tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84718036514481133362012-02-16T08:46:31.363-08:00NB RebELLEs Feminist Gumboot Troupehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18318791256091223083noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8471803651448113336.post-48266996360521487312009-11-16T18:55:00.000-08:002011-03-27T12:04:01.217-07:00<span>The </span><a href="http://nbrebelles.blogspot.com/">New Brunswick Rebelles - Fredericton</a><span>, a feminist group of students and young professionals, formed a gumbooting troupe after being inspired by a feminist gumboot performance in Montreal at the Waves of Resistance Conference in October of 2008.</span><br /><br /><span>We have chosen gumbooting as an empowering style of dance, especially appropriate for an embrace by feminists, because of its origin in oppressed populations and its powerful history of use as a tool of communication.<br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/1Bb3JSliYJM?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" width="480"></iframe><br /><br /></span><span><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" >Gumboot Fever! </span><br /></div><span><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://cnx.org/content/m22745/latest/Picture%2025.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 340px; height: 403px;" src="http://cnx.org/content/m22745/latest/Picture%2025.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://healthinfoispower.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/rosie_the_riveter.jpg"><br /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8471803651448113336-4826699636052148731?l=gumbooters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>NB RebELLEs Feminist Gumboot Troupehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18318791256091223083noreply@blogger.com