Women Bloggers

Why BlogHer'11 Got Me Angry

Tara Sophia Mohr | Posted 10.12.2011

Tara Sophia Mohr

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.

The BlogHer'10 Conference - Women Power Up

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.25.2011

Marcia G. Yerman

The Hilton Hotel in New York City was packed on August 6th and 7th with 2400 attendees who had come for the 6th Annual BlogHer Conference. The last...

Time Waits for No (Wo)man -- Not Even for a Vixen Like Me

Gena Grish | Posted 05.25.2011

Gena Grish

I walked away from this date feeling like it could really amount to something, but then I left town. In the next 48 hours, I got booted. What happened you ask? Sigh. Bad timing happened.

Alexis Pauline Gumbs: Technology Sister Insider

Duchess Harris | Posted 05.25.2011

Duchess Harris

I can't think of anything more important for Black women in 2010, than to focus on Audre Lorde's mantra: "We can learn to mother ourselves." This, in and of itself, is a revolutionary idea

The Palin Trap: Meta Symbol of American Womanhood is a Dangerous Distraction

Morra Aarons-Mele | Posted 05.25.2011

Morra Aarons-Mele

Palin as a mom symbol is important to discuss, but there's too much at stake to get lost again in the gender wars, no matter how validating it feels to have our opinions asked.