Liz Henry

Liz Henry
Henry at Kiwicon in Wellington, New Zealand in 2012
Born1969 (age 55–56)
Occupation(s)Blogger, author, translator, technologist, activist

Liz Henry (born 1969) is an American blogger, author, translator, technologist, and activist. She is a co-founder of the first women's hackerspace in San Francisco, Double Union,[1] where she is still active.[2] She is also an advocate for disability technology and hacking existing technology for use by disabled people.[3]

Career

Henry is a senior release manager at Twitch.[4] Previously, she was the Firefox release manager and bugmaster for Mozilla.[5] She has also served on the advisory board of the GimpGirl Community and The Ada Initiative. In 2005, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Henry flew to Houston to help the evacuees. She worked with Technology For All to help people use technology to reconnect and rebuild.[6]

In 2007, Henry co-organized BarCampBlock in Palo Alto, California.[7][8]

In 2011, Henry played a key role in the unveiling of A Gay Girl In Damascus.[9][10] She questioned whether the purported writer of the blog, Amina Arraf, actually existed.[11]

In 2012, Aqueduct Press published a book of her poems, Unruly Islands. Henry also edited The WisCon Chronicles: Vol. 3: The Carnival of Feminist SF ISBN 978-1-933500-30-0, the third of a series of anthologies of articles about, or inspired by, the feminist science fiction convention WisCon, held every year in Madison, Wisconsin.[12]

In 2017, Cardboard House Press published her translation of Chilean poet and writer Carmen Berenguer's book My Lai.[13]

Personal life

Henry and Danny O'Brien married in October 2018.[14]

See also

References

  1. ^ Greenfield, Rebecca (14 July 2014). "Why Silicon Valley Needs The Coder Grrrls Of Double Union, The Feminist Hacker Space". Fast Company. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  2. ^ Cassandra, Rachel (9 December 2015). "Meet San Francisco's All-Women Hackerspace, Double Union". Bitch Media. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  3. ^ Farr, Rebecca (17 March 2009). "Panel Recap: Hack Ability: Open Source Disability Tech". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  4. ^ Henry, Liz. "Liz Henry". LinkedIn. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  5. ^ Mozilla. "Mozillians: Liz Henry". mozillians.org. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  6. ^ Andreoli, Richard (8 November 2005). "We're Here to Help". The Advocate. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  7. ^ "Are You Ready To Bar Camp?". Techcrunch.com. 11 August 2007. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  8. ^ "BarCampBlock, BarCamp Returns To Its Roots". LaughingSquid.com. 11 August 2007. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  9. ^ "Painful doubts about Amina". bookmaniac.org. 7 June 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  10. ^ "Character profile: Liz Henry". The Amina Profile – Le profil Amina de Sophie Deraspe. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  11. ^ Flock, Elizabeth; Bell, Melissa (13 June 2011). "Paula Brooks, Editor of Lesbian Site Lez Get Real, Is Really a Man Named Bill Graber". The Washington Post. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  12. ^ The WisCon Chronicles (Vol 3): Carnival of Feminist SF publisher's page
  13. ^ "Nota Benes, January 2018". World Literature Today. 7 December 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  14. ^ Liz Henry (31 October 2018). "City Hall". Retrieved 18 July 2020.