THIS SITE IS MEANT TO SERVE AS AN ARCHIVE FOR LADYFEST 2000. THAT FESTIVAL IS OVER - BUT OTHER LADIES ARE PLANNING THEIR OWN! FOR INFO ON ANY OTHER LADYFEST (PAST OR FUTURE) GO HERE.
** Information about the upcoming Olympia ladyfest in 2005 will be posted on a new website, as soon as it is available.   **
All of the information on these pages was current in August, 2000 and has not been updated since.We would like to encourage ladies to take what they can from our experience and create their own events in their own communities. Please keep us updated.

 

 

 

 

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FUTURE LADYFESTS ALL OVER THE WORLD.

 

ART
http://www.webhippie.com/sfwa/ - San Francisco Woman's Art Gallery. Says it dates back to 1880's! Lots of links and resources.
http://music.acu.edu/www/iawm/pages/ - Early Women Composers + Artists

BUSINESS
http://www.womanowned.com/ - resources for women business owners
http://www.womanlawyer.com/ - directory of female lawyers
http://www.shemadethis.com/ - resources for DIY girl-run businesses, etc.

CARS
http://www.usedcarbuyingguide.com/ - woman motorist used car buying guide. edited/written by women.

COMPUTERS
http://www.girltech.com/ - a site for girls, their teachers, and their parents to encourage girls in technology. They've got lots of great links too. For younger girls.
http://www.seattlewebgrrls.org/ - Seattle chapter of webgrrls - resources for girls into computers, and girls scared of computers. teens to grannies all invited.
http://www.cs.yale.edu/~tap/past-women.html - Notable women of mathematics & computing - bios on tons of ladies you've never heard of.
http://femina.cybergrrl.com/fs.jhtml?/femina/ComputersandScience/Internet/index.html - links from cybergrrl, a lot about women & computing

CULTURE - RELIGION - SPIRITUALITY
http://www.jannah.org/sisters/index.html - Muslim women's homepage - fuck your stereotypes!
http://www.militarywoman.org/homepage.htm - Military women's homepage by a woman retired from the Air Force - fuck more of your stereotypes?

FILM
http://www.wellesley.edu/Writing/Strongwomen/ - Strong Women in Film - commentary & stuff from Wellesley students.

HEALTH
http://www.rk4cure.org Rock For A Cure - a nonprofit breast cancer organization created to raise awareness in the fight against breast cancer and increase the involvement of young adults through music-related activities. NEW
http://www.heartstrongwoman.com/ - heart health info for women
http://www.msu.edu/user/eisthen/yeast/ - the Yeast infection home page
http://scarleteen.com/ - Sex info for younger girls, fun! This place is great because it's a made for teens by a porn site, so that the link that says 'go here if you're under 18' doesn't go to disney.com or whatever.
http://erinmedia.8m.com/matmatters/index.html - Erin's Maternity Matters site
http://www.bloodsisters.org/ - this a great honest & pretty website about social & environmental effects on corporate menstrual products.

HISTORY
http://www.womensheritage.org/ - Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the 1st Women's Rights Convention.
http://www.nwhp.org/ - National Women's History Project
http://music.acu.edu/www/iawm/pages/ - Early Women Composers + Artists
http://www.uky.edu/ArtsSciences/Classics/gender.html - Women & gender in the ancient world

MEDIA
http://www.tao.ca - Self described "tao communications is a regional federation of local autonomous collectives and individuals involved in communications and media, radical activism and social work." There's an Oly group that meets weekly at Praxis.
http://www.tao.ca - Self described "tao communications is a regional federation of local autonomous collectives and individuals involved in communications and media, radical activism and social work." There's an Oly group that meets weekly at Praxis.

