From Helen Cordes, Author
As an author writing two books on girls'
issues, I discovered a goldmine through Feminist.com. My classified ad
asking that girls email for a questionnaire brought me a wealth and diversity of responses from girls and people who care about girls
that greatly enriched my reporting. For
my book exploring body issues (part of the "Girl Power" series written for girls
ages 9-14, forthcoming from Lerner Publications,
Spring 1999), girls shared amazing insights
and details about their struggles to feel
good about their looks and bodies in a
culture that insists that being thin and
beautiful is the most important thing
a girl/woman can strive for. For my second
Girl Power book looking at how girls can
do their best in the classroom, responses
came not only from a variety of girls from homeschoolers to all-girl-schoolers
to dropouts, but from girl advocates ranging
from Girl Scout leaders to male middle
school science teachers.
Responses from my Feminist.com
classified were incredibly useful, but they also illustrate that is attracting
a wide audience for its motherlode of
resources and modes for activism. I believe
that many girls who responded to me became
an activist in that simple act: some said
that whether or not I used their quotes
in my books, they felt they had learned important things about themselves just
by thinking about and answering my questions. Online activism works! Thanks, Feminist.com !
From Debra Rymer, Fort Nelson Women's Resource Society
The research project is over now, but I want
you to know that we got more response from the ad at Feminist.com
than any other form of advertising. We played an ad
on the local radio, and placed advertising in the
newspaper and our own newsletter. Additionally, we
posted flyers in three towns. Next to Word of Mouth,
the classified ad at Feminist.com got us the most
attention. Thanks for the opportunity!
From Linda Hogan, President, Wild Women Enterprises
It is a lot harder getting noticed on the Internet than most people think.
Being listed on search engines is necessary, but I've found the most
effective way of reaching our customers is to be connected to Feminist.com.
It's a site that we're proud to be a part of. Keep up the good work.
From Debra Baker Beck, Communication
Committee chairperson, National Women's
Studies Association
Feminist.com is a lifeline that
allowed the National Women's Studies Association
to establish a presence on the World Wide
Web. Coordinating NWSA's communication
activities presents many challenges: its
members and target audiences are nationwide,
its potential impact is global, its budget
is minuscule -- and it's powered by volunteers.
Feminist.com allowed us to enter
the "information superhighway" and reach
a worldwide audience when it otherwise
would not have been possible for us.
Feminist.com is a priceless resource of feminist news and networking, a boon
to the movement and those who toil within
it. We are truly grateful for the support
Feminist.com has given our organization,
and for the opportunities that having
a web presence has opened up for us.
From R.A.I.N.N. (The Rape, Abuse &
Incest National Network)
Feminist.com's support of the
Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network
has been tremendously valuable for sexual
assault survivors across America. By hosting
and linking to RAINN's web site, Feminist.com has
helped us to reach thousands of survivors
who are suffering in silence to let them
know that hope is only a phone call away.
Founded in 1994 with the help of singer
Tori Amos, RAINN's hotline - the only
national sexual assault hotline - has
already helped nearly 200,000 survivors.
We are grateful for the assistance of Feminist.com, one of RAINN's earliest
supporters, in raising awareness of the
hotline. Feminist.com is among
a growing list of RAINN sponsors that
include Atlantic Records, Warner Music
Group, Calvin Klein, Inc., Lifetime and
WNNX-99X/Atlanta.
From Third Wave
Third Wave's constituency is mostly
young women, who are scattered across
the United States in small communities
and big cities. To reach our members and
keep them up-to-date on our activities,
we rely on many means of communication
and the Internet is quickly topping that
list. Thanks to the generosity of Feminist.com
for housing Third Wave, we have been able
to create a community of young women on
the worldwide web and to network and mobilize
this community. This generosity has also
meant that Third Wave can keep our expenses
down by not having to add this expense to our existing ones. This relationship
has also meant that we are a part of instant
coalition building. Taken together, we
are building a social justice movement
on the World Wide Web.
