"We, as women, need to provide the supply. Show up. Use your network. Make the ask. Know your value. Pitch it. A lot of our programming is focused on developing those fundamental skills."

When the founders of BlogHer originally asked the question, "Where are all the women bloggers?", they moved ahead to embrace a sector that wasn't being valued or taken seriously.

I'm back at Huff Post after a three-week blogging hiatus. It was a gift I gave myself. During my three-week blogging break, I had a chance to relax,...

In an appearance that attendees took as recognition of their clout, President Obama addressed the more than 5,000 women at the annual BlogHer conferen...

So my best advice for women attending BlogHer is to do what people do on their blogs: Be open. If you come with an open mind and open heart, BlogHer will fill you up.

The BlogHer conference is a chance to meet bloggers, to network, to hone your writing skills, to get advice on blogging business skills and to connect to the community.

The more alienated we feel from each other, the easier we are to manipulate and distract.

At BlogHer, I was suddenly in a universe in which concerns at the center of so many women's lives were put front and center. It became clear to me how marginalized and trivialized these topics are in our mainstream media and in our culture.

This past weekend HuffPost Women and HuffPost Parents hosted a panel at the 2011 BlogHer conference in San Diego. We live-blogged the discussion as it...

We're thrilled to be at BlogHer this weekend with many amazing female bloggers who've congregated in San Diego to discuss everything from cyberbullies...