233:, a weekly alternative arts and culture newspaper, the Women Who Rock unConference in 2012 was compared to the Northwest Women's Show held in the Centurylink's Events Center near Centurylink Field. The two events were so widely distinct in that the “unConference” promoted conversation about the politics of gender, race, class, and sexuality generated by popular music while the Northwest Women's Show focused on dieting, Fitness, Fashion, Wine Tasting, and other aspects. The author pointed out the disparity between the two events and talked about how fulfilling the unConference was and the triviality of the Northwest Women's Show.
156:. The first collaborating students who helped co-found the project included graduate students from the GWSS Department of the University of Washington who were mentored by Michelle Habell-Pallan and Sonnet Retman, such as: Nicole Robert, Martha González, Rebecca Clark Mane, and Kim Carter Muñoz. Lulu (Luzviminda) Carpenter, an experienced Seattle organizer and head of Urzuri Productions, is a main organizer of the Women Who Rock annual unConference. As a faculty member at
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Write to Rock is a subunit of the Women Who Rock organization, focusing on the written histories of popular music. It features many music writers, ranging from scholars and critics to journalists and bloggers. With music analysis also ranging across a wide spectrum of genres and music cultures, the
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Michelle Habell-Pallan and Sonnet Retman co-teach the class known as Rock the
Archive: Hip Hop, Indie Rock & New Media, which allows students to study women and African-American involvement in popular music culture. Assignments include blog posts, video critiques, and musical analysis. Each
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Macklin and Sonnet Retman, “Notes on Women Who Rock: Making Scenes, Building Communities: Participatory Research, Community Engagement, and Archival Practice.” NANO (New American Notes Online) special issue, "Digital Humanities, Public Humanities." July 2014.
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University of Washington Libraries Digital Initiatives has hosted the Women Who Rock Digital Oral History Archive since April 2013. The University of Washington works with the Women Who Rock collective by supporting their digital archive and instituting classes on the Seattle campus that
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Digital Oral Archive, features biographies and interviews with a number of the individuals who participate with the organization as critical writers. These individuals include:
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Angelica Macklin. "Women Who Rock Oral History Collection." Women Who Rock Oral History Collection. University of Washington Digital Initiatives, Apr. 2013. Web. 08 Dec.
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Habell-Pallán, Michelle, Sonnet Retman, Monica De La Torre, and
Angelica Macklin. "WOMEN WHO ROCK :: Write to Rock." Women Who Rock Oral History Archive. University of Washington Digital Initiatives, Apr. 2013. Web. 08 Dec.
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The Women Who Rock collective hosts concerts, interviews, and conferences. They hold an annual unConference & Film
Festival that includes music, dance, art and media. They have had notable performers such as
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Angelica Macklin. "WOMEN WHO ROCK." Women Who Rock Oral History Archive. University of Washington Digital Initiatives, Apr. 2013. Web. 08 Dec.
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Angelica Macklin. "Women Who Rock Community." Women Who Rock. University of Washington Digital Initiatives, 14 Jan. 2013. Web. 08 Dec. 2015.
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Rock unConference. Since 2011, this conference has been devoted to women, music, and community building. It has featured various performers including Cholo en Cello, Alice Bag, Medusa,
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