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

Welcome to the Diary of a Sticker Sister!

Sticker Sisters
Post Office Box 292336
Los Angeles, CA 90027

Today Sticker Sister's address officially changed. So it seemed like a good time to start this diary of a Sticker Sister. Now you can keep tabs on all the activities happening at Sticker Sisters.

Picture floor to ceiling metal shelves overflowing with sticker rolls and baskets of shoelaces. Sounds like a warehouse, but it's my bedroom. All the goodies you order are the last thing I see before falling asleep at night and the first thing my eyes focus on in the morning. So Sticker Sisters has been on my mind a lot. And exciting new stuff is happening.

Sticker Sisters was kind of on pause for the past four years while I was in college. Everyone still got their orders thanks to the help of some younger friends who were still attending my high school. And I did some minor website updates from across the country. But now that I'm done with school, I'm ready to give Sticker Sisters a lot more attention. So I moved the operation from Takoma Park, Maryland to Los Angeles where I'm living now. And I'm working on the first new products in almost five years.

This is where I'll announce the new stuff first. Also, I'll be posting other updates and stories every few days. So please come back soon. Oh and if you want to suggest a sticker or other product, I'd love to hear from you. So many of the stickers have come from your amazing suggestions. Like the "Hello My Name Isn't Cutie or Honey It's..." nametag, which was suggested by Karyn in New Jersey. She thinks every woman who has a job waiting on the public is sick of being called these names. Together we made this sticker to let everyone know that we have our own names.