By Georgia Faye Hirsty April 20, 2021 – Today marks the day that all adults in US are eligible for the vaccine. Four months have passed since I began this article, I was a bit taken back when I opened the draft to finish and realized the gap. It felt appropriate somehow, for an article about time, its passage, and how unstuck it has felt. Spring is here. Wisteria and… Read More »Another cost of COVID: Our collective sense of time
By Erinn Carter How to imagine a better world in the midst of uncertainty and suffering. Global Pandemic, wildfires, the rise of fascism…Did I miss anything? For many of us, these past couple years have been a reckoning. We’ve learned that so much of what surrounds us must be re-examined and reconstructed. Many of the current structures and old ideas in place need to be voted out into a pit… Read More »Five Lessons For Imagining the Future
What’s up Frailty Myths’ Fam! Welcome back to Frailty Myths Finds Out, a different kind of how-to channel where we reject the idea of perfectionism reject the idea that you have to know everything about something in order to share your knowledge or to try and instead lift up curiosity, lift up community, and lift up the idea of collective understanding. I’m Georgia Faye Hirsty and today on Frailty Myths… Read More »Frailty Myths Finds Out: How to Apologize
Frailty Myths finds out is a different kind of “How To” channel where we reject perfectionism and the idea that you have know everything about a topic in order to share, and instead lift up curiosity and the power of our collective knowledge. Oh, we also like to have fun. In this video, Carla shows us how to split wood and how to build a fire. We believe that learning… Read More »Frailty Myths Finds Out: How to Build a Fire
Apply We’re very excited to launch our board member search. We are looking for someone to join our team who wants to take an active role in building a more just and loving world. Our experiential hands-on educational methods use woodworking, sailing, and self/community reliance skills to create empowering and life-changing experiences through community workshops, and trainings within schools and businesses. Our curriculum works to dismantle oppressive systems while participants… Read More »Join the Board
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3 Part Series: Woodworking Toward Self Reliance Donate Now Give back and Sponsor this Series! This organization is amazing! A powerful, exciting, enlightening, fun, knowledgeable day! Proud to have been in their intro to tools class. Give them all your support. Tina Marie Woodworking and Power tools Participant APPLY HERE The Run Down: DATES, TIMES, & LOCATION Woodworking Toward Self Reliance: Women, Trans, and Gender Non Conforming Folks Only Hosted at… Read More »3 Part Series: Woodworking Toward Self Reliance
Basic Power Tools and Woodworking: Women, Trans, and Gender NonBinary Only ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS NYC Workshop – APPLY NOW * applications close April 12th and confirmations will be sent April 13th Basic Power Tools and Woodworking: Women, Trans, and Gender NonBinary Only Sunday – April 22nd 2018 1:00pm-5:00pm Brooklyn, NYC *This workshop is specifically for any one who identifies as a woman, trans, gender non conforming, or has the lived… Read More »Power Tools and Woodworking NYC: April 22nd ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
Working On the Railway as a Transgender Woman: Experiences and Insights By Mackenzie Boyer I have worked in my fair share of male dominated industries. Before my current employment, I worked as a motorcycle salesperson, a used car salesperson, and a copywriter for a start-up that employed no more than two women at once. I am no stranger to the underestimation and undervaluing women face in the workforce in any… Read More »Working On the Railway as a Transgender Woman by Mackenzie Boyer
Give the Gift of Woodworking and Smashing Patriarchy! We are hosting a special workshop come the beginning of the year to help secure funding for our free workshops for the rest of the year. Your gift not only gets you or your loved one a spot in the workshop, it also pays forward, so that others with less resources can attend our free community workshops! For a minimum one time… Read More »Give the Gift of Woodworking and Smashing Patriarchy!
