Author/Editor: Christine Stark & Rebecca Whisnant

Biography:
Christine Stark is a poet, writer, speaker, visual artist and activist of American Indian and European ancestry. Her work has been published in numerous periodicals and anthologies, including Prostitution, Trafficking and Traumatic Stress, The Florida Review, Poetry Motel, Poetry Midwest and Our Choices, Our Lives: Unapologetic Writings on Abortion. She is a co-editor of Not For Sale: Feminists Resisting Prostitution and Pornography. She has spoken nationally and internationally and appeared on national TV and NPR's Justice Talking.  She has also organized numerous community events on rape, racism, homelessness and poverty. Christine teaches Composition at a Minnesota State Community College in Northern Minnesota. Christine is currently a member of the Minnesota Indian Women's Sexual Assault Coalition.

Dr. Rebecca Whisnant, an assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Dayton, is co-editor (with Christine Stark) of Not For Sale: Feminists Resisting Prostitution and Pornography. She has published in ethics and feminist theory and has recently been named co-editor of several upcoming volumes for the Feminist Ethics and Social Theory Association (FEAST). A longtime anti-pornography educator, she has presented her slideshow and lecture "Exposing Pornography: A Feminist Perspective" to numerous college classes, conferences, and organizations.

Forthcoming Events and Appearances:

24 Nov 2009 Christine Stark Nominated for Pushcart Poetry Prize

Spinifex author Christine Stark has been nominated for this year's prestigious Pushcart Prize for Poetry for her prose poem, Click Click.

17 Jun 2009 Improved support for trafficking victims The Australian Government today announced changes to Australia's anti-people trafficking strategy to provide improved support for victims. The changes will enable a wider range of victims to access support and improve services to victims and their families. The changes to the Government's Support for Victims of People Trafficking Program and the People Trafficking Visa recognise the particular vulnerabilities of victims of trafficking and provide a more flexible framework to support victims and their families.Minister for Home Affairs Brendan O'Connor said the Government was committed to combating all forms of people trafficking, including trafficking for sexual servitude and labour exploitation. Most victims of trafficking identified in Australia have been women working in the sex industry."The changes the Government is announcing today will improve the support available for victims and their families, who have often suffered greatly as a result of the crime, and who are critical to bring offenders to justice," Mr O'Connor said. Further information: The government's media release.
18 Jun 2009 Not For Sale Media Project The Not For Sale Media Project is currently embarking on the creation of posters that raise awareness on issues of prostitution, pornography, and trafficking. View at http://www.artemisfundinc.org/notforsalemediaproject.html Join our efforts! Take part in the Not For Sale Media Project. Design and create an 8.5"X 14" or 11"x17" poster that educates the public on the realities and harms of prostitution, pornography, and/or trafficking. If you have an idea but don't know how to turn it into a finished poster, we can help out. Share your posters and ideas with us at artemisfundinc@gmail.com or via mail at PO Box 674, Northampton, MA 01061, USA. Future media endeavours include: organizing a traveling art exhibit by, about, and for survivors; community PSAs; film shorts and documentary; and much much more. Help us fuse art, politics, and community responsibility for an end to sexual violence and abuse of women and girls.


Books published by, or available from, Spinifex:
Not For Sale: Feminists Resisting Prostitution And Pornography

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