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We’ve recently opened a survey about the Fem2.0 conference for anyone who participated, and we want to hear from you! The most important outcome of the conference was the energy and sincere desire among participants to stay connected and begin working together for change, so the most important question on that survey is whether or [...]

We won’t be able to focus on anything Sunday night except the Academy Awards, and, admit it, neither will you. So, why fight it?
The topic of this week’s Fem2.0 Twittercast will be, The Oscars - Out of Snark, Insight.
To make sure we don’t miss any togetherness and feminist snark around this important national event, we’ll [...]

Take just a few seconds and think about the last tabloid television show, website, or magazine you saw or read. Now think about how women were portrayed in the communication. I’ll be willing to bet that the majority of the articles you recalled centered on female celebrities and the latest paparazzi photos (i.e., best and [...]

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Our weekly Twittercasts have covered all kinds of different topics, and, post-conference, we see them as a great way to keep in touch, make new connections and have an open forum to talk about all the issues we and the rest of the femisphere care about.
That said, we also want to hear from you [...]

Here’s some juicy Black Women History facts…
Do you know who Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller was?
She was an amazing sistalove artist and poet who was born on June 9, 1877. She died March 18, 1968. Our sistalove Meta was the first African American artist to make art celebrating Afrocentric themes. My favorite Meta piece of artwork [...]

The conference may be over, but the Twittercasts are not. Don’t forget to join us at 10 p.m. EST to discuss:
What are the next steps? How can we keep yesterday’s energy and determination going into the future? What are your ideas for making connections in this movement and using technology/the Internet to do it?
Don’t forget [...]

This week I went to the fem2.0 conference here in DC. It was a great place to hear traditional feminist groups interact with bloggers and younger activists about the future of the women’s movement.  In particular, there was widespread excitement over President Obama’s recent signing of the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. And at the [...]

Oscar Wilde, writing in The Soul of Man Under Socialism, said, “A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not worth glancing at, for it leaves out the one country at which Humanity is always landing.”
Unsurprisingly, women have been assigned supporting roles in even the most expansive male-imagined Utopias. Yet, modern day [...]

We had an exciting day yesterday — the Fem2.0 conference was an incredible experience for both the organizers and the attendees! Thank you, everyone — both online and in person — who brought passion, creativity and commitment to Fem2.0 to make it such a success. May the energy, inspiration and goodwill generated yesterday continue to [...]