Drink More Coffee
Wooden Shoe Books in Philadelphia. I did a talk here on April 2 - great conversation and good people.
OK, so I’m on a massive, random trip around the U.S. And, I’ve been really delinquent about writing about it, and apparently, about taking photos. But, I’m having an amazing time. So far I’ve been to Boston, Philadelphia, and Asheville, NC. Here are some thoughts.
- Blogging v. zines. And, I have a difficult time knowing what to blog about. There are a lot of things I want to say and revelations I’ve had while traveling, but part of me wants to save them all for a future zine, to be printed this summer. When I brought this up with some friends – blog or zine? – a lot of people told me to do both. OK! To me blogging is such a different medium than doing a zine. When I write a zine, or anything for print, I have to put a lot more thought into deciding when the piece is done. I work on it for weeks, going over it all with a fine-toothed comb. When I’m done, it’s done. It’s photocopied or printed and there are no changes. Blogging is not that way, and I approach it in a more quick, flippant way. So yeah, the future zine will be more developed and in depth. If you remember my old zines, they were all like 100 pages long and full of tiny words. Read the rest of this entry »
Ladies (and Guys) I like
Going to WAM 2009 usually inspires me to link to some of the great people I met and hung out with over the weekend. So here’s a few examples of the awesome people who were in Cambridge talking about women and media. I encourage you to check out all their projects!
- Doyle Canning, smartMeme Strategy and Training Collective
- Shana McDavis-Conway, Congressional Hunger Center
- Shira Tarrant, author of Men & Feminism
- Colleen Cronin, Rising Tide North America
- Brianna Cayo Cotter, Energy Action Coalition
- Deanna Zandt, technology consultant
- Andalusia Knoll and Sakura Saunders, Prometheus Radio Project
- Tara Bracco, Poetic People Power
- Lisa Jervis, author of the forthcoming cookbook, Cook Food
- Ben Mauer, Quilted
- Josh Breitbart, People’s Production House
