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==Results==
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* Slides [[:File:xs-hacking-menopause-etc-berlin-vesna.pdf]]
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* Pad https://pad.riseup.net/p/hack-menopause-etc-2024-keep
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* Outcomes:
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** Solidarity & understanding:  trans persons / cis-women
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** Connections with bio-hack-labs
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** Learn about plant medicine
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** Use the transformation for rewiring, rediscovering.. with help of trauma healing, neurodiversity-acceptance…
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** Stay connected: /etc mailing list
  
 
==Time Plan==
 
==Time Plan==

Revision as of 09:39, 8 June 2024

Page for collecting info about Hacking Menopause
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Workshop at /etc, Berlin

I have noticed that more & more of my fellow "women in tech" are aging into the life-phase known as "menopause". 
In this workshop, I want to have a group discussion to explore challenges & joys of menopause. I'd like us to share tips&tricks, and collectively generate knowledge, that will be primarily useful to us - but might result in some resources to publish, too.   
Although my personal experience is as a cis-woman, I would specifically like to invite trans-gender-hackers to share the experiences of  DIY hormonal therapies. 
I do not want to "teach" : my role is to be a workshop facilitator & to make it possible to pluck the berries of our collective creativity. 
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Goals

  • Exchange of experiences about challenges of menopause
  • Collective harvesting of suggestions, practices, solutions
  • Creative outcomes
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Results

  • Outcomes:
    • Solidarity & understanding: trans persons / cis-women
    • Connections with bio-hack-labs
    • Learn about plant medicine
    • Use the transformation for rewiring, rediscovering.. with help of trauma healing, neurodiversity-acceptance…
    • Stay connected: /etc mailing list

Time Plan

  • New time plan = 55 minutes (1 hour & finishing 5 minute before)
    • 5 minute intro
    • 15 minutes exercise in groups 3-5 people
    • 20 minute round of presenting outcomes
    • 15 minute closing


  • 2 hours
    • 10 minute intro
    • 10 minute exchange in pairs
    • 20 minutes exercise in groups 3-5 people (illustrating challenges)
    • 20 minute round of presenting outcomes
    • 5 minute break
    • 25 minute exercise in groups 3-5 people (illustrating solutions)
    • 20 minutes round of presenting outcomes
    • 10 minutes closing

Material

  • Large papers
  • Pens or markers
  • floor space or tables or walls

Possible Practices

  • Resting: pausing, napping, nixing, relaxing...
  • Physical activity: movement, stretching, dancing...
  • Herbal treats: medicinal plants, tea/infusions, oils, smells...
  • Awareness: noticing, focusing, meditating...
  • Connecting: with animals, with landscape, with plants, with other humans...

Info

Links


Documents

Quotes

"Imagine a world in which menopause is recognized as a healthy, organic step in a woman’s evolutionary journey. Where each woman willingly accepts the necessary challenge of menopause, knowing that post-menopause, she’ll step into the vital and powerful role of serving her community and the world.
Imagine a world where she knows she’ll be profoundly met and respected as a smart, wise, authoritative and beautiful older woman.
It’s time for us to recognise the wisdom that our elders carry and re-frame the menopausal phase of a woman’s life."


Books

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