…mine, to be exact. I know this is lame to just keep posting FemWeds stuff–I promise I will do more “real” posts soon! But for now, check out my convo with Jack Calhoun on one-night stand etiquette. Hint: men and women aren’t all that different! One night stands

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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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The radio show I co-host on a weekly basis, Feminist Wednesday on Vocalo, will have the pleasure of chatting with Girldrive interviewee and CFW Impact awardee Veronica Arreola today from 1 to 2 p.m. CST. On tap: feminist parenting, on which Veronica is an expert, and women in science, which just got some airtime in [...]

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I got to hang out with Those Darlins the other day for a story in the upcoming VenusZine (a great Chicago-based feminist pop culture mag, recently resurrected!). The band–consisting of, from left, Nikki, Kelley, and Jessi Darlin, all in their 20s–are from Murfreesborough, TN, and their music has a versatile, poppy, countryish, rock vibe. I’m [...]

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I’ve blogged about this once before, but I’m tellin’ you again: the most fun part of my week is going on Chicago Public Radio’s Vocalo.org for “Feminist Wednesday” with Molly and Brian. Molly is our sassy feminist moderator, and Brian plays the part of devil’s advocate (notice he’s frowning in Molly’s lovely little drawing on [...]

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When I’m not Girldrive-ing, I’m working for TribLocal, the Chicago Tribune’s hyperlocal venture. And the other day, I got to talk with Palestinian rights activist Anna Baltzer in Barrington, Ill. Check out my piece on the experience–it’s written like a news story but was pretty eye-opening for me. Anna is only 30 years old and [...]

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There is no shortage of feminist-y, artsy things to do this weekend in Chitown. Tonight is the reception for Emma’s show at the DOVA Gallery, which goes from 5 to 8 p.m. at 5228 South Harper Avenue. More info here. There’s a slideshow of her photos below. Also, Girldrive interviewee and brilliant feminist art scholar [...]

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Emma Bee Bernstein, “Self-portrait in the Red Rose Dress,” 2007 The DOVA gallery at the University of Chicago will be hosting a retrospective of Emma’s photographs, co-curated by Katherine Griefen, director of A.I.R. Gallery, and Laura Letinsky from Feb 5-27. The gallery is located at 5228 S. Harper Ave in Chicago, and the gallery is [...]

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Courtesy of the Undomestic Goddess‘s Amanda and Small Strokes‘s Ashley, there will be a Chicago Feminist Tweet-up tomorrow (Monday) at 5 p.m. at Elephant & Castle, 111 W. Adams St. I’m excited, since I’m an extremely firm believer in face-to-face convos being mandatory for feminism, as great as the Internet is. Some awesome feminists will [...]

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I have some awesome news, which is that starting today at 1 p.m. CST I will be a regular contributor on Chicago Public Radio’s Vocalo 89.5 FM! I, along with Molly Adams and sometimes Brian Babylon, will be chatting about feminism and other burning topics of the moment. I’ve always been a secret wannabe radio [...]

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