POETIC JUSTICE – TACKLING THE LANGUAGE OF MISOGYNY
The Narrative of the Manosphere
Drawing from his own childhood experiences of living in a Women’s Aid shelter and a children’s home, this powerful, and often hilarious, two hour seminar delivers an essential, life-changing message.
Through storytelling, poetry, and stand-up comedy, poet Stephen Murray focuses on how the language that we engage with undermines us, by normalising misogyny, homophobia, racism and violence.
The Power of Vulnerability
Vulnerability is what connects us as human beings, and every hero in every story is defined by it. Without their vulnerability, we would have no reason to admire them. It is what makes us root for each other.
Here we pick apart the common narrative of the manosphere that tells us that vulnerability is weakness and prove that believing vulnerability is weakness is the greatest weakness that we can have.
Changing the Narrative
How are we measured? Are we measured by how small we make others look and feel, or by our ability to stand up to those who do so? Who are we, and who are we pretending to be? Do we really have the courage to be true to ourselves? Do we have the courage to be vulnerable, sensitive, kind? Do we really believe that we are measured by who we can humiliate or destroy? Do we have the courage to be empowered by vulnerability and not shamed by it? Do we have the courage to be ourselves?
Poetic Justice Workshop Details
Duration: 2 hours
Group Size: These are designed for large groups and best delivered in assembly halls or space that accommodate the same
Online workshops available for smaller groups
POETRY & SPOKEN WORD
An Inspiring Toolkit for
Writing and Oral Presentation
These workshops are ideal for Transition Year, or Junior Cycle students looking to produce work towards their CBA1 or CBA2 collections of texts. They deliver a two hour intensive, fun and accessible toolkit, that will teach students of all ability levels and learning styles how to produce written or spoken word pieces by learning the simplest tricks of rhetoric and language.
Poetry & Spoken Word Workshop Details
Duration: 2 hours
Group Size: Up to 30 students per session (larger seminars available on request)
Requirements: Classroom space, projector optional.
Online access to upload poems for our blog at the end of the workshop
ANIMATION WORKSHOPS
Stop Motion Animation
Our stop motion animation workshops teaches students the basic physics of animation. It is not just about producing stop motion, but about teaching the tricks that will allow students to create animations that look like real life. Using basic arts materials, these workshops are a hands-on, practical exercise in problem-solving, teamwork and critical thinking.
No matter what your learning style and/or artistic ability, these workshops will make you use your brains in ways you never knew you could.
Stop Motion Animation Workshop Details
Duration: 3 hours.
Group Size: 25-30 students.
Materials Required: Students are required to use a tablet or mobile device with StopMotion Studio installed.
Digital Animation
This is a six week course that focuses on learning the software and techniques used by professional animators, while also learning the physics of basic animation.
With a steeper learning curve, it is a slower process and one that harnesses more technology, using laptops, drawing pads and/or ipads.