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Here's NrrdGrrl!'s collection of links to women's resources, hangouts, businesses, and anything else of interest to women that comes across our path! If you would like to have your resource listed here or notice that *your* favorite women's site is missing from this listing, please send a note to: links@nrrdgrrl.com and let me know!



[General Resources] [Feminist/Activist Resources]
[Women's "Places"] [Health, Fitness & Safety]
[Sex & Sexuality] [Grrl Stuff]
[Articles, Books, Publications] [Woman Owned/Operated Business]
[Networking/Organizations etc.] [Miscellaneous/Fun]





General Resources

*Web-sters Net-work:Women in Technology

*Women's InSite (formerly known as Women's Way)

*Femina Femina is the first searchable database of/for women and girls.

*Cindy's Women's Resources

*Fabulous NetWomen always eclectic and groovy links.

*ElectraPages This on-line searchable directory of women's organizations has over 7000 listings. From women artist organizations to women's health to women's work issues--find it fast in The ElectraPages. Search locally, nationally, by issue or service type, or both.

*WWW Women A comprehensive searchable directory of women and women's resources on the web.

*The WITI Campus Home of Women in Technology International The WITI Campus provides visitors with news, career opportunities, live chat, articles and info about new and developing technologies and access to online experts in such areas as technology, psychology, business, law and health.

*Wise Women of the Web I was very pleased to be named a charter member of this new group/resource for women.

*Canadian Women's Internet Assoc. Net info. and networking for women in the Great White North.

*African American Women Online really well put together collection by Gina McCauley.

*Ladyslipper Music "A comprehensive catalog and resource guide of music by women for over 20 years that offers information about female artists, musicians, performers and composers. Our complete catalog and resource guide is on-line with over 1500 descriptions of titles, 1300 sound clips, graphics and artists pages.The catalog and resource guide is free and can be ordered on line."

*Sympatico Women's Issues Page From one of the largest providers in Canada.

*WWWWIW (e-mail only) A nonprofit community based organization serving women intertested in connecting with other women's organizations.

*Planet Amazon: Your Guide to a World of Women a guide to the best women's sites on the web, where you can become a tour guide!

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Feminist/Activist Resources

*Feminist.Com A mammoth storehouse of information. NrrdGrrl! is listed under Women's Education and Culture!

*Guerrilla Girls one of the first women's action groups is online!

*the Feminist Majority Online A great starting point for information on women's politics and issues.

*Womyn's Concerns A group at Penn State devoted to ending sexism.

*Barbara Deming Index Information on Barbara Deming Memorial Peace Walk, and other info about the feminist activist.

*Feminist Law Student Web Page

*June L Mazer Lesbian Collection Debbie Tsafrir's web page for the June L Mazer Lesbian Collection. The Collection is the largest archive on the West Coast of the US dedicated exclusively to prerserving and promoting lesbian and feminist history.

*PAR-L Canadian women's feminist discussion list.

*DC Lesbian Avengers is a non-violent, direct action group focused on issues vital to lesbian survival and visibility.

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Women's "Places"

*Women's Wire

*Voices of Women "Where Solid State Meets the Goddess"

*WomenSpace WomenSpace is a grrl-friendly place for young women and girls to find out info about health, relationships, sexuality... you know.

*Yoni A site that makes women feel *good* about being women.

*SassyFemme Combining femininity with a touch of sassiness and attitude.

*Artsee Media is a woman's magazine featuring the arts, personal finance, life experiences and reel videos for those who want movies with a meaning.

*Electric Geisha This site is organized by Tokyo "NrrdGrrls". Introducing: Asian Alternative lifestyle.

*Wonderful Web Women provides information about and for women of all ages. This Austin, Texas-based site includes quotes, facts, and related links to other sites which provide a mutual discourse on women and interactive technologies.

*WOW (Women Online Worldwide) A wonderful new online community for women with free chat and BBS capabilities.

*Cosmic Woman The Cosmic Woman pages include some star-studded links to poetry, art, yoga, music and politics pages. Also a link to The Feminist Mothers at Home mailing list which is maintained by the Cosmic Woman.

*WomenFolk A site calling itself a "gathering place for women on the web" with written word and traditional crafts.

*Amazon City is a "digital city" for women online.

*House of She is here to help you sort out the fact from the myth and help you to develop your own truth about being a woman.

*Women's Journals is a site dedicated to journal keeping. It includes everything from bi-monthly writing exercises to interviews with women who keep journals to pictures of the doodles that sometimes adorn their covers.

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Health, Fitness & Safety

*Surfergrrl An online and print publication dedicated to promoting women's surfing and bodyboarding, with up-to-date, accurate, and complete information about the world of women's surfing.

*Women's Med Lit Excellent health/medical information resource collecting abstracts of papers and reports concerning women's health issues from various medical and scientific journals.

*Planned Parenthood Get the straight facts on birth control, STD's and general reproductive health.

*WWW Women's Sports Page What a resource! Amy Lewis's site has tons of great info. from issues affecting women athletes, to individual sports.

