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Techno Dyke of the Month presents:
Emira Mears & SoapBoxGirls.Com
 In those days Raised Eyebrow called a corner of Lauren's bedroom its home, we shared one dial-up connection between two computers and we struggled to make it from month to month while paying the bills. We were determined to do things without amassing any debt on the company, and so as our own credit card bills climbed and savings drained, we slowly built up an amazing roster of clients and a portfolio of work that we could be proud to call our own. About six months into owning our own business we decided to launch a webzine as a way to integrate some fun and creativity into our work lives. We were in touch with Carly Milne of the Moxie.ca network, and I had already been writing some content for some of her sites on the network, and she offered us a space on the network. In July of 2000, Soapboxgirls was launched to coincide with the Zinester's conference in San Francisco. Soapboxgirls was at the time, and still remains, a bit of a problematic site to define in any concise way. Our tagline is "Women's Passions and Politics," but I'm not convinced that that really gets to the heart of the matter. The site was born out of our own observations of the women around us. Both Lauren and I found ourselves constantly impressed with the stories of the talented women who know and admire. Women who have not let adversity, economic hardship or restrictive upbringings stand in the way of their own self discovery and achievements. We also knew that within our own circle of friends and colleagues there were plenty of women with plenty to say. Soapboxgirls addresses a different theme each month, themes like: technology, the environment, consumption, family and the aforementioned sex. We let our readers decide how to interpret and approach each theme and rely on them to submit contributions. In the beginning we were of course doing most of the content development ourselves, but now we are fortunate to get a good portion of the content through submissions. One of our goals with starting Soapboxgirls was to help broaden our own community. Working for yourself can be extremely rewarding, and for now it is certainly the best path to fulfillment for me, but it can also be quite isolating. One of the great benefits of the web is the ease with which like-minded folks can find each other. Soapboxgirls has allowed us to come into contact with a great group of talented women and men, just by getting up one our own little virtual soapbox. Previous | End
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