Continuing with my sex ed series (which I didn’t realize I was doing, but I guess I am!), may I present a convo I recently had with the pro-sex feminist bad-ass, Heather Corinna. Heather is the thirtysomething director of Scarleteen, the most popular sex-ed web resource for teens, a veteran feminist activist and author of [...]

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Even though Emma and I were always hyper-aware of interviewing a diverse cross-section of women for Girldrive, so far I’ve noticed that the feminist press covering the book has appeared on relatively mainstream spaces. So I was glad when I got a chance to talk with Renee from Womanist Musings and Monica from TransGriot last [...]

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Girldrive lady Sadye, of Ladies Leaders Lovers fame, is having an earring sale tomorrow at 394 Broadway, between Walker and White, #4FL, from 4 to 10 p.m. It’s free, and cocktails start flowing after 8 p.m.
These aren’t just any earrings. They’re the babies of a political artist. Underneath the metal is a desire to connect [...]

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Today is the one-year anniversary of Emma’s death, the day I found out she had taken her own life in Venice, Italy. Remember her today by flipping through Girldrive, visiting her memorial website and looking through her many gorgeous, haunting photos, reading some more of her beautiful writing, or listening to a Bikini Kill or [...]

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The new year is creeping up, which means a new semester will start for students across the country. And come January 2010, Brigham Young University will no longer have a Women’s Research Institute.
I read this news a couple months ago at Feminist Mormon Housewives. I was running around having Girldrive readings and such, and therefore [...]

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Today is the birthday of my mother Ellen Willis, radical feminist, journalist, activist, teacher, and most devoted and kick-ass mother there ever was and ever will be.
My mom died of lung cancer in November 2006, and shortly after, Girldrive was born. It was her death that sparked my interest in discovering our generation’s version of [...]

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Note: This post is Part Three of a series on young feminists or activists below the Mason-Dixon line, since I feel like we didn’t allot the South quite enough time on our original road trip. Feel free to suggest a series on your own part of the country–email nona [at] girl-drive [dot] com.
Kerrie: 30, born [...]

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This. Discuss.
P.S. Julie Block, whoever she is, really needs to become a famous writer.

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The Care Bears say, “Barbie, Eat a Sandwich!”
Need I say more?
Didn’t think so.
via Feministing/Broadsheet

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Note: This post is Part One of a series on young feminists or activists below the Mason-Dixon line, since we didn’t allot the South enough time on our original road trip. Feel free to suggest a series on your own part of the country–email nona [at] girl-drive [dot] com

Kate Shapiro: 26, a “queer, anti-zionist [...]

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