…for more wisdom from Sarah Haskins. “Kush supports: Feels good, looks…normal!” Still peeing in my pants over here. See also this video, which I failed to link to a couple weeks ago.

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I’ve been avoiding writing about the JAWS conference because I haven’t been able to reconcile my feelings about it. I had high hopes for this conference. I was especially excited about the networking opportunities and the sense of community it promised. Being a relative newbie in Chicago, I miss my extended network in New York, [...]

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Girldrive interviewee, performance artist, professor and brilliant feminist author Joanna Frueh has revamped her website, and has given Girldrive a couple of shoutouts in the process. Our talk with Joanna was one of my favorite interviews Emma and I had with the older generation. Her optimism and passion for life really made me feel like [...]

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If you’re at all a fan of Girldrive, you’ve just found yourself another goldmine. The Undomestic Goddess regularly has a feature called the “Undomestic 10,” which are Q&As for everyday (and some more famous) women and men. Amanda asks 10 questions, like “Are you a feminist?” “Who is one female (other than your mother) you [...]

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I have yet to be in the right city to see one of these panels, which I’ve been hearing about for literal years, but tonight at 7pm a few of the WomenGirlsLadies will speak at the Women of the World Lecture at Arizona State University in Tempe, AZ. They’ll be keynoting the launch of ASU’s [...]

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Girldrive interviewee and smarty-pants founder of OrganicNation.tv Dorothee Royal-Hedinger highlights the role of women in agriculture this week. She interviews Leigh Adcock, the executive director of the Women, Food & Agriculture Network, at Farm Aid 2009 in Maryland Heights, MS. They chat about how women own roughly half of the farmland in the U.S. (or [...]

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I saw New York-based Elizabeth & the Catapult this past Saturday, a melodic, jazzy, folksy trio whose crazy-gifted 27-year-old lead singer channels Feist and Norah Jones. One particular song, “Momma’s Boy,” stood out: If you want a girl to be your mother Go find another Go find another one You only call me when your [...]

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Ashlee, 23, born in Lousville, KY, journalist for the Lexington Herald-Leader, lives in Lexington, blogger for Single Gals’ Guide, avid knitter and Golden Girls watcher. My feminist journey is deeply intertwined with my race. My mother taught me from an early age that I would have to work twice as hard as everyone else because [...]

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I know I’ve been sleeping on posting (still recovering from JAWS, got back Monday night!). I will post something longer soon, but in the meantime I’ll leave you with this hilarious segment from Roseanne back in the 90s: In this scene, Roseanne and her sister Jackie are blown away by the Riot Grrrl in their [...]

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I won’t be blogging for the next few days because I got a fellowship to go the Journalism & Women Symposium conference in Utah this weekend! I will definitely be blogging about it after I come back, though. Should make for some interesting insight into generational exchange.

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