Coming at you from WAM!
Women, Action & the Media: A Conference for Journalists, Activists & Everyone
Housed at the Gehry-designed Stata Center at MIT, WAM! was host to a high-energy group of thinkers and writers. Panels and keynote speakers brought hands-on tools and inspiration to politics, humor, and communicating clearly. And, yes, there was lots of Twittering.
The Stata Center at MIT, Cambridge, Mass.
Going Group: How Blogging in Numbers Gets It Done
Latoya Peterson (Racialicious), Ebony Utley (Girl With Pen),
Shira Tarrant (The Man Files @ Girl With Pen), Deborah Siegel (Girl With Pen; Recessionwire)
Group Blogging — Action Shot
Check out this Today Show clip on women’s history featuring Kathie Lee Gifford and my friend and author, Deborah Siegel:
Deborah and I will also be appearing together this weekend on a panel about women, the media, and blogging. The conference is called WAM! (Women, Action and the Media), hosted by The Center for New Words and housed at MIT. For those of you who are curious to learn more, click here.
My latest article Guy Trouble just hit the stands. It’s a fun read. Promise.
Guy Trouble is featured in my favorite magazine that starts with a B and rhymes with itch. You can find it at newsstands and bookstores everywhere.
xoxoxo, Shira
http://bitchmagazine.org/
Here’s a short teaser. But for the full story you’ll need to get the full mag.
These days, most men’s movie roles feature hard-talking, heavy-hitting leads. Or self-conscious, socially awkward types bumbling through social relations. Or there are the sweet-hearted slacker dudes glued to the couch—and maybe their bongs—allergic to steady jobs but true to their friends. Sometimes the men are a combination of two of these types, as in the new bromance comedy I Love You, Man. …