*Body-Mind QueenDom "Software for women (Cyclic95 and Cyclic31: mestrual calendar and planner; BabyPlan: fertility planner), free psychological counseling and on-line personality tests, articles on women's and mental health, Web Psych Club."

*Teen Advice Not just for girls, but online advice line for teens who need someone to talk to.

*Women's self-defense video tutorial. Contact Kim for details.

*Helens Health Products Helen Kirkendall's online store has "all kinds of FREE samples and other goodies."

*Abuse Information Amie Vanderford's site has information and resources for survivors and victims of abuse and rape.

*Women Halting Online Abuse Resources and information on stopping cyber-harrassemnt. Includes a list of "safe sites" with posted anti-harrassment policies.

*Babyonline A fun, interactive but informative site for about pregnancy and parenting. It offers a unique Q&A panel of recognised experts from arounf the world, such as hospitals and charities who answer the users questions personally on parenting and pregnancy issues. compeitions for baby goods, excellent up to date book reviews and more.

*Surrogate Mothers, Inc. Offering alternatives to infertility for couples, single and/or gay men and women, with the help of a woman who agrees to carry your child.

*McGraw Studio Theresa Suchy McGraw's site is to empower pregnant women and validate the beauty of the pregnant form.

*Hip Mama Parenting 'zine from Airel Gore.

*Shred Betty New Zealand based grrl's snowboarding page.

*T-Lounge From Tambrands, maker of Tampax tampons, a place for young women to discuss health, sex, and of course, menstruation.

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Sex and Sexuality

*OUTreach Not just for grrls-- an Australian online internet project for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transexual, queer and not-so-straight youth focussing on issues and problems which commonly face "different" kids - whatever the label.

*Good Vibrations Great, informative, comfortable catalog/site for sex toys/accessories.

*Blowfish Another femme-friendly "toystore", also articles, publications on sex and sexuality.

*Lesbian.org All kinds of information, support, and celebration of lesbian life.

*The Herotica Salon is a cyber theme park for women; reclaiming sexuality, validating power.

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Grrl Stuff('zines can be found in the 'Zine Rack)

* Yahoo Would you believe? Society and Culture:Gender:Women:Grrrls. Always a good place to start a search!

*Riot Grrl Web Great riot grrl/women's music site. Includes the handy Riot Grrl Guide for the Perplexed

*Cybergrrl! Aliza Sherman's incredible one-stop resource for women.

*Diva Great sites for girls featuring the G-Spot award.

*NetGrrl Communications Netgrrl publishes stories, essays, poems, articles, and humor by, to and for women. Free links for women's personal home pages.

*Heartless Bitches International For grrls who ain't gonna take any crap from anyone.

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Articles/Books/Publications

*Women of Talent Read these articles and you'll find yourself nodding your head.

* Rebuttal From Venus This is a site written by a group of professional women who have set out to debunk the so-called "expert" John Gray's book Men are From Mars, Women are From Venus which they find to be a mere re-hash of the same old patronizing, paternalistic crap.

*Grrls Exude Attitiude An article by Amelia DeLoach in Computer-Mediated Communication Magazine about the Grrl movement on the Web.

*Sinai Bedouin Women Article on Ann Gardner's fieldwork with the Sinai Bedouin Women. This is just fascinating stuff. Includes a transcript from a live AOL chat she did.

*An Essay on 24hrs. of Democracy Jennifer Kramer, who with her husband runs Picture Palace a video company that specializes in cult movies, has written a thought provoking essay on the rating system, and the WWW.

*Women Online News A new newsletter "containing articles by and about prominent women online, regular features that focus on online content and some technical "how to" tips. An interactive forum will also be made available. A short version of the newsletter will be distributed on a mailing list to reach out to women who are not on the Web."

*Girlpower Hillary Carlip's book about the importance of self-expression for girls.

*TechBabes Technology & Creativity web 'zine for women.

*Bluesy "a stylish humor magazine with a female slant skewering relationships, entertainment and pop culture. Check it out and email me with your comments."

*The Slam & Scream Carole S. Fungaroli's book is the real deal- advice on careers from a woman who did hard time in the secretarial trenches.

*The Sex Revolts: Gender, Rebellion & Rock'n'Roll Joy and Simon's chronicle of sex and sex roles in rock music.

*Womanspace Online and print magazine of women's issues.

*Bizy Moms The busy mother's guide to making money at home, by Liz Folger.

*Women's Relationship With The Web Series of articles on women's interactions online by graduate student Jennifer Brayton.

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Woman Owned/Operated Businesses

*Woman Motorist These nice folks asked me to link to them, and I heartily agreed. Learning how to do my own tune-ups a couple of years ago was one of the best experiences I've ever had.

*Pilgrim New Media Mulitmedia company specializing in women's interests. They've produced Her Heritage, a CD-rom with biographies of important American women.

*Cyberspace PR is a woman-owned business with a consience. Antonia Inman has provided an information forum for several worthy causes and issues including: African adoption, open adoption, and bone marrow transplant. Plus, an analysis of what the OJ Simpson trial means for all of us.*

*Melody Dawn Melody Dawn is a woman-run business promoting musicians in the New York area.

*Silver Moon Graphics Woman-owned and run graphics house.

