Okay, so as you’ll notice we’re missing quite a few (read: a majority) of us, so sadly WAM! was far from a full meet up of Feministe bloggers — oh, how I wish! But, all the same, after nearly a year of blogging here, it was totally awesome getting to finally meet both Jill and Jack in person. They are, I must say, just as great and fun in “real life” as they are online, if not more so. Seriously. I absolutely adored them.
WAM! was a chance for me to meet all kinds of awesome feminist bloggers and activists in person for the first time. I got to hang out with one of my best Twitter pals, Sally. I got to finally meet my co-panelists from the conference, Marcella Chester, Ashley Burczak, and Ashwini Hardikar. I got a hug from Latoya Peterson, discussed favorite Beatles albums with Julia Serano (!), sat next to Samhita Mukhopadhyay in a panel, and met Miriam Perez, Veronica Arreola, (my YMY editor!) Jaclyn Friedman, Deanna Zandt, and so many others who I’m sure I’m horribly forgetting.
I wish I had gotten to spend more time with all of them, but really, who can ask for more than that? Thanks to everyone who attended for a truly great time. And an even bigger thanks to WAM! and the blog readers who donated to the fund that made it possible for me to go!
Yay!! It was so much fun to meet you and Jack as well. Someday we’ll have to organize a meet-up of all the Feministes…
Jill, please note that I will not forget your idea to have a Feministe NYC meet-up. I will bug you and Jack until it happens, kthx =)
Cute pics! It’s fun to put names to faces (of the two I have not met live)! Glad it was a good time.