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Amber Hollibaugh, a political activist, essayist and award-winning filmmaker will visit Hamilton College on Nov. 28-30 for three events.  All are free and open to the public. The events are sponsored by the Kirkland Project as part of its Body in Question series.

Hollibaugh's visit will begin with the screening of a film she directed, "The Heart of the Matter," a documentary exploring women's sexuality through the prism of AIDS, on Wednesday, Nov. 28, at 4:15 p.m. in the Red Pit, Kirner-Johnson.

She will deliver a lecture "My Dangerous Desires: Exploding Social Change Activism through the Lens of Sexuality," on Thursday, Nov. 29, at 4:15 p.m., in the Red Pit, KJ. On Friday, Nov.  30 at 1:15 p.m. she will address College 130, Coming of Age in America: Narratives of Difference, in the Kirner-Johnson Auditorium.

Hollibaugh grew up poor and of mixed race; her personal story of hurt, self-discovery and personal and political empowerment frames an American story of human rights activism.  Her wide-ranging work links union struggles and erotic needs, prostitution and the feminist sexual nightmare, class or race struggles and sexual passion with the larger and smaller questions that shape our daily lives and our political battles. She is the author of My Dangerous Desires: A Queer Girl Dreaming Her Way Home (Duke University Press, 2000). Hollibaugh now works as a consultant on international and national health care, human rights, labor, and women's and gay issues.

The film, "The Heart of the Matter," won the Freedom of Expression award at the 1994 Sundance Film Festival and made its national premiere on PBS's "Point of View" series.

The Kirkland Project is an on-campus organization committed to intellectual inquiry and social justice, focusing on issues of gender, race, class, sexuality and other facets of human diversity. Though educational programs, research and community outreach, the Kirkland Project seeks to build a community respectful of difference.

 

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