Oh hai, registration is open for Women in Secularism 2.
That means I finally get to tell you that Katha Pollitt will be there! Yes, Katha Pollitt. Booya.
Also Vyckie Garrison! Also Soraya Chemaly, also Teresa MacBain, also Amanda Marcotte, to name just a few.
This is going to be great.
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adrianaheguy
August 30, 2012 at 12:48 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
I’m so excited to be in the list of speakers, and I confess, a bit intimidated by all the big names! Looking forward to an exciting conference and to meeting all of you. I would like to thank Melody Hensley for inviting me and David Tamayo from Hispanic American Freethinkers for suggesting my name to her.
Jadzia626
August 30, 2012 at 4:02 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
I’m so gonna try to get the money to attend this conference. If I can only make it to one next year, this one is my choice.
Amanda
August 30, 2012 at 4:06 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
I am REALLY intent on making this conference. Coming from Australia so have a few logistical and financial milestone to reach this year but it’s looking doable. And I can combine it with a holiday in New Orleans where I’ve never been but I’m sure is my spiritual home. Katha Pollitt!
Jacques Cuze
August 30, 2012 at 4:30 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
I apologize if this is a duplicate post. My browser (opera) lately seems to eat form submissions without telling me.
Can you help differentiate between Atheism+ and Women in Secularism?
My very brief look is that the two are remarkably similar in orientation, principles, goals, and even membership.
How are they different?
Thank you.
Ophelia Benson
August 30, 2012 at 4:35 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Adriana – don’t be intimidated! I can tell you from experience, it’s not intimidating.
Amanda, yay!
J’accuse, well WiS is a conference. Atheism+ is not. I hope that helps.
Jacques Cuze
August 30, 2012 at 4:41 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
“well WiS is a conference. Atheism+ is not.”
Thank you, I did see that, and I am long out of the conference circuit, but my very loose understanding was that conferences are usually associated with some organization.
If WiS is “orphaned” it would seem to have a natural affiliation as one of the conferences of Atheism+.
Ophelia Benson
August 30, 2012 at 4:48 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
It’s not orphaned. It’s a CFI conference. All this is very easy to find out.
Jacques Cuze
August 30, 2012 at 5:00 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Sigh. I apologize for commenting then.
Stacy
August 30, 2012 at 5:33 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Katha Pollitt! Yes. I was just reading a book of hers from about 1998, the other night.
Sadly, the pieces on feminism could’ve been written yesterday. Little’s changed.