Feminist Duration Reading Group (FDRG)

Established in London in 2015, the Feminist Duration Reading Group (FDRG) focuses on under-represented feminist texts, movements and struggles outside the Anglo-American canon. The group has developed a practice of reading out loud, together, one paragraph or sentence at a time, with the aim of creating a sense of connection and intimacy during meetings.
The group usually meets monthly in art spaces, community venues, homes and gardens. Alongside and as part of our reading and listening practice, the FDRG also runs workshops, screens films, writes, walks and shares meals. We aim to create an inclusive trans-positive space and welcome feminists of all genders and generations to explore the legacy and resonance of art, thinking and collective practice from earlier periods of feminism, in dialogue with contemporary practices and movements.
CEED (Central Eastern European and Diasporic) Feminisms, one of our recent collaborations, developed an events programme and bibliography sketching current feminist and decolonial conversations in the ‘region’ in an effort to decentre Western feminisms.
FDRG sessions for the October Salon are initiated by a Working Group including Beth Bramich, Sabrina Fuller, Taey Iohe, Mariana Lemos, Katrin Lock, Helena Reckitt, and Dot Zhihan Jia, with Lina Džuverović.

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