Thursday, March 24, 2022
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Green Apple Books On The Park with The Ruby
1231 9th Ave
San Francisco, CA
Please join us on Thursday, March 24th at Green Apple Books On The Park with The Ruby for readings about friendship in support of The Brigid Alliance.
This event is free, but we encourage donations to The Brigid Alliance
Readings by: Rita Bullwinkel, Thais Nye Derich, Shanna Farrell, and Virgie Tovar
Hosted by: Berna Anat
JOIN US ON MARCH 24TH
We aren’t charging for this event, but tickets are necessary. We encourage attendees to consider making a contribution The Brigid Alliance.
The Brigid Alliance arranges and funds confidential, personalized travel support to those seeking abortion care in increasingly hostile environments. In partnership with a network of funds and providers, we are closing the gap between the right to an abortion and the ability to access one.
Meet the Readers
Berna Anat is an author, podcast host, rich unmarried auntie and award-winning Financial Hype Woman. That’s her made-up way of saying she creates financial education media that lives at @HeyBerna all over the Internet. After slaying her $50,000 debt, she saved up to quit life and has been traveling the world trying to make money fun again ever since.
Rita Bullwinkel is the author of the story collection "Belly Up," which won the 2018 Believer Book Award. Bullwinkel’s writing has been published in Tin House, The White Review, Conjunctions, BOMB, Vice, NOON, and Guernica. She is a recipient of grants and fellowships from MacDowell, Brown University, Vanderbilt University, Hawthornden Castle, and The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation. Both her fiction and translation have been nominated for Pushcart Prizes. She is an Editor at Large for McSweeney’s and a Contributing Editor for NOON. She lives in San Francisco and teaches at the California College of the Arts.
Shanna Farrell is a writer, interviewer, and audio producer. She works at UC Berkeley's Oral History Center and is the author of two books, "A Good Drink: In Pursuit of Sustainable Spirits" and "Bay Area Cocktails: A History of Culture, Community and Craft."
Thais Derich received her MFA in fiction writing from the California College of the Arts in 2021. Her memoir, "Second Chance: A Mother's Quest for a Natural Birth After Cesarean," was published in 2017. She has many essays published in print and online, most notably at Salon, BlogHer, BabyCenter, and Literary Mama. She’s currently working on a novel.
Virgie Tovar is the author of “The Self-Love Revolution: Radical Body Positivity for Girls of Color,” “You Have the Right to Remain Fat” and “The Body Positive Journal.” Tovar is a contributor for Forbes.com where she covers the plus-size market and how to end weight discrimination at work, and she hosts the podcast, Rebel Eaters Club. Tovar was named one of the 50 most influential feminists by Bitch Magazine and has received Yale's Poynter Fellowship in Journalism.