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Diagnostic Girlhood Crushes

Karin Kallmaker 09/11/2020 Favorite Things 0 Comments

The four fictional heroes who taught me that women were, without a doubt, heroes of their own lives.

#WomenAretheBestAwesome Women
quote dorothy allison tell your truth

Dorothy Allison: Burning Hot Hope

Karin Kallmaker 07/15/2018 Events and Appearances, Sisters of the Pen 15 Comments

Dorothy Allison and Hannah Gadsby have something in common. I saw the connection, after preparing to present the Trailblazer Award to Allison at #GCLS2018. My thoughts and the presentation are included in this blog.

#feministAwesome WomenDorothy AllisonHannah Gadsby
Cover, Indomitable the Barbara Grier Story by Joanne Passet

Indomitable Should Be in Your Public Library

Karin Kallmaker 01/05/2017 Readers and Libraries, Sisters of the Pen 5 Comments

Biographies of lesbian women are rare. Your local library should have a copy of Indomitable and you can make it happen in five minutes or less without leaving your chair.

#BarbaraGrier#IndomitableAwesome WomenWomen in Print Movement
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Talk, Love, Listen – Joan Nestle, in Her Own Words

Karin Kallmaker 08/04/2015 Sisters of the Pen 7 Comments

It’s okay to be gay as long as you are invisible – true then. True now. Which is why reading Joan Nestle is as important today as it has ever been.

#feministAwesome WomenDorothy AllisonJoan NestleLesbian Herstory Archives

This is What Computer Geeks Look Like

Karin Kallmaker 02/19/2015 Chocolate and Inspirations, Craft of Writing

If you don’t know the name Grace Hopper, spend 16 minutes with the QUEEN OF CODE from the Signals channel at 538. Populate your scenes of computer science with Grace Hoppers. And Hedy Lamarrs. And the women they have inspired like Brittany Wenger.

Awesome WomenBe AuthenticBrittany WengerGrace HopperHedy Lamarr

Sally Ride to Stand Tall in National Statuary Hall?

Karin Kallmaker 02/09/2015 Chocolate and Inspirations, LIFE + STYLE

Astronaut and Scientist Sally Ride’s statue may represent California in the Capitol Statuary Hall and she’d be the first openly LGBT person figured there.

#mylesbianfreespeech#SallyRideAwesome WomenLesbian Pride
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