Last Sunday, I participated in a book salon at Firedoglake, which back in March invited me to host a discussion about Anne Kornblut’s book, Notes from the Cracked Ceiling. The shoe was on the other foot Sunday, though: Girldrive was in the spotlight. It was a great discussion, particularly because the host, 18-year-old blogger wunderkind [...]

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Things have been quiet around these parts for the last 10 days, and they’re gonna be for another week or so. I’m not exactly on vacation so much as in a major life transition. So I’m gonna take a little while to concentrate on my now-permanent home…never fear, though, I’ll be guest-blogging for Feministe in [...]

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I’ve blogged before about Ray McKenzie of the Jen Justice Band writing a song about Girldrive…but the only thing I had to offer was the acoustic version. This is a new and improved, live, plugged-in, girl-singer version that I needed to post immediately. It’s kinda hard to hear the lyrics over the din, so I’ve [...]

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Check out this video on M.I.S.S., where I answer questions about Thelma and Louise, the problem feminism has with race, and Girldrive Part 2. And here’s me talking about Women Making History (this video is kind of big even on the smallest setting–sorry!): Also check out the interview I filled out on the website (one [...]

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…so if you’re hurtin’ for cash, win a copy of Girldrive from M.I.S.S. All you have to do to enter is comment under the review about what feminism means to you. Oh, and stay tuned for an upcoming video interview I did for them–it treads on some unfamiliar ground. Speaking of San Francisco media, Girldrive [...]

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The ladies from Seal Press and I took to the Berkeley streets last week, asking people to say the first word that came to their mind when they heard: “choice” “movement” “man” “woman” and, finally, “feminist.” The idea was to distill the concept of “Girldrive” down to one word, and also get some guys’ opinions [...]

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Any good blogger might have done this yesterday, but better late than never. I’ll be doing two readings in the Bay Area today and tomorrow–stop by if you’re around! Berkeley reading: When: TONIGHT, March 4th, 7:30 p.m. Where: Moe’s Books, 2476 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley What: I will be signing copies and reading from Girldrive, including [...]

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Poet, professor and Girldrive interviewee, Jennifer Bartlett*, has been kicking ass on the blogosphere as of late writing on issues about feminism, disability and womanhood, and I wanted to make sure she got some spotlight. Check out: Her thoughts on disability and motherhood Her piece about the feminist movement and how they deal with disability [...]

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I was on GRITtv last Friday talking about Girldrive and other issues of the day (like the pro-life Superbowl ad) with the spitfire Texan feminist Shelby Knox and the take-no-shit director of the Women’s Media Center, Jehmu Greene. Check it out:

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Girldrive goes global:

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