FRAILTY MYTHS’ PHILOSOPHY © 2017 Frailty Myths Contents: Who is Frailty Myths and What we do? Frailty Myths Pedagody Self Reliance Feminism and FM Intersectionality Queer Theory and Transfeminism Liberation Pedagogy Frailty Myths Workshops Note to reader: Frailty Myths is committed to growth, a culture of feedback, honest dialogue, and learning together. This is a living document that was born from many conversations. Those conversations are continuous and… Read More »Frailty Myths’ Philosophy
OFFICIAL REGISTRATION IS OPEN! GET YOUR APPLICATIONS IN NOW – WORKSHOPS FILL UP FAST! Basic Power Tools and Woodworking: No Boys August 19th 2017 2:00pm-6:30pm Oakland, California *This workshop is specifically for any one who identifies as a woman, trans, or gender non conforming. Apply for the workshop HERE This workshop will cover how to operate a number of basic power tools and apply those skills to a small carpentry… Read More »Oakland CA: Basic Power Tools and Woodworking: No Boys – Aug 19th 2:00pm-6:30pm
OFFICIAL REGISTRATION OPEN MONDAY JUNE 12TH at NOON. WORKSHOPS FILL UP FAST! Basic Power Tools and Woodworking: Women* Only June 17th 2017 11am-3:30pm Oakland, California *This workshop is specifically for any one who identifies as a woman, trans, or gender non conforming. Apply for the workshop HERE This workshop will cover how to operate a number of basic power tools and apply those skills to a small carpentry project that… Read More »Oakland CA: Basic Power Tools and Woodworking: Women* Only: June 17th 11am-3:30pm
Help carry the next generation of leaders! Becoming a monthly member of Frailty Myths is the best way to support our work and join the family! Join at the giving level that is comfortable for you. Join us as a Myth Smasher or a Fire Starter or a Mountain Climber or Impact Driver! It takes us all! With each level you’ll get you’re Frailty Myths ‘membership card’ in the form… Read More »Join the Family Now! and become a monthly member of Frailty Myths
Hey Fam! Join us for our first fundraiser in May 24th at SOMAR! It’s gonna be a great party and we’ll be raisin money so we can host more workshops and smash myths of frailty in the Bay Area and around the country! We’ll be auctioning off great prices and holding a raffle for all sorts of goodies like Tshirts, books, tote bags, and more. All proceeds from… Read More »Happy Hour at SOMAR May 24th
THE FRAILTY MYTHS’ STORY Frailty Myths is a dream that began as a group of friends imagining a space for women that was as powerful and supportive as that friendship. Frailty Myths is a non-profit that offers an array of workshops that train women in traditionally male-dominated activities like welding, construction, climbing, art, and sailing. Each workshop offers hands-on skill building as well as facilitated discussions that examine the learning… Read More »The Frailty Myths Story
Power Tools and Woodworking: Women* Only March 25th 2017 11am-3pm Brooklyn NY *This workshop is specifically for any one who identifies as female, trans, or gender non conforming. We’re excited to be hosting a Frailty Myths Woodworking Workshop in New York for the first time! This workshop will cover how to operate a number of basic power tools and apply those skills to a small carpentry project that you get… Read More »Brooklyn NY: Power Tools and Woodworking: Women* Only March 25th 2017 11am-3pm
Frailty Myths Intro to Sailing Workshop *For Female Identified People Only Feb. 18th 2017 REGISTER HERE Sailing can give people one of the most incredible and profound sensations there is however it is largely dominated by men and often inaccessible to many due to cost. Frailty Myths is very excited to launch our first sailing workshop for female identified folks only. The workshop will include discussions on the societal myths… Read More »Frailty Myths Intro to Sailing Workshop *For Female Identified People Only Feb. 18th 2017
Registration is officially open for the Intro to Strength Training Workshop: female identified only* Always wanted to learn how to lift weight but never have? Whether because the weight room at the gym is unwelcoming and often unsafe for female identified people or because you’ve never had the training or tools, this workshop is for you! In this workshop, Frailty Myths teams up with The Queer Gym to work through… Read More »Intro to Strength Training – Feb 11th 11:30am *female identified only
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