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Create a Twitter account here. Go to Tweetchat here, and log-in with your Twitter account. Enter room: fem2 You don’t have to worry about hashtags, because Tweetchat automatically adds the tag if you participate from the room. Tweet This Post

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 [...]

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? [...]

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 [...]

We now have the map of the feminist blogosphere available from the Linkfluence presentation at Fem2.0 this morning. Please click here and use the following log-in information: Log-in: fem2pt0 Password: linkfluence Tweet This Post

 We are having some trouble livestreaming the conference, but you can watch and Tweet in realtime with conference attendees and presenters on Tweetchat. Enter the room "#fem2" and join the discussion! You’ll be projected on the big screen in the Betts Theater along with our other Twittercast attendees.  Tweet This Post

Feminism 1.0, 2.0, 3.0…. the numbers make me think of the women upon whose shoulders we stand, as well as of the daughters who are coming after us.  The current work that MomsRising.org does, and the successes we’ve had thus far, are the result of a continuum of work done both by the people who [...]

Our fourth Twittercast will be held this Sunday night at 10 pm EST, our usual time. Please review this previous post about the mechanics of Twittercast-ing, if you are not already familiar with the method, and remember: add the hashtag #fem2 at the end of your Tweets to be included in the discussion. (If you [...]

We’re very excited to tell everyone that our friends at Linkfluence will be presenting at Fem2.0 new research about how feminist blogs/women’s issues fit in the US political Web. Some preliminary conclusions are:    1)   The feminist blogosphere is a dense, well-structured, and tight-knit network.  2)   The feminist blogosphere is tightly enmeshed in the progressive [...]

8:15   Doors open for check-in 9:00   Welcome 9:15   Presentation from the National Women’s History Museum: History of the Women’s Movement 9:30   Presentation: Apps for Democracy     Details 9:45   New Research from linkfluence: Impact of Women’s Issues and Feminist Bloggers on the Political Web 10:15   Plenary: Feminism on the Move – [...]