*Electra Consulting Alexis Cameron's Electra Consulting is bringing research. tech support, WebPage Creation and Development to the poor mountain regions of West Virginia.

*Graphic E Beth Carlson's "Graphic E-mail for Windows" is freeware. It lets you send messages that contain graphics, sound, music and animation. It also supports traditional text messages. SMTP/POP3 mail.

*Old Montana Virtual West Erin's Old Montana Virtual West...How the Virtual West was won! Our town is run by grrls from the Sheriff to the proprietor of the General Store. Create your own Wanted Posters, send e-cards and let Dustie show you some of the hottest and most unusual western shopping on the web. We'll leave a light on for you, partner.

*Tammy Aramian Tammy does photo manipulation including Divorce Photography(sm): "don't throw out those photos, your ex can be replaced!"

*Small Dog Records Small Dog is an independant record label grrl run by Laura and Lynne.

*Widerview More than just home and garden resources.

*Ambitious Bitch "The site introduces a Nordic expression of femininity in the cyber era. The page is created by Marita Liulia, one of the leading Nordic media artists. This page is an introduction (and also one module : The Statiscs data) to her CD-ROM Ambitious Bitch. Ambitious Bitch is a FEMALE cd-rom by a non-engineer woman artist FOR WOMEN."

*Woodstone Graphics Woman-owned graphic design business.

*BearLife Leslie Blanchard's Women's Literary Agency. "Will represent all female authors and poets. Wide range of services provided. No reading fees, no commissions."

*Affordable Furniture Valerie Devine's furniture business online.

*The Paperback Trader Books Books Books Books and More Books from Jennifer Brown.

*Sondra Seeger's Art Home of the Mouse for Hire.

*Get-O-Life Bonnie Rice's newsletter on home organization.

*Athena Books book store site featuring children's read-aloud books with strong female themes.

*Southwind Studios Visit two award winning studios: GRAPHIC DESIGN: specializes in corporate identity, brochures, ads, illustration for print and Web, clients nationwide; work directly with artist/designer. FINE ART: Realistic/Impressionistic paintings by L. Diane Johnson PSA, Who's Who in American Art. Articles on art, specials, free icons.

*Gifts for the Goddess From Connie Hicks, a catalog celebrating the Goddess with unique jewelry, sculpture and crafts by women artists.

*SampleSale is a NYC based sale directory updated and fully run by Publisher Lisa Boyne' and Production Director, Tomasin Whitaker.

*My Own Goddess From Elena Sophia Larabell, an online catalog for Nuit Unlimited, a company selling custom oils, incense, bath salts, massage oils, and lotions plus info on how the different scents are used.

*Glisco Visions: Shopping for Today's Empowered Women is a company specializing in Arts & Crafts made exclusively by women.

*Girl's Cafe is a virtual coffee house and bookstore brought to you by the women who run the real thing in Tucson, AZ.

*3 Sisters Music has created a musical community which empowers musicians with knowledge, skills and support to enable the attainment of artistic and professional goals.

*Thyme & Season is a cozy corner of the web stocked with books, gifts, jewelry, music, Western food and information about Montana.

*AirShop catalog of funky-cool clothing and neat extras like the Lounge and "Planet Kiki" featuring poetry and art sent in by readers.

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Business Information/Networking Organizations

*WOWfactor A large (and growing) women's business and life resource center.

*Webgrrls Webgrrls is one of the most beneficial things I've ever gotten involved in. Aliza Sherman's unwitting brainchild- there are Webgrrls chapters popping up all over,or you can start one yourself.

*Virtual Sisterhood Virtual Sisterhood is a feminist organization dedicated to helping women establishing a presence in the online world.

*NAFE The National Association of Female Executives.

*BizWomen A women's business and networking site. Also features classified ads.

*Advancing Women Wonderful resource with all kinds of advice on getting ahead.

*Spiderwoman is the original mailing list for women web designers

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Miscellaneous/Fun

*CROKINOLE Grrl! Crokinole is a game that has been played for a long time. Find out about it here.

*Nerd Liberation Movement The brainchild of Marc Perkel. Join the Nerd Liberation Movement and "come out of the back room"!

*Museum of Menstruation This is *not* a joke. In fact, it's fascinating.

*Diotima Women and gender in the Ancient World.

*The Derivative Duo sing feminist opera parodies about things such as P.M.S., Barbie, gays in the military and the coming out experience. If you have the Real Audio Player you can listen through the 'net.

*A Natural Ring A Natural Ring links together personal home pages, and pages of non-profit orgainizations interested in the environment and outdoor activities."

*From Erin Jansen: Net Lingo the Internet language dictionary.

*Squeeze Jeans For you chicas who love fashion. Site is hosted by Carpi Denim (sort of a cross between an anime character and the old Rhoda tv show). Every other week we have a diary and an asile style column.

*Cosmetic Collection A site designed to help women who love cosmetics make educated decisions when buying them.

*Brainsurf! A site to introduce secondary school students to the neurosciences in a fun way.

*Our Breasts Are... is a site designed to encourage women to describe our breasts in our own words!

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