on recently (*coughcough*Arizona*cough*) so it's important to show up AT 4PM AT THE CAPITOL TO MARCH TO CITY HALL to show them that we ain't here to mess with no fools. .B.E.T.C.H.s fight back!
We are also holding our open craft night on Monday at 7pm! Let us know if you're interested and we can give you directions! Come stitch n bitch with us.
We will also be representing at the Swallow Art Show opening at Club DeVille Tuesday May 3rd starting at 8pm.
The library is about to close this shit! See you soon <3
Hello Beautiful People!
The Anarchist Bookfair was amazing! We finally go to share space with our sister chapter in HTX and were able to donate the bulk of our sales to the bookfair, hopefully helping them in their momentum to make this an annual event.
For those of you that weren't able to make it out to "Valencia" the Michelle Tea Film Benefit at Chaindrive last Tuesday, it was quite the gala as well. .B.E.T.C.H. was pleased as pie to be there and was able to donate some scratch to the cause. They made over their projected profit and hopefully the segment, coming out (get it?!) in August, has a good footing to put together something amazing. We have no doubts.
Don't forget to give us your zine submissions DUE MAY 22ND (!!!!!). Write, draw, collage, whatever and email, hand over or snail mail 'em in to us. This time we're exploring space. Not outer space, but the space we already occupy and move through everyday. How we are perceived in this space and how we learn to live in it. At home, at work, walking down the street, at parties, at shows, everywhere we are. We want to hear your experiences navigating the space of your life. Being fat, being queer, working in the service industry, as
ladies, as trans people, as people of color, as people working through how we are regarded and treated, working through how we view ourselves. ALL submissions are going to be available online. We are working on getting the first issue online and will let you know where you can view it as soon as we know more details.
.B.E.T.C.H. Rag #1 is currently available at End of an Ear, Domy Books and at any events that we rep. We are in the works with Monkey Wrench Books, other record stores in ATX and Bound Together Books in San Francisco. Keep your eyes peeled for the Rag!
We are also holding our open craft night on Monday at 7pm! Let us know if you're interested and we can give you directions! Come stitch n bitch with us.
We will also be representing at the Swallow Art Show opening at Club DeVille Tuesday May 3rd starting at 8pm.
The library is about to close this shit! See you soon <3
Thursday, March 3, 2011
BETCH boldly goes into your life!
It's that time again. BETCH (Beautiful, Educated, Thunder Cunts from Hell) is putting out another zine! And as always we need/want you and your contributions so bad.
This time we're exploring space. Not outer space, but the space we already occupy and move through everyday. How we are perceived in this space and how we learn to live in it. At home, at work, walking down the street, at parties, at shows, everywhere we are. We want to hear your experiences navigating the space of your life. Being fat, being queer, working in the service industry, as ladies, as trans people, as people of color, as people working through how we are regarded and treated, working through how we view ourselves.
BETCH is working towards educating ourselves and everyone else! We got a lot of work to do, but sharing our experiences can help us understand each other and build solidarity. Submission is welcome to everyone, so come on!
love
your favorite thunder cunts
get at us on facebook or submit to betchatx@gmail.com
Submission deadline is May 22nd 2011
ps. if you have a submission to hand to us in person send us a message and we can meet up with you.
Monday, February 7, 2011
Breakfast House - Number Two!!
Hey everyone! So this time around, we're teaming up with Pancake Breakfast (a new food truck run by an awesome lady) to help us create another awesome event! Expect delicious food - including vegan options, drinks, and coffee. Come hang out, support and meet new people in the community!
B.E.T.C.H. Rag!
For those of you who haven't checked out B.E.T.C.H. Rag, they are now for sale at End of An Ear for $4.99! It has great pieces from multiple people in the community, including personal accounts and photography. Get a hold of one and show it to your friends!
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