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Glitter Everywhere

Glitter, Difficult Conversations and Revolutionary Dreams EVERYWHERE…what else could we be talking about but FemmeCon 2012?

By On 09/25/2012 · Leave a Comment

Sigh. Its done. This year’s 2012 Femme Conference is done. You did it all with us: conference attendees, media outlets, donors, the city of Baltimore, hardworking volunteers, working committee members, keynotes, presenters, ASL Interpreters, performers, vendors, steering committee members, those that created the seed for the first femme conference and have stood near us in [...]

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What the Femme Conference Means to Me And You Too-Let’s Talk Video Contest

By On 07/18/2012 · Leave a Comment

I’m Aries Hines Media Co-Chair and I remember Femme Conference 2010 not because I was there but because I wanted to be and couldn’t. It was in Oakland, one of the many cities that helped nurture my queer sense of self. I had just moved from Oakland to San Diego. And I remember visiting the [...]

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Jelly Bracelet Outreach for femme con!

By On 06/01/2012 · Leave a Comment

Hi! Maggie Cee, outreach chair here.  Last night my friends and I at MadFemmePride in Boston threw a Pride Eve party and it got me excited to share our pride preparations with you.

For about 4 years we’ve been putting together a little giveaway with a flier to give out as we [...]

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Cat-o'-nine-tails_(PSF)

Early Registration Ends Friday at Midnight!

By On 05/31/2012 · Leave a Comment

OHMYFEMME! Early Registration for Femme 2012 ends at midnight on Friday June 1! Get there for only $60 [or $48 if you register with a group of 5] by registering NOW! Click here to start. But, maybe you have questions. Femme, that is fair:

Who’s gonna be there? Our keynotes are musician and [...]

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More on the call for submissions (from Cherry Poppins, Programming Committee)

By On 03/23/2012 · 2 Comments

Ferocious Femmes!

By now, you may have seen the call for submissions for workshops, panels, and presentations for the upcoming 2012 Femme Conference. We are getting some great submissions rolling in. Major love to those who have already sent in submissions!

We want many, many more so that we can have a JAM-PACKED conference schedule, [...]

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Dyke 2.0: some thoughts on femme and transfeminism – Jade, Femme 2012 Programming Committee Member

By On 03/16/2012 · Leave a Comment

I have been considering hard femme more and more as the identity that I occupy, and how much that feels related to my being a woman of color. I have been told countless time that my body as a woman does not matter, that I am not the right kind of woman, the kind who [...]

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Eight Cities participate in Beyond Visibility Week of Femme Action!

By On 01/14/2012 · 1 Comment

We are so pleased that, in response to our December Call to Action, that femme-powered events have been organized in eight cities across North America from Jan 15 – Jan 23, 2012.

Events are being locally organized in in Baltimore, LA, Montreal, NYC, Philadelphia, PDX, San Francisco, and [...]

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Femme Call to Action in January!

By On 12/10/2011 · 1 Comment

This Call to Action invites self-defined queer folks on femme/inine spectrums to get together during the week of Jan 15-21, 2012 to share and generate ideas and information about their work [femme-related and otherwise]; to spark conversations, build alliances, celebrate each other, have fun — and instigate the January launch of the Calls for Performers [...]

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