Polly Pagenhart

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  1. BlogHer Food Speakers: Authors and Their Books, Part Two

    5/23/12 11:00am by Polly Pagenhart
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    BlogHer Food

    Yesterday we brought you a Baker's Dozen of BlogHer Food speakers and their published books. Today we're bringing you another dozen -- 12 great speakers and their numerous works. You might not be able to read all of these books and make all of the amazing recipes in the cookbooks before BlogHer Food '12, but you do have time to grab a few.  Read more >

  2. BlogHer Food Speakers: Authors and Their Books, Part One

    5/22/12 9:18am by Polly Pagenhart
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    BlogHer Food

    You don't need to wait 'til BlogHer Food in Seattle next month to start sampling the recipes and poring over the prose of the talented folks who'll be speaking there. They're all online, most of them via their own blogs, which you can find on the speakers' pages here.But did you know that between them, this year's BlogHer Food speakers have also published over fifty books? That's not counting the contributions many have made to other cookbooks, and the books that they're in the process of -- forgive me -- cooking up.  Read more >

  3. I'll Take Obama's Symbolic Gesture, Thank You Very Much!

    5/10/12 10:53am by Polly Pagenhart
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    Lesbian Dad civil marriage San Francisco, July, 2008.

    Pundits and analysts are actively working over yesterday's statement by President Obama that "same-sex couples should be able to get married." It was calculated! It was a cynical attempt to recoup lost demographics he needs to get elected! He just wants to motivate a lackluster base!  Read more >

  4. Announcing: BlogHer '12 HealthMinder Day Programming!

    5/7/12 12:44pm by Polly Pagenhart
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    healthminder day

    Back in February, Elisa introduced HealthMinder Day, a brand-new, pre-conference add-on opportunity for BlogHer '12 attendees:  The day will focus on expert information and looking at the latest tools, services, sources, and products for taking care of yourself and your loved ones. And for sharing with your online communities. The day is a stand-alone, so you purchase a ticket separately from your BlogHer '12 registration (here).   Health and wellness -- including care of self and care of others -- are matters of huge interest to BlogHer community members.  Read more >

  5. Speaker Spotlight: BlogHer Food Day Two, The Innovator Interview

    5/3/12 1:07pm by Polly Pagenhart
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    Last week I introduced you to Diane Cu, Todd Porter, Bryant Terry, and Terry Walters, the keynote speakers for BlogHer Food '12's first day. Today, it's the end of Day Two's headliners. (Registered yet? There are still a few spots left, so get moving!).  Read more >

  6. Speaker Spotlight: BlogHer Food Keynotes, Day One

    4/26/12 9:00am by Polly Pagenhart
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    BlogHer Food

    In a little over six weeks from now, hundreds of food bloggers and food blog readers, all kinds of food industry professionals, scores and scores of speakers, a whole bunch of sponsors, and around a dozen behind-the-scenes staff will be taking over the Fairmont Olympic Hotel in Seattle for BlogHer Food '12 (register here). Today I'm going to take a moment to introduce you in greater detail to keynoters for Day One of the conference.  Read more >

  7. BlogHer '12 Panel Descriptions Are Up!

    4/17/12 5:00am by Polly Pagenhart
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    BlogHer 12 logo

    The fun just doesn't stop over here at BlogHer Conference Programming HQ. Today, we're excited to unveil full descriptions for the BlogHer '12 panels! What you'll see, when you go check them out here at the BlogHer '12 Agenda page, are all the panel descriptions filled out, including all the speakers we have confirmed as of today. But you're going to want to check back regularly, because we're continuing to add speakers to panels on a rolling basis. And there's more to come!  Read more >

  8. Announcing the 2012 International Activist BlogHer Scholarship Recipients

    4/13/12 6:05am by Polly Pagenhart
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    BlogHer '12

    Today we are thrilled to announce the four recipients of the 2012 International Activist BlogHer Scholarship!Now in its fourth year, this award is designed to both recognize and magnify the impact of women bloggers living outside the United States who are using their blogs to raise awareness, consciousness, or funding to change their community, region, nation, or the world.  Read more >

  9. Announcing: Room of Your Own Sessions at BlogHer '12!

    4/5/12 8:23am by Polly Pagenhart
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    At long last, we're thrilled to announce the Room of Your Own sessions for this year's annual BlogHer conference, to be held August 2-4, 2012 in New York City. Room of Your Own sessions -- fondly referred to by old BlogHer hands as ROYOs -- are crowd-sourced and selected primarily based on their appeal to you members of the BlogHer community.  Read more >

  10. The BlogHer ’12 Agenda: Preliminary Session Schedule & ROYO Launch

    2/22/12 8:33am by Polly Pagenhart
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    BlogHer Programming Announcement

    Update as of March 31, 2012: We expect to announce Room of Your Own panels this coming week! Stay tuned! Today, we are thrilled to announce that our online agenda for BlogHer ’12 now shows our preliminary session schedule! Where once there were names of tracks in the various time slots, there now are names of actual panels! With descriptions and speakers soon to follow!  Read more >

Polly Pagenhart

Full Name
Polly Pagenhart
Member Since
November 2006
About Me: 

I joined BlogHer as a member in late 2006, having started my blog Lesbian Dad earlier that year. A few years after that there was no turning back: I joined the ad network, and since February 2011 I've worked at BlogHer on conference programming. If it's possible, as a StaffHer I have become an even bigger fan of the organization and the women (and men!) in it than I was before.

I am an enthusiastic believer in the power and value of the dialogs people are having through blogs and blogging community -- whether online, or in person at the conferences, meet-ups, or other events our virtual connections send us to. Our blogs are our voices, shared, and I'm honored to be able to help bring them together "In Real Life."

I began my blog because I wanted to reflect out loud on parenthood in general and my own lesbian parenthood in particular. Like with most personal narrative blogs, it has expanded and contracted over the years, and its ambit has ranged from living with grief and loss (parent, friends, young nephew) to waging LGBT social justice battles on behalf of my community, my family, and myself.

Throughout, my hopes for the blog have remained the same: first, that the stories and conversations in it provide some company and an example (neither good nor bad; just real) for other LGBT people who are making families during these challenging "gayby boom" years. And second, that those stories and conversations help strengthen bridges between LGBT families and those of straight women and men who share the value that love makes a family. I love the opportunity to walk that path with the dynamic community here at BlogHer, as a blogger and as a StaffHer.

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parenting,lesbian family,gender roles,lgbt politics,applied feminism

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