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Liz Henry

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lizhenry@gmail.com

Interests: Poetry, poets, writers, Latin American literature and history, translation, feminism, feminists, anti-racism, U.S. Civil Rights movement, women's history, history in general, world literature, collaborative writing, F/LOSS or open source software, wikis, unconferences, science fiction/fantasy, blogging and bloggers, hackerspaces, anarchy.

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To do/ in progress:


 * Interesting women through history Quaiapen a leader of the Narragansetts (or Niantics) during the Great Swamp Fight


 * Chilean poets Carmen Berenguer, Osvaldo Rodríguez (Chilean) Gitano Rodríguez, this stub needs fixing!


 * hackerspaces etc in bay area, fixing up Double Union, adding Mothership HackerMoms, will check other spaces like LOLSpace, sudo room and Ace Monster Toys


 * writers, artists, activists of the SF Bay Area


 * Disability rights activists. Articles to write or improve steadily Alice Wong, Corbett O'Toole, Karen Nakamura, Leroy F. Moore Jr., Alice Sheppard, Ruth Harrigan


 * GLBT history, notable people. Start with sources, organizations, awards. Then fill in the people.   (Pages to check/begin: Joan Nestle, Monique Wittig, Meg Barker, Cynthia Slater, Maggie Rubenstein.) Writers: Craig Laurance Gidney


 * Women in science fiction: go check that all major award winners are added. Expand their entries. Could start with James A. Tiptree Award.


 * Same with poetry; could start with women poets in Bay Area and NYC. Lit mags of Bay Area. Greg Hall (poet) | Daphne Gottlieb | Steve Arntson | Meliza Bañales |


 * Notable bloggers: Check the list at https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Category:American_bloggers . Put in some major awards and then lists of award winners.


 * Same with zines; some lists of riot grrl zines and that history would be useful and good; it is history that happened mostly in ephemera but was notable nonetheless. Sources, Carlip book and a few others; old Action Girl Newsletters.


 * Disabled activists and disability justice organizers: [Disability Futures Fellowship] | [Disability and Intersectionality Summit]