On September 10th, we debuted Ordinary Women: Daring to Defy History to a fantastic crowd at XOXO Fest in Portland. The response was truly overwhelming! Thank you to everyone who came out to the premiere party to raise a glass with us in celebration. The premiere party was a blast and there are tons more great photos! […]

I was invited to give a keynote presentation at The Media Evolution Conference in Malmö, Sweden, where I detailed some of the subtle ways in which women’s accomplishments, experience, and expertise are routinely diminished and dismissed in male-dominated spaces. I also discussed ways in which the cultural norms of these spaces can be challenged and changed […]

Watch video of our online harassment panel at Women in the World moderated by Katie Couric. l spoke about my experiences being targeted by a cyber mob along with co-panelists Ashley Judd, Kamala Harris, and  Emily Bazelon.

I was invited to speak on several panels about feminism and the impacts of online harassment at the 2015 All About Women conference taking place annually at the Sydney Opera House. Here is a video excerpt of my short opening speech on the panel, “How to be a feminist”. The full panel with Clementine Ford, Roxane […]

I was invited to speak on several panels about feminism and the impacts of online harassment at the 2015 All About Women conference taking place annually at the Sydney Opera House. Here is a video of my speech for the panel entitled, “What I Couldn’t Say.”

In September 2014, I was invited to speak at the XOXO conference & festival in Portland. I used the opportunity to talk about two subtle forms of harassment that are commonly used to try and defame, discredit and ultimately silence women online: conspiracy theories and impersonation. Note: trigger warning early on for examples of rape and death threats […]

I was excited to participate in this year’s TEDxWomen in Washington, DC, an annual event organized by the Paley Center for Media. I presented a 10 minute talk about sexist online harassment, cyber mobs and both the destructive and uplifting power of online communities. In this talk, I use the analogy of an MMO (Massively Multiplayer Online […]

I’m honored to be nominated for the Women’s Media Center Social Media Award “As part of this year’s Women’s Media Awards, the Women’s Media Center is opening voting to the public. Cast your vote for one of 27 incredible women bloggers, social media gurus, activists, and new media creators from across the country today! The winner […]

I spent the past weekend at the Reel Grrls office leading a workshop to an all ages group of women and girls.  The intensive two day workshop covered everything from how to research and write a script, shooting video and composition, how to edit with Final Cut Pro, how to do a media literacy analysis and […]

I’m thrilled to be apart of the first Geek Girl Con coming up this weekend in Seattle.  On Sunday, I have two sessions I’m participating in: Geek Girl Vlogging Vlog your way to a better tomorrow! Feminist Frequency and Reel Grrls team up to host a Geek Girl video blogging workshop. This introductory workshop covers the […]