From Verna S. Cook, Executive Director,
Black Women in Sisterhood for Action (BISA)
Feminist.com has been a tremendous
support. Many persons continue to contact
BISA for information. We have increased
our membership with persons in New York,
Mississippi, Tennessee, and New Jersey.
Our page [on Feminist.com] has
sparked a lot of interest in our work.
We get many requests for scholarship support,
advice on women's issues, and free literature.
Thanks for your support. BISA is grateful
for your sharing of your resources with
us.
From Dr. Sally Caldwell, Author and
Researcher
It goes without saying that your site
has been (and continues to be) instrumental
in my Romantic Deception research. There
is no other way that I could have reached
such a wide audience. I knew that a traditional
approach wouldn't work. Besides costing
me thousands of dollars, a traditional
survey would have coughed up little more
than a mound of stale responses to a highly
structured questionnaire.
From the beginning, my goal was to find
rich data --- highly personal accounts
from women who had been targets of Romantic
Deception. I gave the Web a pretty thorough
search before locating Feminist.com.
Placing an ad [on Feminist.com]
was the best decision I made since I began
the project. Thanks to the Feminist.com
site, I now have rich data.
I should also tell you that your site
visitors are a pretty diverse bunch. You
name a characteristic; it's probably represented
by one or more respondents who contacted
me through your site. I can honestly say
I owe you big time.
From Monica St. Marie, Recycled Trash
Company
Before Feminist.com, we had no
www exposure, but as soon as we were at
the site, we were getting a few catalog
requests a day - and soon orders. Feminist.com
has by far been the most hassle free advertising
and generated the greatest response. This
is obviously a great value - especially
compared to print advertising.
From Ceel Pasternak and Linda Thornburg,
Founders of It's A Living Newsletter
For our newsletter It's a Living!, Career
News for Girls, being part of Feminist.com had many benefits. Two major ones: We
got connected with people we wanted to
reach. They read our information then
easily contacted us. These contacts often
led to others because some individuals
represented groups interested in helping
girls. Also, we used the site as an easy
reference. For people who wanted to see
a sample of our work, we suggested they
check us out on line. Many did so and
then placed an order.
From Diane Tait, DeeMar Communications
I just wanted to say that since I've
been linked with your site, that my responses
and emails have risen dramatically!!!!
Thank you for all the hard work you do....keep
up the great work...
From Sherry Beth Sacks, Program Assistant,
MADRE
I, like many others, have been searching
for meaningful work in women's organization's
since moving to NYC 2 years ago. With
a B.A. in women's studies I found my search
very challenging; quite honestly, totally
frustrating. One afternoon, while temping
at some horrific office, I looked online
for anything related to feminist work
in NYC. I found your website through a
link and saw the classified section. MADRE,
the international women's human rights
organization had a job posting that I
responded to at once. So the story goes.....
I am here working with MADRE. Working
here at MADRE is in absolute honor as
well as enrichining and inspiring. Thank
you.
From Ellen Kyriacou, National Women's
Political Caucus
At a time when our staff was just beginning
to use email, Feminist.com offered
to put us on the web and help us keep
our page updated. Feminist.com
helped the NWPC enter the age of technology
with ease and grace. Our web site has
directed many interested individuals to
our organization - including several awesome
interns! Currently, we are transferring
to our own domain. We never would have
made it here if it were not for Feminist.com.
From Michele Leber, Chair, National Committee on Pay Equity
The National Committee on Pay Equity (NCPE), founded in 1979, is a national membership coalition working to eliminate sex- and race-based wage discrimination and to achieve pay equity. Feminist.com, on a pro-bono basis, maintained NCPE's web site for years. Without Feminist.com, NCPE - especially when it was restructured as an all-volunteer organization - could not have gotten out its message and materials. It has been a pleasure to work with people who not only have the necessary technical knowledge to produce a high-quality product but also are committed to NCPE's issue and goal.
From Jaymi Heimbuch,
Editor, Girlistic Magazine
Feminist.com is a fantastic resource for our business. Girlistic.com's listing in Feminist.com's women-owned business directory connects us with our target audience, bringing our site lots of traffic and great networking opportunities with other feminist businesses. Becoming a member of Feminist.com was a smart business decision.
