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Diane di Prima reading for DivaFest

Posted on May 7, 2011 by Liz Henry

Diane di Prima does one long solo reading per year in San Francisco and for the last 7 years that’s been at DivaFest at the Exit Theater. The little theater was packed with wistful and wild-eyed poets and hardcore di … Continue reading →

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Honoring Joanna Russ

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Liz Henry

Joanna Russ died today. I’m very sad. I didn’t know her personally but she was one of my feminist heroes, and I wrote back and forth with her a few times about her work. Now I wish I’d said more, … Continue reading →

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The Collected Works of Marita Bonner

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Liz Henry

I’m reading Frye Street & Environs: The Collected Works of Marita Bonner. Marita Bonner was a writer of the Harlem Renaissance who graduated from Radcliffe in 1922, moved to Chicago, and wrote a series of stories about a street of … Continue reading →

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Immediate housing needed in San Francisco

Posted on May 5, 2009 by Liz Henry

K. and her three kids need a small apartment in San Francisco as soon as possible. A one bedroom apartment would work. They’re looking for a rental or sublet through September, when they have housing lined up. K. was the … Continue reading →

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Ada Lovelace Day

Posted on March 24, 2009 by Liz Henry

I felt a little wistful as I thought over who to write about. I wished for a clear mentor or hero who I would have known about from childhood onward. Not many of us had that kind of computer science … Continue reading →

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She’s Geeky conference this weekend in Mountain View

Posted on January 27, 2009 by Liz Henry

This Friday and Saturday I’m going to the She’s Geeky conference at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View. Take a look at the proposed topics and at the list of women coming to the conference! It was a great … Continue reading →

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Help out Richmond Jane Doe rape survivor

Posted on December 29, 2008 by Liz Henry

Does anyone have an extra working laptop or one that might be cheaply fixable? The woman in Richmond who got gang raped for having a rainbow gay pride bumper sticker is, well, is in dire difficulty. She needs help with … Continue reading →

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SCALE conference: Women in Open Source

Posted on December 22, 2008 by Liz Henry

I heard about this conference, the Southern California Linux Expo, only because they have a Women in Open Source track. It showed up on my Google Alerts and on several of my mailing lists. Here’s their call for proposals to … Continue reading →

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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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In Celebration of Bitchitude

Posted on November 17, 2008 by Liz Henry

Hat tip to Jo Freeman, aka Joreen, who in the 70s wrote The Bitch Manifesto. I love this manifesto, and reprinted it in the 90s as a xerox booklet which I sent out over the riot grrl zine network. Later … Continue reading →

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