Check out this zine review from Brazil in which Parasol has an interview!!

This is the coolest thing ever. Thanks Fernando for asking us to participate. The questions were awesome and we really enjoyed talking together as a band. They also mention our friends Peeple Watchin’ and Ladyfest Phily! So amazing!

Hope we can get a copy of this beautiful 32 page zine for ourselves someday!

Check out The Outlet’s Mental Health Community Center Fundraiser campaign! They are based out of Tallahassee and need a space to do even more amazing work. 

From their Indiegogo page:

We want to provide a variety of services including group and peer counseling, arts-based activities, a library of mental health literature for self-empowerment, and referrals to professional counseling. We hope to make mental health care more accessible for all. Ultimately, we would like to financially assist individuals seeking professional counseling who can’t afford it.

Their video uses a Parasol song. We were really excited when they asked if they could use it.

Please help by donating to their campaign or spreading the word about The Outlet and what they are trying to do.

letitoutzine:

Here is a digital copy of the first issue of Let It Out!, published on May 1, 2013 in Tallahassee, Florida. 101 pages filled with articles, personal narratives, poems, song lyrics, comics, and art—all related to mental health. This zine is anti-copyright, so feel free to reproduce and share this zine with anyone and everyone. However, please do not try to take credit for the work or profit from it—we worked hard on this zine for you, but not to be exploited by you. Think about it. 

Our goal is to provide readers with alternatives to traditional Western forms of medicine, and to remove the stigma associated with mental health illnesses. We utilize Person-First and gender neutral language and do not discriminate or place judgment based on gender, sexual orientation, race, religion, age, or disability of any kind. We encourage open-minded discourse and aim to provide a safe platform where anyone can express themselves freely, without any risk of repercussion.

If you would like a hard copy of Let It Out!, send an email to letitoutzine@gmail.com (please include your mailing address in this email) and you will receive an invoice in return. We are asking for $2-$5 donations to cover the cost of shipping—please indicate in the email how much you would like to donate. A copy of Let It Out! will be mailed to you within one week of placing your order.

Tiny quotes from me (Lily) in an essay in this zine that my sister was involved in helping put out! Download it, read it, copy it, pass it on!

totallyvexed:

ladyfestphilly:

Tiff Cheng (Ladyfest Organizer / Batty guitarist and vocalist) totally killed it on this poster. Look for them up around town soon.

I made this, do you like??

LADYFEST TIX GO ON SALE MON. MAY 6 at 12NOON, GET EM HERE

This flyer is amazing.

ladyfestphilly:

ladyfestphilly:

These songs will be released on cassette in conjunction with Ladyfest Philly (Tickets on sale now!). All proceeds from the sale of this compilation will benefit Project SAFE and Women in Transition. Available June 7-9th in West Philadelphia / possibly before then on the World Wide Web.

There are some samples. You can hear songs from almost every band playing this fest. The tapes will be purple. We’re excited to get them and share them with you.

Hope you like it.

Side One:
In School - Stand Up Or Die
Potty Mouth - Damage
Void Vision - He Hit Me (Crystals Cover)
Screaming Females - Little Ann (Live)
Priests - Personal Planes
Blizzard Babies - Oh No Conflict
Rosali Middleman - Even Though
Amanda X - Golden West
3Jane - Barrel
Big Mouth - Beethoven
Whore Paint - This Body
Parasol - Leave This Place

Side Two:
Shady Hawkins - Six-Inch Blade
Peeple Watchin’ - Grow Slow
Kate Ferencz - Godless
HIRS - Six Songs (Fucked and Forlorn Forever PT. 2 / We Are / Nazipope / Fuck the Pigs Pt. 3 / Drag Drug Dealing Brothel / Mandatory Consent)
Trophy Wife - Turncoat
Aye Nako - Start Talking
Batty - No One Cares About You
Mindtroll - Fancy Boy
Attia Taylor - The Rest of Them
U.S. Girls - Pamela + GG

For the morning crowd.

whogbrain:

diyphl:

graceambrose:

Ch-ch-ch-eck it. Workshop descriptions, band set times, etc. Download this jawn to your iPhone, print it out and tape it to your ceiling, tattoo it on your palms, see you in June.

Go go go go!

important things. 

Whoop! Parasol is playing SATURDAY NIGHT at like my bed time. Our sleep drunk set will be something you don’t want to miss! So excited to see so many amazing bands on this weekend!

-Lily

Goodness me - I CANNOT sing for shit sometimes but check out this well shot video by Sunny Signh during out set at Smash It Dead fest. All the new songs. -Lily

homoground:

Ladyfest Philadelphia line-up announced! Add June 7-9th on yr calendar!

forgottengrin:

bookofgenesis:

ladyfestphilly:

June 7-9, 2013 | The Rotunda, Locust Moon and AIRSpace Gallery 
All Proceeds Benefit Project SAFE and Women in Transition

We’re so excited to announce the details of Ladyfest Philadelphia. A full schedule, workshop descriptions and ticketing information will be available very soon. Hope to see you there.

BANDS:

US Girls (Toronto)
Screaming Females (New Brunswick)
Potty Mouth (Western Mass)
Parasol (Boston)
Void Vision
Aye Nako (New York)
In School (New York)
Priests (D.C.)
Peeple Watchin’ (Boston)
Black Wine (New Jersey)
Shady Hawkins (New York)
Whore Paint (Providence)
Attia Taylor (New York)
3Jane (New Brunswick)
+HIRS+
Trophy Wife
Blizzard Babies (Chicago)
Big Mouth (Baltimore)
Batty
Amanda X
Ghost Ship (Rosali Middleman and Mary Lattimore)
Kate Ferencz
Mindtroll (New York)

WORKSHOPS:

Amps, Pedals and PAs: Demystifying Electronics with Girls Rock Philly
The Stop Motion Stomp Station
Drumline with Girls Rock Philly
Urban Gardening at Plotland
Feminist Organizing Workshop with For the Birds
Sexual Communication and Consent with Dr. Justine Marie Shuey (Juicy Justine)
Drawing Autobio Comics with Liz Prince and Ramsey Beyer
Abortion, Menstrual Extraction, and the MVA
Self Defense: From Eye Contact to Eye Poking
Readings by Liz Prince, Suzy X, Annie Mok, Kerri Radley, Katie Haegele and Jes Skolnik
Queer and Trans Yoga with shay and Qui
Fix-A-Flat with the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia
Herbal Infusions and Tinctures
Victim-Blaming in the Media: What It Is & What You Can Do About It with Tara Murtha
Project SAFE: What’s It All About?
Youth, Activism and the Arts
Radical Printmaking: Pulling the Personal and the Political with Leah Girardo

YES.

∆FRIENDS, IF YOU WISH TO COME AND HAVE NOWHERE TO STAY, PLEASE MSG ME!  ≈

So many friends doing this, it’s gonna be great.

See you in June Philly!!

JAKE our drummer is having a birthday party show this week in Boston with our friend CATNAPS from PHILLY!

Come hang out with us! Message us for an address here on tumblr or email parasolboston@gmail.com

xo