Cross-posted at Feministe This past Saturday, I participated in Chicago’s Bughouse Square Debates, an annual event where authors, thinkers, and activists stand on literal soapboxes and, amid heckling crowds, argue a point in 15 minutes. My topic was, “Is there such a thing as a conservative feminist?” tied to Sarah Palin’s heartsinking claiming of the [...]

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On Thursday, I went to go see a talk by the fab feminist art historian, Pin-Up Grrrls author, and Girldrive interviewee Maria Buszek, whose next book will argue for inclusion of feminist music and pop culture in the narrative of art history. The talk was fascinating. As Maria described the elitism and the dismissal of [...]

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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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Womanist Musings’ Renee Martin has written a fantastic article in the Guardian, in response to Chloe Angyal’s “I’m Not a Feminist, But” article (which channeled this and this). Renee’s piece is about why she consciously identifies as womanist, not feminist, and it really echoes a lot of what WOC in Girldrive had to say. I’ve [...]

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YES! Two women in the UK just started a blog called “Women Speak Out” in preparation for their very own road trip across the UK to find out what women think and feel about feminism and their lives. The trip, they write, was inspired by Girldrive. From their blog: Given that 2010 is a General [...]

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You know, I should be feeling pretty damn good about all the mainstream press young feminism has been getting in the last couple days. First, a long, thoughtful, and brave article written by three young Newsweek reporters, calling out their own publication for a kind of lingering sexism that’s hard to pinpoint. Then, yesterday, one [...]

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Today is International Women’s Day, a holiday started in 1911 largely by Clara Zetkin, who pushed for it after a second International Conference of Working Women was held in Copenhagen. In my daily existence, I deal on a strictly local basis. My job as a reporter confines me to five towns in the Chicago suburbs. [...]

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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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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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