Turn Beauty Inside Out Conference

Sticker Sisters recently had a table at the Turn Beauty Inside Out (TBIO) girls leadership conference. Wow.

A lot of Sticker Sisters’ growth has been due to experiences at conferences. During high school Sticker Sisters (and I) went to half a dozen conferences. I only had a few friends at school that I could relate to, but at conferences I found myself surrounded by girls and women with similar interests. I met a ton of great people this way and it was also a way for Sticker Sisters to grow.

I had the first Sticker Sisters table at NOW’s Young Feminist Summit in 1997. I also ran a workshop where girls got to make their own political stickers and buttons.

At the Feminist Majority Foundation’s Feminist Expo in 2000, I met Dorina who went on to work with me on Sticker Sisters helping to design the school supply pack. She then ran all the daily operations--like sending out orders--during my first year away at college.

Sticker Sisters hadn’t been to a conference in a few years so it was great to see so many smart, enthusiastic girls vigorously taking notes, making friends, and coming up with ideas at TBIO.

Over the last year being out of school and moving Sticker Sisters across the country has brought up a lot of questions about the future. So it was really important for me to spend a few days surrounded by 8 to 16-year-old girls and find out that they still like and need these stickers and shoelaces.


At the Sticker Sisters table I set up a station where girls could come take a break and play with the Up Words Girls Magnetic Poetry kit.

Here’s what they had to say:

be active
have
passion
for
girls

-Ari

I always wonder if women see that her spirit have action.
-Genevieve

Support life and beautiful feminism.
-Maggie & Ellen

I am a damsel daughter and sister
A strong whisper
Want no empty talented girls
-Haley