MUSIC
http://www.isd.net/mbayly/contents.htm - Dusty springfield site - awesome collage
http://students.ou.edu/F/Janet.G.Frey-1/rgmw - Riot Grrrl Midwest project listing/announcement site
http://music.acu.edu/www/iawm/pages/ - Early Women Composers + Artists

POLITICS/WOMEN'S RIGHTS
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/ - United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women
http://erinmedia.8m.com/matmatters/index.html - Erin's Maternity Matters site
http://students.ou.edu/F/Janet.G.Frey-1/rgmw - Riot Grrrl Midwest project listing/announcement site
http://www.thewhitehouseproject.org - "The White House Project is a non-profit, non-partisan public awareness campaign to change the political climate so that women can launch successful campaigns for the U.S. presidency and other key positions. The project is committed to raising awareness of women's leadership in American politics and mobilizing Americans of all ages to participate in civic life. " from their ABOUT US page.
http://www.tenantsunion.org/ - tenants union in washington state
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Cafe/7423/ - Street Librarian
http://www.wedo.org/ - Women's Environment and Development Organization, an advocacy group

QUEER/LESBIAN/TRANS
http://www.qrd.org/QRD/ - Queer resources directory - so much info!!!
http://www.deafqueer.org/411/new.html - Deaf Queer Resource center
http://www.technodyke.com/ - kind of slick website
http://www.dyketv.org/ - Dyke TV! Won't rot your brain!
http://www.dyxploitation.nu/ - dyxploitation - a crazy lil online zine
http://www.amboyz.org/ - American Boyz inc. " A support and social group for people who were born female but who feel that is not a complete or accurate assessment of who they are (FTMs) and our significant others, friends, families and allies (SOFFAs)."
http://www.youth-guard.org/ - Resources for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, questioning, and supportive YOUTH!
http://www.geocities.com/WestHollywood/Village/2671/title.html - Mermaids - trans resources for parents of young children.

SCIENCE
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/women/intro.html - Women of NASA - this is a program where women who work at NASA chat with younger girls about science & space & women & stuff. The woman at the top of this page has a bio and archived chats there. Designed for younger women, but informative for everyone!
http://www.dizzythecat.com/vostok6/valentina.html Valentina Tereshkova (USSR) was the first woman astronaut. She orbited the earth in 1963, six years before the first man (American) landed on the moon. Her spacecraft was called Vostok 6.
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level2/ride.html - Sally Ride first American woman astronaut

SEX
http://scarleteen.com/ - Sex info for younger girls, fun! This place is great because it's a made for teens by a porn site, so that the link that says 'go here if you're under 18' doesn't go to disney.com or whatever.
http://www.babeland.com/ - Sex toy shop in Seattle and Online - woman/ lesbian owned!
http://www.retroraunch.com/ - Vintage porn!
http://www.bust.com/girlweb/Sex/ - BUST magazine's sexy links - a good place to start.

SPORTS
http://www.awssurf.com/index.html - a woman's shape - online surf shop & resources. Neat step by step pix of a woman making a surfboard!
http://www.obgotm.org/ - Girls on the Move - Cross-country bike trip (part of Ourtward Bound) for younger ladies (9-18) happening fall 2000. cool!

WRITING/READING/ZINES
http://members.aol.com/brvgirls/ - Brave Girls and Strong Women Bookstore - lists of books with tuff heroines for kids of all ages.
http://www.channel1.com/users/pagan/ - Pagan Kennedy
http://www.shemadethis.com/ - resources for DIY girl-run businesses, zines, etc.
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Cafe/7423/ - Street Librarian - all kinds of non-standard literary resources

ETC.
http://www.restrooms.org/standing.html - Woman's guide to learn how to pee standing up
http://www.tufts.edu/as/wright_center/fellows/georgepage.html - the woman in the moon?
http://www.journeywoman.com/ - resources for travelling ladies!
http://www.cclabs.missouri.edu/~c510292/dead.milkmen/prg/clickndrag.html - punk paper doll. Get your paper copy here: http://www.deadmilkmen.com/punkrockgirl.html
http://192.211.16.13/users1/ortizw/home.htm - lots of cool political mostly links
http://www.girlfiend.com - woman owned / queer-theme clothes & stuff
http://www.planetgrrl.com/ - U.K. girl culture & resources (focus on young, computer-savvy gals)

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