Monthly Archives: November 2008

WOMPO First annual festival of women’s poetry

Posted on November 30, 2008 by Liz Henry

The WOMPO women’s poetry mailing list has had an amazing month on its bulletin board; all of November they’ve hosted The First Annual Festival of Women’s Poetry online. Their (our) international section, Women Poets from Around the World, is notable … Continue reading →

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HP Magic Giveaway – Guidelines!

Posted on November 29, 2008 by Liz Henry

This week, I’ll be running a promotion and giveaway for $6000 worth of HP computers and other software and hardware. I’ll give away the entire package to one person who enters my contest. I love, love, love the idea of … Continue reading →

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Blogging party, and a room full of computers!

Posted on November 28, 2008 by Liz Henry

Tomorrow people are coming over for a feminist science fiction blogging party. I figure I’ll set up some of the computers (just arrived today!) for the HP Magic Giveaway and try them out! I’ll be blogging about James Tiptree, Jr., … Continue reading →

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Delmira Agustini

Posted on November 28, 2008 by Liz Henry

Delmira Agustini (1886-1914) Agustini was part of the Uruguayan generation of 1900 along with María Eugenia Vaz Ferreira, Julio Herrera y Reissig, Leopoldo Lugones, and Rubén Darío; and was also considered part of the “generation of the Río de la … Continue reading →

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Growing a Language

Posted on November 26, 2008 by Liz Henry

I watched Guy Steele’s 1998 talk Growing a Language last night. At the opening description and definition of “man” and “woman” I bristled up and wondered for quite some time if there would be a point to opening with gender … Continue reading →

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Feminism, movies, and Twilight

Posted on November 25, 2008 by Liz Henry

There’s a great post by Ide Cyan over on Feminist SF: The Blog! on two recent vampire movies – Låt den rätte komma in (Let the Right One In) and Twilight. Though I haven’t read Twilight or seen the movie, … Continue reading →

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HP Magic Giveaway: Welcome y ¡Bienvenidos!

Posted on November 24, 2008 by Liz Henry

Very soon, I’m going to be giving away a bunch of fantastic computer equipment from HP, as part of the HP Magic Giveaway, co-sponsored by Microsoft Windows Live. I’ll be running a contest here on this blog. You can enter … Continue reading →

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Lost my mind in PHP

Posted on November 23, 2008 by Liz Henry

The last few days I went a little nuts thinking about PHP and rewriting a very horrible messy script. I’d write something, make it work, write a little more, break the first bit, go back to look at the first … Continue reading →

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Translation: Magda Portal

Posted on November 22, 2008 by Liz Henry

I have not looked further for poems by Magda Portal but she seems well worth a look. If you read the little biography I wrote up below, you will see part of why I get very annoyed at the ways … Continue reading →

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White collar crime going unpunished is disgusting

Posted on November 20, 2008 by Liz Henry

My sister Minnie, like so many other moms of young children, was looking for a social group for new moms. She left her Silicon Valley web developer job of 8 years to stay at home with her baby, and could … Continue reading →

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